RE/BOUND by Michele Zurlo

Title:  RE/BOUND

Series:  Doms of the FBI #1

Author:  Michele Zurlo

Publisher:  Lost Goddess Publishing

Publish Date:   07.01.2014

Category /Genre:  Romantic Suspense, Erotic

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC copy / errors excused

Received from:  Michele Zurlo

Goodreads link: Re/Bound

Date completed: 01.31.2020

Description from the publisher:

Losing her master ripped Darcy's world apart. Falling in love put it back together. Malcolm is an undercover agent, and she's his unwitting asset. Can a relationship built on lies survive the truth?

Picking herself up after the devastating loss of her master is more difficult than Darcy anticipated. Just when she needs someone the most, a handsome Dom steps in. Theo is thoughtful, dominant, and demanding—everything she needs. He pushes her boundaries, tests her limits, and takes her to new heights. With him, she remembers what it is to feel joy and love and a firm hand on her ass.

Agent Malcolm Legato is after a corrupt businessman, and Darcy is his ticket into the upper echelon of Snyder Corp. As he cultivates her as an asset, he falls hard for this feisty submissive, and he knows he'll break her heart the moment she finds out he's been lying to her all along.

When it all falls apart, will Darcy be able to find the strength to forgive Malcolm so they can build a life together and the courage to bring justice to the man she loved and lost?

With twists of rope and plot, this action-packed story will make you laugh, cry, and squirm in all the right ways. With Re/Bound, Michele Zurlo delivers a smart, bold, and sexy tale.

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RE/BOUND is the first book in the Doms of the FBI series.  Each book in the Doms of the FBI series stands alone, though there is an arc that is built throughout the series.

This is one hawt, BDSM, romance with a touch of suspense.  

The BDSM and romance are perfectly described and lovingly crafted, including the Shibari knot-tying that Malcolm loved.  There is no doubt that Malcolm/Theo and Darcy are falling in love.  I loved his patience with her as he stretched her limits and encouraged her submission.

The suspense generally takes a back seat until the last chapter.  Though I don’t understand Victor’s motivations, I though the author did a good job of showing that a warped mind doesn’t think as logically as the rest of us.  His motives are part of what makes it hard to solve the crime.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Doms of the FBI Series:

1.      Re/Bound

2.      Re/Paired

3.      Re/Claimed

3.5  Malcom’s Promise

4.      Re/Defined

5.      Re/Leased

6.      Re/Viewed

7.      Re/Captured

8.      Re/Deemed

Also from Author:

·         Bear Country

·         Blade’s Ghost

·         Broken Love (Mercenary Hearts #2)

·         Catherine and the Spanking Room

·         Discovering Desires

·         Dragon Kisses

·         Irrepressible Force

·         Master Eddie’s Sub (Club Alegeria #2)

·         Master Jett’s Surprise (Club Alegeria #3)

Awakenings Series: 

1.      Letting Go

2.      Owning Up

3.      Serving Sophia

4.      Hanging On

5.      Two Masters for Samantha

6.      Time to Pretend

7.      Stepping Stones

8.      Surreal Neal (Hanging on #2)

9.      In Their Hearts (Two Masters for Samantha #2)

Daughters of Circe Series: 

1.      Torment

2.      Desiree

3.      Riley

Kiss Me Series: 

1.      Kiss Me Goodnight

2.      Kiss Me by Moonlight

SAFE Security Series: 

1.      Treasure Me

2.      Switching It Up

3.      Drawing on Love

4.      Shards of Love

5.      Forging Love

Safe Word: Oasis Series: 

1.      Yes, Justin

2.      By My Side

3.      Out of My League

4.      Wanting Wilder

5.      Mina’s Heart 

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HER WEREWOLF BODYGUARD by Jodi Vaughn

Title:  HER WEREWOLF BODYGUARD

Series:  Rise of the Arkansas Werewolves #1

Author:  Jodi Vaughn

Publisher:  Jodi Vaughn

Publish Date:   01.14.2020

Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Jodi Vaughn 

Goodreads link: Her Werewolf Bodyguard

Date completed: 01.26.2020

Description from the publisher:

Wild. Untamed. Blazing with need. She can't avoid being burned.

Werewolf Damon Trahan lives by one rule, protect the pack with his life. Content to be left alone, he avoids complications until he is ordered to rescue a general's daughter from a rival Wolfpack . . . or die trying. Little does he know she will tempt him to break every rule he's ever known, because the opposing pack isn't the only enemy in Ava's life. Her own father has been keeping deadly secrets from Ava, and now it's up to Damon to convince her of the truth before it's too late.

