Robin Leigh Miller, Spliced

Title:  Spliced

Author:  Robin Leigh Miller

Rating:  Four And A Half Siren Stones

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Keywords:  Paranormal Elements

Length:  Super Plus-Size Novel     

ISBN E-Book:  978-1419938016

Price:  $7.99

Publisher:  Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link:  http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9783-spliced.aspx

Reviewer:  Nikki

Blurb/Summary:

For ten years, Avery Easton has quietly lusted after her twin brother’s best friend, Ridge Gates. When the cruel, cold hand of fate takes her brother’s life, Avery and Ridge turn to each other in grief and share a night of ecstasy. But mind-blowing sex with the man of her dreams can’t push away Avery’s reality.

Violent and terrifying events have followed her brother’s body home and introduced Avery to another man…one who’s willing to give her everything she needs. And then there’s the secret she harbors that could tear her and Ridge apart even as it connects them for the rest of their lives.

A promise on the battlefield led Ridge straight into the arms of the woman he knows he has no business being with, but can’t stay away from. If he fails to come to terms with his broken body and Avery’s revelations, he could lose her forever—if not to another man, then to the violence that brought Ridge and Avery together.

Review:

The most unexpected and sad fates can draw to people together.  That's truth for Avery and Ridge.  The two had secret feelings for one another, brought together by her brother and his best friend after his life ends sadly.  The emotional element of this book will have you in tears, good and bad.  It's written so well, the story grabs your attention and if you're an emotional reader, you might want to have a tissue handy.  I found myself so involved in the story that the outside world just had to wait.  I just had to know how things would work.  The tension builds and builds until it all explodes with one captivating climax.

Spliced is a contemporary read that delivers, hands down. 

Cindy Spencer Pape, Midsummer Dreams

Title: Midsummer Dreams

Author: Cindy Spencer Pape

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Keywords: Paranormal Elements, Holiday Hearts Series

Length: Novella

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419934223

Price: $4.45

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9301-midsummer-dreams.aspx

Reviewer: Stacey Krug

Blurb/Summary:

Holiday Hearts, Book Four

Matt Warren has always been the man of Summer’s dreams. He was her childhood imaginary playmate, her teen crush, and the wildly sexy fantasy lover of her adulthood. She’s always known he wasn’t real, but after experiencing his imaginative, passionate touch, no real man has ever measured up. However, alone on a beach shortly before her birthday, Summer discovers that the Holiday family magic hasn’t left her behind. Matt is real, standing on her beach, and he’s there to make Summer his in every way possible.

Matt has always known he has a gift as a dreamwalker, and that Summer was out there and would someday be his—if he didn’t get himself killed first. Now that his career as an Air Force pilot is over, he’s moved to Charleston to find Summer and teach her that their shared erotic dreams are even better in real life, and that their love can last a lifetime.

Review:

Midsummer Dreams grabs a hold of your imagination right from the start. Cindy Spencer Pape weaves a tale of magical romance that will have you glued to the pages. I have liked all the Holiday Hearts books that I have read, but this one just stands out as my favorite so far.

Matt is an incredible hero in more ways than one. Summer makes for a wonderful heroine. Both characters pull at the reader’s emotions so that you can’t put the book down. I loved their playfulness and banter. Together their love scenes set the pages on fire. Matt and Summer really come to life off the pages.

I was glad to partake in their journey. This was a well written story and anyone that loves a little magic with their romance will enjoy Midsummer Dreams.

Marilyn Campbell, Zenith Rising

Title: Zenith Rising

Author: Marilyn Campbell

Rating: Four And A Half Siren Stones

Genre: Time Travel Romance

Keywords: Paranormal Elements, 20^th Century

Length: Novel

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419934667

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9388-zenith-rising.aspx

Reviewer: Nikki

Blurb/Summary:

Maggie Harrison’s temp assignment sounds glamorous. As assistant to bestselling author Noah Nash, she’ll be staying in his penthouse suite at the legendary Davenport Hotel. However, Maggie is more interested in whether Noah will remember her from high school.

