POWER PLAY
DEIRDRE MARTIN
Romance
Berkley Sensation (Penquin)
Sensuality Rating: Sensuous
ISBN# 978-0-425-22451-9
$7.99
Available October 2008
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Monica Geary is a leading lady in a soap opera. Her status as leading lady is being threatened by the "new face on the block". Monica is desperate to please her peers with "pure" acting, yet doesn't want to lose her daytime status on top.
Eric Mitchell is a a playboy hockey star who is secretly a soap opera watcher. He is desperately trying to be accepted as the newest member of the New York Blades.
Monica and Eric's publicity managers devise a scheme to get them back on top through a public, fake romance. In private, though, they can't stand each other. Or can they? Both learn about the person behind the public image during their 'fake' dating. The media eats up the handsome couple; they are seen together all over the place. The news coverage pumps both their careers, so how can they break it off? Are they staying together just to boost their careers or will they actually fall in love?
POWER PLAY is well written and fun. The whole dating in the spotlight makes this fun. People always wonder what it would be like to be famous and POWER PLAY lets you step into the lives of two famous people for a time. Ms. Martin also brings in the softer side of two tough people in the spotlight and their insecurities. It is endearing to know that people who seem to have it all, have things they worry about and that they are insecure about. The sex scenes are few, but very steamy. There are several sub-plots that make POWER PLAY very interesting and hard to put down. I would definitely read this author again.
Ms. Martin is a New York Times bestselling author. Her website is www.deirdremartin.com which includes excerpts and upcoming books.
Sandy Maffeo
Enchanting Reviews
March 2009
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Friday, January 15, 2010
THE ROGUE AND THE RIVAL by Maya Rodale
THE ROGUE AND THE RIVAL
MAYA RODALE
Historical Romance
Berkley Sensation
Sensuality Rating: Sexy
ISBN# 978-0-425-22452-6
328 Pages
$7.99
Paperback—Available now
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Angela Palmerston is in Stanbrook Abbey, banished to take a vow of poverty, obedience and chastity after her parents disowned her. Six long years have passed since Angela set eyes on a man because the man she loved ruined her for any other. When the abbey takes in a strange man, unfulfilled desire and passion are aroused like a burning fire out of control.
Lord Phillip is a handsome rogue that has ruined many women in his short lifetime. He has a twin brother that took his fortune because he was the good son. Lord Phillip is hell-bent on proving his father right by being the bad son. He gambles away his fortune and almost pays with his life and ends up in Stanbrook Abbey.
Angela and Phillip are thrown together and are quite the opposites. Angela can’t quite control her unrequited passions and falls for the rogue Phillip hoping not to get her heart broken. But Phillip ends up leaving her, due to uncontrollable circumstances, and breaking her heart. Will he ever be able to convince her of the truth and what are the consequences he pays to do that?
THE ROGUE AND THE RIVAL is full of rich characters and sub-plots that make this a real page turner. Maya Rodale takes you back in time where the rules are not the same as they are today and turns Angela into a Women’s Activist for all time. You immediately root for Angela and Phillip to get together, which seems impossible, given their background and status in life. The sex scenes are passionate and you can feel the forbidden desire that makes them so much more exciting. I highly recommend this twisting, turning story that makes you keep turning pages to see if Phillip and Angela will ever get together after resolving all their issues.
Ms. Rodale lives in New York City and is the daughter of the Rodale family of Rodale publishing fame. http://www.mayarodale.com/.
Sandy Maffeo
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
April 2009
MAYA RODALE
Historical Romance
Berkley Sensation
Sensuality Rating: Sexy
ISBN# 978-0-425-22452-6
328 Pages
$7.99
Paperback—Available now
Rating: 4 Enchantments
Angela Palmerston is in Stanbrook Abbey, banished to take a vow of poverty, obedience and chastity after her parents disowned her. Six long years have passed since Angela set eyes on a man because the man she loved ruined her for any other. When the abbey takes in a strange man, unfulfilled desire and passion are aroused like a burning fire out of control.
Lord Phillip is a handsome rogue that has ruined many women in his short lifetime. He has a twin brother that took his fortune because he was the good son. Lord Phillip is hell-bent on proving his father right by being the bad son. He gambles away his fortune and almost pays with his life and ends up in Stanbrook Abbey.
Angela and Phillip are thrown together and are quite the opposites. Angela can’t quite control her unrequited passions and falls for the rogue Phillip hoping not to get her heart broken. But Phillip ends up leaving her, due to uncontrollable circumstances, and breaking her heart. Will he ever be able to convince her of the truth and what are the consequences he pays to do that?
THE ROGUE AND THE RIVAL is full of rich characters and sub-plots that make this a real page turner. Maya Rodale takes you back in time where the rules are not the same as they are today and turns Angela into a Women’s Activist for all time. You immediately root for Angela and Phillip to get together, which seems impossible, given their background and status in life. The sex scenes are passionate and you can feel the forbidden desire that makes them so much more exciting. I highly recommend this twisting, turning story that makes you keep turning pages to see if Phillip and Angela will ever get together after resolving all their issues.
