Bound by Blood by Amanda Steiger

Title: Bound by Blood

Author: Amanda Steiger

Publisher: Changeling Press

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-59596-860-9

Genre: Paranormal/Vampire

Length: Short Novella

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Author Email: sekuiro@comcast.net

Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy erotic

Other: Gay anal/oral play, sex games, BDSM, ménage, GLBT

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 9-16-10

Must enemies forever be enemies? Centuries of mistrust, of deaths, and of sacrificial offerings to establish a kind of peace keep the immortal Kin and humans from ending their true battles. Until…

Daniel decides to be the sacrificial offering this time in order to save his sister. Besides that, he knows his people won’t miss him, believing him different. He fears the rumored fate he faces, but his fate isn’t what he expected.

Vale, the Kin trainer of the newest human slaves, finally meets a human worth thinking maybe things could change between the Kin and the humans. He meets a young man who touches his soul, his heart. He can’t give him to another Kin master, but…

This was a short novella, but well done. The characters were nicely drawn with strong external conflicts to overcome. The sexual tension and heat between them was…well, hot. A very enjoyable read.

A Taste of Temptation by Michelle Lauren

Title: A Taste of Temptation

Author: Michelle Lauren

Publisher: Free Read

Publication Date: 2009

Genre: Paranormal

Length: Short story, free read

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Author Email: http://www.michellelaurenbooks.com/contact

Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Oral, light BDSM

Reviewer: S. K. Fero

Date: 9-13-10

Can an incubus find true love with a mortal woman? Can a mortal woman find happiness with a man who is sex incarnate, powerful and insatiable?

Alonso D’Agostino is a dominant incubus who has fallen in love with his lawyer, his lover. But who and what he is could keep them from having what he longs for: a life together.

Eve Templin is a lawyer, an ice queen in the courtroom, but very hot in the bedroom. She is risking her career even being Alonso’s lover. Beyond that, she fears not being enough of a woman to keep him beyond their affair.

Loving Lydia by Berengaria Brown

Title:  Loving Lydia

Author:  Berengaria Brown

Publisher:  Breathless Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-926771-65-6

Genre:  Contemporary Erotica

Length:  12 pgs

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Rating: 3.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotica

Other: F/F

Reviewer:  S, K. Fero

Date:  9-25-10

If you like lots of hot female erotic sex, there is a good amount here in these few pages for you to enjoy.

There really isn’t enough storyline here to say much other than it was a fairly good piece of erotica. The characters are hardly developed, but there isn’t time for much here. And the writing was hot, but not very smooth.

Reclaiming Isis by Selena Blake

 

Title: Reclaiming Isis

Author:  Selena Blake

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-60521-458-0

Genre:  Sci-fi

Length:  Short novella

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Author Website:  www.selena-blake.com

Author Email:  selenablake@gmail.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sensually erotic

Other: Machine sex, ménage, oral, anal

Reviewer:  Starla Kaye

Date: 9-23-10

Loves torn apart, loves found again. Two seriously hot men had their bride stolen from them and have searched for months to find her. They never gave up.

Isis knows only artificial lovemaking via machines, living on a planet of only women. But she has dreamed of men loving her, and yet didn’t think that was possible. Then one day a barbarian takes her from PrimeC and tells her she doesn’t belong there. She belongs with him and with another equally barbaric and hot man. She is their woman. Can it be true? Can she really belong with Rafe and Tristin?

For a very short story, it was nicely developed. The characters had a certain amount of depth, their external conflict is difficult, and their internal conflicts are complicated. But there was a determination to overcome obstacles and again find the loving relationship they had once shared. Wonderful, touching, and seriously hot!

 

 

 

Shared Legacy by Mary Davenport

Title: Shared Legacy

Author: Mary Davenport

Publisher: Cobblestone Press

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60088-542-6

Genre: Historical romance

Length: Short novella

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Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: Ménage, oral play

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Love can be a complicated, painful matter…especially among friends.

Lord Randall Wyatt loves his wife with all his heart and will do anything to make her forever happy. She deserves to have a baby; they deserve to have a child to raise together. Injuries from the war have made it so he can’t give her a baby. But he knows his best friend is in love with her, too. Randall swallows his pride and asks his friend for a serious favor, a precious gift.

Lady Simone has lusted after and fantasized about Ashton, her husband’s long-time friend, but she would never act on her feelings. She loves her husband and would never hurt him. She would like to have a child, but it is doubtful that he can give her one. Then he comes up with a plan to possibly let her become a mother, an amazing, selfless plan.

Captain Ashton Cooper would never do anything to hurt his best friend, would never come between Randall and the woman both men love. He can’t stay here and suffer the anguish of watching Simone be with Randall any longer. It is time to leave the country and forget them both. And then they ask him for an unimaginable favor, a difficult one to agree to, and yet…

For such a short story, this was amazing. The characters were developed enough that the reader understood their frustrations, their needs, their conflicts. Tough choices. Deep emotions. Hot, hot, hot, too.

The Robber Wife by Verona St. James

Title: The Robber Wife

Author: Verona St. James

Publisher: Whispers Publishing

Publication Date: June 2010

Genre: Erotic contemporary

Length: 18 pages

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Rating: 4 Diamonds

Heat: Erotic

Reviewer: Valerie Mann

Date: 9/18/2010

Jon’s wife, Cassie, left him when she found out he killed people for a living. To pay back for the lies and the, you know, dead people, she stole all his money and cleaned out their apartment down to the last tube of toothpaste. After three years he’s still got it bad for the woman who broke his heart and plundered his wallet. So when she breaks into his apartment one night hoping for a reconciliation— or maybe another chance at his cash— all Jon has to decide is whether he’s going to kill her… or kiss her.

It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed because I just don’t have the time anymore. But this little number caught my eye when it landed in the review site inbox and before I knew it, I was halfway through!

I really enjoyed this Erotiquick story. Though the story was super-short, the characters are well drawn and their conflicts realistic. It’s difficult to have conflict and resolution in such a limited space but the author pulls it off well. The sex is hot and I loved how Jon and Cassie slipped right back into their relationship with nary a stumble…there’s something to be said for familiarity. The only thing I would have liked to know is why Cassie came back ~ that piece of the puzzle was left unanswered. I think that was the author’s intent, but I’m a nosy reader! Otherwise, 4 diamonds and 2 thumbs up!

Driving Miss Devin by Stephanie Adkins

Title: Driving Miss Devin

Author: Stephanie Adkins

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-59578-697-5

Genre: Contemporary

Length: 32 pgs

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Author Email: authorstephanieadkins@yahoo.com

Rating: 5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Spicy erotic

Other: Anal/oral play, light bondage

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 9-17-10

Starting over after being cheated on and dumped by your husband of nineteen years isn’t easy. Learning to trust again in the love of another man is harder.

Devin Malone never expected her marriage to end so badly, to be so humiliated. Yet, in looking back, she knows the signs of imperfection in their marriage were always there. Her ex-husband had never really known her or even cared enough to learn the little things about her likes and dislikes.

Cole Braxton has watched over her for years, has been there when she needed someone, has been a true friend, and knows what she likes. But he wants more than to be just her friend. He wants to be there to help her pick up the pieces of her life. He wants to convince her to turn to him and let him love her like she deserves to be loved. But he’s her chauffeur, and he’s much younger. How can he possibly get what he wants?

For such a short story, it was beautifully written. I was pulling for both of the main characters from the beginning. I was angry at her ex right along with Devin. I was hoping she would let him love her right along with Cole. And when they do finally come together… Oh my!