This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceLost Rider is the first book of a western ranching family. We have three siblings, two brothers and a sister. Our hero, is the oldest of the three. Maverick Davis, is a professional bull rider. But when his latest fall causes a head injury, that prevents him from riding again, Maverick has to face his past and return home when learning that his father died. Maverick has some bitter feelings toward his father, which is understandable since the father of these siblings could be pretty abusive especially toward Maverick the most. When Maverick was just a teenager, he broke all ties to his home and left including the one girl he broke with his need to get away and find freedom. This is a second chance romance, and one that I truly adored. Of course, I do really enjoy this trope. But I do love the way these two come together. I will say that in the beginning I didn't like the hero very much at all. He treats Leighton pretty horribly at first, and I just didn't like that but I did enjoy seeing the way they find their way back to each other, building trust and affection again. Leighton was a heroine I really liked, she has spunk especially when making Maverick prove himself.

My first taste of this author was so fun and honestly, I really had a blast with this book. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did but really I admired the way this author made me fall in love with this couple and this family. We have the siblings, who are both awesome characters and really add some unique diversity to this story. Especially the sister Quinn, who has pizazz. She is spunky and spirited and she added a certain flair to the story that I really liked. The romance that builds between Maverick and Leighton isn't an easy road especially at first. But what really makes these two so memorable, is seeing them connect emotionally and I respected Maverick making sure that Leighton knew how genuine and sincere he was about her before taking their relationship to the next level. He wants to prove himself to her, and when you find out the truth about his past you understand more fully why he acted the way he did and he definitely redeemed himself.

You saved me, Leigh. You brought me back and showed me that I wasn't as lost as I fear I was. All that darkness and pain around me, you are the reason I beat them back. Trust me when I say this, your love gave me a reason to live again, and I will spend the rest of my life making sure you know how grateful I am to have that gift.

This story was romantic and full of all the feels. Its a love story that sweeps you off your feet and the reason this book made such a strong impression on me was the heartfelt emotion and seeing the beautiful way these two work through the issues of the past and find a common ground and build a future together.

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I love this song and this man's voice is beautiful, but from the beginning of the book this song was running through my mind. So I had to share it.

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Summary

Maverick Rylan, the Vice President of the Raven Riders, is worried about his girl, a woman he has loved for years who is in trouble.  Alexa Harmon, once was in love with Maverick when she was young but when her brother died, she pushed him away. Alexa has rebuilt her life, she now has a career in interior design, a handsome fiancee and a beautiful home, what more could she ask for. But when her fiancee Grant, starts to become even more controlling, and being abusive. And when she starts to realize how he has treated her since meeting him and how he has changed her, she decides to take control of her life again. Maverick is her rock, and she realizes she never stopped loving him but her ex fiancee is becoming unhinged and could destroy what she has become with Maverick...

Plot and Story Line

Ride Rough is the second book in this series, and I had a blast with this story and just like the first book I fell in love and it didn't take very long to do either. This author never ceases to amaze me with her stories, and Ride Rough kept me immersed. This story is wonderful, and not exactly what I was expecting to be honest, but I really enjoyed how it wasn't quite as dark as I was expecting it to be. Our heroine is suffering in a relationship, where she is being emotionally and slightly physically abused. From the beginning you see how manipulative and controlling her fiancee is, even if Alexa doesn't quite want to admit it to herself yet. Then our hero steps in. Maverick is simply delicious and one of my favorite heroes. I love how protect and loyal he is, true to his roots and his brothers but also to Alexa. I love how even though she pushed him away, he doesn't hold it against her, he has such a strong sense of empathy.

You're a good man, Maverick Rylan. Better than I gave you credit for. But I see you now. I know it may be too late. But, God, I see you

In book one, we see a scene between these two, and it continues in this book. Its been a couple weeks following book one. Maverick has been hurt badly by Alexa, but hasn't stopped caring about her. I did enjoy seeing these two come back to each other again, although it is slow going. We get some great times with the Raven Riders Club again and we get to see some of our favorite character from book one. We see how close knit they are with each other, and the way they come together when something is wrong or when a woman is in trouble and needs their help. Their laughter and commadarie, is addicting and just brings a smile to the reader. And of course I need to mention the cat. Alexa's cat is hilarious. So funny.

"Was just thinking that Lucy could totally be the club's mascot. You need a biker name, though, " he said, hugging Lucy a little tighter to his chest as she tense at the clipping "Lucy" is cute and all but it doesn't really fit our vibe. Or the sweater I bought you. Maybe Lucky or Bones or...Slugger. Right?" The cat purred and stared at him "You like that idea, don't you? Yes, you do, kittykitty."

"You are totally cooing at my cat right now."

"Am not."

"It's turning me on."

"I'm totally cooing at your cat."

