BOOK REVIEW ~ REAPER'S PROPERTY BY JOANNA WYLDE

Title: Reaper's Property

Author: Joanna Wylde

Release Date: January 9, 2013

Reviewer bought own copy of eBook for review

Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse. The massive, tattooed, bad-ass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed. Now.

But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. Especially one like Horse—she doesn’t know his real name or where he lives, she’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talks with her brother isn’t website design. She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he’d just stop giving her mind-blowing orgasms.

Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it. What he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming “property of”.

Then her brother steals from the club. Marie can save him by giving Horse what he wants—at home, in public, on his bike… If she’s a very, very good girl, she’ll get lots more of those orgasms only he can offer, and he’ll let her brother live.

Maybe.

Book Review 

HOLY.HELL.

I can honestly say that the intensity I felt along with the fact that I absolutely LURVED, salivated, and yearned for Horse scared me a little.  

Horse is the ultimate bad boy biker who comes across as crass, cold, and a huge ass. He has flaws and lots of them. And I still found him very sexy, very appealing, and yeah--I was immensely turned on. Of course, as the story plays out, you see a softer side that he doesn't show often, but is still there. 

Reaper's Property is raw, jaw-dropping, and hair-pulling exciting. It's also a whole-lotta nasty, so if this ain't your thing, you might want to pass. It's not for the faint of heart. For me, it was a heaping dollop of awesome sauce times ten and I hated to see it end. 

Now let's talk about Marie a bit because she also kicked ass as the heroine in this erotic romance. She admits to having no control when it comes to Horse, but she never loses her true self. She is sassy, funny, and loyal to a fault. In fact, it is her loyalty to her brother that leads her to be sucked into the alternative lifestyle of the MC ( Motorcycle Club) world.

Marie returns home after work and finds her brother surrounded by bikers and a gun aimed at his head. What follows next is a back-and-forth telling from present day to several weeks before--all told from Marie's POV. 

At first, the story line was kind of hard to follow, but things smoothed out rather quickly and the pieces fell into place. The reader has learned that Marie has just left her violent and cheating ass of a husband and goes to live with her brother, Jeff, in their family's trailer. Their mother is away in prison for attempted assault of a police officer. They're not exactly the Cleavers, but there has always been a strong bond and a sense of loyalty between the siblings. 

When a bunch of bikers show up outside Marie and her brother's trailer, her life is irrevocably changed. She finds herself shoved face-first inside a world with strange rules and stranger behavior. But there is no denying that just the sight of one particular biker, Horse, leaves Marie breathless and yearning to take a ride on the wild side. Despite his sometimes crass behavior, she still wants him. 

Jeff has some kind of business relationship with the Reapers, although it was never made clear how their connection started. But now bikers are popping in and out of their home and making themselves at home. The metaphorical sparks fly around Horse and Marie, but despite their heated encounters, there is never any resolution. In other words, they never go all the way and Horse is left with a serious case of blue balls.  

When her brother has been found dipping his hand into the Reaper's cookie jar, retribution must be taken. In order to save her brother's life, Marie agrees to go with Horse and do anything he says--no questions asked.  Horse has made it abundantly clear what his intentions are--Marie, naked, in his bed. Of course, my way was just a wee bit less crass than his. 

"You do this, it's your choice. I'm not raping you. You're making a decision to pay for your brother's mistake on your back. You get me?" 

Joanna is just a freakin' genius with how she played her story out--the jumping from past to present, the switching of POV's--works great for this book. And the dialogue alone between Marie and Horse about killed me. I went crazy with the highlight feature on my kindle. Here are just a few snippets to whet your appetite:

**CAUTION--contains spoilers ...don't read if you hate spoilers**

     "Next time you want to play with your pretty pink toy, you do it while I'm watching. If you're a good girl, I'll let you wear the tee. Got it?"  

    "Just roll with it," he whispered. "And keep doing whatever exercises you do to make your cunt squeeze like that. They got a college degree for that?"  

  

     "Marie Caroline Jensen, will you do me the honor of being my permanent bitch?" 

     "I'll be your old lady and I'll wear your patch. But if you ever let some bitch shove her tits in your face again, I'll shoot you myself."           

     "That's why I do it. You're cute when you're pissed. Kind of like a wet kitten. Gets me hard." 

     "Fuck, this is gonna piss you off and then you aren't gonna let me stick my dick in you," he muttered.

     "I want you to be my old lady, babe. That's all I have to offer. I'm a Reaper, and this is my world. You wear my patch, you be my woman and I'll be your man."

After I banged my head on my table, called myself all sorts of effed up for my obsession over Horse, I texted my girlfriend (Hey, Francesca!!) who was also reading the book. I had to make sure I wasn't the only out there who thought I was certifiable for liking this book so much. It made me feel a bit better to know that I was not the only one losing it over this story.   

And here is another little quote from Reaper's Justice that explains my neurosis:  

"I'm fine. I know this is sick, but that was incredible. I've never felt anything like it." 

I seriously never wanted this book to end. I cannot wait for more of the Reaper's books! 

BOOK REVIEW ~ UNRAVEL ME BY KENDALL RYAN

Title: Unravel Me (Unravel Me, Book 1)

Author: Kendall Ryan 

Release Date

Reviewer bought own copy of eBook

Psychology student Ashlyn Drake’s neat, orderly life takes a turn for the crazy when she finds the perfect subject for her amnesia thesis – a young man without any memory of his previous life, including the murder he’s accused of committing. 