Ava Renfroe is tired of Alpha males running her life. Growing up the daughter of a strict military general made her crave independence more than air. First she's kidnapped, and the danger ignites a rage in her body she's never felt before. Adding insult to injury, her commanding and arrogant new bodyguard is exactly the kind of man she doesn't want. But try telling that to her out of control libido. Being on the run with a dark and powerful stranger will push Ava so far she might never recover. But this wild, needy thing stirring to life inside her?

With the entire Wolfpack hunting them, there is nothing Damon can do now but keep her close . . . and let their passions burn.

**This book was previously published as By the Light of the Moon**

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HER WEREWOLF BODYGUARD is the first book in the Rise of the Arkansas Werewolves series.  These will need to be read in the order of release.

Both Ava and Damon have been orphaned.  The difference is that he was raised in an orphanage and didn’t know what he was until the day he first shifted.  She knows the names of her parents, but there are have been secrets kept from her as well.  The first one:  she is a werewolf who has never shifted.

I loved the way that the secrets were slowly brought out for each of them.  I loved Ava’s absolute strength;  she is no wilting flower – EVER!  

I wanted to smack Damon.  He had a bit of the “woe is me” complex for being so low in the hierarchy of the wolves.  He has alpha tendencies, but he has to curb them due to his position in the pack.  This is repeated, verbally or mentally, ad nauseum.  Thank God that ends some point!

Overall, I enjoyed the story and I look forward to reading more of the series.  There are so many Guardians who deserve to find their mates as well, especially Barrett.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Rise of the Arkansas Werewolves Series: 

1.      Her Werewolf Bodyguard

2.      Beneath a Blood Lust Moon

3.      Desires of a Full Moon

4.      Darkside of the Moon 

5.      Shadows of a Wolf Moon 

5.5 Secrets of a Silver Moon

6.      Fall of a Blood Moon

7.      Rise of an Alpha Moon

8.      Rise of an Alpha Moon: Volume Two

9.      Rise of an Alpha Moon:  Volume Three

9.5 Shimmer of a Celtic Moon

10.  Killian’s Moon

11.  Brutus’s Moon (coming soon)

12.  Lorcan’s Moon (coming soon)

Also from Jodi Vaughn:

·         Witch with an Attitude

Cloverton Holiday Short stories: 

1.      Candy Corn Kisses

2.      Candy Canes and Tractor Chains

3.      Christmas in Cloverton

4.      Lost Without You

5.      Lost All Control

Somewhere, TX Series: 

1.      Saddle Up 

2.      Trouble in Texas

3.      Bad Medicine

4.      Somewhere in Paradise

Vampire Housewife series:

1.      Lipstick and Lies and Deadly Goodbyes

2.      Merlot and Divorce and Deadly Remorse

3.      Bullets and Booze and Dead Suede Shoes 

4.      Aces and Eights and Dead Werewolf Dates (coming soon)

5.      Chocolates and Flowers and Dead Superpowers (coming soon)

6.      Shamrocks and Gold and Deadly Foretold (coming soon)

7.      Champagne and Pearls and Dead Pretty Girls (coming soon)

8.      Hugs and Kisses and Dead Final Wishes (coming soon)

Veiled Series: 

1.      Veiled Secrets

2.      Veiled Enchantment

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VEGAS LIES by Andrew Cunningham

Title:  VEGAS LIES

Series:  Lies #3

Author:  Andrew Cunningham

Narrator:  Greg Hernandez

Length:  5 hours 23 minutes

Audible Release Date:  09.12.2019

Publisher:  Andrew Cunningham

Publish Date:   09.25.2017

Category /Genre:  Mystery, Thriller

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW

Received from:  Andrew Cunningham (as an Audible gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Vegas Lies

Date completed: 01.28.2020

Description from the publisher:

Five teenage girls from a small town in Oregon disappear without a trace.

Were they kidnapped, or have the five friends perpetrated a massive hoax? Nine hundred miles away, in Las Vegas, a woman with a dark secret vanishes on her way to meet friends for dinner.

Those friends are Del Honeycutt and best-selling mystery author Sabrina Spencer in Las Vegas for a book convention. As Del and Sabrina investigate their friend's disappearance, they are convinced that she has been abducted, and they begin to uncover the secrets that might have triggered her abduction - secrets that now put Del and Sabrina's lives in jeopardy.

When clues indicate that the five missing girls might also be in Las Vegas, the situation takes a new turn, directly into the unthinkable.

Once again, Del and Sabrina find themselves in deep trouble and marked for death, and they only have a few hours to solve the case, or their friend and the five young girls will be gone forever.

