Showing posts with label Money Bags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money Bags. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

ARC Review: Dirty Money by Jessica Clare

Series:     Roughneck Billionaires #1
Pub. Date:Jan. 17, 2017
Publisher:Intermix/Berkley
Length:198 pages
Source:NetGalley

I am totally excited about this new series from Jessica Clare. I don't read a ton of contemporary romance, but this one piqued my interest. Roughneck Billionaires, y'all! Not the polished hoity toity money bags born with silver spoons in their mouth... but good ol' country boys that work hard and play hard and aren't afraid to get down and dirty in the boardroom or the bedroom. Yes, please!

Monday, August 8, 2016

ARC Review: Hard Rules by Lisa Renee Jones

Series:     Dirty Money #1
Pub. Date:Aug. 9, 2016
Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin
Length:304 pages
Source:NetGalley

This series calls to mind a modern-day Dallas with all the secrets, lies, betrayals and backstabbing that is occurring in the Brandon family. The Brandon men are all headstrong obstinate bulldozers, and the mother is sneaky and conniving. In Dirty Money, a maverick is pitted against the rest of the family to clean up the family conglomerate, Brandon Enterprises.

Friday, July 15, 2016

ARC Review: All In by Simona Ahrnstedt

Pub. Date:June 28, 2016
Publisher:Kensington
Length:336 pages
Source:NetGalley

I was quite interested in this book when it was presented to us by Kensington reps at RT16. Simona Ahrnstedt is Sweden's first romance author. Crazy, right?!?! I couldn't believe it when I heard that romance, as a genre, was virtually unheard of in Sweden. I don't know how to feel about that! But kudos to Ahrnstedt for not being afraid to take that first step.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Review: Dirty Pleasures by Meghan March

Dirty Pleasures 
by Meghan March
Series:  Dirty Billionaire #2
Pub. Date:  Dec. 29, 2015
Publisher:  Self-Pub
Pages:  177
Format:  eARC
Source:  Rock Star PR
Challenges:  Pervy Girl


My Rating:  
Sultry Scale:


I did it. I married a billionaire.


My reasons are my own, but the last thing I expected was to feel owned.

I may have taken vows, but I’m still determined to be me.

Now his rules are taking over my world, but I’m not the kind of girl to just obey.

There’s only one problem: I might actually be falling for him…

I have no idea how this marriage is going to go, but holding onto a piece of myself while succumbing to his dirty pleasures is shaping up to be the ride of a lifetime.

Dirty Pleasures is the second book in The Dirty Billionaire Trilogy. Dirty Together, the conclusion of this filthy trilogy, will release on 1/12/2016.



Dirty Pleasures picks up where Dirty Billionaire left off. When Creighton does show by the designated time that Holly needed to leave for Nashville, she takes off leaving nothing but a note saying "Goodbye Creighton." The story picks up with Holly flying coach back to Nashville and the tabloids speculating on marriage trouble in paradise.

So we all know that Crey has messed up and is going to have to chase after her to do some groveling. I was okay with that. I would have been ticked off that he forgot about me too - especially if I made it clear that something was very important to me. After the whirlwind of the first book where things were just getting going, I was looking forward to further character development in this book. I really wanted to know more about Creighton and wanted to get in his head and learn all his dark and dirty secrets. He no longer came off as a shallow douche in this book. He was more attentive to Holly and was chasing her around the tour doing things for her. As nice as that was, I am still waiting to fall in love with Crey. I don't know anything about his business or his past or his family. What's up with his uncle? Did this Annika bitch break him? I wanna know him! I hope we can get into his head and heart in the final installment, Dirty Together.

In my review of Dirty Billionaire, I thought the meat of the story would be happening in this book. This one was actually a quicker read and while there was less sex, I didn't feel like there was more substance. It seemed like we got the surface of the story, but not a lot of the deeper details I was hoping for. I would have been interested to read the conversation between Holly and her mom. I think that would have been an opportunity to hook me back into her character emotionally, but it faded to black.

