MUSIC BOX GIRL by Sierra Simone from Glamour: Contemporary Fairytale Retellings

MUSIC BOX GIRL (Sierra Simone)

From Glamour: Contemporary Fairytale Retellings

SUMMARY

Once upon a time...

Remember the fairy tales your parents read to you when you were little?

These are NOT those fairy tales.

From modern day royalty to metaphorical dragons, contemporary castles to sexy heroes, these bestselling authors twist tales as old as time into something new.

GLAMOUR contains eight exclusive never-before-seen novellas that each have an HEA... because they all lived happily ever after.

Includes the following retelling...

MUSIC BOX GIRL by Sierra Simone
A Twelve Dancing Princesses story

 

MY REVIEW

Well...I am a fairytale girl... This is a perfect book for me.
Since there are so many favourite authors in this book with different style stories, I have decided to write my thoughts about each one of them and rate them separately. Most of the stories are really dark, but let's not forget that the original fairy tales were also dark and with ambiguous endings before they became cartons and were filled with pink colours and rainbows.
 
Music Box Girl (based on the 12 Dancing Princesses) by Sierra Simone

Lots of BDSM elements in this book, a Ballet school with a very strict owner, 12 naughty teenager ballet dancers - especially the owner's daughter, one forbidden BDSM club, one ex military and currently private investigator.

"You come like you dance."
"How is that?" she said, burying her face in the strong curve of his neck.
"Like magic."

I would like more character development and less sex in this story. But I understand that it is short, so not much space available to develop. 

BOOK COVER REVEAL: Dirty Deeds by Stella Rhys

Title: Dirty Deeds
An Irresistible Series Standalone

Author: Stella Rhys

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cover Design: Vivian Monir

Release Date: December 17, 2017

Blurb

Growing up, we hated each other.
Now, we’re f**kin’ roommates for the summer.

ALY

It’s been twelve years since I’ve seen him, but loathing Emmett Hoult still runs in my blood. Thanks to the hell he wreaked on my teenaged life, I’ve avoided the prick like the plague. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and after a fire destroys my apartment during the most important week of my life, I’m suddenly as desperate as they come.
Hence the roommate situation.
It’s his summer home. His family said he wouldn’t be around. They said I’d never run into him.
But oh, did I run into Emmett Hoult.
And in the worst way possible.

EMMETT

I didn’t expect to see her ever again, let alone in my house.
Wearing practically nothing.
But now that she’s back in my life, I’m not screwing things up. She still hates me – I know that – but it won’t stop me from chasing the only two goals I’ve made for this summer:
Making things right.
And making her mine.

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Stella Rhys is an author of contemporary romance and can't help but write it hot, steamy and borderline filthy (just kidding, it's just flat-out filthy). Writing aside, she lives for coffee, the Knicks, the Yankees and cooking recipes way out of her league. She was born and raised in New York and now lives there with her husband and charmingly entitled fur babies.

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BOOK COVER REVEAL: Block Party (Twin Estates #3) by Stylo Fantôme

Title: Block Party
Series: Twin Estates #3

Author: Stylo Fantôme

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs
Release Date: December 19, 2017

Blurb

Things you need for a good Block Party:

1. Awesome food

2. Great Music

3. Fun games

4. A secret spot to hook up with your even-more-secret girlfriend.

Liam Edenhoff is a simple creature. He likes women, tacos, and sex. As long as he has those in his life, everything is good. He's finally realizing maybe he's just not cut out for relationships - surely there's got to be a woman out there who'd be okay with roof top margaritas, casual sex, and no attachments.

Enter a new neighbor - one who is allergic to commitment and prefers her sex casual but frequent. She's seen him at his worst and is still willing to play his games, on three conditions - discretion is a must, casual is key, and absolutely no drama. Sounds like the perfect arrangement. What could go wrong?

Famous last words when dealing with neighbors.

This story contains scenes of a graphic sexual nature, multiple uses of coarse language, and more tacos than is healthy or sane to read about. Reader discretion is advised. 

This is the third installment in the Twin Estates series

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Crazy woman from a remote location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ... forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.

I like dogs more than I like most people, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink. No, I do not live in an igloo, and no, the sun does not set for six months out of the year, there's your Alaska lesson for the day. I have mermaid hair - both a curse and a blessing - and most of the time I talk so fast, even I can't understand me.

