So, how does a good pusher get you hooked? They give you the first hit for free, it's marketing genius really, and Kally Masters, one of my favorite pushers, I mean authors, these days got me hooked with the first book in her Rescue Me series, Masters at Arms, which is still free at Amazon.com (subsequent volumes have all been $3.99).
So what happens to a rag tag band of Marines who have served together in Iraq when they come home and try to put the pieces of their lives back together? Well they move to Denver and open a kink club of course.
This book gives back-story on the three main Masters/Doms in the series, Adam, Marc and Damian (Damo).
Master Adam (Montague) the leader of this group, both on the battlefield and the home front has been involved in the lifestyle for many years, his late wife Joni was his submissive and one time sexually submissive slave. Marc d'Alessio and Damian Orlando, two men who served under Adam while in Iraq come upon kink while on their last outing before deployment, Adam happens to see them at the club, although they don't notice him there. Planting the seed for future endeavors.
The back-stories...
Adam, shortly after his wife's death and a killer bender is in a bus station before Thanksgiving and meets Karla, a scared pink haired 16 year old girl running away from home. He helps her out of a dangerous situation and she brings him home to spend the holiday with her family, her brother is serving overseas and her family are more than happy to share their day with another soldier (although Master Adam would pink up my hide and remind me he's a Marine thank you very much). Karla develops a school girl crush on Adam and begins a 9 year long correspondence, sending him letters, and peanut butter brownies, as well as MP3s of her singing while she develops her talent and grows into who she's going to become as a woman.
Damian's story takes us to the time before enlisting where he meets Savannah Gentry, he rescues her from a bad situation, an abusive situation her father and his lackey have put her in. He whisks her away and they share a magical day and night together at the shore in a secluded cave, at the end of the day he brings her home, knowing a rich classy girl like her would never go for him. He doesn't accept that and for days and days after shows up at her house in the hills at the gate until finally one of the staff threaten to have him arrested. Down, and now out as he lost his job at the hotel Savannah's father owned and about to be evicted he enlists in the Marines. He comes home a wounded warrior, who would, if left to his own devices, just curl up and die. Adam comes to him in the hospital and takes him home to Denver, not allowing Damo to wallow in the self pity of it all.
Marc is the surviving son, a pressure that can be great when you are in the shadow of a mythic creature. His family resent him for leaving the family resort business and not wanting to step in to his beloved brother's role. He hides from his family the fact that he wants no part in becoming Gino, and Marc has a secret, he's been providing some other "services" to resort guests acting as a Dom and sexual partner to some of the female guests who are so inclined. Gino's former fiance has a major jones for him and sticks to him like a sock on a towel fresh out of the dryer, and Marco wants no part of that either. He decides the only way to get out the shadow of Gino, his mother's grief and Melissa the grieving fiance is to enlist and go fight a war of his own. He becomes a corpsman working with Adam and Damo in Iraq, he's got a chip on his
shoulder and a lot to prove after losing his brother Gino in the
service, and through a twist of fate he's serving with his brother's
Master Sergeant.
War makes men from boys and brothers from men and their service together in the hell of war tie these three, and others along the way together in an unbreakable bond. Their rag tag family gives each of these men as much as they give to each other. They all come together again in Denver and becomes a partner in the kink club they open called Masters at Arms. Joining them over time will be other entwined in their past through service, family or the intercession of the Universe.
As this volume ends, Adam is pulled by the song of a siren... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwbtbfAnI80
It's a gripping story and an impressive first outing into erotic romance for Kallypso Masters. She did her research both within the military and kink community, she is looking for a more real character and she delivers. I know it's fiction, so how real can they be, but compared to other books I've read in the genre/trope this one sucked me in and had me clicking on "buy now" for the next two available stories in the series and then salivating while waiting for the fourth book, which was a much longer time in coming than originally anticipated (we'll get to that later). It didn't pander to the billionaire/virgin theme so popular these days or have characters who are all model perfect and their biggest problem is a hang nail, or problems that don't happen to anyone in real life... ever.
