Category Archives: Top Picks

Top Reads – May 2016

Top Reads May 2016

Here are our Top Reads from May 2016

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Boss

* The Donovan Dynasty # 3 *
By Sierra Cartwright
Released:  April 19, 2016

Rating:  5 Hearts
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Colters’ Woman

* Colters’ Legacy # 1 *
By Maya Banks
Released:  April 6, 2010

Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Hetch

Hetch

* Men of S.W.A.T. # 1 *
By River Savage
Released:  May 11, 2016

Rating:  5 Hearts
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Keep Me Still

* Keep Me Still # 1 *
By Caisey Quinn
Released: November 22, 2013

Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy

* Sugar Bowl # 1 *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released:  May 24, 2016

Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Uncivilized

Uncivilized

* Uncivilized # 1 *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released: September 8, 2014

Rating:  5 Hearts
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Top Reads – April 2016

Top Reads RBTS April 2016

Here are our Top Reads from April 2016

BR Declare

Declare

* Declan Reede: The Untold Story # 4 *
By Michelle Irwin
Released:  April 9, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Release Me

Release Me

* The Music Within # 2 *
By Faith Gibson
Released:  April 30, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Wicked Need

Wicked Need

* Wicked Horse # 3 *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released:  April 19, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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Wolf Bite

* Wolf Cove # 2 *
By Nina West
Released: February 29, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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Vicki’s Top 5 Reads for March 2016

Top Pics March 2016

Here are my Top 5 Reads from March 2016

BR Decipher

Decipher

* Declan Reede: The Untold Story # 3 *
By Michelle Irwin
Released:  March 17, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Emergency Delivery

Emergency Delivery

* Love Emergency # 2 *
By Samanthe Beck
Released:  March 14, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Into The Rain

Into The Rain

* Daughter Of Fire # 3 *
By Michelle Irwin
Released:  February 28, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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Us

* Him # 2 *
By Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
Released:  March 8, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Worth The Fall

Worth The Fall

* The McKinney Brothers # 1 *
By Claudia Connor
Released:  September 9, 2014

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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Vicki’s Top 5 Reads for January 2016

Top Picks January 2016

Here are my Top 5 Reads from January 2016

BR Appealed

Appealed

* The Legal Briefs # 3*
By Emma Chase
Released:  January 19, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Hallowed Ground

Hallowed Ground

* Flight & Glory # 4 *
By Rebecca Yarros
Released: January 25, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Love Me Like That

Love Me Like That

* Standalone *
By Marie James
Released:  January 13, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR The Score

The Score

* Off-Campus # 3 *
By Elle Kennedy
Released:  January 11, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Wicked Lust

Wicked Lust

* Wicked Horse # 2 *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released:  January 5, 2016

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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VDub’s Top 5 Reads for December 2015

Top Picks December

Here are my Top 5 Reads from December 2015

BR the Aftermath

The Aftermath

* The Hurricane # 2 *
By R.J. Prescott
Released:  Decmeber 15, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Deceive

Deceive

* Declan Reede: The Untold Story # 2 *
By Michelle Irwin
Released: December 17, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Indirect Lines

Indirect Lines

* Halle Shifters # 5 *
By Dana Marie Bell
Released:  December 1, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Undeniable

Undeniable

* The Key West Series # 4 *
By C.A. Harms
Released:  December 15, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Unforgettable 1

Unforgettable 1

* A Hollywood Love Story # 1 *
By Nelle L’Amour
Released:  November 02, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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VDub’s Top 5 Reads for November 2015

Top Picks November

Here are my Top 5 Reads from November 2015

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Compromising Her Position

* A Compromise Me Novel *
By Samanthe Beck
Released:  November 16, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Leo

Leo

* A Sign Of Love Novel *
By Mia Sheridan
Released:  March 11, 2013

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Talon

Talon

* Ashes & Embers # 4 *
By Carian Cole
Released:  November 24, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Tiss The Season To Be Kissed

‘Tis The Season To Be Kissed

* A Baby It’s Cold Outside Novella *
By Amy Andrews
Released:  November 15, 2013

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Vindicate

Vindicate

* Recovered Innocence # 1 *
By Beth Yarnall
Released:  November 17, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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VDub’s Top 5 Reads for October 2015

Top Picks October 2015

Here are my Top 5 Reads from October 2015

BR Framed

Framed

By CP Smith
Released:  October 21, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Friction

Friction

* A Legal Affairs Novel *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released:  October 27, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Irresistibly Yours

Irresistibly Yours

* Oxford # 1 *
By Lauren Layne
Released:  October 6, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR Roped In

Roped In

* Armed & Dangerous # 2 *
By L.P Dover
Released:  October 15, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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BR The Fifteenth Minute

The Fifteenth Minute

* The Ivy Years # 5 *
By Sarina Bowen
Released:  October 13, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
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VDub’s Top 5 Reads – October 2015

Top Picks October 2015

Fatal Frenzy

By Marie Force
Released: September 15, 2015

BR Fatal Frenzy

* * * Fatal Series # 9 * * *

Inauguration day is almost here…

Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she’s trying to stay busy—even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it’s not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried…especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano.