Yeah. I think that about sums me up.

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Cocky Client

by Whitney G. Publication Date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Today is officially the worst day of my life…

I woke up five hours late after a reckless one-night stand with the sexiest, cockiest, and most arrogant man I’ve ever met. (And this asshole actually left a note: “I think you were lying to me about being “experienced” last night. You orgasmed three times, and that was before we made it to your bedroom. I also find it hard to believe you “usually wear silk or lingerie.” Your drawers are all full of cotton granny panties–The best man you’ve ever fucked…) My top two PR clients left me for my number one competitor, my roommate accidentally bleached my best suit, and my favorite coffee shop was shut down for “health concerns.” Still, none of those things dimmed my excitement for what was supposed to be the best four o’clock signing session of my career. I was on the verge of signing the highest paying client in my company’s history, taking on a so-called “impossible” job that no publicist had been able to handle. But at four o’clock, there was no athlete, television personality, or celebrity who showed up. Instead, that sexy, arrogant one-night stand stepped into my office with his familiar panty-wetting smirk and introduced himself as my new, cocky client…

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Whitney G. is a twenty-eight-year-old optimist who is obsessed with travel, tea, and great coffee. She’s also a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of several contemporary novels, and the cofounder of The Indie Tea–an inspirational blog for indie romance authors. When she’s not chatting with readers on her Facebook Page, you can find her on her website at http://www.whitneygbooks.com or on instagram: @whitneyg.author. (If she’s not in either of those places, she’s probably locked away working on another crazy story.) Don’t forget to sign up for Whitney’s monthly newsletter here: http://bit.ly/1p9fEYF

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The Reclaiming of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall #4) by Sierra Simone

The Reclaiming of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall #4) by Sierra Simone 

SUMMARY

Ivy Leavold knew that when she married Julian Markham almost everything would change, even more so after she gave him a son. What she didn't count on was motherhood and marriage changing her. After the all-consuming demands of parenting threaten to fracture the bond between her and Julian, Julian becomes determined to show his wife that she can be both a mother and his wildcat.

MY REVIEW

This is like a short epilogue about the life of Ivy as a married woman and a mother.

Go ahead.
It was almost like a taunt, a dare, daring me to try to make her want me, and I had never been one to turn down a dare.

Julian misses his wife as she used to be before she became a mother. Before she cared only for his son, George. He wants his wildcat back. So, after he overcomes his anger and finds his self-control, he will become her teacher and her master again.

You need to read the previous books before this one.

The Punishment of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall #3) by Sierra Simone

The Punishment of Ivy Leavold (Sierra Simone)

SUMMARY

I ran as far as I could, but I knew he would find me. In fact, I counted on it.

I counted on him punishing me too.

Once Ivy Leavold learned the truth behind the night of her cousin's death, she knew should couldn't stay with Julian Markham any longer and fled to London on what was supposed to be the day of their wedding. But Julian Markham is not the kind of man who takes running away lightly, especially when he finds out that Ivy still wants him...

MY REVIEW

I knew what he was going to do as soon as he lifted the hem of my dress and tugged the interfering clothes away. I should have said no. I should have said that we had to keep away from each other until we could make decisions about our future. But the tired apathy was blasted away in his intense presence, leaving only a quickening pulse and a growing hunger in its wake. So what I said instead was, "Someone will see..."

Someone fan me please to cool down...

This book will definitely push your limits – especially the scene at the ball, when Ivy becomes the main event.

In this book, we will also read Julian’s point of view. Obviously we will understand better his personal torment after Ivy left him and his deep love for her. Julian will not stop chasing Ivy and waiting for her acceptance for his marriage proposal. Ivy on the other hand, will find her Aunt Esther and she will finally have a family that cares for her.

The big mystery about the death of Julian’s previous wife will be solved and I have to admit that I had suspected who was the murderer since book 2. I just thought that there were more partners in crime.

Finally, I would love to read more about Baron and Ivy’s aunt, Esther. Can we have more books please? 

The Education of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall #2) by Sierra Simone

The Education of Ivy Leavold (Sierra Simone)

SUMMARY

I knew I was taking a risk loving a man like Julian Markham. But I thought that love was enough to cover over his darkness.

