Top Five Menage Romances

I love Menage Romances. I'm a big believer that when it comes to my erotic romances. . .more men is better. 

But what is a Menage Romance?

Mary at the blog Menage Whispers presented a great definition:

Ménage à trois is a French term which originally described a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household – the phrase literally translates as “household of three." In contemporary usage, the meaning of the term has been extended to mean any living relationship between three people, whether or not sex is involved, but because it has also been extended to refer to the actual sexual act between three people, otherwise known as a threesome, the term retains its suggestive quality.

Further discussion on the topic HERE

So with that definition, here's my top five Menage Novels that offered steamy scenes and awesome undertones of literary genius!!

1.

Darkness reveals as much as it hides, sometimes. 

We were touching, hand to shoulder, hand to arm, hand to elbow. We dripped. 

We breathed. 

My teeth had stopped chattering, because of the heat.

2. 

Broken love is the most dangerous love. It will slice you open with every touch.

3.

She twisted and trembled in the water as the two men played with her, their light and dark heads bowed over her breasts, their lips and teeth and tongues playing twin medleys.

4. 

His inhibitions fell away, 

along with his preconceived ideas of what sensible people did. 

Here, 

where each new round of play began, 

his desires spoke to him in the clearest possible tones.

5. 

He leaned forward 

and kissed her deeply. “Don’t be afraid, Myr. 

I love you more than I could ever put into words, but I won’t fail you. I promise. 

This love, 

our love,

 is forever.” 

I hope you check these menage novels out! Come by my blog and let me know what you thought of them!

Best Man Holiday not it's BEST

I give a sad little C+ to the movie The Best Man Holiday.

 Not even naked, hot Black Men could save it!!

It didn't excel for three reasons: 

One) The writers forgot that the Best Man brand is ROMANTIC COMEDY. WTF was up with all those scenes that made me cry? And yes, I cried, BUT I didn't want to cry.

Two) Everything that made The Best Man awesome was not in Best Man Holiday--suspense, funny jokes, extreme situations, etc

Sure there were a few scenes. . .

but nothing to really make the movie POP.

Three) I just didn't care about any of the characters' lives. I mean was it just me or did most of their lives kind of suck?

And what an amazing cast. . .

Part of me just wanted to say it rocked so I could get more movies with full color casts. . .

but it did suck. . .

and that sucks that it sucked!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Inside Look into Chaos

***Dark Erotic Romance

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“Sometimes it’s okay to kill, if you’re saving someone else in the process, Rainbow.” Dad wiped my tears from my face with bloody hands. “Go ahead, sweetheart. Do it for Daddy. Pull the trigger.”


And I did.

This isn't your mother's romance.

It's a deranged adventure through twisted addictions that arouse the body and mind. . .

Swim at your own risk.

Rain: artist, mentally stable

Jude: future rock star, sober

Our bodies formed into one entwined link, one grinding sensual movement of skin upon skin. 

Laboring breath skimmed across shivering flesh. Sculpted muscle molded against stiff nipples. The area between my thighs knew no pleasure till that moment.

 We collided, and all I could do was hold on.

Jude dominated me, and he did it in the most delicate movements--tortuously slow. 

      
He took his time. 

The piano played, the notes mingling with the sweat of our sex, the crashing of the waves, and the sound of my cries. 

Dear God, he took his time, until flickers of an orgasm turned into a bomb of passion that detonated inside and exploded through me.

Book Review: Alive by Megan Martin

Alive by Megan D. Martin

BLURB: Flesh-eating zombies, dirty sex, and a shattered past…
What’s more dangerous—the man who broke her heart or those trying to eat it?

Fighting to survive, Eve finds herself alone in the world after the Crave—the only parallel of her former life. On the hunt for her sister, she runs into Gage—the first and only boy to have her heart and break it. It’s been four years and he isn’t a boy anymore, nor is he the same person he used to be. Against her better judgment, Eve agrees to stay with him when he divulges information on a safe haven near the small town they grew up in—but that doesn’t mean she has to like it…

Returning home elicits a myriad of emotions that both Eve and Gage thought they had buried. The past and present collide and they are forced to the face bitter deceits that ruined them in the before and threaten to destroy them now…

My Review

I don't like Zombies. They scare me and are freaking disgusting.



So when Megan asked me to read her zombie romance novel, I told her, "maybe, but I may not have time" which really meant "I'm going to read a few chapters of your book and if I don't like it I'm going to say that OMG! I'm SO BUSY!"

So I started the first page. . .

"Here it is. The end of her life. Eve always knew it would come, and that it would be exactly like this. With a swarm of dead flesh and tangling limbs."


And that my friends was how I ended up reading this book, telling her I loved it, and asking her to join me on tour.

Those four sentences trapped me.

What kept me was. . .

GAGE



Let's make this clear, people! I'm not one of those Romance Genre Fan Girls that get all drooly over a hot hero!

I like Gage for his mind!



. . .and that's all I'm going to say about that!


Additionally, I love this novel for it's. . .

OH GOD WHO AM I KIDDING?

This novel kept me on the edge of my seat with worry that Eve and Gage wouldn't die, but good lord. . .THIS BOOK WAS HOT!

