Review: Flawed (The Butcher #1) by Francette Phal

Flawed by Francette Phal

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Writing: ★★★★
Story: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★★

Overall rating: 4.0

4 *Sociopathic* Stars

Oh. This. Book. This deliciously twisted, mind-twisting-bending-fucking-blowing book!

I have to admit, in the beginning, I was a little skeptical that this book would fly for me. I wanted dark, but what I seemed to be getting was a lot of (what I thought was) unnecessary world building.

And then...

This book took off like a rocket and went right through the stratosphere, and all I could do was grip my Kindle and hang on for the ride.


Knox
- what a twisted up sociopathic walking package of man candy he is.

"It entertains me to watch you think I care what you want, that I actualy care anything about you at all. It amuses me to manipulated your emotions, to see how much I can give you before I rip it all away again."

With one hand, Knox giveth... but it's with *both* hands, and whatever happens to be in his hands, that he taketh away.

Knox is a hit man for his adoptive father, Yuri, and he enjoys nothing more than carrying out the "exterminations" that Yuri needs from him. Slowly killing each mark in the most horrific way. Each done the same, slowly and methodically, with the lullaby humming through his lips.


Lacey
- Eighteen year old, high school, prostitute, in denial.

"He delights in tormenting me, but I now bask in that torment, I crave his brutality more than I crave the gasping breath I take in to fill my lungs."

Lacey relizes how sick and twisted Knox is, but even though he tells her she has a choice, she doesn't really, she's made a deal with the devil, and there is no backing out now.

Just when she thinks things can't get worse, she finds that they can. Very much so.


Katia
almost as twisted as Knox. But. Not. Quite.

"...it's the Christian thing to do. That's who I am. That's what I've based my public image on. My faith and my humanitarianism have made it possible for the public to love me, to trust me, to see nothing else but what i choose to show them."

Oooooh... I don't like this chick! She's around just enough in the book to mess with your head. The secrets she has, from everyone, including her father, make her the worst kind of sociopath.. the kind that are hiding right in front of your face.

I ended up loving this book, the dark turn it takes and keeps going straight into the deepest, darkest, most sinful kind of dark. This author really "brings it", and I SOOOO can't wait for the next book!

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Review: Lucas (The Hunter Brothers, #1) by L.J. Dee

Lucas by L.J. Dee

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Writing: ★★★
Story: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★★

Overall rating: 3.6 Stars round up to 4

*****4 Hot Cobalt Blue Stars*****

Lucas... what a man! A hawt, dominant, alpha male. Yes. He is my, "new at this moment", book crush!



Lucas is the oldest of the Hunter Brothers, a no-nonsense, take the world by the balls and make it submit, smart, classy... and rich, man.



Jessica is a single mom to a 5 year old son. She and her sister live, and raise, Dexter together. She finally has a great job, and things are looking up. She "moonlights" helping out her sister at Elite as a server for private parties and it's at one of these parties that she meets Lucas. Her "Thunderbolt". Her love at first site though she'll never admit that.

While I really liked Lucas' character, Jess, drove me insane. Her wanting to be open, then shutting down. Every time Lucas tried to move forward, she'd take 3 steps back, while wondering why he didn't make her more than a 3 day a weeks lay. Jess was selfish and self centered a lot of the time.

Case in point. She, of course, wants the very best for her son, and when the very best is offered for him, she complains about how it effects her. At every turn she is whining. But, all in all, that's just Jess, and Lucas is actually able to take it and turn it to his advantage most of the time. She says "no", he finds a way to show her that "yes" is the better option.

Her back and forth, fence straddling, did get a bit old. But when it was the most important, Jess did step up and was actually there for Lucas when it counted the most, which had all sorts of redeeming qualities in my book.

The sex... OMG.. there was some really hot, sexy, sex in this book!



Lucas: "...we will be exclusive, embarking on a relationship that is underpinned by emmense trust, open communication and mutual respect."

Jessica: "It was the one part of being punished that I liked; no long drawn out apologies or self recrimimnation. It was 'wham-bam-it's over now ma'am there there was a lot to be said for it."

The Dominant/submissive aspect of the book. The author nailed it in almost all areas and I was really happy about that. Lucas was a strong Dominant that took training Jessica, and being her Dom, very seriously, while he was a Dom that normally played the submissive field, he gave Jess what he knew she needed. Exclusivity. Although it took her a while to trust that he was being faithful. Lucas was written as an upstanding Dominant and Jess as a submissive that was new to the lifestyle, and both, I felt, were written by someone that did their homework. (Thank you for that, L.J. Dee!)

