ARC-Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford

We would like to add a disclaimer that we have not previously read the first book in the Sinners Series. This does not take away from the story at all! You can fully love this book without reading the first one. Now excuse us while we go read the first one :-p

Missy~ I really enjoyed this book. It was a very well written story and the Author did a great job of really getting into the characters, not just the main ones but the family members as well. I really liked that. I was also glad that this wasn't cut to a short story and Rhys really went in depth with her story. I loved the story and can't wait to see what happens next!

Jenny~ I loooooooooove this book <3!!!! I can't even express how much I enjoyed this book. Rhys is a rock star. I fell in love with Damien and Sionn as they fell in love with each other. It was so heart wrenching to see Damien's fierce need to be reunited with Miki and the struggle to get his memory back together. First, I love me some Irish! So to get engrossed in a whole family of them is awesome! Rhys really grips your heart and drives you wild. I love it! We would also like to place a disclaimer that if we don't find out about the brother soon, Missy and I will either die of deprivation or will make our way to Cali to duct tape Rhys to her chair to make her write the story for us lol. Until then we will be waiting with baited breath.

5 smooches for Whiskey and Wry!!! Thank you Rhys for letting us join you in this adventure! <3

Whiskey and Wry comes out August 19th!! Until then join us in reading book 1 in the series Sinner's Gin!!

Deception Peak by Dianne Lynn Gardner

Today I'm reviewing Deception Peak by Dianne Lynn Gardner!

The first book of a trilogy, Deception Peak is a young adult adventure fantasy about a teenager, Ian Wilson, who follows his father through a portal that magically appears on their computer screen. They travel into a deceptively beautiful Realm, where horses run free, the wind sings prophetic melodies, and their computer avatars come to life.

But when the two are separated, Ian is abducted by a tribe of dragon worshipers and is forced to find his courage. As he struggles for his freedom and embarks on a perilous search to find his father, Ian meets the true peacekeepers of the Realm. It's then that he learns there is a greater purpose for being there.

This is out of my realm of normal books read. I'm usually into romance books, even in YA novels. This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review, and I am more then happy to give it. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this book. It started off a little strange. Young loner boy with his dad having nerd bonding time. Going from there to this magical land that they somehow managed to get access to from a computer program the two of them build. Everything seems cool until they go to venture further into this world to explore and get separated. I didn't think I had gotten sucked into it so bad until I ran out of book to read! I was surprised I had been so absorbed. No sappy romance to distract me, no steamy sex scenes, just pure intense plot taking me from one chapter to the next and leaving me hanging!!

I'm really glad I read this. It was a wonderful read. I will be adding the next two books to my to be read list, with pleasure!! Five smooches for an exceptional read. You can find Deception Peak here!

Cougar Wants by Cooper McKenzie

Cougar Wants During a weekend with her two lifelong friends, Kimber Jordan decides she wants to become a cougar. When financial difficulties arise, she chooses to rent a room rather than ask friends or family for help. When the pizza delivery guy asks to rent the room, Kimber is intrigued. He’s younger, gorgeous, and makes her dream of things she’d forgotten. Tate Pierce, a cougar shape-shifter, has worked multiple jobs for so long he doesn’t remember what free time is. When he delivers Kimber’s pizza, he realizes she is his lifemate. He doesn’t care that she is an older woman. She is sexy and beautiful and everything he wants in his mate. When work comes between them, Kimber takes drastic measures to show him there is more to life than work. Can Kimber help Tate change his life goals to include her? Will this cub be able to tame his cougar?

Book one in the Cougarlicious series. Kimber and her friends decide to become cougars. Sounds simple right? Go out, find hot young thing to bring home, have happily ever after! How do you manage to find someone though when you work out of your home, and don’t really leave much. Easy! Order pizza. J  I got the first two in this series to read at the same time, which was good because by the time I was done with the first one I was raring to go for the next. This is a steamy and sweet read that goes to show you that age doesn’t matter. No matter how old you get, you still deserve love, and some hot steamy sex.  Now I would like to know when my pizza place is going to find hot people to deliver my pizza ;-)

4 ½ Smooches!!

You can find Cougar Wants here!

Libby's Fireman by Tracey Steinbach

Libby’s Fireman is the story of a little girl, her mom and the fireman who falls in love with both of them. Libby is exuberant, outgoing and fearless. She’s also six years old. When she gets stuck in a tree, trying to get her Barbie doll to fly, Jack comes to her rescue. Jack is immediately taken with the little girl. He loves children, going out of his way to help them whenever he can. In bonding with Libby, Jack gets to know Tara, her mom. Tara melts a little each time she sees Jack with Libby. She was attracted to him but now her heart is becoming involved. Little by little, the three of them become a family.

This was a very cute but short story. I really loved the way the author wrote the little girl. As a mom of a precocious little firecracker myself, she really hit it on that one. Libby is ADORABLE! My only miff was that it was so short! It was a really cute story and a fun read, just wish it would have been longer. Would be interested to see if the author expands on this at all in a series.  ~ Jenny

I agree, I really enjoyed this story. I just wish it hadn't ended so soon. I loved the little girl, she was so sweet. I'm looking forward to reading more. ~ Missy

All in all we give Libby’s Fireman 4 smooches, on the grounds that we needed more to read.

You can find Libby's Fireman here! 

    

Angel's Redemption by Azalea Moone

Twenty-four-year-old Blaine Schneider is seasoned to hardship. Since the age of eight, he's experienced nothing but a swarm of bad luck: from the funny electrical fire in shop class to failing grades and relationships gone sour. He believes he'll never get past it; only his band, 'Til Dark, and their dream, keeps him going through it all.

