Review: Dakota Ranch Crude by Leah Brooke

Dakota Ranch Crude
Leah Brooke
Series: Dakota Heat #2
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publish Date: March 27, 2009
Kindle {p.108}
Source: Personal Library
Genre: Erotica, Menage
Samantha Cross, Jackson & Shayne Montgomery
Challenge: 100+
Buy the Book: Amazon

When Samantha Cross goes to her brother's employers to ask for help, she had no idea that it would change her life forever. To repay their debt, they both have to live and work at the Dakota Ranch for one year. Samantha has no option but to accept.

Her brother's employers, Shayne and Jackson Montgomery, are not what she expected. Jackson, the younger brother is too handsome and charming to resist, especially when he sets his sights on her. He wants her to share her life with not only him, but his older brother, Shayne.

She realizes that the only way is to show Shayne he's not the crude animal he's become convinced he is.

Shayne is hard headed and won't believe it, convinced that he would only hurt her. Can Samantha convince this tender giant that he and his brother are perfect for her?

What little character development this story had (too short for a lot) was surprisingly good. I liked Samantha and Shayne a bit more than Jackson though. Jackson just seemed like an unnecessary third to Samantha and Shayne’s relationship. I think the book would have been fine without him.

Shayne has had issues in the past with getting women due to his size, but with Samantha she’s not frightened by it. My only issue other than the unnecessary addition of Jackson, is the near assault of Samantha and the sex she had immediately after said assault. That just didn’t seem all that conceivable to me.

Other than that, I really enjoyed it, and look forward to seeing more from this series.

Review: Her Dakota Men by Leah Brooke

Her Dakota Men
Leah Brooke
Series: Dakota Heat #1
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: December 29, 2008
Kindle {p.73}
Source: Personal Library
Genre: Erotica, Menage
Stacy Daniels, Wolfe, Travis, Cash Dakota
Challenge: 100+
Buy the Book: Amazon

Stacy Daniels left the ranch she loved so much years ago. Not being able to cope with her abusive father, she'd stayed away as much as possible. Infrequent visits to the ranch to visit those she loved caused her heartache, but she couldn't stay away.

Wolfe, Travis and Cash Dakota, the foreman's three sons, lived and worked on the ranch and she'd loved them forever. Realizing the futility of loving all three, she carefully kept her love for them hidden as guilt consumed her.

She wanted more than anything to stay on the ranch she loves so much with the only real family she's ever known. But if she gives in, loving all three of them the way she does, she'll ruin everything.

Not wanting to cause anyone pain, she has no choice but to flee.

Wolfe, Travis and Cash Dakota have other plans for her and won't let her go. They've waited for years to be Her Dakota Men.

I’m not sure if it’s due to the length of this story or not, but I didn’t feel like any of these characters had any depth. Stacy is torn because she’s in love with all three brothers and has slept with all three on separate occasions. And they’re just suppose to live happily ever after?

By the end of the story, I wasn’t any better off than I was at page one.

Review: Their Taydelaan by Rachel Clark

Their Taydelaan
Rachel Clark
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publish Date: April 12, 2011
Kindle
Source: Publisher
Genre: Sci-Fi, Menage
Characters: Jade, Mitchell, Zack
Challenge: 100+, Ebook
Buy the Book: Amazon

How did bumping into a man in a hospital corridor develop into dreams of red-hot threesomes? Jade can't understand why she's dreaming of the man she literally bumped into three months ago, but when she actually meets the men from her dreams at her sister's party, things seem to spiral even further out of her control. Unwilling to believe her sister's explanation, Jade still can't deny the telepathic link she now shares with the two men. Zack and Mitchell have finally found their third, the woman who completes them-their Taydelaan-but she seems intent on denying their future together. Can they convince Jade that being loved doesn't mean being dependent?

Jade encounters her mates while at the hospital for the birth of her sister’s child.

Their Taydelaan is an erotic adventure of Jade, Zack, and Mitchell becoming a permenant triad. These three were having amazing sex before ever truly meeting each other.

I really enjoyed the fact that Jade questioned the whole situation and didn’t just accept what was being told to her. She didn’t automatically accept the that these people were aliens and her life partners.

Once again Ms. Clark does a great job in getting across the emotions of all the parties involved.

