THE BILLIONAIRES: THE STEPBROTHERS (LOVER'S TRIANGLE #3)

This pair of stepbrothers have their sights set on just one woman...

Scarlet Drake is an insurance fraud investigator hot on the heels of the thief who stole a multimillion-dollar art collection from tycoon Michael Vandenberg's Hamptons estate. Unfortunately, the sexy Wolf of Wall Street is also her prime suspect--along with his equally mouthwatering stepbrother, Montana rancher Sam Reed. Scarlet quickly finds herself tangled up in the two devilishly handsome men, and ensnared in a web of family lies.

Michael is used to getting what he wants--and he wants Scarlet in his bed. Sam had no intention of getting emotionally or romantically involved with a woman again, but he can't deny the sizzling chemistry with Scarlet. And when the three of them cave to one sinfully delicious night of sheer decadence, their sexy menage becomes a fiery affair of the heart. But they don't stand a chance at a happily ever after unless all of the absolute truths are finally revealed...

This is a standalone menage romance with an HEA.

Don't miss these other two standalone menage romances THE BILLIONAIRES and THE BILLIONAIRES: THE BOSSES.

Release Date: December 26, 2017

St. Martin's Griffin

Lover's Triangle #3

Contemporary Romance 

Review copy provided by publisher

Liza's Review:

I read and loved the first two books in the Lover's Triangle series, and couldn't wait to see Scarlet get her story. While I liked aspects of the story, sadly it just didn't grab me as the first two books in the series did.

First of all I'll admit I did like all three of the main characters. Scarlet, Michael, and Sam were all really well developed characters and I loved the time they spent together. I totally felt the attraction between Scarlet and Michael and Scarlet and Sam. In fact the times Scarlet was with the men individually and when they were all together was freaking HOT! I so wanted them to work as a trio, but something kept bugging me about the situation. I think part of the problem I had with this story was the actual distance between where Michael and Sam lived. I didn't ever really feel like either man would change his living situation to make the trio actually work long-term. 

I love suspense in a romance, but that was the other part of the story that fell flat for me. I think more so because it kept dragging on than it not being a good bit of mystery. I had figured out who was behind it long before it was revealed, even if I didn't have the correct reason. It just went on way too long and seemed to overshadow the actual romance between Scarlet, Michael, and Sam.

Rating: 3 Stars (C-)

Nikki’s Review:

This book started out with a bang. It was sultry and sexy from the get go. The steam between Michael and Scarlet was hot. And then when Michael's stepbrother, Sam, was introduced into the mix...wow! My love for this book ends here. It had such promise and then it took a nose dive. 

Scarlet is investigating a possible insurance fraud. During her investigation she falls fast and hard for Sam and Michael.

By the time I hit about half way through the book, I started to get bored. The suspense aspect wasn't thrilling me anymore. It felt like it was dragging on and not really adding to the story. I wanted more time with the three main characters building the relationship. The chemistry that I picked up on at the beginning started to fade. It kinda left me not caring anymore. 

The ending was meh at best, and the epilogue was inadequate. It just didn't feel like it was finished. I wanted to love this book, and I thought I would because I was so into it at the beginning, but it fell short. This is book three in the series, but I don't think you need to have read the first two follow along. 

Rating: 2 Stars (C)

DEVOTED TO WICKED (DEVOTED LOVERS #0.5)

A one-night stand…or something more? Karis isn't sure until a thief strands her in Mexico, leaving her in need of a passport photo—and a hero—and giving Cage a second chance to win her love. 

This book is a cross-over between both the Wicked Lovers and Devoted Lovers series.

Release Date: December 26, 2017

Devoted Lovers #0.5

Contemporary Romance

Review copy provided by the publisher 

Nikki’s Review:

This was a fun start to what promises to be a great spin off series of Shayla Black's Wicked Lovers series. 

