HIGHLAND DOM by Marie Tuhart

Title:  HIGHLAND DOM

Series:  McMillan Passion #1

Author:  Marie Tuhart

Publish Date:   08.29.2018

Publisher:  Wild Rose Press

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance, BDSM

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

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

Received from:  Marie Tuhart (as an ARC gifted copy via Authors XP)

Goodreads link: Highland Dom

Date completed: 09.16.2018

Description from the publisher:

Kristen Caldwell, owner of Cozy Corners Café, is tired of hiding her true nature and ready to explore her kinky side. And who better to show her the lifestyle than the dominant sex ed professor.

Cameron McMillian has had his eye on the pretty cafe owner since she settled in his hometown four years ago. He’s waited for just the right moment, and now that he's back from teaching in Scotland, he’ll gladly introduce her to the world of BDSM.

But when Kristen’s fears and past rear their ugly head, threatening not just their relationship but their professional lives, she must decide whether to stand up for herself or run...again.

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HIGHLAND DOM is the first book in the McMillan Passion series.  Though each centers on the romance on of one of the McMillan siblings, it will be best to read them in the order of release.

I absolutely loved this book.  Kristen and Cameron are wonderfully complex characters and their sexual chemistry explodes off the pages. 

I was glued to my Kindle until the wee hours of the morning.  One more page became one more chapter, became I must know how this ends.  Now I want the next book!  I wonder which brother will fall next?

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

McMillan Passion series:

1. Highland Dom

Also from Marie Tuhart:

• Billionaire Cowboy’s Conquest
• Bound & Teased
• Claimed by the Sheikh
• His for the Weekend
• His Game, His Rules
• Hooked Up at the Wedding
• Hooked Up:  The Game Plan
• In Plain Sight
• Master Cole
• Melt My Heart
• More than One Night
• Passionate Desire
• Red Club Temptation
• Unexpected

Desert Destiny series:

1. Her Desert Prince

Doms of the Silver Screen series:

1. Michael
2. Adam

Quicksilver Ranch series:

1. Roped and Ready
2. Saddle Up

 

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HOLD ME CLOSE by E.M. Gayle

Title:  HOLD ME CLOSE

Series:  Purgatory Club #6

Author:  E.M. Gayle

Publisher:  Gypsy Ink Books

Publish Date:   06.17.2014

Category /Genre:  Erotic Romance, BDSM

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

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

Received from:  E.M. Gayle (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Hold Me Close

Date completed: 09.16.2018

Description from the publisher:

Sometimes you need to cut and run and sometimes the ties run too deep to abandon.

Bonnie’s job at Purgatory keeps her on edge in more ways than one.  Every day the pain of her grief over losing her Dom threatens to consume her.  Her only escape comes at the hands of the resident tattooed bad boy who likes to keep things light and loose with a variety of women.  He may not be the Dom of her dreams, but he chases away the darkness if only for one night…

Dex is used to unattached submissives coming to him for a chance to feel the kiss of his flogger or the sting of his whip until they find their own Doms.  With his busy life of ink and kink, he likes keeping his women at arm’s length.  Except one night a month when Bonnie shreds him every time she asks him to hold her close.

When an unexpected invitation to an island resort arrives, is it the answer to their problems?  Or their worst nightmare?

*Author's Note: While HOLD ME CLOSE can easily be read as a stand-alone story, you'll likely enjoy reading the earlier Purgatory Club books, too. 

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HOLD ME CLOSE is the sixth book in the Purgatory Club series.  Though it stands completely on its own, I wish I had more of this amazing series.  I can tell I would love to know more about the people of this club.

I loved this story about a Daddy Dom who cared enough to look for what his girl needed before cancer took him from the world.  #cancersucks

I loved this story about Dex and Bonnie.  Neither realized what her previous Dom had tried to set up between them.  He saw what could be between them long before they were ready.

I love this story that reinforces the need to communicate instead of assuming you know – especially if you think you know all that a label means.  Babygirl doesn’t have to mean only the gentlest of touches all of the time.  Masochist doesn’t mean only the hurt.  Dom doesn’t mean Knows-All-Infallibly.  Dare I say, all people are shades of grey?  It’s true.