Review: Surrendering to Summer by Kortny Alexander

Surrendering to Summer
Kortny Alexander
Series: Whispering Mountain #2
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publish Date: May 18, 2011
Kindle
Source: Publisher
Genre: Erotica, Menage
Characters: Summer Showers, Dalton, Denver, Dillon Durden
Challenge: 100+, Ebook
Buy the Book: Amazon

Summer Showers was excited about moving to Whispering Mountain for a better job and triple the pay. When her living situation changes, she is persuaded to move in with the Durden men temporarily. Staying with the men only makes her undeniable attraction grow stronger. She finds it difficult to suppress the desire growing inside of her.

Dalton, Denver, and Dillon Durden knew they were in trouble the minute they invited Summer to stay with them. While all three men tried to fight their attraction to her, they found it difficult to stay away.

Someone is lurking in Whispering Mountain and they won’t stop until they get what they have come for. Will the stranger rip their world apart or will the Durden men fight to protect everything they love and surrender to Summer?

Summer finds herself attracted to not one man but three, who just so happen to be brothers. Although it seems as if only two of them return her feelings.

The story started out straight to the point. No big build up to the romance between the involved parties because it was already in progress. This to me is a plus. You don't have all the filler pages distracting you from the story. But in this case I didn't really feel that there was more going on between Summer and her men other than the physical attraction.

Denver and Dillion were great guys in the fact that they treated her well, but beyond that I didn't really feel that I knew anything about them. Dalton on the other hand, came across as a jerk until he opened up ad became the wounded hero.

The overall chemistry between the three of them was very well written. Ms. Alexander manages to write some very vivid and descriptive sex scenes that will keep you wanting more.

Review: SWAT Team Two and Miss Robin Hood by Dixie Lynn Dwyer

SWAT Team Two and Miss Robin Hood
Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Series: The Men of Five-O #2
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: May 9, 2011
Kindle
Source: Publisher
Genre: Paranormal, Menage
Characters: Melissa, Frankie, Jake, Logan, Sunny, Vince Vladamir
Challenge: 100+, Ebook
Buy the Book: Amazon

When tragedy strikes, Melissa is left responsible to care for a whole family. Desperate times call for desperate measures. As if working in a strip club isn’t dangerous enough, she decides to moonlight for the sake of the poor and needy in the community, including her family. Add in a persistent cop who wants her to snitch and a notorious drug dealer who wants to bed her and she’s in over her head.

Vince, Logan, Sunny, Frankie and Jake are wolves and SWAT team officers. While out at a club, they meet their mate, and she’s one sexy little dancer. She avoids them, but they remain determined. When they pick up her scent near a drug factory they raid, they assume that she’s a criminal in their current investigation. They locate, handcuff and arrest her, and then they bring her back to their place to initiate their version of interrogation. By the time they’re finished, she’ll be begging for their touch.

Melissa is struggling to provide for herself, her late sister's children, and her sickly aunt. She turns to creative ways to provide her family and friends with money. While working at a gentleman's club, she meets SWAT team two, the Vladamir brothers, who recognize her as their mate.

Ms. Dwyer again manages to write vivid erotic scenes between all parties involved. With five men no one was left out or treated as an afterthought. All the brothers received equal time and emotional involvement with Melissa in their own individual way.

This is a great series for anyone wanting smoking hot sex with a paranormal twist. I hope Ms. Dwyer continues with this series.

Review: Taydelaan by Rachel Clark

Taydelaan
Rachel Clark
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: February 11, 2011
Kindle {p.75}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Sci-Fi, Menage
Characters: Kayla, Jessica, David
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

Kayla has been hurt before so it feels very safe to secretly fall a little in love with her best friend and her best friend’s husband. Jessica and David have a few secrets of their own, and the fact that they’ve both fallen in love with Kayla is probably the least shocking of them. They’ve been searching for their Taydelaan, or third, the one who completes them, but they found Kayla instead, and no matter how sensible it should be to walk away, neither Jessica nor David wants to. They love Kayla and are willing to alter their plans for the future just to stay with her. But in an effort not to hurt the woman they love, they’ve left out a few essential details. When Kayla finds out and their world comes crashing down, will they be able to convince her she is exactly where she belongs?

