WAITING ON WEDNESDAY ~ TAKE ME ON

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's WoW selection is...

 

 Series: Ross Siblings #4

Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Publication Date: 12/17/13

 

 

Gabriella Ross’s book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why I'm Waiting ~ You see that non-existent synopsis? I don't even care. If it's a Cherrie Lynn Ross Siblings book, I'm gonna read it. Can't wait!!

 

What are you waiting on this week?

 

           

{WICKED WINTER SATURDAYS} LEAVE ME BREATHLESS (LEATHER AND LACE) by CHERRIE LYNN

 

Baby, it's cold outside! Time to snuggle up with a mug of hot chocolate (or a glass of wine!) and fall into a steamy, sexy book.
 

 

Wicked Winter Saturdays is a weekly post we started to challenge ourselves to read more steamy books and have a lot of fun. Feel free to join in. (let us know so we can add a link to your post).

The Autumn Review
Sim-Sational Books
Hackaroo's Review
Paranormal and Urban Fantasy Reviews

**The books featured on FRISKY FALL SATURDAYS are for adults. If you are under 18 years of age, or do not like smexy books, please stop here. **


Series: Ross Siblings #3
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publication Date: 11/6/12

Leather and lace don't strike sparks. Or do they?

It's Valentine's Day, but Macy Rodgers isn't feeling the love. Aside from a torrid, one-night fling in a backseat a few months back, her love life has been sorely lacking, but fortunately she has devious friends who feel like playing Cupid. Wouldn't they be shocked to learn that the match they've made for her is the same one that steamed up the back of that '69 GTO...

Seth "Ghost" Warren has just returned to town after an extended absence. Between his grandmother's failing health, his job as a tattoo artist, his band's gigs, and a crazy ex that won't leave him alone, he's stretched thin. Cautious cowgirl Macy is the last thing he needs thrown into the mix.

She's all country, he's all heavy metal—and Macy knows that if anyone can propel her out of her rut, it's Seth. But when their worlds collide, it's anyone guess if they'll survive with their hearts intact.

Warning: Contains explicit sex, graphic language, road trips, troublemaking exes, emotional baggage, and an unconventional but exceptionally hot hero tatted and pierced for your pleasure...

 

**Full Disclosure: This isn't so much of a review as it is me losing my sh*t over Leave Me Breathless. You've been warned.**

 

Look. You all know how much I love my steamy reads, yes? Every week I get especially giddy when I know it's time to pick out my next Sexy Saturday book. So when I finally decided that Leave Me Breathless could wait no longer, I just knew that I was in for a particularly steamy treat.

*deep breath* THIS EFFING BOOK!  Y'all I love Leave Me Breathless so freaking much that I kind of want to punch something. I want to take this book, put it in my pocket and carry it around with me for-e-ver. (preferably with a vibrating option, lol. Just kidding!)  But seriously, I had ridiculously high expectations. Rock Me, book two in the Ross Siblings series is one of my very favorite books. And I honestly did not think Leave Me Breathless could come even close to competing with Brian Ross, tattoo artist extraordinaire, in all his apa glory. (Seriously, people, google that.) But it did. It really, really did.

We meet Seth "Ghost" Warren and Macy Rodgers in Rock Me. Ghost is Brian's best friend and best employee, and Macy is Candace's best friend. They are an unlikely pair, to say the least. But unlikely pairs are always the most fun to see come together. To see to people fall for one another, despite their best efforts. To see each realize that their preconceived notions may be wrong. To see them fight to be together, despite the odds. Seth and Macy may seem all wrong for each other. Macy wants the American Dream: marriage with a clean-cut guy, kids, the white picket fence. Seth offers her him in all his non-conformist ways, but he also offers her full acceptance, and the courage to be free. Seth, with his painful past and painful love life, doesn't see himself ever settling down, ever being what Macy could want and accept. Macy offers him security, a safe place to land. Her full heart.

Leave Me Breathless is hot hot hot. True to form with the men in this series, Ghost has skills. Tattoos. And a piercing. Multiple piercings. I just...I just can't even explain what this does to me. Are you guys picking up what I'm putting down? Ghost is One Hot Mother F'er. I need more ice, y'all.


Leave Me Breathless, this entire series, is at the top of my favorites list. I don't say that lightly. If they get any better, any hotter... Cherrie Lynn just may kill me.