Through the books and Facebook I've had a chance to interact personally with Kally and find her a wonderful, funny and very friendly woman. She's an author who interacts with her readers and listens to our input. Right now I think this will likely turn into an 8-9 book series and you know me, I love me a series, so I'm hoping she keeps on writing about our friends getting their kink on in the mile high city for YEARS to come. I've been singing the praises of Kally and these books to anyone looking to read erotica/erotic romance/BDSM stories after finishing FSoG, and I'll keep preaching the good word until the last page of the last book is long past it's out of press date.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Laid Open by Lauren Dane
OK, one more LD book, the current volume in the Brown family series. This tasty little novella was a nice peek into the life of Ben, Todd and Erin, who get a chance to get away from work, life and the kiddo for some time together for their relationship.
If I were a tattooed, polyamorus rock star turned coffe shop owner I'd want to be Erin Brown. Her men are yummy, she has a wonderful family full of siblings, in-laws and friends surrounding her. She also has Alexander, her adorable little boy who speaks in exclamation points and he has his own names for folks as all toddlers do, he's also learned to use "Yo!" in just about every sentence thanks to his uncle Adrian.
The men decide to take Erin to Fiji, a place where they can get away from the pressures in life, the paparazzi and the madness that surrounds everyday life. With Erin's celebrity and their unique relationship they are often hounded by the press and have had some mud and even social services flung their way because of eir unique family situation.
Todd packs some new toys, Erin packs some bikinis and Ben just packs his awesome.
I enjoyed how this story while being about the triad, also focused on Ben and Todd's developing relationship. They started out in Laid Open as very tentative towards each other, Todd moreso than Ben who was already comfortable in his sexuality and had already had a relationship with a man and a woman, for Todd this was more of an adjustment, he and Ben had been friends since childhood, and Todd hadn't likely ever considered romantic love for a man let alone having hot sweaty man-lovin' on a regular basis.
They aren't gentle with each other the way they are with Erin and it's an interesting view into that side sof the triad dynamic. They realize that their relationship which each other and working on that is just as important as their relationship with Erin as well as the triad as a whole.
Even in this delicious little tidbit from LD there is an interesting twist, something coming back to pull a dark cloud over the peace and quiet of Fiji. But loving each other, supporting each other and giving each per room to deal and grow is the part of their relationship that makes it all work.
I hope LD keeps up with these little love letters to the fans after Erin's book ans the Delicious series are done, they aren't even gone yet and I'm missing them already.
OK, now I'll step away from the LD and move on... Really...
If I were a tattooed, polyamorus rock star turned coffe shop owner I'd want to be Erin Brown. Her men are yummy, she has a wonderful family full of siblings, in-laws and friends surrounding her. She also has Alexander, her adorable little boy who speaks in exclamation points and he has his own names for folks as all toddlers do, he's also learned to use "Yo!" in just about every sentence thanks to his uncle Adrian.
The men decide to take Erin to Fiji, a place where they can get away from the pressures in life, the paparazzi and the madness that surrounds everyday life. With Erin's celebrity and their unique relationship they are often hounded by the press and have had some mud and even social services flung their way because of eir unique family situation.
Todd packs some new toys, Erin packs some bikinis and Ben just packs his awesome.
I enjoyed how this story while being about the triad, also focused on Ben and Todd's developing relationship. They started out in Laid Open as very tentative towards each other, Todd moreso than Ben who was already comfortable in his sexuality and had already had a relationship with a man and a woman, for Todd this was more of an adjustment, he and Ben had been friends since childhood, and Todd hadn't likely ever considered romantic love for a man let alone having hot sweaty man-lovin' on a regular basis.
They aren't gentle with each other the way they are with Erin and it's an interesting view into that side sof the triad dynamic. They realize that their relationship which each other and working on that is just as important as their relationship with Erin as well as the triad as a whole.