Kayla is in love with her married best friends. Already having been burned by a man she didn’t realize was married when she was involved with him; Kayla is unwilling to go down that road again and has closed herself off. Unbeknownst to her, Jessica and David are in love with her too.

Taydelaan was an interesting read for me in the fact that it featured two females to one male. You don’t really see much of that when it comes to ménage relationships. So that added a unique spin on the overall experience. Ms. Clark does a nice job managing to express the emotions of all the involved parties in a way that the reader feels engrossed and invested in the story.

It was a quick read but it moved along at a believable pace and progression. My only complaint would be that I would have liked to see more of their triad relationship outside of the bedroom. They were never a threesome in public settings, other than David picking the two ladies up from work on one occasion.

This was a promising read for me and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Clark.

Review: Here Kitty, Kitty by Joyee Flynn

Here Kitty, Kitty
Joyee Flynn
Series: Purrfect Mates #1
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: December 30, 2010
Kindle {p.106}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Erotica, Menage, Paranormal
Characters: Avery Donovan, Cord Hartwell, Tyson Fitzgerald
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

Avery Donovan has escaped after being held captive almost thirty years. He is injured and on the run seeking refuge. While making his way across a ranch in southern Montana, he catches the unique smell of his mates. Alone and scared, he decides to trust fate and follow the scent of his men. Childhood friends, Cord Hartwell and Tyson Fitzgerald, have spent decades denying their feelings for each other until one day, an injured saber tooth tiger shows up on their front porch, shifts into a gorgeous man, and changes their lives. Avery has forty-eight hours to convince them he is their mate and claim them, or he will die. Will Cord and Ty finally admit their feelings for each other and their desire for Avery, or will they continue to deny their feelings and risk losing their chance at happiness?

Here Kitty Kitty starts out with Avery showing up on Cord and Tyson’s doorstep. Tyson and Cord have always been in love with each other, but it takes the appearance of Avery to get them to act on their feelings. I felt that Avery making them act on their feelings made Ty and Cord’s love for one another somewhat lesser.

The interaction between the three of them was great. Even the interaction between Ty and Avery or Cord and Avery was good. It was the interaction between Ty and Cord that was lacking.

I truly enjoyed the coming together of the werecats and werewolves. Avery’s family seemed like really likeable characters. I would enjoy seeing more from his siblings.
This is a nice start to an interesting series.

Review: SWAT Team One and the Social Worker by Dixie Lynn Dwyer

SWAT Team One and the Social Worker
Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Series: The Men of Five-O #1
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: April 20, 2011
Kindle {p.246}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Erotica, Menage, Paranormal
Characters: Samantha Gray, Adam, Donny, Dustin, Kyle, Trey Valdamar
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

Caught in the middle of a hostage situation, social worker Samantha Gray faces death to help a family in need. When she calls for help, the SWAT Commander and his team of four gorgeous men come to her rescue. These five handsome faces, sexy bodies, and take-charge personalities send her body into sexual turmoil, but she has to resist. She fell in love once and caused her lover's death. She can't give in to temptation this time, no matter how desirable the brothers. The Valdamar brothers are a pack of Alphas hired by the government to keep the peace. They discover their mate, but she refuses to reciprocate their advances. As trouble continues to find her, they lose their patience and decide to take what is theirs and shield her from further harm in the one place she resists-their arms. Note: This book contains physical abuse of the heroine by the villain.

At first I was a little apprehensive about one woman and whole SWAT team because most stories I’ve encountered with more than one woman and two men seem to have lots of sex and not much story. Not the case with this one. Ms. Dwyer does an excellent job of providing a truly interesting storyline outside of the bedroom. Don’t get me wrong, the sex was smokin’ and abundant, but the characters had more going on than just sex.

Ms. Dwyer does a great job of letting the reader get to know these five men’s personalities. As a reader, I didn’t feel like I got to know one brother better than the other. Although Sam did spend alone time with one brother over the others, I didn’t feel as though they were being excluded or left out.

SWAT Team One and the Social Worker had a lot of action and plot twists that I wasn’t expecting from an erotic novel, but was pleasantly surprised with. This is my first book by Ms. Dwyer, but it definitely won’t be my last.