His lips pressed hard against hers, hot and demanding.



She stumbled backward. His lips never broke contact. He followed her bumbling form back and down as she landed in a heap on the muddy ground. His tongue thrust into her mouth, probing her.



She didn’t hesitate in kissing him back. This was what she had wanted, him against her, his mouth on hers.




And that my friends is why my kids ate pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner one weekend.

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Book Review: The Big Payback

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Book Summary:
Kyra Walker is a newly divorced single mother working as a waitress at a Gentleman's Club. When a customer offers her a thousand dollars to get someone off their back for money they owe them she agrees. But when she finds out that her customer is a heartless cheapskate she finds a way so that both parties get what they want.


My Favorite Line:

(Remember she works at a strip club)

Red Sonja had finished her set and was sitting at the bar when I approached. 

"Hey Red, how do you get something from someone when they don't want to give it to you?" I asked.

Red Sonja stood up and shook her 34 Double Ds in my face. I laughed, "I don't think that's going to work, but thanks for the advice."

My Review:


This was short and more like a cool thriller because I was trying to figure out what happened next.

It's the mind massage between long novels.

A Nice Chill Read

I'm actually pretty interested in where the full novel series will go. I love mystery. Kyra is looking for a guy. . .which reminds me I was a bit upset when sparks didn't fly with her and ...a particular person, but it all worked out in the end so that is good.

I do think that having a women sleuth that is a waitress in a strip club will give opportunity to some very interesting mysteries and hot romances. I'm waiting for book one!

About the Author

K. Nicole Williams lives and writes in a quaint town in the Shenandoah Valley with her husband and two (almost three) wonderful sons. She has been writing since the day her mother handed her a crayon, but has only started publishing her work in 2012. When she is not writing, she is either reading a good book or chasing after her boys.

The Muse (Interracial Romantic Suspense) Released!

What happens when Death is the Muse?

Only $.99  
Available on Amazon and B&N
Add it to Goodreads

BOOK SUMMARY:

On the first day of her nude modeling job, Elle deals with a corpse, an eccentric dark artist, his sexy brother, and a grandmother that can see someone's future by just touching their hands. Although these crazy distractions shove her on edge, it's just what she needs to mend her battered heart and forget about her ex-boyfriend. Besides, she does get to live in their castle for the whole three months. 

Everything seems magical and perfect. Until more dead bodies are discovered.

There's something going on at night, right in the artist's garden. Under the moonlight, young women are being cut and sliced, and no one has a clue to who's doing it. And the more Elle is around the weird family in the castle, the more she realizes that they all are hiding secrets.

My thoughts:

What happens when Death is the Muse?

This story goes deep into the intriguing world of dark art.

We have a broken-hearted nude model. . .

that begins working for one of the most famous dark artist in the world. She's trying to revive her career, and it seems she's made the right choice of modeling for him . . .

until the dead girls are discovered in his garden.

Did I mention that there's a Hot Brother in this?

Excerpt #1

"I’ll sacrifice for you?” I asked.

“Yes,” Hex whispered. “You’re going to give up something to gain whatever it is you need.”

This was the art world and Hex represented a true artist who saw the world in many layers of reality, so thick that a layer could be yanked away for a few seconds and analyzed like a book.

“Sacrifice.” I curled the word around my tongue and sucked in the bitter taste of it. “Why sacrifice?”

“Because in order to truly be free you’ll have to surrender it all. You’ll have to tear away all of the things that bind you to whatever is keeping you back from your passion.”

Smexy Excerpt

The ocean waves crashed against us. That cool water rose up to our knees. All was forgotten in those sweet kisses—lips gliding against lips, wet tongues twisting and exploring, hungry hands and taunting fingers. 

Book Review: He Watches Me

I envision a giant purple alien watching me masturbate, his humanoid body naked, his cock overly large and extremely hard. 


After reading that line, I was a little taken aback, but I said F it! I'll follow you down the rabbit hole. . .I'll see just how far this author will take me.

"Yes, Blaine," I cry out, the waves surround me growing rough, my body tossed on a sea of sweet turbulence. "Yes."

I thrust hard, slam the heel of my hand against my clit, throw back my head and scream. the darkness bursts with color and light. The stars spin around my head. My p.... clenches down on emptiness. 

I don't know about you, but I needed a smoke after that.

So this was a novella that is drenched in a heroine's sensual moments as a rich guy watches her.

Now the premise seems intriguing  but it really isn't as amazing as it sounds when reading the book.

I feel like there was some great opportunity for amazing exploration within a story, but instead the watered down version was handed to me.

This isn't to say that the novella isn't good. It just wasn't Fangirl-Mania-Keep-me-up-all-night Awesomeness.

This is a good, quick hot read for those who want a good quick hot read. That being said, I'm not sure I'll be checking out the next book in the series.

Awesome Book Trailers & eBook Giveaway

I absolutely love book trailers, but most suck BALLS. I mean seriously, most have stupid photos going by with some funeral music or even worst soft porn melody (not that I've ever seen soft porn or know what that is). 

