Wild at Whiskey Creek
Wild at Whiskey Creek by Julie Anne Long is $1.99! This is book two in Julie Anne Long’s contemporary romance Hellcat Canyon series. Readers say this romance has a lot of sexual tension and the hero and heroine have quite a bit to overcome. However, others had mixed emotions about the heroine. Have you read this one?
Everyone knows the Greenleaf family puts the “Hell” in Hellcat Canyon—legend has it the only way they ever leave is in a cop car or a casket. But Glory Greenleaf has a different getaway vehicle in mind: her guitar. She has a Texas-sized talent and the ambition (and attitude) to match, but only two people have ever believed in her: her brother, who’s in jail, and his best friend . . . who put him there.
Sheriff Eli Barlow has secretly been in love with Glory since he was twelve years old. Which is how he knows her head is as hard as her heart is soft—and why she can’t forgive him for fracturing her family . . . or forget that night they surrendered to an explosive, long-simmering passion. But when a betrayal threatens Glory’s big break, Eli will risk everything to make it right . . . because the best way to love the girl from Whiskey Creek might mean setting her free forever.
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Dark Surrender by Erica Ridley is 99c! This is a Gothic historical romance with all sorts of shady things going on. Readers definitely enjoyed the Gothic feel and all of the secrets involved. However, some readers admitted to slogging through this one.
TRAPPED IN DARKNESS . . .
Violet Whitechapel committed an unspeakable crime to save a child. To escape the hangman’s noose, she takes refuge in a crumbling abbey with secrets darker than her own. When its master offers her a temporary post, Violet cannot say no. Just as she begins to see him in a new light, her past catches up to her and endangers them all.
THEIR PASSION BURNS BRIGHT . . .
Alistair Waldegrave keeps his daughter imprisoned in the black heart of his Gothic abbey. As he searches for a cure to the disease the villagers call demonic, his new governess brings much needed light into their lives. But how can the passion between them survive the darkness encroaching from outside their sheltered walls?
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Wild Heat by Bella Andre is 99c at Amazon and $2.99 at other vendors. This is a contemporary romance with suspense elements, and the hero and heroine had a previous one-night stand. Readers say this is a great start to a new series and recommended it for fans of firefighter characters. But others say that all the inner monologues dragged down the momentum.
He’s a hotshot firefighter addicted to risk.
She’s the sultry beauty he never saw coming.
Maya Jackson doesn’t sleep with strangers. Until the night grief sent her to the nearest bar and into the arms of the most explosive lover she’s ever had. Six months later, the dedicated arson investigator is coming face-to-face with him again. Gorgeous, grinning Logan Cain. Her biggest mistake. Now her number one suspect in a string of deadly wildfires.Risking his life on a daily basis is what gets Logan up in the morning. As the leader of the elite Tahoe Pines Hotshot Crew, he won’t back down from a blaze—or from beautiful, lethal Maya Jackson. She may have seduced him with her tears and her passion, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before Logan lets down his guard again. But when Maya’s life is threatened, his natural-born-hero instincts kick in, and Logan vows to protect the woman sworn to bring him down. And as desire reignites, nothing—not the killer fire nor the killer hot on their trail—can douse the flames.…
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Loving Lord Ash by Sally MacKenzie is $1.99! This historical romance is between a married couple and a heroine trying to save her marriage. Reviewers say the book balances humor and romance rather well, but realize the major issues could have been easily solved by a simple conversation.
A Little Misunderstanding. . .
Kit, the Marquis of Ashton, is in a sticky wicket. He married young and for love–how naïve. He discovered his mistake the very day of his wedding, but he is saddled now with a wife he’s reluctant to trust. And however much evidence he gathers against faithless Jess, he can’t seem to prove her guilt to the final judge–his foolish heart.
Jessica knows she’s bobbled her marriage, however innocently. A fairytale wedding makes no difference if she hasn’t got the marquis charmed to show for it. Well, she’s had enough of accidental encounters with naked gentlemen and near misses explaining things to her husband. It’s time to buck up and go win her man back–even if she has to fight very dirty indeed.
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You can’t be ‘in’ a sticky wicket. The phrase is ‘batting on a sticky wicket’ (ie playing cricket in the mud), so you can only be ‘on’ a sticky wicket.
British pendantry ends.
Jane, you beat me to it.
Wait, is Wild At Whiskey Creek the book that was JUST recced in the live podcast from RT?
Hated Wild at Whiskey Creek, loved Dark Surrender. The latter is a bonkers crazy Gothic (governess, daughter that is a mix of Adele and Bertha from Jane Eyre, creepy passageways, that genetic real life vampire syndrome, just to make a few elements) and I loved going along for the ridiculous ride. Hated Wild at Whiskey Creek because the heroine was so selfish and self-involved. She’s got this great musical gift which means all she has to do is be good at music and try to get discovered and not work on any other skills or personal growth, and it’s supposed to be funny that while trying to get discovered she waits tables and just ignores or forgets about all her customers (those poor customers! I was very upset on their behalf). Also her little brother is a scumbag who walks all over her (drinks her beer takes her money etc) but it just made me hate the heroine more for being ok with it. However I loved the prequel Hot in Hellcat Canyon, charming movie star and ordinary girl romance (usually a trope I don’t like), only issue was no mention of birth control, so for the rest of the book I was convinced that pregnancy would become a plot point. I asked the author and she said it was an escapism thing to not mention BC–YMMV, but I can’t overlook it in contemporaries the way I can in historicals (which is the genre the author comes from).
Thank you for asking Julie Anne Long about that, Cat C. I have read almost all her books and the main characters are always going at it like crazy with never a pregnancy (or a worry of one) in sight. I can sometimes excuse it in historicals, but no excuse with contemporaries! Even in the historicals, I would think at least 1-2 would wind up pregnant.
I haven’t liked either of JAL’s contemporaries:-/ they just haven’t clicked for me like her historicals.
@Emily: Even in the historicals, I would think at least 1-2 would wind up pregnant.
Maybe JAL’s heroines are the result of Newton’s third law at work. The lack of pregnancies offsets the otherwise overwhelming number of heroines who manage to get pregnant the first time they have sex with the hero.
Super helpful comment, @Cat C–sounds like the heroine’s focus (or lack thereof, depending on the subject, I suppose) would drive me insane also. Plus the no mention of BC thing ALWAYS leaves me expecting the other shoe to drop, which is not a plot point I typically enjoy. Will be giving Wild at Whiskey Creek a pass.
My take on the pregnancy/STD risk reduction issue has been that I want at least one half of the couple to be a responsible adult. Strictly from a characterization perspective: if a doctor who knows about diseases and reproduction, a billionaire who has a fortune in child support to lose, or anyone with big life plans that don’t include children at this time (but particularly a woman since, let’s face it, there aren’t a ton of repercussions if men just take off) is not very bright to hand-wave the potential consequences of unprotected sex. TSTL characters are a problem, regardless of the circumstances under which they demonstrate their thinking deficiency.
Based on personal experience and anecdotal evidence, a man who voluntarily puts on (and keeps on) a condom without whining about it IS escapism, so by all means, add responsibility to the unreality of the mind-blowing multiple orgasms every time.
Now can someone explain (what I think is) the three different shades of purple on Loving Lord Ash? I’m guessing that’s from another scene where Our Heroine just happened to run into a naked man with an erection when her now-husband appeared and now she’s trying to blend into the furniture.
Hmmm…I might have to add Dark Surrender to my TBR list. Bring all the gothic romance/suspense/mystery to meeee! Great atmospheric escapism even if a little over-the-top in other ways. I’m curently re-reading The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins) and loving it all over again.