Review: Playing the Field by Chloe Lang & Sophie Oak

Playing the Field
Chloe Lang & Sophie Oak
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: January 18, 2011
Kindle {p.108}
Genre: Erotica, Menage
Characters: Tess Proffit, Curt, Kevin, Marcus, Mike, Randy
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

When Tess Proffit was asked to run a series of team building exercises for a promising group of professional football players, she never imagined how sexy, sweet or obnoxious they would turn out to be. Keeping things professional will be tough, as each man ignites her desires in different ways.

Curt, Mike, Kevin, Marcus and Randy don’t want to spend their off season on a secluded ranch working on team building, though they don’t mind spending time with the lovely Tess. When a bet between the men goes awry and Tess is hurt, they’ll have to become a team to win her back.

Tess must get five sexy football players to work together and behave as a team. She finds herself attracted to not one but all five of them and them her.

Playing the Field is more than your typical ménage in that it features five men to one woman. With so many participants, things could get a little hectic. Both authors tended to handle that aspect rather well.

While the sex is rampant, there may have been too many men to get to know any of them beyond the sex. I just didn’t feel I had adequate time to learn anything about them or invest any interest in them.

Review: Unbridled and Unbroken by Elle Saint James

Unbridled and Unbroken
Elle Saint James
Series: The Double Rider Men's Club #2
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: January 7, 2011
Kindle {p.174}
Source: Publisher
Genre: Erotica, Menage, Western
Characters: Veronica, Adam, Johnny
Challenge: 100+, Ebook

A forgotten lotto ticket and a strong dose of lust send Veronica after Johnny and into his hotel room. She's introduced to his good friend Adam and their ménage lifestyle, which further intrigues her. But Veronica has a dark secret she dares not share with Johnny or Adam. It forces her to live a lie and worse, threatens their newfound love.

Johnny and Adam consider themselves lucky to have found a woman intrigued by their ménage lifestyle. Even though they weren't looking for a partner, they've found the perfect girl for them. But Veronica is hiding something that has her running out the morning after the Double Rider Men's Club annual event. An old friend associated with their men's club is hell-bent on putting Veronica in jail.

Will Johnny and Adam be able to protect her from Zachary, or will they lose her forever?

Veronica meets Johnny while working at a local convenience store and is immediately attracted. Johnny too finds Veronica attractive, but is unsure how she’ll react to his lifestyle. Johnny has to share his women with his best friend and business partner, Adam.

Veronica decides to take a chance and goes to Johnny’s hotel room for some no-strings sex, but unbeknownst to her, Adam is in the adjoining room. When they broach the subject of a ménage to Veronica, she is a bit unsure because she doesn’t want there to be any jealously between the men. Totally understandable, and would probably be my main concern as well.

When these three do get together, they really steam up the pages. With Elle Saint James, you not only get fantastic sex, which is a given with her, but you also get a good storyline. With the back-story and mystery going on with Veronica, it’s sure to keep you entertained when she and her sexy men aren’t setting the bed on fire.

Unbridled and Unbroken is another good addition to the Double Rider Men’s Club series.

Review: Unbridled and Undone by Elle Saint James

Unbridled and Undone
Elle Saint James
Series: The Double Rider Men's Club #1
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: August 30, 2010
Kindle
Source: Publisher
Genre: Menage, Western
Characters: Tessa Calloway, Zachary Barrett, Dell Harper
Challenge: 100+, 50 States ~ Colorado

Lust at first sight sends Tessa Calloway into a private Colorado nightclub seeking relief for her sexual needs. Dell Harper falls in love at first sight and Zachary Barrett soon follows. They believe she s the one they ve waited for and introduce her to their menage lifestyle. Unable to see a future without Tessa, Dell and Zachary ask her to join them permanently in Wyoming for their happily ever after. Tessa, having just inherited the home and security she s wanted all her life, must now decide if she ll abandon her long-awaited dream home for a future with two sexy ranchers out of state in Wyoming. What's more important after all, a new found love or an inherited family property?

When Tessa sees the two sexy ranchers Dell and Zachary enter her father’s club, she pulls out all the stops to get them.

Elle Saint James knows how to write hot sex. These three were constantly setting the pages on fire. Not only that but she kept me laughing at the conversations between Zachary and Dell. These two had a great friendship and mutual respect for one another, which I think made the execution of a threesome relationship between them work so well.