I thought wrong.

Ivy Leavold came to Markham Hall looking for a home and a new start, and instead she found the enigmatic Julian Markham--along with a love that threatened to consume them both.  Now Mr. Markham is offering her a new life as his bride, as the mistress of Markham Hall, and Ivy wants nothing more than to say yes.

But Ivy knows that the closer she binds herself to Mr. Markham, the closer she binds herself to danger.  And the deeper their love grows, the closer she gets to discovering the truth surrounding her cousin's death.  Once she does, the explosive secret will rip them apart... possibly forever. 

MY REVIEW

Was I excited or was I scared?
And given what I had realized about myself – and about us – did it matter which?
I turned and faced him, my fiancé and master, pressing my back against the door. Blood and warmth and want pooled in my core as I watched him watching me.

Sierra Simone writes excellent historical erotica!
Think of Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights, all this slow burn and desperation. And then add some 50 Shades of Grey in the mix with all the sinister things that a man with a dark soul wants to do to his woman and the guilt that she feels whether this is normal and acceptable and if she is allowed to like it.
In this case, there is no Christian. There is only Julian and Julian moreover likes to share his toys with his best friends.

Who is afraid of Julian?
Ivy is afraid of Julian, because there is still the mystery of the death of his previous wife. And all the evidence points to him. And everyone feels the need to warn confused Ivy. There are the Mrs. Brightmore, the housekeeper; Mrs. Harold, the rector’s wife; Gerald, the valet and a mysterious old, short man with the white hair.

Julian Markham wants to keep Ivy forever. He wants to cage her and isolate her from everybody. But seriously there is no way that he can avoid telling her the truth – even if he has to do it before they get married.

I have a feeling that Ivy will be severely punished in the next book, because she is not allowed to run away from the only man that she ever loved.

Because I was made to be with him. And if I ever had to leave him, it would rent me into pieces.

BOOK COVER REVEAL: Hard Core by Madison Faye

Title: Hard Core

Series: Dirty Bad Things #1

Author: Madison Faye

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: White Rabbit Creative
Photo: Wander Aguiar
Models: Gia & Jaclyn S.

Release Date: November 27, 2017

Blurb

She’s sweet, pure, and untouched, and she’s about to lose her innocence on camera. To me.

Trust me, I’m no porn star, even if I do have the equipment of one. But when the Moretti crime family comes calling to collect on a debt I owe, they want it in trade.

You see, there’s big money in dirty movies, and the more real, the better. Me? I’m already filthy, damaged goods from my time in Afghanistan.

But then I meet Rose, my “co-star”, and my whole world shatters.

She owes the Moretti’s too, but she’s too good for all of this. Too sweet, too beautiful - too innocent for this shit. And I’ll be damned if I let them steal that away from her.

It’s wrong that she’s here, but it’s also wrong that she wants me to “teach her” things. It’s worse that I want to.

But one taste of her lips, and I’m hooked. One touch of her soft skin, and I know Rose is going to be mine. Not the camera’s. Mine.

The virgin with the debt, the ex-marine with the dick, and a porno for the mob.

Welcome to Vegas, baby.

*Please note that while a connected storyline, each of the Dirty Bad Things books are completely standalone stories centered around one couple, with no cliffhangers or spoilers.

Dirty, filthy, and oh-so-sweet, with an utterly obsessed alpha hero, explosive insta-love, and enough kindle-melting steam to make you sweat. Get ready to get wrong in the right kind of way. HEA with NO CHEATING!

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#1 bestselling contemporary romance author Madison Faye is the dirty alter ego of the very wholesome, very normal suburban housewife behind the stories. While she might be a wife, mom, and PTA organizer on the outside, there’s nothing but hot, steamy, and raunchy fantasies brewing right beneath the surface!

Tired of keeping them hidden inside or only having them come out in the bedroom, they’re all here in the form of some wickedly hot stories. Single-minded alpha hero, sinfully taboo relationships, and wildly over-the-top scenarios. If you love it extra dirty, extra hot, and extra naughty, this is the place for you! (Just don’t tell the other PTA members you saw her here…)

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The Awakening of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall, #1) by Sierra Simone

The Awakening of Ivy Leavold (Sierra Simone)

SUMMARY

Yorkshire, 1879

I am alone...