Favorite Quotes:

  Tattooed. Pierced. Shaved head, though right now he wore a black baseball cap pulled low over his eyes with the hood of his black sweatshirt over it.
  The very antithesis to everything she wanted, or thought she wanted.
  He was looking right at her, shit-eating grin in place, one dark eyebrow arched. That stare was like a vacuum. Or a black hole. Nothing could escape it.


  "Are you all right, Macy? You look a little flushed."
  Just as Macy began to nod quickly, Ghost swigged his beer and jerked his head in her direction. "She looks that way because I have my hand up her skirt."
  He did not just say that. She went ramrod straight and snapped her legs closed as everyone at the table laughed. Candace said, "Oh, you wish."
  All Macy had succeeded in doing was trapping his hand between her thighs.


  "Why, Macy. A nice young lady like yourself, asking such a thing. I'm appalled."
  "Oh, come on. Guys always know how big they are."
  "Big enough that I should tie a bow around it and attach a little card that says 'To: Macy. You're welcome. Love, Seth.' "


  "Do I freak you out a little?"
  She looked him in the eye. "Yes."
  "Do I still?"
  "Yes."
  "Good. Let me know if I ever stop. I'll have to think up something new."


  "I wish I could even describe to you how I felt that first night we were together. I can't, though, because the only words going through my mind were holy f*cking shit. That's it. Over and over. That you had even looked my way once, that you agreed to meet up, that you actually pulled the first move and didn't tease or stop me--my life could've ended that night, Macy, and I'd have considered it complete. You are the best I've ever had. If all we do from now on is straight missionary sex at eight p.m. on Tuesday nights of months that start with J, you'll still be the best I ever had."
 

  But whatever else happened, those little words would keep him going forever. Whatever else happened, for at least one moment in his life, Macy had loved him. But he would do his damnedest to turn the moment into a lifetime.

 

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You can purchase Leave Me Breathless at:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble

TEASER TUESDAY ~ LEAVE ME BREATHLESS

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along, just do as following:

·Grab your current read
·Open to a random page
·Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
·Be careful not to include any spoilers so as not to ruin the book for others.

Make sure to share the title and the author so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR piles.

Series: Ross Siblings #3
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publication Date: 11/6/12

Leather and lace don't strike sparks. Or do they?

It's Valentine's Day, but Macy Rodgers isn't feeling the love. Aside from a torrid, one-night fling in a backseat a few months back, her love life has been sorely lacking, but fortunately she has devious friends who feel like playing Cupid. Wouldn't they be shocked to learn that the match they've made for her is the same one that steamed up the back of that '69 GTO...

Seth "Ghost" Warren has just returned to town after an extended absence. Between his grandmother's failing health, his job as a tattoo artist, his band's gigs, and a crazy ex that won't leave him alone, he's stretched thin. Cautious cowgirl Macy is the last thing he needs thrown into the mix.

She's all country, he's all heavy metal—and Macy knows that if anyone can propel her out of her rut, it's Seth. But when their worlds collide, it's anyone guess if they'll survive with their hearts intact.

Warning: Contains explicit sex, graphic language, road trips, troublemaking exes, emotional baggage, and an unconventional but exceptionally hot hero tatted and pierced for your pleasure...

My Teaser ~
 
  Macy nearly jumped out of her skin when Ghost leaned over and put his lips mere inches from her ear. "Am I crashing your party, babe?"
  Her face flamed. Did her know about her Valentine's Day pity party? "Crashing my party?" she echoed lamely. "No, not at all--I mean, it's not a party. Nor is it mine."
  He chuckled. "All right." Her friends were sending her knowing little smirks.   (3%)


I love this series! My review for Leave Me Breathless will be up on Saturday.


You can purchase Leave Me Breathless at:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble

{WICKED WINTER SATURDAYS} A VERY NAUGHTY XMAS (ANTHOLOGY)

Baby, it's cold outside! Time to snuggle up with a mug of hot chocolate (or a glass of wine!) and fall into a steamy, sexy book.
 

Wicked Winter Saturdays is a weekly post created to share the love for romantic, steamy, spicy books. Feel free to join in. (let us know so we can add a link to your post).