Best line that made me laugh: "This was the shiny little cherry on a headfuck sundae..." I am SO going to find an opportunity to use that in conversation someday!

Most irritating overuse of a word. Flash, flashes, flashing, flashed. This descriptive term was used 37 times in this book. Flash(ing) eyes, smiles, across features, momentary, into mind, numbers, of fear, of jealousy, for a totally of 37 instances. The most overused in a phrase, "flashing eyebrows", flashing his, flashing hers, flashing his thick black brows. It's a great way to describe something, but it was just way overused.

Other than that, I really did love this story, flashing eyebrows and all! Loved Lucas and Jessica's overall relationship, enjoyed Chas, Charlie, and even Lucas's conniving little PA, Melody who wanted nothing more than to be rid of Jess and could be quite a bitch in her attempt to do so. She was the one I loved to hate!

I'm really looking forward to reading Roman and Chastity's story, and I hope to see a little of Lucas, Jess and Dex sprinkled in there too!

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Poor Little Daddy's Girl

Poor Little Daddy's Girl by Normandie Alleman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


*Author provided ARC in exchange for an honest review*

*****5 Panty Melting Stars!*****

Rating overview
Writing: ★★★★★
Story: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★★

Overall rating: 4.3

Normandie contacted me to read this book because of the MC being called "kitten".. she knew that I wouldn't be able to resist that! She was right!

I snapped this book up and devoured it!

Charmaine is the spoiled, bratty, little rich girl, and Hunter is the level headed, hard working, middle class, (and oooh so sexy), fireman. They meet, when Charmaine sents her kitchen on fire due to neglect, and Hunter is the fireman that comes to her rescue.

Hunter is not impressed with antics and her lackadaisical attitude about things. He sees that she is a woman that needs to be taken firmly in hand, and it's his hand that he'd like to firmly take her in!

Charmaine is a little girl looking for a Daddy Dom. She likes to be the brat, whether it's just her personality, her need for attention, or both, not even she is sure.

"She could manipulate most men into doing whatever she wanted. But Hunter was different. She respected Him too much to try to manipulate him, at least not very often."

When Hunter and Charmaine come together, there are lessons for both of them to learn. But, can their relationship survive these lessons? Can Charmaine really be with someone without money? Someone that won't stand for her brattiness? Can Hunter learn to not be judgemental about people with money? Can he tame the tiger that is Charmaine? But most importantly, can they both learn to love again after a past of heartache?

This book is well written and a page turner. And the sex is hot, Hot, HOT!

I don't normally read Daddy/babygirl stories, but this is twice now that I've read them by Normandie Alleman. There isn't a lot of age play, but you get the point that they are Daddy and babygirl without it. Ms. Alleman writes about the lifestyle, of which I'm a part, with respect and well researched stories.

Some of my favorite lines from this book:

"Yeah, you're a tiger most of the time, but when I tame you, you turn in to the most adorable little kitten."

And my favorite.. mainly because I've heard it said to me before by my own Sir. *winks*

"Relax, Kitten. You know it will go easier if you do."

Thank you, Normandie for allowing me to read this book for you.



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I crave, Crave, CRAVE more of this series!!

Crave by Sierra Cartwright

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A new series from Sierra Cartwright! I was so excited about this book, ran out and bought at the "early release" and devoured it in a day! Pretty much the same way I do all of Ms. Cartwright's books!

I fell in love with the characters right away, immediate connection. Not just the main characters either.

Julien - I really liked how he was true and protective of his friend, Reese, when Sarah wanted him to help her get back with him for just one night. Julien was one tough cookie with a lot of pull! Seems the man could make anything happen!

Reese - Sarah left him 2 years ago, just disappeared out of his life. Left him hurt, disbelieving, sad, mad, and finally "over it", or so he tried to make himself believe. Then after all that time, there was Sarah back in his life, but for how long?

Sarah - For the last 2 years since she ran away from Reese, because of a collar she found in his drawer, she hasn't been able to forget him, no matter how much she tred. No other man compared. She thinks that if she has just one night with Reese, as a submissive that she'll be able to move on.

One night turns into two, three, four.. well you get the idea.

This book was sad when you were given glimpses into the souls of these two people, Reese and Sarah. You rooted for them from the start. They were great together, they made me laugh at some of the things they said. Their relationship was believable. Everything was plausible and believable and I was swept up in the story from the beginning. I'm looking forward to the next in this series.

Hurry Sierra! Write! Write! Write!