Karis and Cage shared an intense and erotic New Year's Eve together. A misunderstanding keeps them apart in the weeks following their one night together. It might have been a quick rendezvous, but it left a lasting emotional connection for both of them. 

Cage comes to Karis's rescue while she's stranded in Mexico because of a stolen passport. After clearing the air, its full throttle sexy times! And in true Shayla Black fashion, said sexy times were sinfully delicious!

This was just a quick visit in this new series. But I enjoyed every morsel. If you like the whole "Insta love" trope, this book is for you. The writing was intriguing and kept me engaged. It definitely left me wanting more from this series. I'm really looking forward to reading the first full-length book.

Rating: 3.5 Stars (B+)

SINCE LAST CHRISTMAS SPOTLIGHT & GIVEAWAY

Since Last Christmas by Jeffe Kennedy

This Christmas, Amy is getting what she wants. Her career in fashion design is taking off. Her boyfriend Brad is the dictionary definition of a catch. Soon he’ll buy the massive diamond that makes it official: she’s nobody’s hard luck case anymore.

Her old friend Jon ought to understand. A decade ago he was the other scholarship kid with a crap family. He got her quirks, her insecurities, her rules, her passions. Now he swears she’s not really happy, and she’s forgotten something that proves it.

When Amy throws away everything she’s worked for with one impulsive, impossible word, she’s horrified she’s proved Jon right...and strangely, secretly excited. That he knows more than the past she wants to forget — he knows what heats her up, what makes her heart race.

But remembering what she’s forgotten since last Christmas might mean breaking all the rules…

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EXCERPT

The endorphins kicked in around mile three. They usually do, give or take. Good thing, too, because the bitter wind coming off the lake in the predawn dark had been sapping my will to persevere. A lot to say, coming from the Queen of Perseverance. I really do believe that everything in life can be had if we simply stick to a goal long enough.

I might have started out with nothing, but I’d finish with having it all.

Heat flooded through me, even my frozen face warming, my muscles going long and languid, naturally induced joy hitting my bloodstream. I let out a whooping war cry of triumph, the sound bouncing back from the silent asphalt. My whole life was hitting a metaphorical mile three—all the slog of hard work finally paying off and reaching maximum happiness.

Just like the acceleration of the holiday season. With the solstice a few days away, the Chicago nights grew longer and colder, the sun coming and fading again in brief glimpses. But soon we’d round that corner and then—Christmas! New Year’s Eve! Valentine’s Day, followed by burgeoning spring and hot, lazy summer, with boating parties and barbeques.

Autumn pretty much sucks for romantic holidays, so I’d looked forward to the end of that slog. Who ever had a cozy Halloween? And don’t get me started on all that’s wrong with the glut-fest of toxic food and family that is Thanksgiving. The Christmas holidays, now, they herald the beginning of the romance season. Played correctly, the festivity of the parties starting now could coast right through Labor Day weekend.

And this year, I had plans for a romantic autumn.

I ran at a fast and easy pace. The recent downturn with Brad just before and over Thanksgiving had been like nearing the end of the first three miles of any run—clunky, sometimes stiff, occasionally chilly, and always a challenge to stick through—and, yeah, it made me think about giving up. But now we’d hit our stride, and just in time for fabulous holiday dating.

I had my outfits planned, and the right guy in position at last—the perfect date to bring to the Wildwood Academy reunion dance. Not just any date, but Brad Deffelman, who’d been shortlisted twice now for Chicago Magazine’s Most Eligible Bachelor list. Plus, Brad had invited me to his parents’ Christmas Day open house, which would be so much better than going home to my disaster of a family.

I’d spent a lot of time on Brad’s Christmas present, and it was perfect. Well, it would be, once I finished. My first couture tuxedo, custom-made for Brad’s male-model physique. For maybe the first time in my life, Christmas would be fun and romantic and, well, joyous. No weird charity gifts. No odd array of unwrapped things my dad picked up from the only open convenience store on his way home from the bar. This year, Brad would give me that perfect Tiffany diamond ring I’d had my eye on. Made me giddy just to contemplate it.