Even in this delicious little tidbit from LD there is an interesting twist, something coming back to pull a dark cloud over the peace and quiet of Fiji. But loving each other, supporting each other and giving each per room to deal and grow is the part of their relationship that makes it all work.
I hope LD keeps up with these little love letters to the fans after Erin's book ans the Delicious series are done, they aren't even gone yet and I'm missing them already.
OK, now I'll step away from the LD and move on... Really...
Never Enough by Lauren Dane
At book 4 we finally get to Adrian's story. He's been in the background and foreground over the last three books and you could tell he is tired of the rat race rock n' roll bullshit lifestyle, I'm sure getting laid by hot groupies can be a real hardship. He wants what his siblings and friends have, a wife, kids, the whole picket fence HEA but he never knows if who he's involved with loves him, or his rock god status.
Along comes a kid he never knew about and his saucy Britt aunt who adopted him and is raising him as her own son. Miles' birth mother never shared the identity of his father until just before her death when Miles is a teen. Gillian goes in search of him and makes efforts to get them together. Adrian has a tough time seeing this as anything but a money grab, but Erin takes matters into her own hands, and between hear and Brody they knock some sense into him.
Gillian and Adrian have an instant spark and it gets hot and heavy pretty quickly. She is a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to grab life(Adrian) by the balls and take it. There are twists and turns on the way to HEA, it wouldn't be a good read if there weren't. They try and keep it on the down low but Miles figures out pretty quickly what's going on and is ok with it, and I think that goes along way for both of them and their comfort level with the relationship.
The turn in this book affected more than just the couple, it brought all the siblings into play which is nice because I never wanted to let Erin or Brody or their spouses go after reading their books. The author recently wrote that Raven's book (Brody's ex, and fellow tattoo artist) will be the last in the Brown Family series, so while this makes me sad we're assured we'll see them in the Delicious series and we may even see more Novellas along the way. I would send a muffin basket and other assorted goodies on a weekly basis if it could keep the Brown's with us through bits and pieces and stories for the next ten years, but I think that might border on stalkerish behavior so I'll back off and be grateful for what I have.
In this series we also meet Gillian's friends who live on Bainbridge Island near Seattle who are the basis for the Delicious series Lauren is writing. I will be making sure I make a side trip to Bainbridge when I finally make it to Seattle simply because of these books
Although of the four so far this would probably rank 4th it was a solid addition to the series and it's so nice to see Adrian, who has been the uber uncle (I mean seriously, dude owns a mini-van before he's even got kids) finally get a family of his own, and I really hope that through the other books we'll see G&A add to their family.
One of the things I love about these books is that Lauren has included a play list at the end, I've found some awesome songs through it. Miles and his band, then with the help of his dad have been working on Creep, here it is for your enjoyment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk.
Up next for reviews... I'm not sure, I'll either be tackling the Bella Andre Sullivan Family Series, or digging into Cherise Sinclair or Kallypso Masters for some BDSM based stories. If anyone has a preference for what's next out of those above let me know and I'll go from there.
Along comes a kid he never knew about and his saucy Britt aunt who adopted him and is raising him as her own son. Miles' birth mother never shared the identity of his father until just before her death when Miles is a teen. Gillian goes in search of him and makes efforts to get them together. Adrian has a tough time seeing this as anything but a money grab, but Erin takes matters into her own hands, and between hear and Brody they knock some sense into him.
Gillian and Adrian have an instant spark and it gets hot and heavy pretty quickly. She is a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to grab life(Adrian) by the balls and take it. There are twists and turns on the way to HEA, it wouldn't be a good read if there weren't. They try and keep it on the down low but Miles figures out pretty quickly what's going on and is ok with it, and I think that goes along way for both of them and their comfort level with the relationship.
The turn in this book affected more than just the couple, it brought all the siblings into play which is nice because I never wanted to let Erin or Brody or their spouses go after reading their books. The author recently wrote that Raven's book (Brody's ex, and fellow tattoo artist) will be the last in the Brown Family series, so while this makes me sad we're assured we'll see them in the Delicious series and we may even see more Novellas along the way. I would send a muffin basket and other assorted goodies on a weekly basis if it could keep the Brown's with us through bits and pieces and stories for the next ten years, but I think that might border on stalkerish behavior so I'll back off and be grateful for what I have.