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VEGAS LIES is the third book in the Lies series.  Though each mystery will stand on its own, the series is a continuing relationship between Sabrina and Del. I strongly recommend reading the series in the order of release.

This review could be written in one word:  abso-flippin-amazing!  (It is so a word!!)

There are two plot lines that seem to be running parallel to one another, with only a disturbingly twisted connection in the mind…. Until those two roads converge.  Beautifully done!

The strength in this book lies in the characters, especially the very strong women.  When I lived in South Carolina, my two best friends were both black belts; I was the “Del” when we went out.  LOL (Don’t worry; I was training.)  Though Del is continuously self-deprecating, I loved that by the end of this book he was showing his strength as well.

Narration:  I am fully indoctrinated into the Greg Hernandez reading style.  While he is not a “voice actor” in the manner to which my fiancé teaches, his method of reading is comfortable and enjoyable.  I have one more book in this series to enjoy this week and truly wish I had more.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy via Audiobookworm Promotions Adopt-an-Audiobook, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Lies series:

1.      All Lies

2.      Fatal Lies

3.      Vegas Lies

4.      Secrets & Lies

5.      Blood Lies

Also from Andrew Cunningham:

·         The Creeping Sludge

·         Deadly Shore

·         The Ghost Car

·         The Ride of Doom

·         The Sky Prisoner

·         Wisdom Spring

Eden Rising series:

1.      Eden Rising

2.      Eden Lost

3.      Eden’s Legacy

The Arthur MacArthur Mysteries:

1.      The Mysterious Stranger 

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FATAL LIES by Andrew Cunningham

Title:  FATAL LIES

Series:  Lies #2

Author:  Andrew Cunningham

Narrator:  Greg Hernandez

Length:  5 hours 57 minutes

Audible Release Date:  11.05.2018

Publisher:  Andrew Cunningham

Publish Date:   10.28.2016

Category /Genre:  Mystery, Thriller

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Listenability:  OK  or  NSFW

Received from:  Andrew Cunningham (as an Audible gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Fatal Lies

Date completed: 01.27.2020

Description from the publisher:

Daisy Leduc was forgotten and alone. That was just how she wanted it. But when she is discovered stabbed to death in a dusty little Texas town, it plunges Del Honeycutt and best-selling mystery author Sabrina Spencer into a 30-year-old mystery involving murder, hidden identities, dangerous family secrets, political intrigue, and a long-forgotten serial killer.

Daisy’s estranged daughter, who hasn't seen her mother in years, receives a package sent shortly before her mother's death. A note instructs her to immediately contact Sabrina and give her the package if Daisy is killed. But why Sabrina? The temptation to uncover the answer leads Del and Sabrina on a dangerous quest to find Daisy's killer. When they discover Daisy, under a different name, supposedly died 30 years earlier, they find themselves squarely in the cross hairs of killers whose deadly secrets lie in Daisy's mysterious past.

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(5 for the story & 4 for the narration)

FATAL LIES is the second book in the Lies series.  Though each mystery will stand on its own, the series is a continuing relationship between Sabrina and Del.  I strongly recommend reading the series in the order of release.

Sabrina spent six years in prison for a murder she did not commit.  Of course, we readers are curious about that time spent there.  Most authors would gloss over that as the past and isn’t she so happy and well-adjusted now.  Instead, Andrew Cunningham has brought out the spiders and the boogeymen.  No, this book isn’t really about Sabrina’s past, but it does spend a lot of focus on her time and the women in the prison with her.  Some belong there; some don’t; all are still people.

I enjoyed listening to this second book in the series and delighted that I committed myself to the series.  This is turning out to be a fun week of suspense and suspended reality.

I was disappointed that there were no reader notes regarding historical facts for this story.  I guess I was spoiled by the first book in the series.

Narration:  Greg Hernandez’s narration style continues to remind me of the old film noire announcers and is appropriate for the story.  I don’t know if he has gotten better or I’ve become accustomed to his presentation, but I liked him better in this second book.  I’m looking forward to the next few days and the next few books.

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy via Audiobookworm Promotions Adopt-an-Audiobook, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Lies series:

1.      All Lies

2.      Fatal Lies

3.      Vegas Lies

4.      Secrets & Lies

5.      Blood Lies

Also from Andrew Cunningham:

·         The Creeping Sludge

·         Deadly Shore

·         The Ghost Car

·         The Ride of Doom

·         The Sky Prisoner

·         Wisdom Spring

Eden Rising series:

1.      Eden Rising

2.      Eden Lost

3.      Eden’s Legacy

The Arthur MacArthur Mysteries:

1.      The Mysterious Stranger

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