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Love at First Sight (Home #4) by Cardeno C. (4 Stars)

Jun28

Can you really recognize your true love at first sight?

Johnathan Doyle is a very lonely young man. Although he is loved by his family, he doesn’t really have any true friends. He got his only real friend pregnant after one mistaken night with her and kept his son after she left town. A chance encounter has him hooked on a blue-eyed man, David, that he saw but never met. However, he’s convinced they are meant to be together and spends several years looking for David. After finally finding David, they begin a whirlwind romance. If David can handle Johnathan’s secrets, they might just get their happy ending.

Johnathan seemed a little odd, but he was a very nice person down to the bottom of his soul. It was hard to understand why he would feel so alone in the world. David is charming, wealthy and shocked that he has fallen so hard for Johnathan. Although David has a lot of friends, he’s never been in a relationship that really meant anything to him.

It was nice seeing the characters from the other stories in this series hang out together, especially when they discussed David’s love life. This was a very low angst story with lots of steamy sex, romantic dates, and some nice dialog. These two really care for each other and don’t play games. I’m not a fan of children in erotic romance stories, but Johnathan’s son, Sam, was so adorable, and he actually brought some great moments to the story.

I was tearing up at the end with happy feelings. There were a few minor issues with the story. The sex was a bit excessive, especially toward the end, and it felt like it was just one scene after another. It was also a bit bothersome that David constantly referred to Johnathan as smaller and younger, treating him almost like a child.

Overall, I really enjoyed this beautiful romance between two sexy and kind people who both proved that love can happen at first sight.

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Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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Over the Line (Mastered #3) by Sierra Cartwright (4 Stars)

Jun1

Can you really protect your heart when you’re already willing to completely trust somebody with your body?

Dom Michael Dayton has already been married and divorced once. He’s going to be much more cautious with his heart next time. He knows what he wants in a future relationship and in the bedroom. Sydney Wallace knows she’s submissive when it comes to sex, but she’s extremely adventurous in everything else life has to offer. She refuses to be controlled by another man like her former master.

Michael is an excellent character with strong communication skills, a powerful body, and an incredibly insightful mind. He always pays attention to every detail about his sub making it his sexiest trait. Sydney was a strong woman physically, and she loved a good outdoor adventure. Unfortunately, after letting her last master completely control her life, she’s very hesitant to get involved in a new relationship and prefers just to play with other dominants. The focus of the story was on breaking down barriers for two people who both had prior bad relationships, and who were very determined to be much more careful the next time around. They both knew what they wanted out of their lives, and neither of them was willing to compromise.

Fortunately, what they both wanted and needed was each other. They discovered this by talking through their issues and desires, with these conversations being instigated by Michael. We definitely got to know the characters well enough through their thoughts and interactions with others, but the majority of their time together was actually spent doing scenes. I would have liked to have seen them spend more time together talking about something other than the scene. There were some brief conversations, but not enough to really buy the concept of them falling in love with each other. However, Michael’s comments and approach to life convinced me that they would get their happy ending, which we’ll hopefully see in a future book in the series.

The sex was pretty heavily laced with moderate pain including heavy flogging, pinching, slapping, and spanking along with bondage and ball-gags. Overall, I enjoyed this extremely erotic story with an incredibly sexy alpha male who knows how to communicate. If you enjoy stories that get you hot and bothered with heavy elements of S&M, this will definitely do the trick.

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Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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He Completes Me (Home #2) by Cardeno C. (5 Stars)

May31

The joy of finding your true love when you never expected to have one.

Zach Johnson is enjoying his life as a chef and a party boy. He has no desire to settle down and has never met anybody that made him want to until Aaron Paulson. Aaron spends most of his time taking care of everybody else, but now he’s ready for somebody to take care of him and Zach is the only man he ever wants in his life.

Zach was an absolutely amazing character, and the entire story is told from his point of view. I loved his sarcasm, his wit, his interesting view on the world, and his very opinionated inner voice. Zach didn’t have a great life growing up, and it’s caused him to keep an emotional distance from everybody who wants to love him. Aaron is a veterinarian and one of the nicest people ever written. The only annoyance was with Zach’s brother and sister-in-law who really took advantage of Aaron’s kindness. However, Zach’s constant recognition and commentary on Aaron’s sweetness kept me laughing.

The story focused on Aaron very slowly convincing Zach that they were meant to be together. Even after Zach cheated on Aaron at the beginning of their relationship, Aaron refused to give up. Aaron truly believed that they were meant to be together, and he was willing to forgive Zach. Fortunately, Zach quickly wised up and the rest of the story was spent watching these two build a life together. Once the shell around Zach’s heart melted, he became a wonderful friend and lover to Aaron, and the two of them really began to take care of each other.

I really enjoy when the couple gets together early in a story allowing us to see them spend more time together and truly believe in their happy ending. These two were a perfect match and positively adorable together. In addition to the humor provided by Zach’s thoughts, the time Zach spent with Aaron’s family was priceless. We also were treated to some amazing love scenes with these two.

Zach made this story truly amazing, and he now has a permanent place in my heart as one of my favorite characters.

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Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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If It Drives (A Market Garden Tale #7) by Aleksandr Voinov & L.A. Witt (5 Stars)

May28

I loved every minute of this story! Being in Cal’s head was amazing and made me really feel like I knew him. He truly wanted to understand how to be a good Dom to James, and it came through with his request to be trained by Nick. I adored seeing Nick and Spencer from If It Flies and If It Fornicates. Nick was pure perfection with his psychoanalysis of the situation and his joy of helping out Cal.

There were several extremely hot scenes with the necessary emotional connection to really make it work. I was glad I wasn’t in James’ head, since he was not in a good spot in his life, and it could have really brought the story down.  We got a glimpse into James’ life, but there was still quite a bit left to explore.

Although the story is complete, I hope to see a sequel. These two are just starting their relationship, and there are so many different things they have yet to explore. I would love to see a story from James’ perspective now that he has somebody to truly take care of him.

I highly recommend this extremely hot step into the Market Garden universe with the engaging Cal.

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Originally reviewed for Swept Away By Romance. Complimentary copy provided by Riptide via NetGalley for an honest review.
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