Alien Mate, #3

Kidnapped or rescued, it’s a

ISBN13: 9781936279647

matter of alien perspective. Either way, it results in pleasurable probing.
Abducted by a hunky blue alien, researcher and admitted geek Penny is eager to study his mating habits—in the flesh. She’d like to blame her illogical affection for him on hormones, but the erotic remedy just heightens her chemical imbalance.
Reg never thought a simple rescue mission would make him question his decision to remain single for while Penny drives him crazy with her never-ending questions, her simple presence inflames his lust—and causes havoc with his emotions. But is he ready to give up the galactic travel he loves so much to settle down with an earthling female?

76 pages

Published January 14th 2011

(Amira)

First Impression

Reg doesn't want a life mate when rewarded in by the Oracle... so she sends him on a mission to rescue an Earthling who is in danger to bring back to the planet.

Penelope (Penny) is a Science geek in space with a asteroid on a collision course with her spacecraft, until a blue alien rescues her and take her aboard his ship.

My Rating ⭐⭐

Alien Mate #3 is the short story of Reg and Penny. 

Filled with plenty of rescue attempts and hot fun it wasn't a bad read just would have like more pages.

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The Blood Confession

Erzebet is young, beautiful, rich, and

ISBN 0525477322
ISBN13: 9780525477327

imprisoned in her castle, waiting to be sentenced for murder. In a brilliant fiction debut, Alisa M. Libby resurrects the real-life Erzebet Bathory, a seventeenth-century countess who believed that bathing in human blood would preserve her looks forever. The jailed countess tells her story from her birth, which was overshadowed by a bad omen, to her mother's mental deterioration, Erzebet's own love for a mysterious figure, and the crimes she committed in pursuit of eternal life.

399 pages

Published July 7th  2013

(Red Hound Press)

First Impression

Set in the 1st person The Blood Confession tells the interesting life story of the famous Countess Bathory.

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Blood Confession is an enchanting tale that starts in the tower where the Countess Bathory is been held awaiting the Prince of Hungary.

From here it then goes into a detailed account of her life as a child, who Yearned for her mother's company.

Her relationship with her father became strained as he was often was away at court "but when he did visit, our conversations were restricted to the typical subjects".

Her mother eventually when mad, "she turn to me with a strange smile, her dead eyes fixed on my face. She stared at me as if she could detect something that no one else was able to see." 

I feel really sorry for her as she only felt she could rely on her maid as seen in this passage "Despite Rowena's  reassuring presence, I was a loney child." 

I really enjoyed reading The Blood Confession And would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the history of Countess Bathory it was a very interesting subject to read about.

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“Envy is a dangerous sin. To envy someone you love is to kill a part of yourself”

Alien Mate #2

Lex's ancestors have chosen a

ISBN13: 9781936279395

mate for him, there's only one problem. She's not the earthling he wants.
Maya’s been raised to believe in aliens, and when she saves one from drowning, she can’t resist taking him home—and into her bed.
Lex’s mission to collect his mate has been fraught with difficulties, and to add even more trouble to the mix, he finds himself attracted to the wrong earthling—a curvy human who makes him question tradition.
Things get complicated in New Mexico because the military’s on the hunt for an ET, Maya’s determined to do what’s right, and Lex finds himself in the biggest battle of all—the one between his heart and his honor.

68 pages

Published 23rd July 2010

(Amira Press)

First Impression

Maya has always believed in aliens and is attracted to Lex as soon as she meets him after saving him from drowning only to discover Lex is here to claim someone else as his life mate.

My Rating ⭐⭐

Alien Mate 2 is a short tale of Maya and Lex and how the it feeling for each other develop into something deeper.

One thing I didn't like was the use of the word "cunt".

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The Madness

Sixteen-year-old Marnie

ISBN 1471401030
(ISBN13: 9781471401039)

lives in the idyllic coastal village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by a childhood exposure to polio, she seems set to follow in her mother's footsteps, and become a 'dipper', escorting fragile female bathers into the sea. Her life is simple and safe. But then she meets Noah. Charming, handsome, son-of-the-local-Lord, Noah. She quickly develops a passion for him - a passion which consumes her.
As Marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality, and a harrowing and dangerous obsession develops that seems certain to end in tragedy. Set in the early Victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on all those around her. 