In this series we also meet Gillian's friends who live on Bainbridge Island near Seattle who are the basis for the Delicious series Lauren is writing. I will be making sure I make a side trip to Bainbridge when I finally make it to Seattle simply because of these books
Although of the four so far this would probably rank 4th it was a solid addition to the series and it's so nice to see Adrian, who has been the uber uncle (I mean seriously, dude owns a mini-van before he's even got kids) finally get a family of his own, and I really hope that through the other books we'll see G&A add to their family.
One of the things I love about these books is that Lauren has included a play list at the end, I've found some awesome songs through it. Miles and his band, then with the help of his dad have been working on Creep, here it is for your enjoyment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk.
Up next for reviews... I'm not sure, I'll either be tackling the Bella Andre Sullivan Family Series, or digging into Cherise Sinclair or Kallypso Masters for some BDSM based stories. If anyone has a preference for what's next out of those above let me know and I'll go from there.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Inside Out by Lauren Dane
In book #3 in the Brown family series we step away from the siblings and delve into a couple who is part of their circle of friends and family. Trust me, just because the book isn't about one of the siblings doesn't mean we don't see them crop up all up in this book.
This is Cope and Ella's story, Cope is Ben's brother and Ella is the lovely woman who works for Erin in the coffee shop she owns next to Brody's tattoo studio, who in a previous story was attacked and badly injured by her stalker ex.
Cope is finally realizing it's time to get his shit in order, stop fucking around and find someone to love, he's always had a thing for Ella but the timing was never right, but now she's healed, at least physically and he sets his cap in her direction. Ella is timid, and afraid, and quite frankly who can blame her, her ex who stalked her lit her on fire, FIRE for fucks sake, that isn't something you just walk away from and skip happily back in to life. Cope knows this will take a careful plan and a slow approach, patience is what will win this girl.
He makes it clear to her from the outset of his plan that he likes her, you know likes her, likes her, in that not only do I want a deep and meaningful relationship with you but as part of that relationship I want us to melt the sheets. He is patient, and kind and they type of man every woman deserves.
Of all the stories in this series this was the sweetest, the way Cope (Andrew/Andy) gentles to Ella and brings her out of her shell, the way Ella looks to see who he really is and not just what his friends or family thinks is so amazingly heartwarming. He may be part of Todd and Ben's security company but he's also a Renaissance man who reads, writes, and is an artist with woodworking.
That they write letters and he writes her poetry, and sends her drawings that make her heart melt. Him reading her Pablo Neuruda is so hot it's nearly a panty melter, and this isn't him making a play to get laid, it's who he is, he's deep, thoughtful so much more than anyone gives him credit for.
Like all Brown Family books there is plenty of steamy sex, but even the way Cope and Ella come to this is tender and sweet as opposed to a fast burn.
Their ending is what you hope for the whole book through, and LD doesn't disappoint.
I look forward to seeing these two pop up in future Brown Family and Delicious series books of the couples in this series they are my favorite.
This is Cope and Ella's story, Cope is Ben's brother and Ella is the lovely woman who works for Erin in the coffee shop she owns next to Brody's tattoo studio, who in a previous story was attacked and badly injured by her stalker ex.
Cope is finally realizing it's time to get his shit in order, stop fucking around and find someone to love, he's always had a thing for Ella but the timing was never right, but now she's healed, at least physically and he sets his cap in her direction. Ella is timid, and afraid, and quite frankly who can blame her, her ex who stalked her lit her on fire, FIRE for fucks sake, that isn't something you just walk away from and skip happily back in to life. Cope knows this will take a careful plan and a slow approach, patience is what will win this girl.
He makes it clear to her from the outset of his plan that he likes her, you know likes her, likes her, in that not only do I want a deep and meaningful relationship with you but as part of that relationship I want us to melt the sheets. He is patient, and kind and they type of man every woman deserves.
