Devil’s Pact by Samantha Cruise

Epitome of pure evil, born without a heart, soul, or conscience...even his parents did not claim him. He is an outlaw who takes what he wants... The moment Devin Spawn stumbles upon the exquisite beauty bathing alone in a river, he wants her. Morality non-existent, yet he struggles to keep his distance. His sexual excesses and massive proportions would be too much for the tiny girl who appears more waifish and innocent than womanly. She is a widow with so much to give...

The instant Megan Spawn feels his heated touch and potent sensuality, her flesh burns with wanton desires. It matters little he is the devilishly handsome outlaw known as the Devil's Spawn, the most feared, lethal gunslinger in the West-and her stepson. Together they risk everything in the devil's playground... Where sexuality is as untamed as the bloodthirsty savages roaming the western frontier, and childhood sweetheart Caleb Walker is guilty as sin, the dark side of lust and passionate surrender comes at a hefty price when you forge a Devil's Pact.

This story is one of a cowboy coming into the girl’s life and a wealthy neighbor trying to make her life a living hell. There’s a lot of drama and romance making you wish that this actually happened because by the end you are cheering for a happy ending.

Devil’s Pact by Samantha Cruise is about Megan falling for her step son and also falling for her childhood sweetheart, the good Dr’s assistant who helped her dying husband. The thing to understand about this is that the man she married did so to protect her from bad men. They never consummated the wedding. So falling for her step son is not as bad as it sounds…just really awkward.

The sex scenes in this book are worthy of a fire. They are hot! I really liked the way that I could get turned on by all of the eroticism in this book. It definitely put me on a cowboy kick for a while. I ended up having to read this book twice because I liked it so much.

In the end I am giving this book 4.25 stars. It was really good and worth reading!

Publisher: Siren Publishing, Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-1606010044

Price: $6.40

The Legend of Summer Swan by Beverly Sims

Summer Swan comes to the tribe as a slave and soon enslaves two mighty warriors with her love and sexuality. Tall Tree and Soaring Eagle are bonded to her as no other men before or since. Their love becomes a legendary saga of lust and love. Only men of her tribe were shaman or medicine men, but no man could match her skills and magic. She knew things no one else did. She communicated with the gods, the dead, and animals. She hunted better than most men. She could be as hard as rock or as soft as a kitten. She could laugh and cry for those she loved and showed no mercy for those she hated. Life gave Summer Swan other trials as bad or worse than slavery. Here is her legend and the story of her life and loves.

            The Legend of Summer Swan is a very intriguing and interesting read. Beverly Sims begins the story as the tree nearby who witnessed the whole affair and is telling the story. It’s an interesting idea about what a tree would say if they talked.

            Summer Swan had a hard life but she found two men in the tribe that she fell in love with. Instead of choosing between the two she created a position of teaching up and coming men how to love their women. It was sweet because then she didn’t have to choose between the two men. She could have both without being connected to either one.

            She brought the leader back to life after his wife lost her life. Summer Swan was able to take care of the twin boys and become a caregiver if not a surrogate mother. She was able to become a medicine woman and sort of a shaman, making her place in the tribe.

            Overall I thought this was a cute story. I give it 2.75 stars.

Publisher: Siren Publishing, Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-1606015179

Price: $15.50 (Amazon)

The Taming by Alyx C. LaCroix

A princess unwittingly betrayed

Princess Eudora of Cieala is sent by her father, Valin, to the Passion Kingdom in order to seize control of its formidable army for the power-hungry King.

A prince with the power of gods

With his kingdom standing unknowingly on the brink of war, Aja, prince of the Passion Kingdom, agrees to wed the Ciealan princess against his wishes for freedom. By securing her to him, he unlocks a power in her to rival his own and a maelstrom of lust that could consume them both.

A world with but one salvation

The Passion Kingdom is the first and last defense against a recently awakened ancient evil. With archaic magic awakened and the world on the verge of chaos, only the rightful rulers of the Passion Kingdom can lead an army to triumph over the forces of evil, or sentence humankind to an eternal oblivion.

Alyx C. LaCroix knows how to weave a fantasy together that the reader can almost step out and touch the atmosphere. I loved the way that the descriptions and character developments progressed so that the reader could imagine everything perfectly. If I closed my eyes then I could imagine the Passion Kingdom. I was left wanting to move there and learn how to use magic.

            Eudora was such an innocent when the book started that I wasn’t sure if she would be able to deal with the way people lived in the Passion Kingdom. And Aja was such an asshole I wanted to reach through the book and smack him. But as their relationship developed I was surprised at the way they each became more than they were and began to understand each other.

            The kingdoms fighting at the end was not surprising but I am surprised at the twists and turns made throughout the battle. There was good build up and the resolved atmosphere was perfect.

            The only thing I was slightly disappointed with was that the sex scenes seemed to be very tame. For a Passion Kingdom and the people having to ‘tame their passions’ I was surprised by the lack of detail. There was enough that it was a turn on but I felt like it was limited. Not bad, but limited.

            Overall I gave this book 4 stars. I really liked it and the idea of a world that was well described and while different, was easily relatable made this book very good.

Publisher: Siren Publishing

ISBN: 160601207X

Price: $6.50 (Bookstrand)

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Cowboy Sandwich by Reece Butler

Determined to take charge of her life, Candy abandons her inhibitions and heads West. Adam and Bryan, co-owners of a remote Montana cattle ranch, are eager for luscious female heat after three cold months in the saddle. Candy's first step toward freedom is one glorious night of wild sex. The men prove what four hands, two mouths and hard-driving muscles can do in a few determined hours.

But meeting her deep, dark fantasies requires more time. They invite her back to the Double R, promising games of Virgin and Pirates, Harem Girl and Sheiks. With hard-working days and deliciously wicked nights, the last few weeks of the winter pass quickly.

Ranch life, and her men, are everything Candy wants. But she can't live a fantasy forever, hoping they'll ask her to stay. Unless they return her love, she must claim her independence and escape before her heart breaks.

            Reece Butler knows how to write romance. This book captured you from the beginning. The characters were easily relatable and they connected with the audience. The scenes were well written and you could imagine what was going on. In short this book is a great titillation.

            The only thing I can think to complain about was that there weren’t a lot of soul searching revelations that happened in the book. The main love interest, Adam, had a lot of problems with his past. They pretty much wrapped up in one night when he ‘got over it’. It feels like we missed a chapter where he was dealing with his problems. Perhaps internally, but still we weren’t there to witness any of it. The girl on the other hand, we witnessed her internal struggle pretty well. I loved that she had issues of her own and that she fit so well with the boys.

            I’m glad to know that Bryan will get his own book. I’m a little disappointed that they weren’t able to be fine with the three of them but I understand where they would want and need another ‘mother’ figure.

            Reece Butler did a wonderful job of bringing in the audience. I was scared that something had happened to the main character when the climax was coming up. It made me feel better about the book that even though it’s a great diverting book that I could still connect with the characters and hope that they had a happy ending.

            In the end I’m giving this book 4.25 stars. It was great and it was definitely something worth picking up and stimulating the senses.

Publisher: Siren Publishing

ISBN: 1610340167

Price: $4.99 (bookstrand)

www.reecebutler.net