Then there are some ridiculous sentences that accompany the photos like "Meet Toby. He loves riding horses, but doesn't have the right woman to ride along with him."

Well, maybe that's because Toby is a DICK (not that I've ever seen a. . .oh nevermind). 

Anyway, my mission in 2013 is to revolutionize the book trailer! I want them to be the next big thang! So in my efforts to succeed  I'll be revealing my top five book trailers every month! At the end of the post there will be an ebook giveaway where the winner can choose to win any of the five books from the Top Five Trailer List. Plus, if you want to check out the book just press on the book's title. 

TOP FIVE BOOK TRAILERS FOR AUGUST

NUMBER FIVE:

Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

I admit that it doesn't have a bunch of footage and music, but this trailer is haunting and makes me want to read the book. I put the novel on my TBR list after watching this pretty scary trailer.







NUMBER FOUR:

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Apparently, the author did her own animation, which is freaking amazing. I don't usually read her books, but I would check this book out just based on the trailer.

NUMBER THREE:

The Perfect Mistress by Victoria Alexander

I don't read historical romance, but seeing this trailer makes me want to give the trailer a try. I love the music and the simple scenes that sort of give me a sensual vibe. 

NUMBER TWO:

The Women by T.C. Boyle

Dude, looking at this trailer makes me want to pop some pop corn sit down and watch the trailer all over again. I mean I'm not even sure I know what the hell this book is about, but dude. . .dude? This trailer rocks!

Number One:

Dark Possession by Christine Feehan

I can't even lie to you. This may not be the best trailer of all five, but it's the only one that has some action scenes and features a blackish chick. I'm gonna confess that when I saw the blackish chick I was like, "Whoa, Blackish Chick!"

So out of all FIVE which one made you want to rush and buy the book? Why did it excite you? What do you think makes a great book trailer?


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Book Review: Against the Ropes

Against the Ropes 
by Sarah Castille

My rating: 

BOILING HOT!




I mean seriously. Sometimes you see a hot cover like this and wonder if it will match up. . .and it does.

Now this wasn't a perfect book. Let's make that clear right now!!

Things that put me on edge:

**The heroine wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed....if you get my drift.

She wasn't SOOKIE stupid. (that's a whole 'nother level of stupidity).



But there were times when I was like, come on dude. . .


**The hero was TOO OBSESSIVE at times, verging on me yelling at the book, "Girl! You better get your butt out of there. That man is Cray Cray!!!"




**ALSO, the debt collectors for her student loans were emotionally and mentally abusive. WTF? I'm paying student loans and I have not had these experiences. Who did she get a student loan from, the mafia?

H*O*W*E*V*E*R

For me, none of that matters when I'm
1) unable to go to sleep because I HAVE to finish the dang book!


2) waking up my husband at 4am to play out some of the scenes in the dang book!




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Book Review & Giveaway: Corporate Affair

Book Summary: A smart, sexy entrepreneur. A wealthy, arrogant ladies’ man set on purchasing her company. And a hot bed of chemistry neither one of them anticipated.

My Review

Favorite Scene:
     Aiden reached out and closed the door behind her. He took her by both arms and turned her until they were face to face. 
     “I don’t want a drink,” he said. “I want you.” 
     He pulled her in to him and held her against his chest. She lay her cheek on the soft cotton of his shirt. The song of his beating heart sounded in her ear. 
     “Please stay,” he said, bending his head to hers.
     Jordan didn’t reply. She answered with her lips, lifting her face to his, seeking his mouth with hers. 

Thoughts:

               This was an easy and FUN read. It took me two days to devour it. The narrative voice flowed with ease. As you can see from the teaser excerpt above, it was a hot page-turner.

               I think that what knocked the book down from five stars to me is that at times I found the plot-line predictable and I just prefer a Darker type of contemporary romance. This novel leaned more on the sweet side. 

                Additionally, Aiden represented the typical hero--playboy, not ready to settle down or take women seriously. I adored that, but I craved more. Let's face it. . .I wanted Aiden to be a DICK! He wasn't. He was a nice playboy. I prefer my playboys to be balancing on the tip of asshole and gentleman (Yes. I'm a sicko). 

                However, Jordan was a fresh new character for this genre. She possessed a spunk that I usually don't see with contemporary romance heroines. I so so so so LOVED that she was a Mother! Loved! Jordan was the reason why I turned the page. I really wanted to see how things would turn out for her.

All and all, grab it if you love a rich guy romance with a strong heroine!

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Linda has written steadily throughout the years, but usually other people’s papers, speeches, or articles for agricultural trade magazines. Her only published work of fiction was a children’s book, “The Copper Angel of Piper’s Mill”, written in 1988 when her children were still small. Now that the kids are out of the house, Linda is writing fiction again, and this time it’s personal! She writes full time and it’s Romance! Her first romance novel, “Small Town Girl” is being published by Omnific Publishing and should be available late summer/early fall of this year.

Linda lives in a romantic stone house in the green mountains of Vermont surrounded by her gardens and her animals who include horses, sheep, cats, dogs, chickens, a parakeet and various wildlife visitors who wander in and out at will. When time permits, she also enjoys sketching and painting.