Publisher: Berkley
Review by: Kate Garrabrant
Stars: 2.5

Michael “Mallet” Manchester is one of the breakout stars of the SBC. At twenty-six he is close to winning the title belt. Michael is on top of the world that is until he is in a car accident that crushes both his legs. Even if he goes through intense physical therapy to help him regain use of his legs his days of fighting are over. He is recovering in the hospital and rightly depressed over his situation. But then out of the blue a young woman appears in his room. Michael thinks she is just a cute nurse, but when she talks of coming from the twenty-third century and needs Michael to come back with her to the future, he blames the heavy duty drugs…

Reviewed by: Kate Garrabrant
Publisher: Berkley
4 out of 5 stars

Mina, the unholy sea witch, is the product of rape, a forced union between a mermaid and a Dark One. Mina should have been destroyed when she was born; instead she was tortured when she was a young girl resulting in scars covering her face and body. And yet she has many powers at her disposal, from the ability to shape shift into a human and dragon to an abnormal mermaid with two tentacles in place of a tail. And despite her disfigurements and because of her special abilities she is able to overcome, but remains alone, for she can barely keep the darkness inside her under control.

There is one angel who is willing to stand up to this challenge, David. He…

Berkley
Reviewed by: Kate Garrabrant
Grade: 5 +++++++ stars

Gwilym, Earl of Banallt, has quite a reputation of being a womanizer and a rake. Scandal follows him wherever he goes. Women practically fall at his feet, except for the one woman who has become an obsession. Sophie Evans, a widow he first fell in love with, while her husband was still alive. Tommy Evans married Sophie for her fortune, and left her in the country while he continued his debauched lifestyle in London. Banallt was one of Tommy’s friends who joined him as he cut a path through London. The few times when Tommy would return home to see his wife, Banallt was with him, and the moment he met Sophie, his heart was hers forever. Banallt and Sophie formed a tentative friendship…

Reviewed by: Kate Garrabrant
Publisher: Penguin
2 Stars

Thomas Hyde, Viscount Varcourt, is still haunted by the death of his brother Harry after all these years. The ton blamed Thomas for the death, even though he had nothing to do with it. He was only a young boy then, and his older brother Harry was ‘special’; he had an incredible mind but could not function in society. He was shunned and kept in the nursery. The one day he was let out during a house party, he was found dead in a stream. Because Thomas left Harry by that stream to fend for himself, he feels incredible guilt. His mother, Lady Hamilton, barely makes it day to day because of the loss. She goes through life bereft, looking for a reason to live.…

Reviewed by: Kate Garrabrant
Publisher: Kensington Brava
3 stars

Detective Todd Brooks is working a very intense case where a possible female serial killer is targeting men by having kinky sex with them, and then killing them. Todd and his partner, Colin Gyth (hero from Hotter After Midnight), have no clue how the men died. Other then finding the bodies tied to a bed; there is no other trauma to the victim. There may finally be a break in the case; a witness has seen the killer, a woman with long, curly blond hair. Things get even better when they find a women’s purse with an ID inside. The woman in the picture also has long, curly blond hair and her name is Cara Firon. Todd thinks they have their killer, and will…

When it comes to a romance with a hero that is a virgin, I find those books to be extra special reads. There is just something so great about a male character, especially the main one, who has never been intimate with another woman, until he meets the heroine. Knowing he is pure in both his heart, as well as his body, that he is only meant for her, and her alone, makes for a sweet story. Isn’t it great for a change to have the man unsure of the technicalities of sex much like the heroines we all read about?

One author who has done this is Linnea Sinclair with Admiral Branden Kel- Paten, a.k.a., the “Tin Solider” from the Sci-Fi romance, Games of Command. When I first picked up Games…