The Autumn Review
Sim-Sational Books
Hackaroo's Reviews
Paranormal and Urban Fantasy Reviews

**The books featured on FRISKY FALL SATURDAYS are for adults. If you are under 18 years of age, or do not like smexy books, please stop here. **

Genre: Erotic Anthology
Publisher: Vulpine Press
Publication Date: 11/30/12
Format: ebook
Pages: 310
Source: Bought

SHARE ME by Olivia Cunning
Lindsay longs for an amazing Christmas Eve with her favorite band, Sole Regret, and spends one snowy night with two generous rock stars who love to share their gifts.

JINGLE BALL by Cari Quinn
This Christmas, rocking the holiday office party has taken on a whole new meaning...

LIGHT ME UP by Cherrie Lynn
She's dreaming of a little sparkle in her stocking this year. He's planning a night that's anything but silent...

AN INDECENT PROPOSITION by Stephanie Julian
Two men. One Woman. Half a million dollars. A very indecent proposal...

CHRISTMAS IS COMING by Raven Morris
The best gifts are all tied up with bow...

JINGLE BALL by Cari Quinn

"All I want for Christmas...Is You"

A sweet and very steamy story of a secretary who becomes lovers with both of her bosses, and falls in love with one of them. Wendy and Des were both very quiet, almost tortured people. Cole, the third wheel in this trio was so funny. The dynamics of the relationship was a bit tricky, as much for me as it was for Des and Wendy! But I really like how Jingle Ball came together in the end, a sweet love story.

Favorite Quote:

   She was pretty sure she would've been shrieking about all of this if she'd been fully sober, but her inhibitions had come down just enough for her to follow her hormones. And right now they were aiming straight for the gift in Des's pants.



CHRISTMAS IS COMING by Raven Morris


Christmas is Coming was...INTENSE. You have a perfectly happy married couple who cannot get enough of one another. Jack and Deb have sex constantly. It was fun to see a story with an insanely happy, satisfied partners. Jack and Deb also like to give very naughty gifts to each other, namely, their best friends. Talk about sharing is caring! Christmas is Coming was hot hot hot. And that is really all I need to say about this one.

Favorite Quote:

  Control was highly overrated unless he was losing it.
  Then it was everything.



LIGHT ME UP by Cherrie Lynn

I freaking LOVE Brian Ross, for more reasons than I can even explain, and more than you really want to know. When I realized Light Me Up was about Brian and Candace, the sound I made woke a poor sleeping dolphin somewhere in the Gulf.  I was dying to know what happened with Brian and Candace after Rock Me. I was ecstatic to find them in bliss. In complete and fathomless love, so completely in sync. It's hard to believe that a couple that perfect for one another, who get along so well, can be exciting. But they are. I want more more more of Brian and Candace. Light Me Up was perfect. My favorite story in the anthology.

Favorite Quote:

"When you look like this, dressed up, all f*ckin' perfection like a priceless doll, it's like you're theirs again. And I just can't wait to take you back. Make you mine."



AN INDECENT PROPOSITION by Stephanie Julian


This story was sexy, but also bittersweet and fraught with emotional tension. An Indecent Proposition had a bit of a Phantom of the Opera or Beauty and the Beast feel to it.  Keegan and Erik are best friends, but since Erik was severely burned in a fire, he has withdrawn from the world. Erik spots a woman he is attracted to, but fearing he would repel her, he pays her to have sex with Keegan, while he watches in the shadows. It doesnt' take the girl, Jules, long to figure out what's up. When she finally sees Erik, she isn't terrified, she invites him to join. And then it's a nice, steamy journey. Healing for Erik. I really liked the selflessness of the characters, the acceptance from Jules, and the friendship displayed by Keegan. The story was left unresolved in a way, but with the characters possibly headed in a good direction. Enjoyed it.


Favorite Quote:

  Slow as molasses. Hot as sin.


SHARE ME by Olivia Cunning

Merry Christmas to me!

Just when I think Olivia Cunning couldn't possibly shock me anymore, she goes and pulls another trick out of her bag. But, oh, what a present Share Me was. Since Share Me is a prequel to the One Night with Sole Regret series, the tone is completely different than the rest of the series. Share Me is, without a doubt, the funniest of the Sole Regret stories. The guys, led by the cheerful Owen, engage in some wicked fun decorating fun, much to the sad, grumpy Shade's dismay. The banter between the guys had me laughing out loud. I absolutely adored the repoire between Owen and Kellen, loved how they read each other's thoughts and finished one another's sentences. Share Me gives a lot of insights into the two men whose books will be coming up next. If this story is any indication, those books are going to kick some major ass.