I love how all the sweet feels you get from seeing this club. My only complaint is the ending, we kinda get a bit of a teaser cliffhanger dealing with supporting characters and I am hoping that book three will pick up right after this one.

The Cover

Sexy and hot and I LOVE it....it has such a pretty cover that I want to pet.

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Ride Rough is a sensational and emotionally in tuned romance, a slow burn second chance tale that wrapps around you like a warm blanket. A RIVETING ROMANCE LEAVES YOU SMILING!

Say you'll be mine.

That we'll ride through this life together, you and me against the world.

Just like we said.

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In A Loving Scoundrel we have a young woman, Danny, who grew up on the streets, learning how to pick pockets and steal to survive. She has no memory of her life before she was found and integrated into a gang of pickpockets and thieves. Having no choice but to pose as a boy, in order to protect herself, so that she doesn't have to work at a whorehouse, she has cultivated a excellent talent in thievery and pickpocketing, however deep inside she aches for a stable future and a husband and children. Then Jeremy Malory interrupts her life, and turns her reality up side down. After a certain chain of events occur, where she is then kicked out of the gang she has lived most of her life in, she knows her only recourse is to go to Jeremy and demand compensation for what his actions has done to her life. She knows that in this process she will have to learn to act like who she really is, a woman both beautiful and courageous inside and out. Jeremy Malory, a lover of woman abroad, has certainly met his match in Danny who is truly unlike any other woman he has ever met. Despite the fact that she has such a unique beauty that takes his breath away, he knows that he must go about to seduce her into his bed, despite the fact that she thinks like a man and throws punches like one, but that only encourages him in his effort. When Danny goes through a transformation to help Jeremy avoid scandal, she is turned into a Cinderella and both Jeremy and Danny are shown the pathway of true love that will change their lives in ways neither of them expected.

A Loving Scoundrel is by far one of my favorites of this series, Jeremy is definitely a rascal and rake just like his rakehell of a father, however he also has a gentleness side of him that the reader gets to see. There is a intensity about the relationship between Jeremy and Danny. Danny has had to learn to survive on the streets of London, but now she is grown up and wants more from her life than thievery to survive. When she starts working for Jeremy as a maid hoping to have a respectable life, and starts thinking about goals which include marriage and children, then never expecting trying to find someone that takes her breath away and steals his way into her heart, which she has kept closed off until she meets Jeremy, but what she never expects is that her life is put in danger when she raises question about her past that she has no memory of, but with Jeremy on her side, they will both be tested of their feeling that they have for one another. I truly loved this story, it sweeps the reader off their feet and into a romantic world of passion, adventure of intrigue that is portrayed in a way that will leave you with a smile at the end. So if you love historical romance and Johanna Lindsey you will fall in love with Jeremy's story, GUARANTEED!!!

Roman Draganesti has been a vampire for over 500 hundred years, and is simply put a genius; especially when it comes to the sciences. He is the leader of his coven and is responsible for everyone in it. Roman is a tormented vampire, who believes he is a 'demon from Hell' and even though has helped hundreds in need, he is very miserable. One evening, one of his scientists, Lazlo brings in a fake female body, that is nude and looks real, but thinks will help vampires with the need to sink their fangs into mortals necks, this way there is no risk to humans. Lazlo has also filled this fake specimen with blood, so Roman decides to sink his teeth into it, only by doing so one of his fangs comes out. He is horrified, since it has never happened to a vampire before, let alone someone as old as he is. So he intends to go to a dentist to fix this mess before the sun comes up. Shanna Whelan, is on the run from the russian mafia, who wants her dead. She is in witness protection, and is a dentist since it is something that she loves doing; however she has one slight problem she has a fear of blood. Then she gets a call and she knows the mafia has found her so she runs to flee and runs into Roman Draganesti, who seems charming and handsome but not knowing who he really is she pulls a gun on him. Of course guns with regualar bullets won't harm very much vampires, so Roman of course finds the situation humorous. Who wouldn't if one was a vampire right? Roman, accustomed to danger sweeps her off her feet (literally) and saves her life and protects her from those that want to kill her. Therein starts this sensational but dramatic love story, that goes on a ride with ups and down and gives you a thrill of adventure, passion and love.