Nick is dealing with his own demons where his wife’s safety is concerned, losing night after night of sleep as he works to make sure what happened that day will never happen again. The pressure is building inside the Cappuanos’ marriage, and something’s got to give before Nick takes the oath of office.

When two college girls go missing in the midst of inauguration madness, the chief of police needs the one cop he can count on to find them and save the Metro PD from disgrace. In a case full of ugly twists and turns, Sam will have to confront her past and find her strength again…before it’s too late.


Irresistibly Yours

By Lauren Layne
To be released: October 6, 2015

BR Irresistibly Yours

* * * Oxford Series # 1 * * *

Meet the men of Oxford magazine! In the first captivating spin-off of Lauren Layne’s Sex, Love & Stiletto series, a not-so-friendly battle of the sexes turns into a
scorching office romance.

Hotshot sports editor Cole Sharpe has been freelancing for Oxford for years, so when he hears about a staff position opening up, he figures he’s got the inside track. Then his boss drops a bombshell: Cole has competition. Female competition, in the form of a fresh-faced tomboy who can hang with the dudes—and write circles around them, too. Cole usually likes his women flirty and curvy, but he takes a special interest in his skinny, sassy rival, if only to keep an eye on her. And soon, he can’t take his eyes off her.

Penelope Pope knows all too well that she comes off as just one of the guys. Since she’s learned that wanting more usually leads to disappointment, Penelope’s resigned to sitting on the sidelines when it comes to love. So why does Cole make her want to get back in the game? The man is as arrogant as he is handsome. He probably sees her as nothing more than a barrier to his dream job. But when an unexpected kiss turns into a night of irresistible passion, Penelope has to figure out whether they’re just fooling around—or starting something real.


The Fifteenth Minute

By Sarina Bowen
To be released: October 13, 2015

BR The Fifteenth Minute

* * * The Ivy Years # 5 * * *

Freshman Lianne Challice is known to millions of fans as Princess Vindi. But sometimes a silver screen sorceress just wants to hang up her wand, tell her manager to shove it, and become a normal college student. Too bad that’s harder than it looks.

She’s never lived a normal life. She hasn’t been to school since kindergarten. And getting close to anyone is just too risky — the last boy she kissed sold the story to a British tabloid.

But she can’t resist trying to get close to Daniel “DJ” Trevi, the hot, broody guy who spins tunes for hockey games in the arena. Something’s haunting his dark eyes, and she needs to know more.

DJ’s genius is for expressing the mood of the crowd with a ten second song snippet. With just a click and a fade, he can spread hope, pathos or elation among six thousand screaming fans.

Too bad his college career is about to experience the same quick fade-out as one of his songs. He can’t get close to Lianne, and he can’t tell her why. And the fact that she seems to like him at all? Incredible.


Live

By Gillian Zane
To be released: October 13, 2015

BR Live

* * * NOLA Zombie # 3 * * *

Alexis, Blake and Zach survived the zombie apocalypse but found a new enemy to fight.

Alexis has been taken and Zach and Blake are desperate to find her. The men are pretty certain they know who took Alexis, but finding them will be a daunting task. There are millions of places to hide in the swamps of Southern Louisiana but Zach and Blake will not stop until they’ve searched every one of them. Alexis will be returned to them if it’s the last thing they do. Falling back on their military training, the men have no choice but to succeed,
or risk losing Alexis forever.

It’s a race against the clock…

The problem is that the group that took Alexis didn’t keep her. They sold her. She’s now the property of the Southern Clan, a fate worse than death. The undead still roam the streets of New Orleans. S-Island mourns the loss of one of its own and the NOLA Zombie series comes to a stunning conclusion. You don’t want to miss a second of this action-packed series ender…

Be warned, there will be monsters, living and dead, there will be very intense sex scenes, between two men and one woman, and there will be violence galore.


Roped In

By L.P. Dover
To be released: October 19, 2015

BR Roped In

* * * Armed & Dangerous # 2 * * *

Who says a wild heart can’t be tamed?

For years, I lived for the job and let it control me. Violence was all I knew. I protected, killed, and served. My name is Blake Evans, one of the best undercover cops in the country. I thought I was about to live a quiet life on my ranch in Wyoming until an old friend showed up and changed everything. He brought me her, Hadley Rivers, country music sensation and the one woman I couldn’t have. I didn’t want her but she had me completely roped in.

My job is to protect her, to keep her away from some psycho who wants her for himself. However, there’s more to her story than I was led to believe. I promised to keep her safe and I won’t back down . . . even if I have to die trying. I can’t let him have her.

Lulu’s Top 5 Must Reads for October

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Taken

Buy Link: Taken

He owned the streets. And now he wanted to own her body.

Antonio Del Marco, head of the notorious and feared Del Marco Clan. Notorious gangster. Infamous mob boss.

And, as Emma Harper quickly learns, her stepbrother.

