Title: On The Corner of Heartache and Hopeful - Mic
Author: Lynda Bailey
Publisher: L.B.
Series: Heartache and Hopeful #1
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Four
Review:

"On The Corner of Heartache and Hopeful - Mic" by Lynda Bailey

My Thoughts...

This was quite a interesting erotica romantic story that I did find somewhat predictable however it was still a good read. Everything seemed to come to a head with Scott being back in Tatum, Nebraska due to the fact that his grandmother has died. In taking care of things Scott soon finds out that his grandmother had left Mic something after her death and in getting to the bottom of this he gets involved with Michaela [Mic]. This is where this story will take off where sparks will fly between these two. The two main characters had known each other in high school where we find from the read that Mic had always had feeling for Scott but they didn't really get together until after the death of his grandmother. What will happen as these two go out to a dinner? What question will Mic ask of Scott? Will Scott decide to leave Tatum and return to NY alone? Well, this is where I say you will have to pick up this delightful read to see if these two will get their HEA.

Title: Xmas Unwrapped
Author: Lynda Bailey
Publisher: L. B.
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"Xmas Unwrapped" by Lynda Bailey

My Thoughts...

This was a sweet short novella about Ally and Mace. Without Ally knowing of her soon to be ex husband was trying to get one over on her that is when Mace steps in. Now, how does he do this?
After Mace meets her and ask her out for dinner...will Ally's life be the same? Well, you will just have to pick up this good read and see for yourself how well this author presents it to the readers. For it will be definitely a read that will keep your attention to the end.

Title: Fulfilled [Naughty Neighborhood]
Author: Lynda Bailey
Publisher: L.B.
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 4
Review:

"Fulfilled" by Lynda Bailey

My Thoughts.....

This author really knows how to bring it on to her readers. Will Piper get wants she desires from having Mark and Dom in her life? Will Piper be able to convince them that they all can be together? Be ready for a short story of how and if this will come about.

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, Vol. 1

~The Third Collection~

Eleven scorching stories so hot you'll need to turn up the air!

Box Set includes:

Sasha White WATCH ME

Synopsis:

What is it about the tease that’s so hot?

Teaser/Excerpt:

What is it about the tease that’s so hot?
You know what I’m talking about. That tingle you get between your thighs when someone exciting catches your eye, or when you catch his. The lingering looks, the hair toss, the silent communication. That time when your blood heats up and your body awakens as you feel the magic of “what if?”

Jacquie Biggar THE REBEL'S REDEMPTION

Synopsis:

What happens when the one person you love more than life itself walks out of your life and you hear nothing from them for eight years? Then one day, that person returns.

Teaser/Excerpt:

He looked good. The random thought floated through her mind even as she tried to digest the fact he was finally back. Eight years too late, but he was here. She wanted to grab Chris and run. Run before what was obvious to her became obvious to everyone else.

Liz Matis LOVE BY DESIGN

Synopsis:

An HGTV meets Sex and the City romp!

Teaser/Excerpt:

"Trust me." Victoria said.
With a design plan sure. With his heart? Never.
Victoria was too volatile to begin with, changing mood like a three-year old pageant princess.

Lynda Bailey KIRA

Synopsis: What's a girl to do when she's got a terrible spanking itch? Why blackmail a hunky boxer into scratching it for her of course.

Teaser/Excerpt: Kira picked up the spoon and whacked it against her palm. The sharp sound reverberated at the base of Hunter's spine. "By staying, you agreed to do whatever I want, remember?" Whack. "But relax." Whack. Whack. "These aren't for you. They're for me."

Amy Gregory COMBINING DREAMS

Synopsis: Drake Dunner has had his mind and heart set on Nashville for as long as he can remember. He'd avoided any distraction or entanglement at all cost. Yet, one county fair, one small stage and a hot afternoon changed everything. Seeing her smile up at him was all it took. Now how does he keep his dream alive?

Teaser/Excerpt:

Cami Highland went to the fair with her friends to have a good time. Then he started to sing. Cami locked eyes with Drake and she was under his spell. They agreed to one summer. Spent their days and nights getting to know each other. But the time has come for Drake to head after his dreams in Nashville.

When it comes time to say goodbye, what dreams will live and which ones will be crushed?

Calinda B APHRODITE

Synopsis: Heat builds as a lonely Navy seaman meets an equally lonely young woman on a 24-hour tryst that will change their lives, forever.

Teaser/Excerpt:

“Anyone else in here?” a deep male voice asked.

Tara’s hand flew to her mouth, her eyes widening.

“I know you heard me.”

Damn, damn, damn, Tara thought.

“I said, is there anyone in here but you, chocolate ice cream seductress? Hell of a blow job you gave that ice cream cone."

Nancy Brophy THE WRONG HERO

Synopsis: What if everything you knew about your husband was wrong?

What If that knowledge could kill you?

Where would you go? Where could you hide?

Teaser/Excerpt:

Slapping a flat palm against his chest, she leaned closer, lowering her voice to barely above a whisper. “If this is a chess game, then the one thing you should have been able to predict is that the queen always protects the king.”
Just telling him wasn’t enough. Every nerve in her body screamed for revenge, for the lost years, and for the injustice she’d suffered.

Maggie Adams WHISTLIN' DIXIE

Synopsis: Sexy homebuilder, Mac Coalson, is determined to catch a vandal, but sassy spitfire, Dixie Harris, is in his way. And the whole town is taking bets on the passionate outcome.

Teaser/Excerpt: “Dixie baby, please open up. You didn’t see what you thought you saw. Please. Just let me explain.” Mac pleaded.

