HAMPTONS HEARTBREAK (NYC ROMANCE #4)

One beach house.

Two months.

Countless lies.

What could go wrong?

It was supposed to be the perfect summer job.

Housesitting in the Hamptons.

And then he showed up.

Lance Welles.

Moody. Broody. Wealthy. Sexy.

And cocky. So damn cocky.

He’ll let me stay for the summer.

But only if I pretend to be his girlfriend.

I agree. Why wouldn’t I?

It’s not like I’ll fall in love.

The first time I saw Vivienne Radcliffe,

she was in a fire-engine-red bikini.

Setting fire to my house.

Well, not exactly my house.

The garden of my Hamptons estate.

She says the house is hers for the summer.

But it isn’t long before I realize . . . 

I want Vivienne to be mine forever. 

Release Date: August 11, 2021

Hamptons Heartbreak 

A New York City Romance Series Book #4

Contemporary Romance

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher 

Nikki’s Review:

I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. Is it enough to just tell you to buy it and read it? Because you should absolutely do that. 

The characters in this book are so likeable. From the beginning I was invested in their story. Lance and Vivienne instantly burned up the pages from their first meeting, whether it was during their witty banter ( a whole conversation about a man’s lack of aim while peeing  ), or sultry their romps in the pool. Damn, those pool scenes are fucking delicious. 

This is not a particularly angsty book, but there is a ton of emotion. Lance and Vivienne have tough exteriors, but there’s a lot of baggage and vulnerability under their armour. I love when the walls fall down and all the feels come spilling out. 

Tara Leigh never fails to deliver a solid story that is character driven and ridiculously sexy. Hamptons Heartbreak is my favourite book in this series…so far! I can’t wait for the next installment! Have I mentioned that you should just buy the book because it’s amaze balls? 

Rating: 5 Stars (A+) 

MANHATTAN MOGUL (NYC ROMANCE #3)

A fake engagement. A sham of a wedding.

A lie dressed up in diamonds and lace . . .

Is still a lie. 

NASH

In business, I’m ruthless. 

The Black Knight of Wall Street. 

And in the ring, I’m downright vicious.

I don’t rescue damsels in distress.

Nixie is on the run from her past.

She’s a distraction I don’t need, a complication I don’t want.

But when she needs a husband to claim her inheritance,

I’m only too willing to play the part.

NIXIE

Nash is my fiancé, but he isn’t mine.

Our vow to love, honor, and cherish each other,

till death do us part,

is a promise we have no intention of keeping.

Our union is a solution to my problems. 

The ultimate marriage of convenience.

Behind this exquisitely woven veil, 

I can almost believe my own lies.

You are cordially invited to the biggest wedding Wall Street’s ever seen...

(This book is a completely revised and expanded version of Deal Breaker, which is no longer available for sale.)

Release Date: June 10, 2021

Manhattan Mogul 

A New York City Romance series Book #3

Contemporary Romance

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher

Nikki’s Review:

Winner winner chicken dinner! I am so in love with this series. I liked that this book was full of angsty emotions. I love feeling all the things. I love being pulled in different directions and having my heart and mind all jumbled at times. This book delivered all that and more!

Nixie, the heroine, got on my nerves at times. I like a strong heroine, but I also like when they’re vulnerable enough to lean on someone for help when it’s needed. She was so stubborn when it came to Nash helping her. That being said, I could kinda understand where she was coming from. After losing her parents she had to grow up rather quickly. Throw in a gambling addict jerkwad of a boyfriend who is venturing into abusive, and I can see why she didn’t blindly trust anyone. 

Nash is an amazing character. He’s loyal, charming, successful, and has a big heart. But at the same time he’s full of that broodiness I love in a hero. 

Like the previous book in this series, there is a lot of push and pull between the characters. It takes them time to understand their developing feelings. Well, they understand the crazy lust, but their pesky hearts are causing them some issues. These two were so well developed by Ms. Leigh. Their feelings, whether they were happy, sad, mad, or glad, were palpable. All of those feelings were front and centre, and I loved experiencing them. 

This book, like the previous books in the series, is very character driven. As a reader I really cared about them. I hurt for them, and I was cheering them on the whole way. When an author makes me fall hard for their characters I know the book is special. I can hardly wait for the next installment! 

Rating: 4 Stars (A) 

PENTHOUSE PRINCE (NEW YORK ROMANCE #2)

My billionaire boss is keeping a secret. Me. 

Tristan James Xavier Bettencourt IV.

The prodigal son of a banking dynasty.

And my new boss.

With his silver tongue and dirty mouth,

he’s everything I’ve ever wanted. 

And the one man I’ll never have.

Some rules are as old as time. 

Girls like me don’t ride off into the sunset with men like him. 

Reina St James has a body made for sin,

and a face that could tempt the devil himself. 

As the heir to a financial empire, 

a scandal is the only thing I can’t afford.

