This may be a novella in length but it sure packs a punch. Carissa has been working herself ragged planning a wedding for the coming summer. When she gets sick Josh decides to take things into his own hands. Boy is she going to be surprised.This story was so moving – it made me cry way too many tears; but they were good tears.

If you’ve read the other books in this series, especially the first one, you HAVE to read this. It was so great to revisit the characters from the other River Bend stories.

As is usual in the River Bend stories there’s lots of hot lovin’ and lots of strong language.

Sibyl wasn’t your typical English-born woman. Her father raised her like a son, and she learned to be independent, to protect herself, and to think for herself. However, when her father passes and her uncle takes his place, Sibyl is thrown headlong into a marriage of inconvenience. Her fiancé is a real jerk. The day she decides to kick him to the curb, and also sort-of-kind-of stab him into a tree with an arrow—the jerk had it coming—a shifter, more accurately, a Wulver, which is the term for a human that changes into a wolf, Raife, saves her from her jerk of a fiancé and his merry band of not-so-nice employed men.

This book had a great mix of paranormal elements that I look for in a novel. It was well-developed, the characters had a fair amount of depth, the storyline was interesting, and the heroine was a badass that didn’t let herself become the damsel in distress. There was a fair amount of laughter, and Raife is a hot, hot, hot hunk of an alpha. I would definitely recommend this to anyone that wants to read an interesting take on a shifter romance.

Alternating POV between Alex and Ian Ian has a medical crises – testicular cancerThis is the last book in the Striking Back series but is can easily be read as a stand-alone. I have not read any of the other books and I loved this one. The author asked me to read it specifically because I hadn’t read any of the others in this series. She wanted to make sure that it really did stand-alone and it does but now I want to read the other books in this series!

The story is told in alternating first-person POV. Alex is grieving his dead boyfriend, Cooper, who was killed in a car accident. He and his brothers operate a domestic violence shelter called Striking Back, as well as Reed’s Gym. After Cooper dies Alex moves in with Ian to help him with the fixer-upper he bought. Ian is a manwhore and brings women home all the time. Listening to Ian and his women is a good distraction from his grief and so is working on the house. Things are going great until Alex realizes that he is attracted to Ian even though he knows that Ian is totally straight.

For a novella length book (149 pages according to Amazon) this one sure packs a punch. Without giving away the story I can say that there are a lot of things happening: rescuing a kid in danger, a serious medical crises, guarding someone in danger, a straight guy who doesn’t really understand what he’s feeling and more. Once I started this book I couldn’t put it down.

If you like MM romance and especially GFY stories you don’t want to miss this one.

Quiet, unassuming Paul has paid a lifetime over for speaking out of turn as a child. The cruelties of a deranged alpha stole his voice and relegated him to a world of silence. All his aspirations to advance in the pack were stripped and now he lives as a lowly omega serving the pack. That is until the effervescent PG explodes into his life. Never again will he be silenced because for the first time he’s able to speak. For the first time he’s using all the ASL he’s learned. The only problem? He isn’t able to tell his mate about his wolf. How is he to claim her if he can’t break that silence? Then fate and the moon played their hands…

PG is between grants and looking for new focus. A trip to visit her old classmate and colleague, Saja might just steer her in the right direction. She’s spent her recent years studying the dynamics of BDSM but even with all the current trends since 50 Shades no one is opting to approve a grant for further study. Now she’s at loose ends. Then she walks into the bar where she’s meeting Saja and spies the hottest man. Finding out he’s mute doesn’t slow her down one whit in approaching him. Having spent years communicating with her grandmother in ASL and providing translations she’s quite adept at going after what she wants and she definitely wants this hottie.

I loved Broken Silence. There is just something about the wounded hero that really gets to me. Watching Paul break out of his shell was inspiring. And talk about chemistry… these two have it in spades. If you’re looking for a hot shifter romance with a touch of BDSM then you’re gonna love Broken Silence. What a wonderful addition to the Black Hills Wolves series.

I’ve read a lot of books by Anne Marsh and I pretty much have loved all of them. I wish I could say that I loved Stripped Down, too, but it just didn’t click for me.This book was quite a bit different than any other story of hers that I’ve read. For one thing the language was much coarser. I’ll read anything from sweet to smut but somehow the coarse language in this one just seemed a bit over the top for me. I read a lot of books with coarse language, and am not bothered by it, so I’m not exactly sure why it bothered me in this one. It’s more likely that I just wasn’t expecting it in an Anne Marsh story, or perhaps I just wasn’t quite in the right mood when I picked this one up to read it. I struggled to get it read and that’s just not normally the case for me, especially with one of Anne’s books.

I believe this is the first in a series and I’m willing to give the next book a go if I get the opportunity. I just wish I could give this one more stars but I can’t..

Treasured Find is an exciting and absorbing beginning to Nancy Corrigan’s Royal Pride series. A shifter tale that doesn’t mess around with long, drawn out world building set ups, it throws you into the action from the very start. No need to worry! Ms. Corrigan is so good at storytelling I never felt lost or confused. The pieces fall together beautifully; characters develop right before your eyes, the complicated history of the Royals doesn’t seem complicated at all, and the relationship between our two main characters is sizzling hot. I immediately fell into this story head first and didn’t come up for air until the end.

Jasmine “Jaz” is a human tasked with raising two unique shifter cubs. Jaz’s experience with the unscrupulous humans who experiment on shifters has her frightened out of her wits. But she’s grown to love the boys as if they were her own. Besides, Jaz made a promise she’s bound and determined to keep. Rafe Alexander is a Royal shifter, tasked to locate a rare cub. Rafe’s three inner felines have been a handful these last 500 years, but it’s part of being an immortal Royal. They’re also why he hasn’t found his true mate. Getting three very stubborn cats to agree isn’t easy. Until they all set eyes on Jasmine, and her cubs.

Treasured Find has all the elements of a fantastic paranormal. The world is unique and intriguing. Ms. Corrigan’s voice has the humor, suspense, danger, and heart pounding chemistry to keep readers enthralled, and wanting more.

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Streets Apart is the first book I’ve read by H. J. Perry. I found it to be an enjoyable read with lots of HOT scenes. Aaron and Joe are both young adults and have been neighbors for years. They played together as children but they have grown apart. Aaron has known that he is gay for several years but he hasn’t come out to anyone yet. He’s had a huge crush on Joe for a few years and this is part of the reason he’s let their friendship drift apart. Aaron doesn’t know that Joe is gay, too. A chance meeting sets things in motion for the two of them to get together.

The author is English so there are some terms and references throughout the story that I’m not familiar with but this didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the story one bit. Every time that “football” was mentioned I had to remind myself that they were talking about what we American’s call soccer. This wasn’t a bad thing I only mention it because I had to smile to myself as I read and tell my brain to understand football as soccer.

While I might not be familiar with all of the terms (some I suspect were slang) I was able to get the gist of what the author was trying to get across. There were funny moments in the book, too, as Aaron (a virgin) found his way while he and Joe explored their budding relationship. This book has a happy for now (HFN) but the author’s website indicates that there will be another book in this series and I look forward to reading it.