I have always loved reading Kerrelyn Sparks, every time I read one of her books, I find myself unable to turn away from any of them, this one is no different. I realize I am totally reading this 'Love At Stake' Series out of order, but then I just discovered Sparks not too long ago. So I was really excited when I found this one at the library. I have really wanted to read Roman and Shanna's story, which was just as enchanting as I thought that it would be. You have Roman who is a tormented man, who struggles with his past, since before he became a vampire he was a monk, and believes that God has betrayed him. But throughout this book, Roman figures out the God doesn't betray anyone, especially those that are good. In this one there is a bit of spiritual element, due to the fact of who Roman is as a person, who has tried to right all of the wrongs in his past. Then he finds Shanna who is unlike any mortal that he has ever met. First off she can resist his mental manipulation, which alone makes her special; and the more he gets to know her, the more he realizes that he cannot possibly live without her. Shanna has been on the run, ever since her friend died, and has had to leave all that she knew behind and start a new life. However right when she does, danger and the threats come back to haunt her once more, until she meets the enigmatic handsome stranger that saves her life and protects her. Shanna knows there is something suspicious about him and his personnel, besides the fact that most of his security at night wear kilts and sporans and swords, its like she has been taken back to the medieval time. I definitely loved this one, (especially the whole security guards that are handsome, virile Scots and wear kilts who can resist such a read right?) This book had me cracking up, and tearing up a few times. It was a emotional roller coaster, a ride that I definitely enjoyed taking and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Manwhore is the beginning of a fantastic series that pulled me in like a magnetic pull and I just didn't want to turn away from these two. Now I will admit I have had this book on my kindle ever since it was published...yeah *shaking head* my bad for sure, but I wanted to read the first three books in a row since they focus on this one couple. So we have Manwhore, Manwhore +1 and Ms. Manwhore which involve our couple Saint and Rachel. Now this is one of those book that are explosive, emotional, silly and fun and simply one of the best contemporary romances you can ever pick up. In Manwhore, we have our heroine Rachel. She writes for a local newspaper, a smaller type business, but she writes on unique issues where she can be blunt and say what is exactly on her mind. But when her boss comes up with a scandalous idea, she knows that it goes against her values, but she also knows the money and name she will get will support herself and her mother. So her job: Go after Saint and find out every little detail about this "manwhore" society can't get enough of. A man more mysterious, and so thus begins Rachel and Saint's journey.

Stories change. Just like people change. We change when we suffer, when we take, when we give, when we love. When you lose the object of your love, your normal will be perennially changed; there’s no returning to the old anymore. You have to rebuild stronger walls, change your expectations, and wait for the sunlight

I will say that reading this book, my one reservation was I kinda knew how it ended, with a cliffhanger. Yep you heard me right, a CLIFFHANGER...and boy do I not like those unless I can read the books in order. But I was very impressed with this author in how she handles it and quite frankly it didn't end as badly as I thought it would to be honest. But of course its Katy Evans, and she can write cliffhangers in such a way that it isn't a horrible feeling, only makes you excited to pick up the next book. What really impressed me about this couple was seeing the underlaying emotions that rise to the surface in ways and moments you don't see coming. Our hero, for example is so NOT what I expected. Yes he is a bit of a playboy, but he is so much more than that. So he enjoys women....not really a crime. But what really intrigued me is how he is with Rachel after he meets her.

A challenge is something you stop wanting once you acquire it. I can’t know if you’re a challenge yet until I make you mine

I love how devoted he is to her even from the beginning and he is much more open to a long term relationship than she is. Of course, you see her deal with some divided loyalties...her job over her heart and I think that is the source of her reluctance. I found it interesting to see how this book plays out especially knowing beforehand what happens in the end. But what I loved most about this book was seeing their relationship develop in the way that it did. And seeing our heroine learn to trust and choose to follow her heart and make the right decision to keep the man she loved.

I’d do it all again for another moment with him. I’d do it all again with him. I’d leap blindly into the air if only there were even a 0.01 percent chance that he’d still be there, waiting to catch me

Its a story that will make and break hearts, its not easy, its complicated, intense, dramatic, hot as sin and one of the most compelling romances you will ever pick up.

In our continuing story of Rachel and Saint, we have Manwhore +1. So we come off from a huge cliffhanger and it just continues off from where it leaves. Saint and Rachel have to build bridges of trust again, but there is no denying how much they love each other. Rachel has hurt the man she loves even if she didn’t mean to or even plan to in the end, but it happened just the same and now she will have to show Saint the depth of her feelings for him, and that he will be her number 1. But Saint is hurt and angry and doesn’t know how to feel when he is around Rachel, but he also knows that he can’t give her up completely.
I hurt this beautiful, ambitious, intelligent, generous, caring man. I used to rest my cheek where I could hear his heart. Now it’s locked behind iron doors and ten-foot walls that I put there.

In Manwhore +1….this story is where we see the truth about real love, and I loved seeing these two being together. The way they have to learn to trust again and what a uneasy road that can be. But we also see that once they resolve their issues, and truly communicate, that everything just slides into place and it was so fantastic to see them come together in the right way. Of course its not a very easy road for them to travel, but you see how truly devoted they are to each other in this one even with all the pain and drama of the past. I truly just wanted MORE from this couple, because this is one of those couples that just stay with you.
“Do you miss me?”
He searches my face.
“Do you think of me sometimes when you don’t want to…do you need me…do you still feel me?” “I feel you everywhere.”
“I can’t breathe when you’re near me, but I can’t live without you.”
He looks at me with his green, sparkling eyes, and I’m gone, gone, totally gone.
He holds my gaze, watching me with violently tender eyes, as if he’s been living for this moment.

