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Hot Motorcycles, Hot Bikers, and Hot Sex, Oh My!

Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

(Warning: This review contains spoilers, read at your own risk)

This book started out a little slow for me, and i'm not a fan of the jumping back and forth in time, but, i'll conceded that in this story it was a necessary evil and in the long run (for me) it worked.

Once i got past that, this story grabbed ahold of me and kept me turning the pages. It was a good story, it was fun, and it was hot!

There were a few things that i would have liked to have seen expounded on, i'll put them as a spoiler for those that haven't read this book yet.

Begin Spoiler:

Max attempted to rape Marie, he was caught in the act by Horse. Horse, being the very protective, bad ass biker that he is, literally beat Max to a pulp, and Max was only saved from Horse killing him when another brother stepped in. Okay, very good so far. Max's final punishment would have, should have, and did, come from the Reaper's club as a whole, but what punishment did he receive? He was gone "for a couple months", but there had to be some real punishment for such an infraction. i would have liked to have known what it was.

There was the whole "secret email accounts" between Marie's brother, Jeff, and herself. Okay, i found a couple holes in this one. First, if Jeff *or* Marie had contacted each other and said.. "hey, lets set up these private email accounts so we can communicate", wouldn't someone that was monitoring their *real* email accounts have seen this communication? i just felt that if they were both being monitored so closely, especially, Jeff, someone would have seen *something*, and/or figured out about the secret email account. i didn't like the fact that Marie was lying to Horse about it, but i understand why she felt the need to do so... at the time. Did she ever confess to him? Did she ever show him the communication she had with Jeff, and what led her to do what she did?

Okay, one other thing, going back to when Max attempted to rape Marie. Later in the story, Max is back in the club, pretty much keeping his distance from Marie. Good. But the first time she has to go somewhere (from the funeral to the armory) who is it she lets in her car? Max. Really? If she couldn't get Horse on the phone, by calling or text. She was *still* at the funeral, all she had to do was get out and walk over to him and ask for someone else to go with her. And when horse found out, he was like "good call, babe". Hmm. 

Not to mention, in all of that, Marie murdered 2 men. All i can say is the Reapers must have one heck of an attorney on retainer. LOL 

The "Jacks", there was such a build up on this front, then it kinda fell flat with, 'oh, and by the way, everything is cool, they went back to where they came from', i would like to know what went on in that meeting. Even though Jeff was killed, if there was that much bad blood between the Jacks and all the other MC's, i just don't see them "letting it go" without *some* kind of fight.[Max attempted to rape Marie, he was caught in the act by Horse. Horse, being the very protective, bad ass biker that he is, literally beat Max to a pulp, and Max was only saved from Horse killing him when another brother stepped in. Okay, very good so far. Max's final punishment would have, should have, and did, come from the Reaper's club as a whole, but what punishment did he receive? He was gone "for a couple months", but there had to be some real punishment for such an infraction. i would have liked to have known what it was.

There was the whole "secret email accounts" between Marie's brother, Jeff, and herself. Okay, i found a couple holes in this one. First, if Jeff *or* Marie had contacted each other and said.. "hey, lets set up these private email accounts so we can communicate", wouldn't someone that was monitoring their *real* email accounts have seen this communication? i just felt that if they were both being monitored so closely, especially, Jeff, someone would have seen *something*, and/or figured out about the secret email account. i didn't like the fact that Marie was lying to Horse about it, but i understand why she felt the need to do so... at the time. Did she ever confess to him? Did she ever show him the communication she had with Jeff, and what led her to do what she did?

Okay, one other thing, going back to when Max attempted to rape Marie. Later in the story, Max is back in the club, pretty much keeping his distance from Marie. Good. But the first time she has to go somewhere (from the funeral to the armory) who is it she lets in her car? Max. Really? If she couldn't get Horse on the phone, by calling or text. She was *still* at the funeral, all she had to do was get out and walk over to him and ask for someone else to go with her. And when horse found out, he was like "good call, babe". Hmm.

Not to mention, in all of that, Marie murdered 2 men. All i can say is the Reapers must have one heck of an attorney on retainer. LOL

The "Jacks", there was such a build up on this front, then it kinda fell flat with, 'oh, and by the way, everything is cool, they went back to where they came from', i would like to know what went on in that meeting. Even though Jeff was killed, if there was that much bad blood between the Jacks and all the other MC's, i just don't see them "letting it go" without *some* kind of fight.

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End Spoilers

All i all, this was an enjoyable read, and i'm glad i came across it and made it a BOTM for my group . i *do* look forward to reading more in this series. i'd like to know where Horse and Marie go from there, what other adventures they can get into, maybe another reason for the Reapers to get into it with the "Jacks", or another club, would be interesting.

Oh, and the sex in this book was HOT! A particular scene between Marie and Horse (on the stairs), good hot angry sex that teetered on the line of non-con was exciting for me! :)

i would recommend this book to others that enjoy borderline Lite BDSM (Dom/sub references), hot sex, a great plot and story line, well written by a really good author. It's a solid 4 stars from me.


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With This Collar is a Winner!

With This Collar by Sierra Cartwright
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was the best book, by far, that I've read about the lifestyle!

Most books I read portray the lifestyle on such a cookie cutter fantasy level that it's almost laughable. This book was as true to form as it gets without being textbook (of which there is no such thing!)

I've made this the BOTM on my group, The Erogenous Zone and the comments have been nothing short of outstanding thus far.

The characters were believable and I was invested in each of them from the beginning, no matter how small their parts. It takes a lot for me to become so invested in a character that I wonder about them when I have to put the book down.

The D/s - M/s dynamics in this book were well researched. Thank you, Ms. Cartwright for this story.



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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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Take a ride on the kinky side...

Slave World by Johnny Stone

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Johnny Stone is an author with a very vivid imagination, and he knows how to use it! Best of all, he can put it on paper to share with the rest of us.

Step outside of your ordinary reading comfort zone and fasten your seatbelt for a ride through the galaxy to a planet called Slave World, where slaves are bought and sold, and no fetish is too kinky.

Margo Winters is an Independent Freighter Pilot who, on a routine slave delivery, crash lands and her "freight" is let loose onto her ship. One of the escapees recognizes Margo, and knows she has a secret; it's this secret that he uses to change Margo's destiny. To condemn her to a life of slavery. Sold then bought by one of the sadistic owners of Slave World, Margo is then altered forever in a way she never imagined. Collared by the Master, Margo is then sent for training for her new role in this very bizarre world.

Fortunately, Colonel Nathan Burke, a man from her past, is her Trainer, and it's with his assistance that she not only survives, but comes to accept, and even embrace, her new existence.

There are many twists and turns in this story, all of which will leave you turning the pages faster and faster to see what happens next, all leading up to a very climactic ending.

A cast of very convincing characters, each that you will either love or hate, makes up this kinky story. The only thing that could make it better? A sequel!

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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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