I knew Holly was a runner after Dirty Billionaire, and I understood her reasons. After the fist book, I was on Team Holly more than Team Crey. However, I was hoping that her flight instincts would have deserted her once Crey came groveling. He showed up and did all the right things in this book... but Holly is still a runner. I didn't understand her panic or insecurities. So now I am firmly on Team Crey, and Holly will have to do a lot to redeem herself in Dirty Together.

I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 3 stars / 5 flames.



About the Author

Meghan March is the author of contemporary and erotic romance novels. Meghan March has been known to wear camo face paint and tromp around in woods wearing mud-covered boots, all while sporting a perfect manicure. She's also impulsive, easily entertained, and absolutely unapologetic about the fact that she loves to read and write smut. Her past lives include slinging auto parts, selling lingerie, making custom jewelry, and practicing corporate law. Writing books about dirty talking alpha males and the strong, sassy women who bring them to their knees is by far the most fabulous job she's ever had. She loves hearing from her readers at meghanmarchbooks@gmail.com.

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Review: Dirty Billionaire by Meghan March

Dirty Billionaire 
by Meghan March
Series:  Dirty Billionaire #1
Pub. Date:  Dec. 8, 2015
Publisher:  Self-Pub
Pages:  203
Format:  eARC
Source:  Author


My Rating:  
Sultry Scale:

I've got a big dick and an even bigger bank account. That's pretty much where my bio ends. Honestly, I don't need to say anything else. I've just sold 99% of women on going home with me. 

Do I sound like an asshole to you?

That's because I am.

And guess what? It works for me just fine. 

Or at least it did.

Until I met her.

Books talk about sparks flying. Fuck that shit. With her, it was like emergency flares mixed with jet fuel. Or maybe just straight up napalm. 

Only one problem. 

She didn't leave her name or number when she disappeared from the hotel room after the hottest fucking night of my life. Now I've had a taste of unicorn pussy—the sweetest, rarest of all pussy—and I need it again.

So what's an asshole to do?

I took this problem to the street. A missed connection gone viral.

And when I find her? I'm keeping her.

Hello, my name is Bambi and I am an unapologetic smut lover. There I have admitted it (unless my mom or boss is asking, then I will turn my wide innocent eyes on you and act like I don't know what you are asking me about). And this book is smutty smut smut smut - hot dirty rich and raunchy smut. I met Meghan March earlier this year and I would have never guessed that this cute little chica had such a dirty mind. 
Meghan and Bambi
This new serial (or novella series) introduces us to Holly Wixton, a small town girl from a trailer park in Kentucky who has just won a singing competition a la American Idol. Her career has just started and she is getting jerked around by her record label. She's been made a laughingstock in the tabloids, and feels like she is damned if she does and damned if she don't. Holly's perfect solution to take her mind off these troubles is to give herself a man for Christmas, for one hot sweaty night of sin. For all that Holly was a young (22 y/o) heroine, she was mostly likable. I kept picturing her as Clare Bowen from Nashville. I did feel like sometimes Holly was made to sound like an ignorant hick with overly country sayings like: Holy Horseshit, that's some good stuff. or My stomach flops around like a whole mess of spring peeper frogs have been unleashed.. Being a Southern girl, I love books set in the South, but it seemed like the hick talk was a bit forced at times. Other than that, I don't have anything else to complain about with this heroine. She has somewhat of a sad upbringing, but her character is still being developed and I feel like I will grow to like her more as the serial continues.

That brings me to our rich and dirty hero, Creighton Karas. You know, I couldn't get into his name. For some reason I kept calling him Cree-ton instead of Cray-ton, and it just made me think of cavemen. I know I'm weird. Don't judge. But name aside, Creigh was delightfully dirty and dominant. My favorite Ds. He was also a bit of a shallow douche - but you could tell that from the blurb I'm sure. While the smutlover in me digs Creigh and I wouldn't turn him away if Santa dropped him down my chimney, I am still waiting to fall in love with him. Right now I just have a little bit of lust for what he can do. I want to know more about him and his background and his company. I want to know about his family and who broke his heart or turned him into the unemotional sexpot. I want all those deep dark dirty secrets.