“I may be young, but I’m not stupid. And I am most certainly not blind,” she snapped at him from the other side of the door. The man was unbelievable.

“You are the most infuriating bit of baggage I have ever encountered. If I didn’t care for you so much, I’d leave right now and never look back.”

“You call that caring?! I call it a line of crap! The only thing you cared about begins with an “F” and ends with me losing my virginity!” Oh, God! Had she really just shouted that?

D'Ann Lindun LILY'S SUMMER COWBOY

Synopsis: Afraid to love, Lily Halderman is determined to never feel despair like when she lost her husband to cancer. Will Wainwright is running from the pain of the past.

Teaser/Excerpt: He took the glass, their fingers bumping. A sudden rush of hot blood through his system startled him. The cold drink wasn’t enough to cool him and he crunched a piece of ice with his teeth, letting it slide down his throat.

J.C. Makk ROYAL SUMMER

Synopsis: Anti-monarchist Willow Forbes is determined to revise her strategy after failing to depose the king responsible for her father's death. But when she retreats to a seaside cottage and mistakes the dashing Jaxon Baine for the local handyman, the sexy royal puts a serious kink in Willow's political and personal plans.

Jaxon Baine, Duke of Summerton, has spent a grueling political term fighting to preserve the monarchy. Now he's looking forward to a peaceful season at Summerton Castle, the one place his painful past can be forgotten. But when the castle's cottage is rented to the beguiling Willow Forbes—Royal Enemy Number One—Jaxon's summer heats up.

Teaser/Excerpt:

Can two hearts from opposite sides of life find love?
Or will the dangers and secrets of the past destroy them both?

Terry Spear EXCHANGING GROOMS

Synopsis: Lisa Robbins has one mission in mind–sell back her UNUSED wedding dress to the wedding shop, but when she has no success, maybe she’s going about this all wrong. Peter Crawford is intrigued by the woman who has somehow hooked Dallas’s most eligible confirmed bachelor, Pembrooke Hastings, Peter’s staunchest enemy. But when Peter takes an interest in her, she’s wondering just what to do about Dallas’s most eligible confirmed bachelor number two, when he just won’t take no for an answer.

Teaser/Excerpt:

Peter Crawford laid the tux on the counter, his gaze fixed on the blonde—a sporty compact—sleek, hot, and a real spitfire—as she hastily departed the store with the bundle of satin and lace crammed in her arms.

“Do you need anything else, Mr. Crawford?”

He turned his attention to the clerk. “No. That’ll be all, Rheba. So…who was the blonde?”

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Title: Shattered Trust
Author: Lynda Bailey
Publisher: L.B.
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 4.5
Review:

"Shattered Trust" by Lynda Bailey

Book Description.....

"Learning to love is the easy part…

As a young woman, Kate Landry trusted the wrong man, and she paid dearly for her naiveté. Alone, pregnant and destitute, she survived by the sheer force of her will. Now forty-two, Kate has made a good living for herself and her daughter as the owner of the Bluebird Saloon. But she’s forgotten how to live. That is until he comes into her bar…Liam St. James loved a girl once. And only once. After an accident paralyzed her, she didn’t trust he would continue to love her. Brokenhearted, Liam left and soon discovered a world where women did trust him—to be their sexual Dominant. He plays out the scenes masterfully, but the unexpected request from the stoic bar owner will pose his greatest challenge yet…

Kate and Liam embark on a journey to uncover repressed urges and, in the process, they discover new desires. They also fall in love with one another. But when you’ve been shattered as badly as they have by mistrust, deceit and abuse, loving is easy. Trusting is harder, if not impossible, especially when the heart is involved…

Shattered Trust is a BDSM romance. It contains explicit language and graphic love scenes, including bondage, domination, spanking, whipping and multiple partners. It is intended for mature readers only."

What I liked about this novel....

"Shattered Trust" was really one good story of a person learning to love again, trust again and even some forgiving as it was for Liam St James and Kate Landry. I loved how this author brought it all out so well for the reader. But first let me say this is a mature read that is erotic read with BDSM in it so if this isn't your kind of read...you may not want to pursue this read. Now, for you that don't mind this kind of read...I thought the author brought it out well to the reader a storyline about Kate who had a kind of life that was not good and all of this verbal and mental abuse she had suffered through the hands of her father and another man ...was still with her even after some twenty years later. Now, living win a small town of Trustworthy Texas and owner of a successful Bluebird Saloon with her daughter life still wasn't great for her. Why was that? What was missing from her life? Then Liam St James comes into her life where he too had some baggage of his own along with his discovering his own very 'Dominate' side of himself where he learns he is able to bring pleasure to other women. What will happen when he lands in this small town and get a job at the Bluebird Saloon? What will happen with Kate and Liam start on this journey of self discovery? Will they be able to let go of their past and learn to truly love again?

I loved to when Liam asked Kate...'Do you trust me?' Now, to understand what all this is about you will have to pick up "Shattered Trust" to find out how well this author brings it to the reader. I loved how Liam knew how to get this job done being a good dominate with such gentleness even if it meant getting some help from others.

This is a hot sexy erotic story of two broken people who will find a way to heal in very 'unconventional' ways. In the end will these two be able to trust each other in the BDSM relationship in overcoming their past and even find future with each other? This author really works it with all of her descriptions of the details of what went on in this read. If you like a amazing read with some interesting details with hot sizzling hot sexy scenes where the chemistry is hot then this is a novel for you...a heroine is forty-two and the hero is at his early thirties! Would I recommend? Yes, if this is your type of read.....YES!