Tales of ghosts and paranormal activity enticed Noah to set his next book in the Davenport, but his reason for hiring Maggie is entirely personal. He hopes the old spark can be fanned into a new flame. What happens between them is more like a raging wildfire.

Their passionate reunion takes an even wilder turn when they’re suddenly transported to the Roaring Twenties, when the new hotel sparkled like champagne in a speakeasy…and several murders went unsolved. For Maggie and Noah to return home, they must prevent one of those deaths—but first they need to figure out which one.

Review:

Once again, Marilyn Campbell puts the wow factor in a new, sexy time travel romance. It has all the right ingredients for a book that I had a feeling I would enjoy, and I was right. It's got time travel, ghosts, and of course, romance. What more could a romance lover want? The love scenes are steamy. (My glasses fogged up quite a few times. Maybe some had to do with the humidity in the house, but maybe not!)

I love Maggie and Noah. They were good friends back in high school, and lost touch. Noah has apparently turned into a hunk, and he's now a successful writer. Maggie is hired as his assistant and they are staying at a hotel that's haunted- and then the big whammy- they're transported back in time!

This is a fast paced excellent story that will thrill you. Don't pass this one up if you love time travel and ghosts. Marilyn Campbell delivers.

Amy Redwood, Sextricity

Title: Sextricity

Author: Amy Redwood

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Keywords: Paranormal Elements

Length: Short Novel

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419934247

Price: $5.20

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9299-sextricity.aspx

Reviewer: Cia

Blurb/Summary:

Jillian has a five-octave voice, a singing gig at a diamond exhibition in Hong Kong and a nonexistent sex life. During the flight to Hong Kong, she meets an electrifyingly sexy stranger. She’s never experienced sexual energy so intense. She falls deeply into a charged affair with many firsts—first orgasm, first-time sex in a bathroom stall, first time throwing all caution to the wind. He’s the best lover she’s ever had—and unbeknownst to Jillian, he’s also the most deadly.

Parker can control and harness electricity. It makes him a talented thief. Until he meets Jillian. His ability goes haywire and sparks are flying, literally. Seducing her out of her clothes while trying not to kill her is a challenge he’s willing to take. Jolt by sensual jolt, he breaks through her sexual inhibitions. Lust, not love, is his goal. He plans to steal diamonds, not her heart.

But with sex so powerfully addicting, even the best-laid plans can change.

Publisher’s Note: Previously published elsewhere, and has been revised and expanded for Ellora’s Cave.

Review:

Sextricity by Amy Redwood was one smoking hot read. I am a goner for strong heroines and sexy as sin heroes. Parkers’ preferred job choice and mysterious air added great intrigue to the story. I loved his cocky and bad boy persona and his gift of manipulating energy forces. He was that go get what you want man every woman dreams of.

Jillian tickled me. On stage she ruled but in privacy she was afraid to voice her wants and needs. Watching Parker coax her out of her own shadow was as great as reading her talented voice enthral an audience. Add in danger, criminal activity and two people magnetically drawn together in an unbreakable spell, glittering jewels and finding that love is the priceless art everyone covets made the story for a grand read.

Rose Maybud, Something in the Coffee

Title: Something in the Coffee

Author: Rose Maybud

Rating: Four Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Keywords: Blush, Paranormal Elements

Length: Novel

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419933974

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9275-something-in-the-coffee.aspx

Reviewer: Nikki

Blurb/Summary:

Blush sensuality level: This is a sensual romance (may have explicit love scenes, but not erotic in frequency or type).

Eileen knows her fiancé, Alex, is always feeling sorry for the downtrodden assistants at their law firm—and she’s worried that he cares more about them than he does about her. But when Alex plans to spike the office coffeepot with a potion that will make everyone nicer to each other, should Eileen play the supportive future spouse, or tell him he’s gone too far?

Eileen is convinced that no amount of hocus-pocus could make senior law partners Ann and Duke stop their noisy quarrels. Or change the way sexy, ambitious executive assistant Zoe thinks about laid-back Kevin, the IT guy. Or help timid Connie get a date with her boss, Roger, who’s too shy to admit he’s attracted to her.