They are beyond unforgettable. I was interested to see how Evans would play this book out compared to book one. And it truly satisfied me in every way that was needed. I love how real this book felt, in the emotion it provokes, in the reaction it conveys and the compelling writing that makes you want to sink into the pages and never let go.
God, I’m in so deep. So very deep I’m almost frightened but he makes me reckless enough to want to go even deeper.

There is so many vulnerabilties that we see in these characters, we see the growths and changes, the ups and downs that make them so real they practically burst from the pages in our hearts and our minds and our souls.

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I was thrilled for a chance to see these two again, even if it was a shorter story. In this book, we see the conclusion to their story, and what a conclusion it was. We see them find their happy ever after, celebrating their engagement and planning their wedding. Our heroine, still has a few doubts though concerning Saint's Loyalty to her. Rachel still isn't 100% sure if she is enough for him. But Saint is 150% commited to Rachel and I love the way these two resolve some smaller issues that cement their relationship even more. We do see more depth into Saint's character, especially with his relationship with his father which is full of animosity but as you meet his father you definitely understand why they are at odds with each other. I did enjoy seeing Saint become fully honest with Rachel about his past and it really brings them closer than ever. And Rachel makes some important decisions for herself and her career. We also get some more fun times with Saint and Rachel's friends and boy I can't wait to grab up their books become I can just feel the chemistry that sizzles. The wedding is very satisfactory and definitely met up with my expectations. I had a blast reading their final story, and seeing them resolve any issues and work so well together as a couple. Ms. Manwhore is a sizzling and sexy story that gives you the full belly of romance and emotional depth.

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Sir Richard Harmsworth, has had to work very hard to gain respect as a member of the Ton, despite the fact he is a bastard. When he learns that a certain artifact, a jewel, will prove his legitimacy, his goal is to obtain it no matter the cost. Genevieve, is a scholar, and is the writer behind all of her fathers work. She hopes with the Harmsworth Jewel that was given to her, by a elderly woman who was always kind to her, that she will create a name for herself and have a career. She is content in being a spinster, until a certain rake comes along and stirs a hidden passion in her. Richard has come to seduce Genevieve into his bed, to gain the jewel, but as the progresses further into his seduction, he starts to lose his heart to her. Can he still go through with his plans or will the lovely Genevieve be his future?

A Rake's Midnight Kiss is the second in this fantastic series that Campbell has created for us. Ever since I read the first book last year, I was hooked. I fell in love with the first one, so I had super high expectations for this one. However despite how much I enjoyed it, I think I was expecting a story to make me fall in love again just like"Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed" did. There are quite a few things that I did enjoy about it. And it still was a lovely romance that kept me hooked all the way through. The beginning set the stage for the story in such a perfect way, I couldn't have imagined it any better. There is a scene of Genevieve being robbed, only the robber doesn't know she is at home and she surprises him, and oh boy.....did this scene definitely made me laugh and stir up all kinds of senses. It took my breath away and I guarantee you won't have any problem getting started with this one. We see Richard slowly seducing Genevieve, in very creative and playful ways, you just want to trade places with the heroine so you can experience it too. The heat in the story isn't explosive or anything, its more of a gradual journey for them both, and the scenes were a bit steamy but not over much...just perfect for the style of this author and the way the story turns out.

The characters in this story were such fun. Richard, is a rake and a rogue but a fun one. He isn't all serious or anything, to me he was as playful as a kitten and passionate as any grown man would be. We definitely see his faults first hand, but he makes up for it in many other ways that I am sure will delight the reader. The heroine was stubborn and very "Bluestocking" and I loved how Richard uses creative ways to soften her up. She has never been courted really, and has always known books and study and scholarly pursuits. It was very interesting seeing a different side to Genevieve blossom in ways you don't expect from the beginning. We do see the other sons of sins in this book. We see Jonas and Sid-and they added some flavor to the story and it was fun seeing their involvement in helping this couple work their issues out since they have already obtained their HEA. Then we see Cam who is the next book. And oh boy, did he give me tingles in anticipation for his book--should be a whopper. There is a villain in the story but the villain isn't fully realized until later half of the book, so his involvement in the story definitely adds a edge of suspense and tension that you don't expect in the beginning but will blow you away in the end!!!

Overall A tender romance that is guaranteed to pull at the emotions and make your forget about reality and you live in the precious moments between Genevieve and Richard. BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!