Solid 5 Stars



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Review: Enslaved

Enslaved by Claire Thompson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Twisted, but not dark enough to feed my kink of true non-con. Claire Thompson is one of my favorite authors and I usually enjoy her twisted, dark, taboo stories, but this just didn't do it for me in the way her other non-con's have.

Still a pretty good story, but just not as dark as the blurb sets it up to be.



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Don't underestimate Underestimated!

Underestimated by Jettie Woodruff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book. Yes. This book.

I loved it. I hated it. Ohhhh! I loved it!

The Drew, Morgan/Riley, Dawson, Lauren, and let's not forget Derik characters were an entanglement of characters that I won't soon forget!

You've read the blurb, you've read the reviews, but until you read the book you won't get the love/hate relationship most have with the characters in this story.

The way Jettie Woodruff spins this tale making you want to hold your book close right before throwing it across the room is unique.

The book is dark and disturbing. And Drew, oh how I hated him. He was a narcissistic, sadistic bastard with no redeeming qualities who tortured Morgan(/Riley) in the worst possible ways. Dawson was a wonderful man that took care of Riley(/Morgan) to the best of his abilities, considering all she'd been through, and much of it she couldn't tell him. Confused yet?

Lauren, she was one of my favorite characters. I love how she decided that she and Riley were going to be friends, no matter what Riley thought about it. Luckily Riley was all for it. Lauren was a good, dear friend. I loved how she'd just pop in, eat Riley's leftovers, make herself at home and made it her mission to find a man for Riley.

Morgan was Drew's wife. He was mean and vicious to her. She was finally able to escape (with help) and changed her identity. She became Riley. It was as Riley that she met Dawson. I was cheering for these two for the majority of the book, even though I felt that Dawson was a little judgmental about the things that Riley wanted and needed.

Riley and Dawson settled in to a comfortable (read that not exciting and non-descript) pattern. Riley *needed* more, but Dawson kept that pretty much tamped down. She thought she was, or could be, happy with that.

Until she ran into the back of a bus and lost her memory.

In walks Drew back into her life and Riley becomes Morgan again, even though she doesn't remember *who* Morgan really is, and she has even less memory of Riley.

It was from that point until towards the end that I wanted to shake n' break my Kindle!

When her memory comes back in a rush. She is then Morgan/Riley in a love triangle with Drew & Dawson. The woman couldn't make a decision if her life depended on it. Back and forth she went between both men. She and her vagina, that she had conversations with, were always open for business when it came to these two men.

Some of my favorite things she said about her vagina:

"The sight of him sent a quivering sensation straight to my attention deficit disorder vagina."

"I closed my eyes and visualized our love making on top of the world. Of course, my vagina had to go and stick her nose in it too."

"I think maybe my vagina was on break, pissed off, or just not interest in making love..." (now there was a first cause her vagina was *always* interested in throwing out the welcome sign!)

All the back and forth, can't make a decision, sleeping with Drew, sleeping with Dawson... I think a few less of those would have been better. Again, my poor Kindle took the brunt of my frustrations as I proceeded to squeeze it so hard every time she went one way or the other, that it threatened to throw *itself* out the window!

But even with all of that, Ms. Woodruff pulled it all together into a nice neat little story. Without giving away any more than I may have already done, I didn't think I would be happy with Morgan/Riley's choice. But I found that I was. At the end I found myself satisfied.

This is a must read if you like dark non-con and it's a solid 4 star read for me. The only thing that keeps it from being a 5 star is I think it went back and forth too many times with Morgan/Riley's indecision. I am however looking forward to reading "Underestimated Too". I've already purchased the book and taken a sneak peek at the first chapter and it's already caught my attention!

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This past update says it all!

Past update: Review to come... but in the meantime..



I loved it but I wanted to slap the crap outta Morgan/Riley!!

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Sheldon spanks Amy

Just had to share this, for those of you that know me, you'll understand why I find this so humorous!

(The Big Bang Theory Season 6 Episode 10)

To Command and Collar Commands Attention!!

To Command and Collar by Cherise Sinclair

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I LOVED this installment in this series. With each book Cherise Sinclair writes in this series you can see her writing style getting better and better. Much more timeline believable.

I fell in love with Master Raoul and Kimberly. His touching and caring ways in which he helped Kim in the beginning and the slow process of realizing he was in love with her, and loved her enough to possibly let her go.

Kimberly's trust, while fragile in the beginning, and throughout the first half of the book, she begins to slowly open up and trust again.

My favorite thing was when she was to show him, by holding up her fingers, what her fear was. The way he was so attuned to her body by studying her.