208 pages

Published March 6th 2014

(Hot Keys)

First Impression

Set in 2nd person The Madness tells the story of Marnie, who had to deal with the "cruel taunts of the village children who would spit and laugh at her" because she had a twisted leg through getting polio at 5. 

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐

The Madness is a slow paced book telling the tale of Marnie (a dipper's daughter) and Noah's (a Lord's son) budding friendship, that turn into a infatuation on Marnie's side.

I feel so sorry for Marnie especially when I found out that her mother was determined not to have a cripple for a daughter, often taking her down to the sea to "plunge her under the freezing waves again and again". 

If Marnie protested her mother would take the horsewhip and "crack over the backs of her legs to 'harden her up'".

As for Noah he makes it clear from his journal that he doesn't see Marnie in any affectionate light.

The ending was very emotional.

I would recommend reading for the historical significance as it was put you in that time from the description.

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Alien Mate 1, #1

Plump Diana is ironing her

ISBN13: 9781530711291

underwear when the hottest blue babe in all of the galaxy appears in her living room. Did she forget to mention he was naked too? Abducted, decontaminated and dressed like a harem girl, she’s been chosen to become the hunky alien’s mate.

Kor asked his ancestors to find him a biddable, docile mate, instead they found him Diana - a curvy, argumentative earthling who sets his pulse pounding and his loins on fire. He might be an alien who doesn’t understand the meaning of love, but he sure knows what he feels is more than lust.

244 pages

Published April 3rd 2014

First Impression

Kor fills in a questionnaire to find his life mate, who turns out to be Earthling Diana, but not all goes to plan. 

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐

Filled with adventure and drama Alien Mate although short it's a journey you can't miss.

Quotes

“My people might not have the word ‘love’ in their vocabulary, but even without that word, this is how I feel. You are mine. And in return, I belong to you. I would cross the universe to be with you and die a painful death to protect you. The thought of being without you causes fear where fear was never known. When you smile, I can do anything. When you cry, I would fight the world to make it stop. What is this, then, if not this love you seem to speak about.”

Guilty Wives

Sitting in a dark, dank prison cell in

ISBN 0099550180
(ISBN13: 9780099550181)

Paris, serving a life sentence for murder, Abbie Elliot tries to piece together the story of how she came to be here.
It all happened in Monte Carlo, where she was having the holiday of a lifetime with her three best friends away from their stifling lives, and husbands.
Abbie remembers casinos, nightclubs, champagne and private yachts. The next thing she can remember is a swarm of police storming the yacht and arresting her and her friends.
Abbie has been set up, she knows it. But now she must find out who would do this to her, and why. Or she will spend the rest of her life rotting in that cell.

544 pages

Published July 4th 2013

(Arrow)

Just a Side Warning: there are some mentions of domestic violence and gambling. If you or anyone you know have any problems with these please seek help from a professional as soon as possible.

First Impression

Based on the prologue we find that Abbie is determined to not give up even though she and her 3 friends are imprisoned in Paris for a double murder.

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A very sad story, with twists turns and rewards. 

I had to continue reading and before long I had finished, with some tears. 

Abbie and her friend were wrongly accused of murder and had to deal with horrid treatment especially Abbie. 

I was quite surprised that a prison, even a French prison would get away with such abhorrent behaviour towards their inmates especially in 2010 which is the time frame it happened. 

Guilty Wives is a book that you should read I would recommend it to anyone

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“Your integrity, your dignity, your honor - they aren't for sale. Not ever. Not to anyone.”

 “Something like this changes you,

it breaks you into pieces and puts you back together, but the sum total is different.”

Reverse Abduction, #8

Ready for a new, hilarious

ASIN B076CRWB5X

purple romp where the roles have been switched?
It’s not fair that only males get to go out and pillage the universe. Being born a female automatically means staying home and birthing the next generation of warriors.
Azteriya has other plans.
She has a dream of traveling the galaxy and exploring strange new worlds. Fighting fierce foes. Of clubbing a viable male to bring home to her mother so that her transgression is forgiven.
When a chance to escape arises, she takes it, but what will Azteriya do when she not only finds the adventure she’s been seeking but love too?

152 Pages

Published June 14 2018

First Impression

Azteriya wants to be a warrior but only boys are taught to fight women have duty to procreate and cook.

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐

Different than the previous books in the series Reverse Abduction tells the story of Azteriya the Kulin and Jedrek the Human.

A fast paced story with a battle and fun between the sheets

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