But all work and no play

make this billionaire a very bad boy.

Reina is the one woman I can’t have.

And a temptation I can’t resist.

(This book is a completely revised and expanded version of Penthouse Player, which is no longer available for sale.)

Penthouse Prince 

A New York City Romance series Book #2

Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 10, 2021

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher

Nikki's Review:

Let me start by saying...I love me some Tara Leigh! This book was a welcomed escape from the stay at home orders here in Toronto, which officially ended yesterday! After almost 2 months. This book was perfect for forgetting about the crap that is the world right now. 

Tristan. Gah! He is so amaze balls! Smart, sexy, and a whole lotta alpha. He definitely needed an equally smart, and all kinds of feisty, heroine like Reina. The flirty and witty banter between these two was highly entertaining and kept me grinning. 

I liked that Reina wasn’t willing to let anything get in the way of her dreams, even though Tristan tripped her up a few times. I mean, I probably would forget my own name if he shot me a lopsided grin from across the room. Although Reina is focused on her career you could really feel her vulnerability. She seems like she’s got it all figured out, but she’s kinda lost. She has baggage. But all that stuff just makes her more determined to come out on top of her career...and Tristan. 

Speaking of being on top...the sexy times were delicious! Tara Leigh always delivers in that department. Woohoo!

There’s definite conflict, and a lot of back and forth in this book. I imagine that a lot of women struggle with trying to balance a relationship and a career, and I’m sure many readers could relate to that. 

This book is wonderfully solid in the plot and writing. I felt the characters turmoil like it was my own, and the emotional pull was like a weight on my chest. Tara Leigh has hit it out of the park with this one! 

Review: 5 Stars (A+)

CORRUPT SAVIOR (WAGES OF SIN #2)

CORRUPT SAVIOR (WAGES OF SIN #2) by Tara Leigh

Release Date: May 13th

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Blurb:

I am the monarch of Manhattan’s underworld.

A corrupt king, ruling a sinful empire.

I wasn’t born to the crown.

Nevertheless, I wear it well.

Aislinn Granville is the Crown Jewel of my empire—my queen.

To my enemies, she’s my Achilles heel—a perfect pawn.

Without her, I am a wounded warrior.

A ruthless, relentless beast.

There is nowhere she can be taken that I won’t find her.

No adversary I won’t crush to get her back.

Even if I have to burn this city to the ground.

Excerpt:

My heartbeat is an erratic, distracting pitter-patter against my ribs as I take in the stark beauty of the man standing in front of me. He looks like the same man I ran from. Almost. 

The same rich black hair and inky eyelashes. The same strong, shadowed jawline and high, elegant cheekbones. The same spark of intensity lighting up those dark, dark eyes. 

But now there are smudges beneath them. And faint horizontal lines, like the silvery remnants of a shattered spider web, crossing his forehead. 

Damon is glaring at me like an adversary he’s torn between spanking or fucking. There is yearning in his gaze, a faint glimmer of tenderness beneath his infuriated expression. 

I like it. A lot. 

The panic and fear and pure terror that filled my veins just a few hours ago hasn’t yet evaporated. Those intense emotions are still there, like toxins that have yet to be flushed from my system. I don’t want to be treated with kid gloves. Not by Damon King. 

I need his intensity now more than ever. I am desperate to revel in the raging storm Damon and I create when we’re together. The kind of storm that deserves a name. Deserves to be written in history books for its power . . . and for the toll of its destruction. 

I want the shocking illumination of lightning. The ominous energy of thunder. 

I want to give and take. 

Clash and break. 

Writhe and shake. 

“Damon.” I say his name like a warning. I need the savage who claimed me as his own. My savage king. 

He presses a firm kiss to my forehead, his fingers lightly pushing into the hair at the base of my scalp. “Tell me this,” he says. “Is there any hurt I can’t kiss better?” 

The throaty rumble of Damon’s voice is like a liberal pour of molasses on my frayed nerves. “No.” My nose is flush with his chest and I breath deep that scent I didn’t think I would ever smell again. Wood and whiskey and raw masculinity. So damn intoxicating. 

He sweeps his tongue along the rim of my ear. “Is there any hurt I can’t lick better?” 

The tension in my shoulders eases as I flatten my palms against his chest. “No.” 

Damon lifts my chin, our eyes locking on each other. “Is there any hurt I can’t fuck better?” 

My cheeks warm as I draw my lower lip between my teeth. Then I shake my head slowly, “No.” 

He smiles that darkly seductive grin and my stomach flips. “Let’s go take a shower.” 

I nod my head eagerly. A long hot shower sounds perfect. A long hot shower—with my savage king—sounds downright exquisite. By the time the water is running, my borrowed bathrobe is just a white smudge of bad memory strewn across the tile floor. 