This book was just all around good, not to mention, hot and sexy to boot.

I'd *love* to see Sam get his own story, and with as much "page time" as he got in To Command and Collar, could that be a possiblity? I sure hope so!

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Johnny Stone Does It Again!

Steam & Spurs by Johnny Stone

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb

The year is 1893 and Earth is a place of wondrous steam driven machines during the Victorian age of Imperialism. Spacecraft prowl the stars, colonizing alien worlds while battling the barbaric pirates of Mars. It’s a world where the Confederate States of America won the civil war, and the Republic of Texas finally gained its independence to stand alone as a sovereign country. It’s a time of leather and calico lace, of Techno music and perpetual motion technology, giving birth to twisted sense of far fetched dreams commonly known as Steampunk.

But there’s one man who lives life by his own terms, trapped in the past while thumbing his nose at modern society as he carves a place in history using nothing but a gun and his stubborn courage. He’s a war hero, an Indian fighter, a Texas Ranger and a bounty hunter; and his name is Johnny Stone.

Johnny is an outwardly gruff, old-west personality with a subdued code of rustic honor in an age that continues to pass him by with leaps and bounds. Throughout his life, he’s always had a knack for showing up at the wrong place at the wrong time. He’s a man with a seemingly charmed life and a haunted past, walking on the razors edge of danger and tempting fate more often than not as certain death passes him by again and again.

Rainia Morwin, Captain of the British luxury liner the Dreaming Star, is a Venutian Mistress with years of experience in dominating men. She’s a strong woman, with a mind as sharp as her tongue. But, she’s also a secretive switch, craving the wonderful bliss of a domineering male hand with the unwavering strength and persistence to take what is rightfully theirs from a woman, if they’re able. Her search for a new Master, a loving man that can fulfill the needs she so desperately craves again after so many years of dimming hope, is about to be found in an unlikely source.

This sultry novel is brought to you by the author of The Devil’s Dance. Steam & Spurs has something for everyone; suspense & suspension, sex & fighting, guns & whips.

Review

YES! YES! YES! Another five-star book from Johnny Stone! I've enjoyed everything I've read from this author, but this book was by far the best. It made me laugh, it brought me close to tears, it made me want to fight right along side the hero, and it left me panting for breath right along with the leading lady.

Set in 1893, Johnny is a rough and tumble bounty hunter from Texas, traveling, for the first time, in space, and he's not a bit happy about it. Yes, it seems like an odd time for space travel, but the way he the author spins the tale... it just works! Spacecraft and aliens are among us while colonizing other worlds and fighting the creatures from Mars. It's all the sci-fi erotic romance you can ask for between the pages of one book!

Johnny Stone is everything you imagine a man from Texas in the late 1800's to be. A gruff, single minded, gun slinger, who is, at times, down right ornery! He and "Horse" take off on a bounty hunt that takes him aboard the "The Dreaming Star" a good sized ship that is actually a passenger liner. It's suppose to just be a means to an end, to get to a connection to take him to Uranus, or as Johnny calls it, "Yur'anus", in search of his bounty.

Johnny has a secret from his past, one that is heartbreaking and actually explains who and why he is the man he is today. It will bring tears and make you smile at the strength of this man.

Captain Rainia Morwin is in charge of "The Dreaming Star" and it's not long before she sets her sexual sites on Johnny. Rainia comes from a planet where women rule and men do as their told, but she craves something different. She wants a man to control her. As luck would have it, Johnny might just be that man. Or is he? Can she really give up total control to a man?

Johnny and Rainia are, literally, from two different worlds, can they really make it work? Or will fate step in and decide for them if they should or shouldn't be together.

Don't miss reading this book. This author's imagination will captivate and entertain you. I promise you, from start to finish, it's an excellent read!

Be sure to watch for Johnny Stones forth book, Slave World, due to be released on January 6, 2012 by Pink Flamingo Publications. You can read a synopsis on the authors profile. Slave World

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Busy! Busy!

Real life has *swamped* me! I've been able to get some reading in, but haven't had time to catch up on my reviews. Life on the farm is busy this time of year!

But I do have good news! Misadventures in Infidelity by Johnny Stone is now available through Amazon for the Kindle! We are still waiting for Barnes and Noble to get it listed. I'll let you know when you can get it there.

In the meantime, if you just can't wait to read it, like me, you can still get it through Pink Flamingo Publishing by clicking here.

Misadventures in Infidelity - Review

Misadventures in Infidelity by Johnny Stone

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a great book! The Misadventures of Infidelity is broken into three stories, or memories if you will, in the life of Erin, who is a bit of a nymphomaniac and a bit of a tease. The fixes Erin finds herself in, are at times, comical and sometimes a bit scary.