When Ivy Leavold is left destitute by her brother’s death, she is taken in by her cousin’s brooding, tortured widower—Julian Markham. Handsome and possessive, it’s not long before Ivy falls for him. But Mr. Markham has dark secrets, secrets that may put Ivy in danger...

I am afraid...

As Ivy unravels the mystery surrounding her cousin’s death, she falls deeper and deeper in love with Julian, who opens her body and her mind to his indomitable will. But even as he draws pleasure and desire from her night after night, Ivy can’t shake the feeling that their passionate affair may end in violence…

And I'm completely his.
  

MY REVIEW 

"I am happy to be anything you need"
This is the second historical romance/erotica series that I read by Sierra Simone and I believe it is the first one that she wrote. Thus, I already knew most of the characters from the London Lovers series and I was accustomed with the sexual freedom that all of them are enjoying when they are together.

Molly O’Flaherty’s strong character is shown in the book and the naughtiness of Silas is also obvious. If you have read the London Lovers series, you will probably know how their relationship will develop.

Anyhow, Ivy Leavold is the main female character in Markham Hall series and she is so virginal, innocent and curious that she totally ready to be corrupted by freshly windowed cousin by marriage Julian Markham.
Mr. Markham will accept Ivy in his household soon after his wife (who was Ivy’s cousin) died. Ivy has no other family, she has no money, no assets and before long she will also have no honor.
But she will have many beautiful dresses that Mr. Markham will buy for her and he will be ready to rip them off her and many new friends who are ready to teach her a few new games (not very innocent I have to say).

Many dark secrets are ready to be exposed in Markham Hall. Mr. Markham’s wives have been dying around him and maybe Ivy will lose more than her honor. Maybe she will lose her life.

Highly erotic book with a touch of mystery. Very promising. I think I will enjoy the rest of the series as well.

NEW RELEASE: The Rivalry by Nikki Sloane

Title: The Rivalry

Author: Nikki Sloane

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: November 21, 2017

Blurb

This tight end is at the top of his game.

He’s good with his hands, even better with his sexy mouth, and the best at making me forget my own name. His, ahem, stats are perfect.

But I can’t fall for him.

He might be everything I want, all rolled into a glorious package of gridiron god, but there’s one teeny-tiny problem. The vile, loathsome team I’ve spent my entire life hating—my beloved school’s arch-rival?

This guy is their star player.

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Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. For eight years she worked for a design firm in that extremely tall, black, and tiered building in Chicago that went through an unfortunate name change during her time there. Now she lives in Kentucky and manages a team of graphic artists. She is married and has two sons, writes dirty books, and couldn't be any happier.

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BOOK COVER REVEAL: Over Us, Over You by Whitney G.

Over Us, Over You

by Whitney G. Publication Date: November 30, 2017 Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Subject: Delete this message after you read it... Dear Hayley, I'm assuming you're still hungover, so I'll make this brief. Last night, you slipped under my sheets (without my permission), and we almost had sex. I got the hell out of the bed once I realized it was you, and I took you home. That's the story. The end. Period. Just in case you've forgotten, you're my best friend's little sister. We will never be anything more. (We can't be anything more.) Our previous friendship is still unresolved--or "over" in your terms, so I'd prefer if we worked on becoming 'just friends' again since you're in town. Nonetheless, I'm not a man who leaves questions unanswered--even the drunken ones, so to properly close our inappropriate conversation: 1) Yes, I liked the way your lips felt against mine when you were on top of me. 2) Yes, I do "prefer" rough sex, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't rough with you. 3) No, I had no idea you were still a virgin... This message never happened, Corey

About Whitney G.

Whitney G. is a twenty-eight-year-old optimist who is obsessed with travel, tea, and great coffee. She’s also a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of several contemporary novels, and the cofounder of The Indie Tea–an inspirational blog for indie romance authors. When she’s not chatting with readers on her Facebook Page, you can find her on her website at http://www.whitneygbooks.com or on instagram: @whitneyg.author. (If she’s not in either of those places, she’s probably locked away working on another crazy story.) Don’t forget to sign up for Whitney’s monthly newsletter here: http://bit.ly/1p9fEYF

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