Of all the stories in this series this was the sweetest, the way Cope (Andrew/Andy) gentles to Ella and brings her out of her shell, the way Ella looks to see who he really is and not just what his friends or family thinks is so amazingly heartwarming. He may be part of Todd and Ben's security company but he's also a Renaissance man who reads, writes, and is an artist with woodworking.
That they write letters and he writes her poetry, and sends her drawings that make her heart melt. Him reading her Pablo Neuruda is so hot it's nearly a panty melter, and this isn't him making a play to get laid, it's who he is, he's deep, thoughtful so much more than anyone gives him credit for.
Like all Brown Family books there is plenty of steamy sex, but even the way Cope and Ella come to this is tender and sweet as opposed to a fast burn.
Their ending is what you hope for the whole book through, and LD doesn't disappoint.
I look forward to seeing these two pop up in future Brown Family and Delicious series books of the couples in this series they are my favorite.
Coming Undone by Lauren Dane
Welcome to book #2 in the Brown family series, in this volume we learn Brody's story.
Brody, older brother who raised his siblings after his parent's death, amazing tattoo artist, biker and all around hottie. Brody is living the chill life of a single man in his late 30's, he likes his quiet house, his very busy shop and his on again, off again relationship with Raven, although he's noticed the pretty mom who just moved in across the street, but doesn't pay her much mind as surely there's a dad in that house too.
Everything in his life flips over, literally when Brody is hit by a car in a hit and run and Elise and her daughter Rennie (Irene) see this while gardening and run across the way to help and call 911. Help arrives and Elise calls Erin at Brody's request because as we've learned in the previous volume Erin has issues with hospitals, crime and disaster in life.
Brody's ok, and he learns there is no dad at home (he's dead) and he starts having some naughty thoughts about the sweet little mom across the way. Meanwhile in said rental house across the way Elise has been having some very, very naughty thoughts about Brody all along which she files away for her spank bank later, she is a lonely single mom after all and a healthy vibrant woman with needs.
Rennie and the Universe work to put Brody and Elise together over and over again until they decide to start a steamy, no strings affair, neither want complications and this is the way to go, right? Over and over they slowly meld into each others lives until they spend more time together than apart, but they're just a casual fling... yup, that's all they are. Yeah, you've read this trope before, we know how this will turn out.
This is a Lauren Dane book, there is plenty of hot spicy sex, in a bed, in a ballet studio against the barre, on the desk in Brody's office at his tattoo shop, seriously once they start these two just keep on humping like bunnies.
Pretty ballerina Elise and hunky inked up Brody slowly develop much deeper feelings for each other though neither will admit it. During the course of this year Rennie's paternal grandparents, who have been trying to wrest custody away from Elise because they feel she isn't worthy of raising their grandchild as well as the other reason which relates to the twist.
Will they smarten up, realize they are in love and work on a future... perhaps after a few smacks in the head from their friends and family.
Another solid outing for Lauren Dane, I've read it twice and may read it again, I love the Browns and they way they love without hesitation and live without worrying what anyone else thinks.
Brody, older brother who raised his siblings after his parent's death, amazing tattoo artist, biker and all around hottie. Brody is living the chill life of a single man in his late 30's, he likes his quiet house, his very busy shop and his on again, off again relationship with Raven, although he's noticed the pretty mom who just moved in across the street, but doesn't pay her much mind as surely there's a dad in that house too.
Everything in his life flips over, literally when Brody is hit by a car in a hit and run and Elise and her daughter Rennie (Irene) see this while gardening and run across the way to help and call 911. Help arrives and Elise calls Erin at Brody's request because as we've learned in the previous volume Erin has issues with hospitals, crime and disaster in life.
Brody's ok, and he learns there is no dad at home (he's dead) and he starts having some naughty thoughts about the sweet little mom across the way. Meanwhile in said rental house across the way Elise has been having some very, very naughty thoughts about Brody all along which she files away for her spank bank later, she is a lonely single mom after all and a healthy vibrant woman with needs.