We start out learning a little about Erin, her growing up years and how they shape her life as an adult. It is mentioned right off in the blurb "Erin is a slut and a tease". I'm not sure about a "slut", but she sure does get around! In the first short story, A Rude Awakening, we learn that Erin is married to a military man, Rob, who is away quite a bit. What's a girl to do when she needs a man and her man is no where to be found? Well, in Erin's case, you hunt up a ménage! Erin and her best friends, who are husband and wife, have a bit of bedroom fun and its Lights! Camera! Action! And Erin is more than ready for her closeup Mr. DeMille! as she has her first ménage with two men , while her friend video tapes, with running commentary, in the background. I won't give away too much from this short story, since it has a major impact on the rest of the book. Let's just say Erin very much enjoyed her three-way on the small screen, since she couldn't remember actually being there!

In the second story, Mr. Harley and his Unwanted Guests we find Erin reminiscing about the first time she made a conscious effort to have sex with a complete stranger. She ends up in a bar, during a wet t-shirt contest and catches the eye of hard working, blue jean wearing, motorcycle riding, Al, who was my favorite character that Erin meets up with. He is sex on two legs and has eyes for Erin. What more could a girl ask for? He rescues her after the wet t-shirt contest, from some over zealous males who, I suspect, would like to help her out of more than her wet t-shirt! He takes her away on his motorcycle, to his campsite, where he proceeds to show her how a real country boy works it!

In the third and final story, The Working Girl, Erin and her husband are having a bit of a financial crisis and Erin needs to look for work. Erin being Erin, you just know somehow she is going to hang a left into Sexville and a right, directly into Trouble Town! She has an interview with the haughty Miss Waters, who pretty much informs Erin she's not qualified to load the paper tray on a copy machine much less be a secretary. But wait! Miss. Waters does have a position open on her personal home staff. What luck! Erin is thrilled with the pay, and excited to start work, but where would the Misadventure be in something as simple as that? Miss. Waters, or Ma'am as Erin is instructed to call her, is a FemDom. Let the Misadventure begin!

This book has a very comical side to it; and each story has it's own unique twist which really keeps things interesting. The author shines in his ability to combine sex with the comedy of errors in Erin's life. This is a fun and quick read while curled up in your favorite chair on a lazy Sunday afternoon. It's not to be missed.

Johnny Stone is the author of 2 other books, Steam & Spurs and The Devils Dance. You can read my review of The Devils Dance by clicking here.

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Misadventures in Infidelity Released!

Misadventures in Infidelity by Johnny Stone

Blurb

Misadventures in Infidelity is sexy string of stories revolving around a married woman’s untamed desires. Each story begins with a flashback, as Erin recalls her earlier days of infidelity. Erin Porter is a slut and a tease, she always has been. Nothing changed after she married, as she thought it would, except having a ring on her finger and a man who has no idea what she’s doing when he’s away from home.

In A Rude Awakening, Erin gets together with friends for a night of carefree and innocent partying when her husband is away. She wakes up the next morning to discover she had a wild night of raunchy, unprotected sex with two men. Too bad she doesn’t remember it. Lucky for her there is a video that shows what a dirty whore she really is.

During Mr. Harley and his Unwanted Guests, Erin makes a fledging effort to openly cheat on her husband, but hunting for guys isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. After meeting a rough and tumble biker at a strip club she’s convinced to enter a wet t-shirt contest with the promise of drinks if she loses. Things never work out for Erin the way she plans, and she gets much more then she bargained for, or was emotionally prepared to deal with.

In The Working Girl, Erin is unexpectedly offered the job of becoming a house slave and sexual pet to the rich and powerful Miss Olivia Waters. In her desperation for money she accepts, despite what her humiliating ‘duties’ will entail. Everything at her Mistress’ mansion seems to be going well, as Erin gradually learns her place as an obedient submissive, but when the striking Mr. Olan enters the picture, finally acting on his desires for her, things really heat up!

From the author of The Devils Dance and Steam & Spurs, comes an entertaining collection of stories that have something for everyone. Scandalous cheating, lesbian sex, anal and oral sex, threesomes and more!

Included: Oral sex, Anal Sex, Multiple Partners, Erotic Dancing, F/f, Lesbian Sex.

Click here to read an excerpt from Misadventures in Infidelity.

You can also purchase this ebook at Pink Flamingo Publishing

Coming soon to Barnes & Noble and Amazon!

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