Damon begins unbuttoning his shirt and I eagerly reach for his belt. When he is as naked as I am, he cups my chin between his thumb and forefingers and tips it upward. His kiss is hard but not punishing. The perfect amount of pressure. 

I moan low in my throat. 

He growls in return. And when we pull apart, we are wearing matching lust-drunk grins. 

“Do you trust me?” he asks. 

“I thought you said I shouldn’t trust anyone who has to ask.” 

“I’m asking now.” 

The truth falls from my lips. “With my life.”

About the Author:

Tara Leigh is a multi-published author of steamy contemporary romance. A former banker on Wall Street, she graduated from Washington University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, but she much prefers spending her days with fictional boyfriends than analyzing financial spreadsheets. Tara currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children, and fur-baby, Pixie. She is represented by Jessica Alvarez, of Bookends Literary Agency.

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Nikki's Review:

Man, I am not equipped to deal with Cliffhangers! They make me fucking stabby. I’m eternally grateful that I got to read the books in this duet one after the other. I don’t think my heart would have been able to take it. 

Oh Damon. You continue to be all growly, a giant pain in the ass, and sexy as fuck! I seriously can’t get enough of his character. I love the moments when his guard was down and you see the vulnerable side of him. He has insecurities like the rest of us mere mortals. Did I mention that he’s sexy as fuck? 

Damon and Aislinn are still trying to navigate the waters of their relationship, all while the bad guy continues to creep closer. There were a couple of times that I wanted to give Aislinn a shake. Her constant need to run away when things get the slightest bit tough drove me batty. But that just made her true to her character. She’s stubborn, and it sometimes overtakes her ability to think things through. I really liked that Damon didn’t always just run after her. He put some of that control into her hands. Make no mistake though, he wasn’t going to let her get far. Did I mention that he’s sexy as fuck? I think like I might have said something about it. 

This book was an amazing conclusion to Damon and Aislinn’s love story. I like how everything didn’t just fall into place for them easily. There were lots of hurdles, and they both had to work at it and be truly invested. Damon had to work to gain Aislinn’s trust, and  in turn, she had to learn how to hand over some of the control to him. 

Of course there was a ton of panty dropping sexy times. I mean, that whole sexy as fuck thing, right? Damon is a beast...in and out the of the bedroom. 

I REALLY REALLY hope that Sebastian gets a book! Did you see how capitalized that, Tara? It means I’m desperate. Wink wink. 

If you like a grittier romance with an anti-hero, the Wages of Sin duet is for you! 

Rating: 5 Stars (A+)

CRUEL SANCTUARY (WAGES OF SIN #1)

They say New York City is the Devil’s Playground.
They’re wrong.
This city belongs to me.
And so does Aislinn Granville. 

She is a pampered politician’s daughter.
A decorative ornament, raised to smile and nod and do what she’s told.
Except… she doesn’t. Not with me. Ever.

In this city full of thugs and thieves, I’ve kept Aislinn safe.
From my enemies.
From me.

Until now.

Release Date: March 22, 2019

Tara Leigh Books

Wages of Sin #1

Erotic Romance/Dark Romance

Review copy provided by publisher

Nikki’s Review:

Let me start by saying that Tara Leigh is fucking rockstar. She is an auto buy for me and life stops when her books hit my Kindle.

I didn’t think it was possible for Tara to write a hero that I loved more than rockstar god, Landon, from Rock Legend, but I’m pretty sure Damon King is now tied with him. Mmmm, I would absolutely love to be the middle of a Landon Cox and Damon King sandwich. Is it getting hot in here or is just me? 🥵

This duet is different from Tara’s other books. It’s darker and grittier. Damon King is the very definition of an anti-hero. But let me tell you, if I was going to go to the dark side, I’d want to go with him! 

Aislinn is more straight laced and has a strong good girl vibe going. Lucky her, she’s gets to get dirty and freaky with Damon. 

When these two come together the chemistry is as hot as fire. And by fire, I mean set the bed on fire hot...literally. Underneath Aislinn’s prim exterior there’s a sassy and stubborn headed woman ready to explode. I just loved her! 

Damon has his fingers in all sorts of questionable and down right illegal activities, but you can’t help but like him. He’s gruff and growly, and sexy AF! In his quest to protect Aislinn from men who really are the bad guys, he decides that this little spitfire of a woman is his to claim in every freakin’ way.

Damon is all kinds of raunchy and filthy. Like, drop your panties with just the wink of an eye filthy. And Aislinn drops hers...a lot!

This book was everything I like in a darker romance. The hero and heroine were both flawed and searching for something, even if they don’t know it. And the road to an HEA is going to be more intense. WARNING! This is the first book in the duet and there is a cliffhanger. If you’re like me and cliffhangers make you stabby, don’t panic, the conclusion, Corrupt Savior is available tomorrow, May 13th! I was fortunate to be able to read these books together, which is a good thing, because you know, stabby. 

Rating: 5 Stars (A+)