My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

Now here is the thing. Apart from Karen Marie Moning’s Highlanders series, I don’t remember reading and reviewing a series that crossed its 8th book mark. Elizabeth Hoyt’s epic series, Maiden Lane, has done that with more installments on the way (YAY Me!). Sweetest Scoundrel was as long time coming! The ones who have read the books as they published since 2011 would know what I mean. We wanted Asa’s book in... like what? Forever? Finally, it was time for his story to be told, and to find some answers of those questions surrounding his mysterious appearance and disappearances throughout.

For us, the Maiden Lane addicts, Asa has been the stuff of... er, mystery, if not legend. He’s the only Makepeace sibling whose story was left to be told. Sweetest Scoundrel not only answered my questions but also, for the first time, we were introduced to Verity and Concord, the two eldest Makepeace siblings who were always there by mention but never by presence. All I can say is do not read this series out of order!

Of course, I have no idea how to do my usual recap with so many installments passed, but I’ll try nonetheless. Maiden Lane originally was based in St. Giles and revolved around a shadowy character with Harlequin costume and a mask to protect his identity; who went by the name of The Ghost of St. Giles. He was a legend among the locals; some thought him a friend, while others thought him the bad guy. But no one really knew who he was and what the hell he was doing, running in the dark alleyways of St. Giles every night, evading the law enforcement send out to catch him. The series also originally started with 3 Makepeace siblings—Temperance, Asa, Silence and Winter, with Concord and Verity already married and moving on with their familes. The siblings used to run an orphanage badly in need of financial help, passed down to them by their deceased sire. That was about to change soon, one night, in book 1 Wicked Intentions, when Temperance met Lazarus, Lord Caire, who was on the trail of The Ghost, wanting revenge for a wrongdoing. As they both found each-other, Lazarus’ mother, the dowager, helped them finding patronage for the Orphanage from the peers who wished to help. That’s how we come to know about Lady Hero, the sister of the Duke of Wakefield, Maximus. Hero gets her HEA in book 2, Notorious Pleasures with Lord Griffin Reading. Lady Phoebe was introduced as Hero and Maximus’ youngest, gradually going blind, sister.

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

I’m a big fan of Kerrigan’s Highland Historical novellas so I wasn’t surprised to find that she was getting a full-length novel published by a publisher. She’s good at what she does; her stories are intriguing, heroes hot, heroines smart and strong, smexy times superb. The Highwayman had everything and more. It was also a lot darker read than my expectation but it was an interesting read nonetheless.

The Highwayman is the first book in the brand new Victorian Rebels series. It’s not connected to her Highland Historical novellas in any way. The prologue sets up a dark yet magical tone to the story that only makes you wanna turn the pages to know what happened next. Two young children– a boy of 12 and a girl of around 8– meeting in a long-forgotten abbey, which also served as an orphanage for the illegitimate children of the high-ranking families. Dougan and Farah’s first meeting was quite haunting, especially when a tragedy was waiting to happen soon and force them apart...

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

I had picked up Lana Grayson’s Anathema MC series on a whim, not really expecting much. I thought it’d be one of those tiny novella-type quick read with some hot sex scenes and zero plotting. But damn I was so wrong! I have to say that not only this debut series has hot sex, but also it has a tight-knit plot with some seriously damaged and dysfunctional characters who’d leave you intrigued and wanting for more.

The installments of Anathema MC are not your average 30pages novella. Each has 150+pages, with book 2 having almost 300pages. This series revolves around some key members of Anathema MC and their seriously f*cked up lives. The ex-VP of Anathema MC, Blade Darnell, who’s been rotting in prison for the past couple of years, had left a legacy of s*ht on his wake before the law got hold of him. His 2 eldest sons, Brew and Keep (real names Brice and Tristan) are now holding important posts in the MC under the new President, Thorne Radek. They have a rival MC gang, The Temple, who wants to destroy anything and everything in the wake of their supremacy, by which I mean any competitors to their shady business. You get introduced to these MCs in book 1. I found the whole intro confusing at first. It took me a while to get to know them better, the who’s who of it all but it was worth it. When I was finished, I could see the story arc quite clearly and was anticipating the next installment.

Jenna in the Midwest (Jenna #1) is a short novella with a twist. Our girl Jenna is... let's say, very sexually active and doesn't care to be with one man only. She comes to a new town and starts shagging the moment she drives in... on the road when her car breaks down and a hunk stops by to help her.

From there, with Jake, a young dude and said hunk, then his friend Ryan, then with Jake+Ryan... then the doctor, the Mayor, Jenna has no shortage of male 'companionship'. Unfortunately for Jenna, the Mayor turns out to be Ryan's dad but... but, our Jenna has scruples people, she stops 'seeing' Ryan the moment she gets involved with his dad, the dirty talking a$$hole. :p

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

I’ve been reading a couple of selective MC romances of late. Lana Grayson’s Warlord, book 1 of Anathema, seemed like something I’d like to try, so I gave into the temptation. There were pros and cons in the story, and she being a debut author, I’m not going to vent about those. I’m just going to try and elaborate what I felt.

Warlord is a full-length novel, so there was a complete story in it about a girl who wanted to run from her heritage, and for good reasons. Rose is the only daughter of the ex-president of the Anathema MC, who is now in jail. She’s in her early 20s and hates anything and everything that has to do with Anathema. The identity (or stigma?) of being related to MC member(s) have ruined her life in more ways than one. She has two, much elder, brothers who go by Brew and Keep. I don’t remember their real names since everyone called them by those titles. They’ve always been loyal to their MC heritage, and have this blind adoration for their father, Blade Darnell. Since her father was arrested couple of years ago, Rose has avoided her brothers as much as possible. She, also, never visited her father in jail. But Rose had a dream of becoming a musician, a dream born out of a darkness that is explained much later in the story. But the hints dropped in between led me to believe in the worse. And it was true...