Dell and Zachary both managed to have a relationship with Tessa independent of the other’s. Jealously or hurt feelings was never an issue with them in their unconventional relationship. They both genuinely just wanted to love and care for Tessa.

Unbridled and Undone is a nice start to the Double Rider Men’s Club series.

Review: Cowboy Domination by Stacey Espino

Cowboy Domination
Stacey Espino {Blog | Twitter}
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: November 29, 2010
Kindle
Source: Publisher
Genre: Erotica, Western
Characters: Callie Johnson, Boyd Black, Colton Black, Waylon Black
Challenge: 100+, Ebook
My Rating:

Callie will do anything to save her grandfather’s farm. She’s even ready to offer her body to one of the wealthy Black brothers in exchange for peace of mind. What she doesn’t expect is how much she loves being dominated by the kinky trio. But can she trust the known playboys with her heart?

Callie is a headstrong, independent woman who only has her grandfather and her land. So when the Black brothers come to take her land from her, she doesn’t fail to give them a piece of her mind.

All three of brothers are instantly smitten with Callie and the feeling is mutual. But they are trying to take from her the only home she’s ever known, so she tries to fight her growing attraction to the cowboys.

I so enjoyed this story. Not only was the sex smoking hot but the rest of the storyline was well executed. There were no lags in keeping you entertained. It offered enough going on outside of the bedroom to keep you turning the pages. Seeing Callie struggle with her feelings for all three of the brothers because she felt it wasn’t right to want all of them, as well as them struggling with theirs for her, was great to watch because of the wonderful way Espino handled the situation. I am always a bit apprehensive when it comes to permanent ménages because I tend to feel that someone is always the outsider. This was not the case with Cowboy Domination.

When the four of them managed to get together they all seemed to have equal footing in the relationship. Espino did such a wonderful job of giving each brother their own distinct personality that it makes you understand how Callie could fall in love will all three of them. All of the characters were interesting, likable people that could pass as your next door neighbor. I loved the fact that Callie was strong enough to take on three strong men and not make apologies for it.

Cowboy Domination was handled with the correct amount of sex and emotion. I would definitely read this author again.

Review: Just a Taste of Me by Stormy Glenn

Just a Taste of Me
Stormy Glenn {Blog | Facebook | Myspace | Twitter}
Series: Wolf Creek Pack
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Publication Date: July 1, 2009
Kindle
Genre: LGBT, Paranormal
Characters: Quilliam Reece, Keeley
Challenge: 100+, Ebook, M/M
My Rating:

Reece knows Keeley is his mate the moment he meets him. But Keeley is not only human, he's a man.

Alpha of his own pack for just three months, having a man for a mate is a headache Reece doesn't need. But not claiming his mate is not an option. However, Keeley is unlike any man he has ever met, from the top of his gorgeous honey blond hair to the bottom of his fire engine red painted toenails, Keeley is hot!

Reece becomes even more enchanted with his new mate when Keeley loses his temper with Reece and hits him with a cookie sheet. Just when Reece accepts being mated to a man and starts to care for him, Keeley is attacked and nearly dies. Reece discovers a plot that involves more than just the death of his mate, but also his entire pack.

Can Reece save Keeley and his pack, or will he have to choose between them?

Reece is the Alpha of his pack, so image his surprise to realize his mate is Keeley, a petite little man. Reece has been living his life up to this point as a straight man, so he doesn’t understand why he is fated to be with a man.

So when Keeley comes into the bar that Reece happens to be, he can’t seem to take his eyes off of him. And when trouble follows Keeley into the restroom, Reece follows to protect his future mate.

The whole mating process, Keeley easily complies with, letting Reece bite him as well as drinking his blood in return. No questions asked. And at this point neither of them knows the others name.

The two of them feel their way around each other in this relationship. Reece having never been with a man before, is untrained in the aspects of lovemaking with a man and has to rely on Keeley to show him the ropes. Keeley on the other hand is constantly getting upset and offended by everything Reece says or does, which leads to a lot of time in which Keeley spent sulking.

The two finally get it together and make a rather enjoyable read. The secondary characters prove to be of great interest as well.