As for the s-e-x. I don't even know what to say! It was hot, raging hot. The build-up to the finale is fascinating, erotic, and really beautiful, actually. Sensual. Now, that's not to say that a little bit of rock star insanity doesn't ensue, and the story took a wicked turn that I did not see coming. I literally dropped my Kindle, looked at my hubby (who had stolen my Kindle and had already read the story) and spoke in gibberish for a good four to five minutes. I don't know why I was so shocked, to tell the truth, perhaps it's because I was on my fourth very strong beer after a day in the city with my kids. But, I loved it.

Favorite Quote:

  "All I want for Christmas is a pair of ball gags to shut you both up." Gabe lifted his book until all that was visible of his head was his foot-high red and black mohawk. "I'm trying to concentrate over here." 
  "Ball gags?" Kelly nodded. I can probably fulfill that wish."   





You can purchase A Very Naughty Xmas at:
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SEXY SUMMER SATURDAYS, #10

Sexy Summer Saturdays is a weekly post that Hackaroos Reviews, Sims-Sational Books, The Autumn Review, and The Bookish Babe created for fun, to challenge one other to add a little spice to our reading and to spread the word about sizzling summer reads.

**The books featured on SEXY SUMMER SATURDAYS are for adults. If you are under 18 years of age, or do not like smexy books, please do not read this post. **

Loving him couldn’t be worse than losing him. Could it?

Candace Andrews has had enough of pleasing others. In an act of birthday rebellion, she sets out to please herself—by walking into the tattoo parlor owned by her cousin’s ex-boyfriend. All she wants is a little ink, and Brian’s just the guy to give it to her.

As soon as she submits to his masterful hands, though, the forbidden attraction she’s always felt for him resurfaces…and she realizes the devilishly sexy artist could give her so much more.
Sweet, innocent Candace is the last person Brian expected to see again. She’s everything he’s not, and her family despises him. He doesn’t need the hassle, but he needs her, and this time no one is taking her away. Not even those who threaten to make his life a living hell.

Backed into a corner, Candace faces the worst kind of choice. Cave in to those who think Brian is a living nightmare…or hold her ground and risk it all for the one man who rocks her world.

Warning: This book contains explicit sex, naughty language, tattoos aplenty, family drama, a hot rock concert…and a bad boy hero who’s pierced in all the right places.~From GoodReads

This week's Sexy Saturday read is Rock Me, book two in the Ross Siblings series. If you were here for last week's post, then you might remember that I reviewed book one, Unleashed. I really liked that book, I did. But I'm here to tell you that I LOVED Rock Me. It was fabulous.

I have to admit, I wasn't prepared for this level of sexy. Yes, Unleashed had it's sexy moments, but I read it as more of a romance. And I guess the difference is, this book is about a different Ross sibling, the oh so sexy Brian. Brian is the outsider in his affluent, cookie cutter family. He's always been known as the troublemaker. He didn't go the same route as his brother and sister, a lawyer and a doctor. Brian is a tattoo artist, even owns his own business. He's heavily tattooed, duh, and also heavily pierced. And he doesn't only have the average facial piercings, oh no. Brian has a piercing, nicknamed the "apa", that had me running to Google to check it out. Fair warning: you're going to see major peen if you look it up. If your husband is looking over your shoulder, he may whimper and hold his crotch. You may get a little queasy thinking about the pain involved. But then...the purpose behind the piercing comes into play and you will be looking at the apa in a whole new light. Just don't expect your man to accommodate. Ouch.

Where was I? Oh yeah, Brian, he's like sex on a stick. I love reading about guys like him. Sexy, misunderstood, really good guys who only seem bad are what do it for me. And Brian can work it. *daydreams*

I did like Candace, too. She's the good girl who always had a major crush on Brian, even when he dated her cousin. (Can we say awk-ward) But when Candace is ready to embrace her inner vixen, she goes all out. I admire her bravery, particularly in the face of the almighty apa. She did get on my nerves a bit, especially when she wrings her hands over her asshat family, and the fact that she wants to be independent first. I'm all for sisters taking care of their business, but when you have a great guy that loves you and will support you in whatever you do with your life, GRAB ONTO HIM AND NEVER LET HIM GO.

I have been on a mission for a fantastic sexy read to hold me over until Double Time (Sinners on Tour #3) releases in November. What I've found has been pretty good, but felt a bit lacking to me. Rock Me definitely filled that void.The plot was strong, I really liked the characters (especially Brian), and the sexy gave me hot flashes and giving my husband the side eye. You can not ask for more than that!