Against all common sense, Ashlyn’s drawn to him like a moth to a flame. Perhaps it’s that he’s so incredibly male, and even handcuffed to his hospital bed he could pass for a cologne ad – Scent de Insanity. Or perhaps it’s because she’s spent too many lonely nights studying. Either way, she’s determined to help him solve the mystery of his past. She begins to unravel who he was before, using his cryptic tattoos, and his paintings that scream of a dark past as her only clues. When she finally learns his secret there’s no telling which one is the real him, the gentle lover she’s fallen for or the troubled man with a dark past.

Book Review

Sometimes when you read a book where there is an instant connection between the hero and heroine, you can understand it and it makes sense. Other times, it just doesn't sit right. 

With Unravel Me, the instant attraction that Ashlyn feels towards Logan is a bit unrealistic. Even though the heat factor was scorching, I can't say that I would have let a stranger who was questioned for murder stay the night at my house. Sexy tatts or not. 

Ashlyn is a post graduate psychology student who sets up an interview with an amnesia patient for her doctorate thesis. She enters his room in the hospital and finds the patient asleep and restrained to the bed. This is where I felt the implausibility of the story. Ashlyn asks the nurse to remove the patients handcuffs--and she does. This doesn't happen in real life. There is no way a nurse would do this. ( as an RN, I have taken care of incarcerated patients, and I know this to be factual). 

This really was the only scene that bothered me in the book. I chose to overlook it, as this is a fictional story. Also, I wanted to see where the author was going with this story. The plot itself was very intriguing. 

The only clue to the patient's past is the tattoo he has--the name Logan inked across his arm. Instead of calling him John Doe, Ashlyn decides to call him Logan. 

During her visits, we find out that Logan as no recollection of his past at all. With dissociative amnesia, his memories are there, but are blocked and Ashlyn hopes to find the key to help him regain his memories. 

One night as Ashlyn is returning home, she finds Logan outside on a park bench, sleeping. The police could no longer hold him due to lack of evidence, and the hospital had discharged him. He has no place to go. Ashlyn invites him to stay at her place--again, not what I would do with someone the police found passed out cold by a dead body covered in blood with a sledgehammer near him. Just saying. 

But I will give kudos to Ryan for making me like Logan with the way he presents himself. When they are together, he is nothing but polite and respectful. 

I also enjoyed the build-up between Logan and Ashlyn. Even though Ashlyn makes her intentions known to Logan one night (she wants him to jump her bones), he refuses to sleep with her. He has no memory, no idea what kind of person he is, or if he's even guilty of what the police charged him with. 

Over the next few weeks, the two become closer as Ashlyn struggles to unravel (haha) Logan's past. But when they find the answers to who he is, will their budding relationship have a future? 

Although there were a few unanswered questions as to what really happened in the warehouse, I still loved the unraveling of Logan's past and hope the author continues with this series. 

Unravel Me is an enjoyable read that sizzles with great sexual tension and a sympathetic hero that charms his way into your heart. And because of that, the occasional flaw or two is easier to ignore. 

SEXY SNIPPET ~ More Than Meets The Ink by Elle Aycart

Tuesdays have never been so sexy!

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Title: More Than Meets The Ink

Author: Elle Aycart

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"Man, look at you," he whispered into her ear while he kept still.  James reached over, brushed her clit, and slid his fingers down. He touched her folds, feeling how wide open she was for him, for his penetration. "You're so fucking sexy." He licked and petted the back of her neck, her throat, her ear, until she was moaning and pushing against him, urging him to get on with it. Harder. Faster. He loomed over her, gripping her hip with one hand while his other continued to gently rub her clit. And then he snapped again.
Soon the slamming thrusts were rocking her whole body.
"Do you like it, Tate?" Do you?" he said insistently while she released a ragged "yes".
He didn't recognize himself. So needy, so out of control. No detachment, no distance. he was letting this girl get to him...get inside him.

It's official; I've gone on a tatt binge. And I'm freakin' loving it!

 After reading The Mighty Storm (review to come soon) by Samantha Towle, who had a tatted hero, I needed more. I had More Than Meets The Ink on my TBR list and the cover enticed me to click that little button. You know the one, over at Amazon---the one that speaks to me, "Yoo-hoo, psst...over here...click me...you know you wanna..."

It's also the same button that royally pisses my hubby off every time he sees the credit card bill.

This book is sexy to the max and I am loving how attractive, attentive, and possessive James is. Despite his three delicious tatts, I'd follow him anywhere.

Now it's your turn to show me your sexy!

SEXY SNIPPETS ~ LEAVE ME BREATHLESS BY CHERRIE LYNN

Tuesdays have never been so sexy!

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 Have a sexy good time!

Title:  Leave Me Breathless (Ross Siblings, Book Three)

Author:  Cherrie Lynn

Release Date: November 6, 2012

 

The unadulterated pleasure of her tongue slicking up the underside of his dick was more than he could take. She left no part of his length unexplored by those wet, delectable swirls, even toying with his piercing, giving it little flicks he felt all the way up his spine. When she finally enveloped him in the bliss of her mouth, sucking her way little by little toward the base, he was panting.

He gathered her unruly hair into a ponytail and held it in his fist, needing some measure of control over her devastating assault on his senses. Whoever the guy was who taught her to suck cock, he wanted to buy the man a beer and punch his fucking lights out.



Two words---peen. piercing.

GAH! I just finished this book yesterday and still am drooling over the sexiness of Seth. Cherrie has quickly become one of my go-to authors for all things spicy, emotional, and a great read to get me, er...inspired!

Here is the link at Goodreads to add it to your TBR pile.