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

Purgatory Club series:

1.      Roped

2.      Watch Me

3.      Teased

4.      Burn

5.      Bottoms Up

6.      Hold Me Close

Also from E.M. Gayle / Eliza Gayle:

·         All You Desire

·         Submissive Beauty

Pleasure Playground Series:

1.      Play with Me

2.      Power Play

Purgatory Masters Series:

1.      Tucker’s Fall

2.      Levi’s Ultimatum

3.      Mason’s Rule

4.      Gabe’s Obsession

5.      Gabe’s Reckoning

What Alex Wants Series:

1.      What Alex Wants He Takes

2.      What Alex Wants He Gets

 

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DIRTY RICH BETRAYAL by Lisa Renee Jones

 Title:  DIRTY RICH BETRAYAL

Series:  Dirty Rich #4

Author:  Lisa Renee Jones

Publisher:  Julie Patra Publishing

Publish Date:   09.26.2018

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

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

Received from:  Lisa Renee Jones (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Dirty Rich Betrayal

Date completed: 09.22.2018

Description from the publisher:

Grayson Bennett.

He's a billionaire, a lawyer, the king of the world to some. A professed lifelong bachelor. A man who took his father's business and fortune and turned marginal success into an empire. Now someone is threatening that empire and he's going to burn them to the ground. But he'll need the help of one person. He'll need her.

That woman is Mia Cavanaugh, criminal attorney, ex-lover, a woman who believes he betrayed her, a woman who could burn him to the ground, but she won't. Because she loves him. Because he loves her, and it's time that she sees the truth of the past.

Now, he's handing her the key to his future. He's giving her the chance to burn him to the ground. He's letting her see the real man beneath the surface that not even she's seen in the past. She has to decide what to do with that man. Love him or destroy him.

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DIRTY RICH BETRAYAL is the fourth book in the Dirty Rich series.  Each stands on their own, but with cross-over characters.

"We don't argue unless we're naked, remember?"
"You win all those arguments."
"That's the idea." I wink.

That is how simple life needs to be. 

“Talk,  Fight,  Fuck”  is another simple philosophy that would reduce marital/relationship tensions.

I loved Grayson and Mia.  I wanted them to take their second chance and give in to the flames that were obviously still burning in each of them.  I also loved the lighthouse (a favorite theme of mine).  The suspense story was perfectly built and the Walker Security Team remain the devoted, loyal, heroes that I have always loved.

I was glued to my kindle for the afternoon and could not put it down until everyone was smiling and happy… including me.  The best part is knowing there will be a part two for this wonderful couple (book 8 in this series).

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

Dirty Rich Series:

1.      Dirty Rich One Night Stand

2.      Dirty Rich Cinderella Story

3.      Dirty Rich Obsession

4.      Dirty Rich Betrayal

5.      Dirty Rich Cinderella Story, Ever After (releases 10.10.2018)

6.      Dirty Rich Bastard (releases 11.14.2018)

7.      Dirty Rich One Night Stand, Two Years Later (releases 12.05.2018)

8.      Dirty Rich Obsession, All Mine (releases 01.02.2019)

Also from Lisa Renee Jones:

·         Amber Fire

·         Need You Now

·         Play with Me

·         Unwrapping Holly

Careless Whispers Series:

1.      Denial

2.      Demand

3.      Surrender

Dirty Money Series:

1.      Hard Rules

2.      Damage Control

3.      Bad Deeds

4.      End Game

Inside Out Series:

1.      If I Were You

2.      Being Me

3.      Revealing Us

a.       His Secrets

b.      Rebecca’s Lost Journals

c.       The Master Undone

d.      My Hunger

4.      No In Between

4.5  My Control

5.      I Belong to You

6.      All of Me

Lilah Love series:

1.      Murder Notes

2.      Murder Girl

Poison Kisses serial:

1.      Part One

2.      Part Two

3.      Part Three

The Secret Life of Amy Bensen Series:

1.      Escaping Reality

2.      Infinite Possibilities

3.      Forsaken

4.      Unbroken

Tall, Dark, & Deadly Series:

0.5 Secrets Exposed

1.      Hot Secrets

2.      Dangerous Secrets

2.5 One Dangerous Night

3.      Beneath the Secrets

Walker Security Series:

1.      Deep Under

2.      Pulled Under

3.      Falling Under

White Lies Series:

1.      Provocative

2.      Shameless

 

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