Emma had grown up an orphan, heartbroken over the emptiness of having no family to call her own. Then one day a mysterious letter arrives, hinting at her true origins. Stunned and curious about finding potential family, she answers the letter.

Except now, she wishes she hadn’t.

Because now she knew the truth. The lethal and brutal Antonio Del Marco was her older stepbrother and now as a Del Marco herself, she fell under Antonio’s command. She now had obligations as a Del Marco to fulfill which included being married off to a complete stranger. Protest as she might, Antonio was going to make damn sure she did as she was told.

He was going to make her bend. She was going to fight back.

The spark was lit. The fire had caught.

Who would burn?

**This is a standalone adult romance that has explicit sexual content**

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 Keep

Buy Link: Keep

HER:
I thought the only thing I feared was living another day in the hell my life had become. But when I looked at his hulking, tattooed body, the icy brutality in his eyes, I realized I was wrong.

HIM:
Familie. My clan.
I’d fight for it, kill for it, die for it. It’s all that matters to me. But her innocence, only barely hidden by thick layers of makeup, the curves that her tight dress can’t hide, calls to me.
So I’ve decided to keep her.
No matter how deadly the consequences.

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stepbrother bastard

Buy Link: Step Brother Bastard

It started off as a dare…a harmless one-night-stand with a complete stranger. He was just another badboy I met in a bar, a harmless fling to start my summer vacation. One unbelievable night of sex, and I’d never have to see him again.

But the next morning as I pull up to the lake house my mom has rented for the summer, I get the feeling my world is about to crumble…it was just supposed to be us girls—me, my two sisters, and Mom…but we’re not alone…

Apparently my mom’s old high school sweetheart John owns the house, and he has three sons, all around the same age as me and my sisters. And they thought it would be a great idea to put us all together under the same roof for four weeks.

We’ll have to share bedroom walls, sit down for family dinners, and suffer through a million other forced, awkward, sexually confusing family activities I’m sure…

And then I realize my mom’s new boyfriend has a son a little older than me. I see him barreling toward me on a 4-wheeler, a lit cigarette between his lips, strangely familiar tattoos on his muscular forearms and chest…as he gets closer I’m filled with dread as I begin to realize who he is…but he isn’t slowing down.

The f*cking prick nearly runs into me.

As he takes off his helmet I’m instantly filled with horror and an undeniable twinge of excitement between my legs. It’s him. The man who took me last night, used me every which way, stretched me more than any man I’ve ever been with before…and now he’s ignoring me, acting like he’s never seen me before in his life.

I have a feeling it’s going to be a fun summer.

This Contemporary New Adult Stepbrother Romance Novel is the first book in the three book Hawthorne Brothers series. The ending is HFN. The book contains harsh language, sexual content, and adult situations that may offend some readers

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life after

Release Date: 13th October 2015

Before her.

I was empty inside. I was lost. I was settling. I had no idea of the potential I had inside of me.

After her.

I was whole. I was happy. I was in love. She made me better.

I never imagined I would find someone who completed me, just to lose her. I never imagined the love I felt could be overshadowed by the deepest depression I’ve ever lived through.

It’s been two years since she touched my life. Since she was taken from me. I don’t know that I’ll ever experience an ounce of the love she made me feel. I hope I’m wrong.

My name is Topher, and this is my story.

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 devil in the detail

Buy link: Devil in the Detail

Loves comes in all shapes and forms, and sometimes it can be hard to distinguish which one you’re given.

I run from my pain—that’s just what I do. It’s how I’ve managed to keep a handle on the shame and remorse at what I did the day my life changed. Has it changed me for the good, or for the worse—I can never be sure? Some days it’s one and most it’s the other.

Now, each day is getting darker, ever since I met the woman who has the power to ease my ache and got a taste for what could be.

Selfish? Maybe. Foolish? Definitely. But nothing can stop me until I prove to her she needs me just as much as it kills me to wake up one more day without her.

I’ll do whatever it takes—even if I risk my life and my health fighting her psychotic and possessive old man to get her in my bed.

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VDub’s Top 5 Reads for September 2015 – Ratings and Reviews

Top Picks September 2015

How did my Top 5 Must Reads for September fare?

BR The Shameless Hour

The Shameless Hour

* The Ivy Years # 4 *
By Sarina Bowen
Released:  April 12, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
My Review:  Click Here

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BR Numbers

Numbers

* New Species # 14 & 15 *
By Laurann Dohner
Released:  September 8, 2015

My Rating:  4 Hearts
My Review:  Click Here

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BR Ryker

Ryker

* Cold Fury # 4 *
By Sawyer Bennett
Released:  September 8, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
My Review:  Click Here

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BR Decline

Decline

* Declan Reede: The Untold Story # 1 *
By Michelle Irwin
Released:  September 24, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
My Review:  Click Here

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BR Beyond What Is Given

Beyond What Is Given

* Flight & Glory # 3 *
By Rebecca Yarros
Released:  September 28, 2015

My Rating:  5 Hearts
My Review:  Click Here

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