Shortly after he mysteriously inherits a beautifully carved angel statue, Blaine also finds an apartment big enough to display the lifelike sculpture, and he thinks his luck has finally taken a turn for the better. But when he discovers the spell inscribed on the statue's base, he frees Lynsael from his stone prison, a handsome fallen angel who claims to be Blaine's former guardian angel, and then his luck really improves.

But while Blaine is falling hard for the angel's blue eyes and lively personality, in the shadows, dark forces are working to keep Blaine and Lynsael apart. It will take more than luck for the pair to come through unscathed—it'll take a miracle.

This was a good story, I really liked the interaction between Blaine and Lynsael. It wasn't an instant love at first sight story, so it had a good realistic feel to it, as opposed to sappy romance feel but it was still really sweet. It also had some really good twists that I was not expecting. Good rock story too, I had fun seeing the inner workings of the band. I'm looking forward to see future books from this author.

I give Angel's Redemption 3 1/2 smooches!

You can find Angel's Redemption here!

Dragons among us!

Today I'm reviewing the Dracones anthology. I love me some dragons. It's always interesting to see how different authors write dragons. So this was fun to have multiple stories to go off of.

Fugue in Gold and Fire by Avery Vanderlyle
Adri and Dru are waiting for the purple moon and Vesti's light which will decide who changes into an animal shape or not. This was a good story, of two men hoping that through the change they wont forget each other and their love. I'm usually a little sketchy on stories where the main characters are already in love, cause I really enjoy the whole falling in love part. This, however did a really good job of showing how much these two men love each other and the challenges they go through when one of them changes into something a little bigger than expected lol.

Teller of Tales by D.K. Jernigan
This one was a fun spin on the writing world. Tom's job is to read through stories at a publishing agency and decide what would be worth approval and what get's put in the decline pile. After reading the first chapter of an amazing story he finds the author lives in the same town as they are in and schedules to meet him. Tom soon discovers how Peter knows so much about this special world he's written. It was a fun read. I liked the publishing company side of it.

Weird Magics by E.E. Ottoman
Cyras and Daire have an odd relationship of patient and doctor. Murders start happening to other non humans they work together to not only help Daire but the others out there. Murder, suspense and dragons. Not your average tale, but it had a nice action packed ending.

Chanson Commencante de Guerre by Lor Rose
Dragons and dragon shifters don't mix. There's been a war between the two for a long time. Rayvak is a recluse dragon, banished from his kind. Stormy is a dragon shifter who was being attacked on Rayvak's land. Rayvak steps in and saves him. This story is sweet. Sometimes you have to look past what everyone else says about who you love.

Two in the Bush by E.R. Karr
David and Ferdi went camping together. Ferdie needed a chance to stretch his wings in his dragon form, but things don't go as planned. This story was really cool, and very out of the ordinary, but they were very funny together and it had a cool ending.


Finding the Rain by Tam Ames
Buwei has been selected to bring offerings to Lord Shenlong with hopes that he'll bring the rain. When he gets up to the temple he meets Tian. This story was really sweet yet sad. Great job on really catching the emotions in this story.

Lukos Heat by Megan Derr
Shifters come in all shapes and sizes. A group of shifters are on the hunt for someone accused of an attempted assassination, among them a dragon who does not like the cold. They meet up with the Lukos, large wolf shifters who are there to help. I love how the two main characters banded together and also kept each other safe. They kept the heat going. Really great read.


This was a fun read and I was not dissappointed. Still love me some dragons! You can find them here!

Ladies that howl!

I am reviewing The Daughter's of Artemis today. I wasn't sure how I was going to like this. I read a lot of m/m books but I hadn't really had any f/f books jump out at me and say READ ME! So while I was browsing around and found this. It struck my fancy so I said hey why not! So here's the dealio.

The Fullness That Love Began by Marie Carlson

Its not easy being alpha, even more so when you are female. This is a steamy short story about the two top ladies in the pack and how they add a little spice in their relationship that ends with a little more love.

The Fire of Her Eyes by K. Piet

Katya has become pack alpha after human hunters wipe out half her pack. While on the run and trying to protect her pack they run into a lone blind tiger shifter named Yun. Katya makes a deal with her to protect her in exchange for healing her pack. While they continue to find the best way for the pack they find a new way for each other.

Luna's Mate Shashauna P. Thomas

Luna is out camping, and finds herself being hunted by some wolves, just to have someone tell her she was imagining it. After returning home she discovers she was not dreaming it up, and she is not as normal as she thought she was. This was very creative with the world that was build.

To Pierce the Sky by Erik Moore
Susan is not your average wolf shifter, even as a pack member and elder she is set apart. But and adventurous lady who is convinced she can document real werewolves for tv comes and breaks down the walls of the loner she wolf. This one was a really sweet read.

Protect the Moon by Della Buckland

Toni McGowan is a bounty hunter. She's assigned to protect a witch until the new moon, and she's not happy about it, and neither is the witch. But with Demons, other wolves and lots of energy going on, who knows what will happen. This one has quite the surprise ending that I did not see coming. It was pretty cool.

Sacrifices by S.L. Armstrong

And last but not least, I liked this one. I wasn't sure I was going to. The were pack is led by an already established mated femail pair. But the king of the weres tells her that she needs to stop beating up the males challenging her and find a better way to lead or he'll take her pack away. How to do this? Have a baby! Except her mate doesn't have the right parts to do that. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the whole bringing in the dude thing, except the author wrote it very well. It's not just a knock em up and everyone is happy story. The ladies have to really work on their relationship together to make this work, and they go through a lot to pick just the right man for the job. I was pleasantly surprised by this one.


All in all it was a pretty good read. Not bad considering I think it's harder for people to write FF stories that help you really connect to the characters. I was very happy I got a chance to read this. If you like weres and ladies, give this a shot!

You can find it here at Storm Moon Press!