Review:

Sometimes, when you want something bad enough, you just go after it. That's exactly what Alex does, but not in the way you'd think. He's sick and tired of everyone in his office being discriminated against, there is always fighting, and it's driving him mad.

And then, he does something about it. What does he do? He puts something in the coffee.

And his plan? It works! Oh boy, does it work. In fact, it's beginning to create some rather interesting scenarios.

Something in the Coffee is not your typical office romance story. No, this one is far better. It's bound to make you laugh, if you have a sense of humor of course, and could brighten up your day.

Rose Maybud, I salute you! For writing such a funny, witty charming book. If you enjoy a contemporary story with light paranormal elements, then don't miss this book!

Elaine Lowe, Mask of Ice

Title: Mask of Ice

Author: Elaine Lowe

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Historical Romance

Keywords: Paranormal Elements

Length: Novel

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419933363

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9117-mask-of-ice.aspx

Reviewer: Cia

Blurb/Summary:

Professor Sheila Connelly remembers Professor Sam Sumners. His dark eyes, his talented tongue, the way he always makes it clear he wants her. She should remember him—he’s still her husband, after all. When she “liberates” a powerful Inuit artifact from a ruthless dealer and needs help to find it a home, there’s no one else she trusts more than Sam. During the resulting adventures through the perilous arctic, she can’t remember how she managed without him.

It’s 1955, and it’s a man’s world. Through the magic of the artifact, Sam finds out just how hard it is to be a woman. And Sheila discovers that no matter what happens, she needs Sam with a passion hot enough to melt all the ice around her heart, and his.

All they have to do now is survive.

Review:

Mask of Ice by Elaine Lowe is a great read. Both educationally and for unadulterated enjoyment. Sheila and Sam have a great history together and one that never had closure. I’d never been so glad for non-closure as I was when reading their action filled, molten hot passion, not just in the sheets but elsewhere. The history put in this story and the “do the right thing by returning the artefact” made me clap.

I loved the flashbacks of the couple unable to have their gentle love together due to rival tribes. The evil was so strong in certain areas it was palpable. Sam is the perfect hero, stopping his personal obligations to protect his one and only love made me grin stupidly. Even through assassination attempts he kept his cool and gave her the shouldering strength she needed. I loved the ending of their story and will read it again.

Cindy Spencer Pape, Valentine's Heart

Title: Valentine’s Heart

Author: Cindy Spencer Pape

Rating: Four And A Half Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Keywords: Valentine’s Day, Paranormal Elements

Length: Novella

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419932984

Price: $4.45

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9061-valentines-heart.aspx

Reviewer: Stacey Krug

Blurb/Summary:

This is a sequel to Yuletide Enchantment and Like Bunnies.

Valentine Holiday loves being single. As the youngest member of the Holiday family, he’s in no hurry for the family magic to catch up with him and find him the love of his life. Right before Valentine’s Day, he begins getting emails from a dating site he never signed up for. He’s sure it’s just a hoax—until he meets Corazon Lopez.

Cora doesn’t have time for romance. The busy social worker is sure her friend must have signed her up when emails start arriving about her “perfect match”. Then she meets Val Holiday in person and all bets are off. Between forced vacation time and a free trip to a tropical resort, the fates seem determined to throw them together—along with a private suite and plenty of sex toys.

Val and Cora realize they’re in for the sexual frolic of their lives. They’re not so sure about falling in love, but the Holiday magic may have other ideas.

Review:

Valentine’s Heart is a quick, fun, and endearing read. Valentine Holiday is a smart and thoughtful man that falls hard for the beautiful and hard working Corazon Lopez. Corazon can’t help but fall in love with the man that holds her heart.

The two share chemistry and love for life that comes through in the story. Their love scenes are sensual and erotic. This is a fast paced tale that is very complimentary to Cindy Spencer Pape’s previous Holiday Family stories.

This is a must read for any Cindy Spencer Pape fans. You won’t want to miss out on the youngest Holiday falling in love.