Now while my shriveled black heart loved the down and dirty aspect of this book, my brain was craving a little more story. I think the meat of the story is coming in the next book, so I am looking forward to seeing how things play out between our couple. It's really a rags-to-riches scenario for Holly and I think I will like following her journey, but I will also like to see Creigh learn to love something other than himself and his decadent dongle. Now all this talk of dirty dominant dongles has me thinking that maybe I should take a page from Holly's book and give myself a man for Christmas... wonder if Google will tell me where these types hang out? I'd hate to go hunting for dominant and find a dud (story of my life I tell ya).

I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I predict that I will give this serial as a whole a higher review than the individual episodes. That always tends to happen with serials for me. I just don't feel like I have enough of the story to get a good grip on how it makes me feel - its all very up in the air until the last episode. 3.5 stars / 5 flames. Review in progress.

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About the Author

Meghan March is the author of contemporary and erotic romance novels. Meghan March has been known to wear camo face paint and tromp around in woods wearing mud-covered boots, all while sporting a perfect manicure. She's also impulsive, easily entertained, and absolutely unapologetic about the fact that she loves to read and write smut. Her past lives include slinging auto parts, selling lingerie, making custom jewelry, and practicing corporate law. Writing books about dirty talking alpha males and the strong, sassy women who bring them to their knees is by far the most fabulous job she's ever had. She loves hearing from her readers at meghanmarchbooks@gmail.com.

Find Meghan March Online

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Review: Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones

Escaping Reality 
by Lisa Renee Jones
Series: The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #1
Pub. Date:  May 5, 2015
Publisher: Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster)
Pages:  336
Format:  eARC
Source:  NetGalley


My Rating:  
Sultry Scale:


Infinite possibilities….
Infinite passion…..
Infinite danger….

His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn’t trust him. I shouldn’t tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breathe? He is what I need.

At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loves to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she’s finally dared to believe she is forgotten–even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets down her guard, the ghosts of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run. 

On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing recluse billionaire, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take “no” as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give? And what if there is more to Liam than meets the eyes?


I just love Lisa Renee Jones. She writes mature characters (no matter their age), great suspense, and super steamy sexytime! Her stories are always paced well and it seems like you have finished them in the blink of an eye. Escaping Reality is no exception. I liked this first installment of the Secret Life of Amy Bensen so much that it is putting me off my reading schedule... I just have to read the 2nd book right away!
Money breeds lies, baby. They swim like sharks all around me.
"Amy" is on the run. We aren't quite sure from what, but its extreme and causes near-paralyzing fear for our heroine. Jones did a great job with the fear imagery and had me experiencing the paranoia, flashbacks and blackouts right along with Amy. I am also just dying to know what she is running from and uncover all those juicy secrets that she is hiding.
How high you stand isn't as important as how magnificent you are.
Our hero, Liam Stone (awesome name) is a reclusive billionaire with secrets of his own. But what good is a broody hero if he is not also a handsome talented billionaire? None! So of course Liam is all of those things and more. This tall, dark, sexy, smart architectural prodigy is utterly magnificent both in bed and out. Why can't I bump into one of his ilk on one of my business flights. Le sigh.
Yes. I want to go to your room. I need to, ah...lick your tattoo good-bye.
From the moment Liam and Amy's paths cross, it's like an invisible string is pulling them together. The chemistry leaps off the page and I felt like I was Amy and getting sucked into those long hypnotizing gazes. While the romance was quickly established, it wasn't the type of instalove that me groaning and rolling my eyes. There was a weighty feel to the attraction, desire and overall relationship... but I honestly feel like that is common in Jones' books. With this author, I know I don't have to worry about flimsy interactions and wimpy whiny characters. And I have yet to meet one of her heroes that couldn't feature prominently in my romantic fantasies.
I know that when things feel out of control, you think you need control. But sometimes, having a safe place to give it away is the best way to block everything else out. I'm asking you to let me show you I'm that safe place.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 4 stars / 3 flames.

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