Brad had been making all the right noises—the invite to spend Christmas with his family, confirming which ring I liked, talking about our future plans—so I wasn’t jumping the gun.

This was it. I wasn’t going to tell anyone—no jinxing it!—but I’d be engaged by the new year.

I’d made reservations for a spectacularly glitzy New Year’s Eve, the Super Bowl of romance. Brad liked me to take care of that kind of thing, as he trusted my taste, and he did his part by footing the bill. The outfit I’d planned included fingerless gloves in case I’d get to show off that new ring. A bit of a fashion risk—I’d put a lot of effort into making sure they didn’t look too eighties—but the final look would be worth it. Especially as it would match the tuxedo I’d painstakingly crafted for Brad to wear.

 If I worked my connections, and if his mother weighed in, we might even be able to pull off an autumn wedding. Then I’d have a romantic anniversary to mitigate the fall doldrums. I could picture the invitations. Not ostentatious, but subtly stylish, a floral theme but autumnal. Maybe an ivory vellum with rust-colored accents, a stylized chrysanthemum in burgundy, a slim ribbon in a deep chocolate brown. Depending on my eventual budget, I’d go for fantastic invitations and a simpler ceremony. Stylish and intimate. It’s amazing what you can pull off if you make the decorations yourself, which I had the skills to do.

I had to have four bridesmaids—no way I could leave out any of the Fab Five—but I could make their gowns and my own, no problem. And maybe Brad’s parents would host the whole thing. I wasn’t too proud for that. My parents certainly wouldn’t, even if they could find the money. A fall wedding would round out the year nicely. Late September or early October, I would marry Brad, and my life would finally begin.

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About Jeffe Kennedy

Jeffe Kennedy is an award-winning author whose works include novels, non-fiction, poetry, and short fiction. She has been a Ucross Foundation Fellow, received the Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, and was awarded a Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award.

Her award-winning fantasy romance trilogy The Twelve Kingdoms hit the shelves starting in May 2014. Book 1, The Mark of the Tala, received a starred Library Journal review and was nominated for the RT Book of the Year while the sequel, The Tears of the Rose received a Top Pick Gold and was nominated for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Fantasy Romance of 2014. The third book, The Talon of the Hawk, won the RT Reviewers’ Choice Best Fantasy Romance of 2015. Two more books followed in this world, beginning the spin-off series The Uncharted Realms. Book one in that series, The Pages of the Mind, has also been nominated for the RT Reviewer’s Choice Best Fantasy Romance of 2016 and won RWA’s 2017 RITA® Award. The second book, The Edge of the Blade, released December 27, 2016, and is a PRISM finalist, along with The Pages of the Mind. The next in the series, The Shift of the Tide, will be out in August, 2017. A high fantasy trilogy taking place in The Twelve Kingdoms world is forthcoming from Rebel Base books in 2018.

She also introduced a new fantasy romance series, Sorcerous Moons, which includes Lonen’s War, Oria’s Gambit, The Tides of Bàra, and The Forests of Dru. She’s begun releasing a new contemporary erotic romance series, Missed Connections, which started with Last Dance and continues in With a Prince.

In 2019, St. Martins Press will release the first book, The Orchid Throne, in a new fantasy romance series, The Forgotten Empires.

Her other works include a number of fiction series: the fantasy romance novels of A Covenant of Thorns; the contemporary BDSM novellas of the Facets of Passion; an erotic contemporary serial novel, Master of the Opera; and the erotic romance trilogy, Falling Under, which includes Going Under, Under His Touch and Under Contract.

She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with two Maine coon cats, plentiful free-range lizards and a very handsome Doctor of Oriental Medicine.

Jeffe can be found online at her website: JeffeKennedy.com, every Sunday at the popular SFF Seven blog, on Facebook, on Goodreads and pretty much constantly on Twitter @jeffekennedy. She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.

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