Rennie and the Universe work to put Brody and Elise together over and over again until they decide to start a steamy, no strings affair, neither want complications and this is the way to go, right? Over and over they slowly meld into each others lives until they spend more time together than apart, but they're just a casual fling... yup, that's all they are. Yeah, you've read this trope before, we know how this will turn out.
This is a Lauren Dane book, there is plenty of hot spicy sex, in a bed, in a ballet studio against the barre, on the desk in Brody's office at his tattoo shop, seriously once they start these two just keep on humping like bunnies.
Pretty ballerina Elise and hunky inked up Brody slowly develop much deeper feelings for each other though neither will admit it. During the course of this year Rennie's paternal grandparents, who have been trying to wrest custody away from Elise because they feel she isn't worthy of raising their grandchild as well as the other reason which relates to the twist.
Will they smarten up, realize they are in love and work on a future... perhaps after a few smacks in the head from their friends and family.
Another solid outing for Lauren Dane, I've read it twice and may read it again, I love the Browns and they way they love without hesitation and live without worrying what anyone else thinks.
Laid Bare by Lauren Dane
Amazon, my drug pusher brought me to Lauren through my purchase of Megan Hart's books.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love me a series, and the Brown's are no exception, they are bright, colorful vibrant people who live life out loud.
This is the tale of Erin Brown, rocker chick, starting 10 years ago when she met uptight cop Todd. They have a brief steamy affair but Todd is conflicted about the fact that his is dominant sexually, he feels like it's totally wrong to behave like that towards women, even though with Erin he truly feels alive for the first time. He wimps out, moves east, gets shot, has a failed marriage and ends up back in Seattle and is looking for Erin.
The last ten years have been interesting for Erin too, Mud Bay (her band with her brother) made it big, she had some horrific things happen to her and now she's in Seattle staying below the radar and living a life steeped in fear.
Todd finds Erin and they reconnect, Todd has finally come in to his own, both emotionally and sexually. Their relationship is hot hot hot. And then along comes Ben (who is bi-sexual), Todd's friend since childhood, they invite Ben into their bed for one night and it turns into so much more.
The idea that they are a polyamourous is not just meant to be titillating it's about three people who connect on a deeper level and who love each other. They want to make these things work, and they work at their relationship like mature adults. Over time you also see Todd and Ben develop their own relationship, which isn't so much about labels as it is about two people who love the same woman and have been friends forever learning about and falling in love with each other over time.
During this story we also meet the other Browns, Adrian and Brody and learn the back story of their parents death and Brody giving up art school at the age of 18 to raise his siblings and keep them out of the system. But more on them later...
This is a 5+* and two thumbs way up for me.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love me a series, and the Brown's are no exception, they are bright, colorful vibrant people who live life out loud.
This is the tale of Erin Brown, rocker chick, starting 10 years ago when she met uptight cop Todd. They have a brief steamy affair but Todd is conflicted about the fact that his is dominant sexually, he feels like it's totally wrong to behave like that towards women, even though with Erin he truly feels alive for the first time. He wimps out, moves east, gets shot, has a failed marriage and ends up back in Seattle and is looking for Erin.
The last ten years have been interesting for Erin too, Mud Bay (her band with her brother) made it big, she had some horrific things happen to her and now she's in Seattle staying below the radar and living a life steeped in fear.
Todd finds Erin and they reconnect, Todd has finally come in to his own, both emotionally and sexually. Their relationship is hot hot hot. And then along comes Ben (who is bi-sexual), Todd's friend since childhood, they invite Ben into their bed for one night and it turns into so much more.
The idea that they are a polyamourous is not just meant to be titillating it's about three people who connect on a deeper level and who love each other. They want to make these things work, and they work at their relationship like mature adults. Over time you also see Todd and Ben develop their own relationship, which isn't so much about labels as it is about two people who love the same woman and have been friends forever learning about and falling in love with each other over time.