Favorite Quote:

"How often had she fantasized about running her fingertips along all those lines and patterns and hues, deciphering all the meandering shapes, exploring the statements he'd found profound enough to mark on his skin for all time...?" (ebook, 2%)

"He nudged her head around for a kiss, his lips hot and damp against hers, as bigger raindrops began to sprinkle over them. She couldn't get close enough this way, and it nearly broke something inside her. The rain landed in cold pinpricks on her feverish skin. She needed more of it, or more of him, to douse these flames before they could incinerate her." (ebook, 62%)


" 'I have no idea what's gotten into you.'
I do, she wanted to say. He's around six-two, heavily tattooed and f^cks like a god." (ebook, 75%)


Published May 4th 2010 by Samhain Publishing

You can purchase ROCK ME at:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Book Depository


Source: Personal purchase

SEXY SUMMER SATURDAYS, #9 {UNLEASHED}

Sexy Summer Saturdays is a weekly post that Hackaroos Reviews, Sims-Sational Books, The Autumn Review, and The Bookish Babe created for fun, to challenge one other to add a little spice to our reading and to spread the word about sizzling summer reads.

**The books featured on SEXY SUMMER SATURDAYS are for adults. If you are under 18 years of age, or do not like smexy books, please do not read this post. **

One week in paradise will make or break them…

It’s not enough that Kelsey’s husband left her for another woman. Oh, no. The “other woman” had to be her best friend Evan’s fiancée. Not only has she lost her marriage, she fears losing Evan to the lingering awkwardness and humiliation that hangs between them.

Evan has no intention of letting that happen. He’s got plans…namely, an extra plane ticket to Hawaii now his future wife is out of the picture. There’s only one person he wants on the trip with him, the one who’s always been there for him. The one he should never have let slip away into the arms of a traitorous friend who shattered her heart.

Kelsey is anticipating a week of fun in the sun with the man who’s always treated her like a little sister. No one’s more surprised when she discovers that Evan has seduction on his mind—and that she’s more than ready for it.

Love is the most powerful healing force of all. But past demons have a way of ripping open old wounds, and threatening the survival of even the strongest friendship…

Warning: This title contains explicit sex between best friends, graphic language…and a hero who knows how to put the hot in “hot tub”. ~From GoodReads

It was inevitable that I would read the Ross Siblings series. Almost every time I look up smexy books, this series would "pop up" (hee!) as a recommended read. Then I discovered that my guru in smexy books, Autumn, had read the series and loved it, and I knew I'd found a good thing.

I read Unleashed (and book two, Rock Me) during the Doin' It Dirty read-a-thon, and had a blast. Evan and Kelsey were characters that I liked immediately. I love books, especially romance, in which the characters share a history that gets that "getting to know you" phase out of the way. The two have a nice, sweet relationship, one that became more than a little awkward when Kelsey's husband and Evan's fiancee had an affair. So Evan and Kelsey use Evan's failed honeymoon as a vacation, and their long-standing attraction to one another flares to life.

As for the sexy times, the were pretty great. The chemistry between Evan and Kelsey was apparent in the first scene they shared, but once they hit Hawaii, it's no holds barred. There was a lot of lovemaking going on in that honeymoon suite, and one HOT hot tub scene.

I will say, along with some steamy romance, the plot in Unleashed really held my attention as well. Kelsey and Evan were two people with a lot of baggage, insecurities, and at the heart of it, truly loved one another. There is the inevitable test of their bond late in the story, one that frustrated the heck out of me. But Unleashed does have a nice, romantic, tear-inducing conclusion. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Favorite Quote:

"The words drew out something primeval and possessive in him, the need to cherish her and protect her and above all else, claim her as his own. Erase all memory that she'd ever belonged to anyone else, that she'd ever given anything to a man who didn't appreciate her and didn't treasure her with his entire being. She was the one who deserved everything, everything he had to give." (ebook, 60%)

" 'I mean it, if you want to go to law school, then go, and I will support you all the way. I'll even throw in free tutoring. Wait until you see my Socratic method, baby.' " (ebook, 89%)

Published February 2nd 2010 by Samhain Publishing, LTD             

You can purchase UNLEASHED at:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Book Depository


Source: Personal Purchase