During this story we also meet the other Browns, Adrian and Brody and learn the back story of their parents death and Brody giving up art school at the age of 18 to raise his siblings and keep them out of the system. But more on them later...
This is a 5+* and two thumbs way up for me.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Stranger by Megan Hart
"I pay strangers to sleep with me. I have my reasons…
But they're not the ones you'd expect."
And so opens Stranger, which of all the Harrisburg books may be my favorite.
One night Grace goes to a bar to pick up a stranger, well not really a stranger but a pre-arranged rent-boy from the service she utilized for such things. She's a funeral director who has taken over the family business and wants to get laid without the effort, stress or entanglement. Funny thing happens on the way to the rent-boy, she meets Sam, who she thinks is the stranger she is there to meet, they go to his hotel room, which appears to be well lived in, and they have a hot steamy night of sweaty sex until she get a message to go on a death call. The other message she listens to as she's leaving is from the actual boytoy Jack, who apologized for not being able to make their appointment. Wait, what now... Grace is a little freaked, well she wanted sex with a stranger and that's what she got.
Mrs. Smith's service fixes the problem and she has an encounter or two with Jack (who we met in Dirty and will see again, although here he's minus his Prince Albert.)
She walks back in to her life thinking she'll never see Sam I Am again... until one night when she's alone she hears noises in the basement and like every bad horror movie heroine instead of calling the cops she heads downstairs with a golf club. Before she remembers that Mr. Stewart is in the room and as per Jewish custom someone is sitting and praying (or in Sam's case singing) with the body until the funeral an burial. After getting hit pretty hard in the noggin Sam and Grace reconnect.
He's a singer who had been living in NYC trying to make it big, she's running her Dad's business but he's not really letting her run it.
There are the usual struggles while they try and figure things out, Grace still sees Jack from time to time, and I'm sure we all know how that's going to go over with Sam.
Like all of Megan's book the characters are well developed and suck you in from the get go.
Buy it, read it, love it.
Best line in the book, "Guys dig cars almost as much as they dig pussy." This is in reference to Grace's Camaro... which is truly bitchin'.
Seriously...
But they're not the ones you'd expect."
And so opens Stranger, which of all the Harrisburg books may be my favorite.
One night Grace goes to a bar to pick up a stranger, well not really a stranger but a pre-arranged rent-boy from the service she utilized for such things. She's a funeral director who has taken over the family business and wants to get laid without the effort, stress or entanglement. Funny thing happens on the way to the rent-boy, she meets Sam, who she thinks is the stranger she is there to meet, they go to his hotel room, which appears to be well lived in, and they have a hot steamy night of sweaty sex until she get a message to go on a death call. The other message she listens to as she's leaving is from the actual boytoy Jack, who apologized for not being able to make their appointment. Wait, what now... Grace is a little freaked, well she wanted sex with a stranger and that's what she got.
Mrs. Smith's service fixes the problem and she has an encounter or two with Jack (who we met in Dirty and will see again, although here he's minus his Prince Albert.)
She walks back in to her life thinking she'll never see Sam I Am again... until one night when she's alone she hears noises in the basement and like every bad horror movie heroine instead of calling the cops she heads downstairs with a golf club. Before she remembers that Mr. Stewart is in the room and as per Jewish custom someone is sitting and praying (or in Sam's case singing) with the body until the funeral an burial. After getting hit pretty hard in the noggin Sam and Grace reconnect.
He's a singer who had been living in NYC trying to make it big, she's running her Dad's business but he's not really letting her run it.
There are the usual struggles while they try and figure things out, Grace still sees Jack from time to time, and I'm sure we all know how that's going to go over with Sam.
Like all of Megan's book the characters are well developed and suck you in from the get go.
Buy it, read it, love it.
Best line in the book, "Guys dig cars almost as much as they dig pussy." This is in reference to Grace's Camaro... which is truly bitchin'.
Seriously...
Dirty by Megan Hart
So here's the thing about Amazon, they can be likened to a drug pusher... "Here, you like this book, I bet you'll love this one just as much... really, c'mere and try it." and that's how I got hooked on Megan Hart. After purchasing FSoG Dirty was a suggested purchase, I read the description and took a hit, I mean decided to buy it, and it's been an expensive, distracting, enjoyable Spring, Summer and Fall.
Now on to the review...
"So this is what happened...
I met him at the candy store. He turned and smiled at me and I was surprised enough to smile back. This was not a children's candy store, mind you—this was the kind of place you went to buy expensive imported chocolate truffles for your boss's wife because you felt guilty for having sex with him when you were both at a conference in Milwaukee. Hypothetically speaking, of course."
That's how the book opens, and it sucked me in from the get go. I loved Elle and Dan as individuals and as a couple. They are both flawed and real, not your typical romance novel where the Heroine is skinny, blonde, waxed within an inch of her life and the Hero is model handsome with a seriously cut six pack and a dick to rival a porn star. That isn't Dan and Elle, and if that's what you're looking for move it along.
Elle lives a quiet life in Harrisburg (if you read the Megan Hart books, although not a series the Harrisburg books should be read in order to make sense) she's cordial to her neighbors, had a friend or two at work and prefers one night stands and brief encounters because relationships scare the shit out of her.
Dan, a lawyer with wacky ties, and smooth lines who rocks the perfect first date at a little bar called "The Slaughtered Lamb". He wants Elle, and he isn't about to back down.
The book felt more real, the dialogue, the people, than anything I've read in a while.
Through the course of the story we find out why Elle eschews the relationship, and we watch Dan persist to break her down.
I didn't see the twist coming, which was a pleasant surprise. And because she's awesome Megan gives us a novella, Reason Enough, to keep up with them, as well as popping up in Stranger and I think one other book.
Megan Hart writes quality erotic romance, well written, well edited and of all the books of hers I've read I've only had one I haven't enjoyed and I think that's because it's got a paranormal feel, and as much as I love me a vampire story, for some reason I just couldn't get into that one.
Her books are a treat and reasonably priced, and isn't that what you're looking for when you're looking for a sweet sweet hit of your favorite drug?
Now on to the review...
"So this is what happened...
I met him at the candy store. He turned and smiled at me and I was surprised enough to smile back. This was not a children's candy store, mind you—this was the kind of place you went to buy expensive imported chocolate truffles for your boss's wife because you felt guilty for having sex with him when you were both at a conference in Milwaukee. Hypothetically speaking, of course."
That's how the book opens, and it sucked me in from the get go. I loved Elle and Dan as individuals and as a couple. They are both flawed and real, not your typical romance novel where the Heroine is skinny, blonde, waxed within an inch of her life and the Hero is model handsome with a seriously cut six pack and a dick to rival a porn star. That isn't Dan and Elle, and if that's what you're looking for move it along.
Elle lives a quiet life in Harrisburg (if you read the Megan Hart books, although not a series the Harrisburg books should be read in order to make sense) she's cordial to her neighbors, had a friend or two at work and prefers one night stands and brief encounters because relationships scare the shit out of her.
Dan, a lawyer with wacky ties, and smooth lines who rocks the perfect first date at a little bar called "The Slaughtered Lamb". He wants Elle, and he isn't about to back down.
The book felt more real, the dialogue, the people, than anything I've read in a while.
Through the course of the story we find out why Elle eschews the relationship, and we watch Dan persist to break her down.
I didn't see the twist coming, which was a pleasant surprise. And because she's awesome Megan gives us a novella, Reason Enough, to keep up with them, as well as popping up in Stranger and I think one other book.
Megan Hart writes quality erotic romance, well written, well edited and of all the books of hers I've read I've only had one I haven't enjoyed and I think that's because it's got a paranormal feel, and as much as I love me a vampire story, for some reason I just couldn't get into that one.
Her books are a treat and reasonably priced, and isn't that what you're looking for when you're looking for a sweet sweet hit of your favorite drug?
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