Ms. Rodale lives in New York City and is the daughter of the Rodale family of Rodale publishing fame. http://www.mayarodale.com/.
Sandy Maffeo
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
April 2009
GHOSTLAND by Jory Strong
GHOSTLAND
JORY STRONG
Urban Fantasy Romance
Berkley Sensation
Sensuality Rating: Spicy
352 pages
ISBN# 978-0-425-22606-3
$15.00
Trade paperback – Available now
Rating: 5 Enchantments
In a post-apocalyptic world Aisling McConaughey is ripped away from her simple life to use her gift as a powerful shamaness guide into the Ghostlands. When she unwittingly calls upon Djinn prince Zureal en Caym to help her discover the whereabouts of a high-powered politician's mistress, Aisling's not prepared for the price he will demand.
Zureal has never before been called upon, but the experience of being torn away from his world and thrust into the power of another is not one he will tolerate without retribution. He will make the child of mud pay for taking control out of his hands.
When Aisling and Zureal learn someone is trying to enslave a demon through the drug “Ghost”, them must work together to discover who is behind the evil that threatens both of their worlds.
GHOSTLAND is a powerful story of the struggle between right, wrong, revenge, passion, and forgiveness. Jory Strong wrote a complex, emotionally charged tale, successfully creating a world and characters that captivated me. Aisling first appears as a fragile woman who has never really had much in her life, but she quickly shows deep strength and while her confidence waivers, she always does what she MUST do, even when she is scared. Zureal was pissed. He did not like losing control, and he was determined to make Aisling pay. What he wasn't prepared for was the scorching heat of desire that he felt when he tracked her. I could feel the sizzle of passion as I turned the smoldering pages. Not only was their passion hot, but the action was riveting as they struggled to locate the fiend responsible for “Ghost” and in the process came to realize the feelings they held for each other.
When I finished reading GHOSTLAND, I so looked forward to revisiting the post-apocalyptic world Ms. Strong had created that ran out to buy SPIDER-TOUCHED, book 2 in the Ghostland series, which I also loved...now I just have to wait patiently until September 2010 for the next installment, HEALER'S CHOICE.
When author Ms. Strong is not writing, you might find her reading or working with her horses on her ranch out in the boondocks.
Aemelia
Enchanting Reviews
October 2009
JORY STRONG
Urban Fantasy Romance
Berkley Sensation
Sensuality Rating: Spicy
352 pages
ISBN# 978-0-425-22606-3
$15.00
Trade paperback – Available now
Rating: 5 Enchantments
In a post-apocalyptic world Aisling McConaughey is ripped away from her simple life to use her gift as a powerful shamaness guide into the Ghostlands. When she unwittingly calls upon Djinn prince Zureal en Caym to help her discover the whereabouts of a high-powered politician's mistress, Aisling's not prepared for the price he will demand.
Zureal has never before been called upon, but the experience of being torn away from his world and thrust into the power of another is not one he will tolerate without retribution. He will make the child of mud pay for taking control out of his hands.
When Aisling and Zureal learn someone is trying to enslave a demon through the drug “Ghost”, them must work together to discover who is behind the evil that threatens both of their worlds.
GHOSTLAND is a powerful story of the struggle between right, wrong, revenge, passion, and forgiveness. Jory Strong wrote a complex, emotionally charged tale, successfully creating a world and characters that captivated me. Aisling first appears as a fragile woman who has never really had much in her life, but she quickly shows deep strength and while her confidence waivers, she always does what she MUST do, even when she is scared. Zureal was pissed. He did not like losing control, and he was determined to make Aisling pay. What he wasn't prepared for was the scorching heat of desire that he felt when he tracked her. I could feel the sizzle of passion as I turned the smoldering pages. Not only was their passion hot, but the action was riveting as they struggled to locate the fiend responsible for “Ghost” and in the process came to realize the feelings they held for each other.
When I finished reading GHOSTLAND, I so looked forward to revisiting the post-apocalyptic world Ms. Strong had created that ran out to buy SPIDER-TOUCHED, book 2 in the Ghostland series, which I also loved...now I just have to wait patiently until September 2010 for the next installment, HEALER'S CHOICE.
When author Ms. Strong is not writing, you might find her reading or working with her horses on her ranch out in the boondocks.
Aemelia
Enchanting Reviews
October 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY by Cathy Linz
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
CATHIE LINZ
Contemporary
Berkely Sensation
Paperback
ISBN# 978-0-425-21831-0
$7.99
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Leena Riley is a model running home, and though she has plans on returning, Rock Creek and the sexy Cole Flannigan may change her mind. Leena is what was known as a Plus-Size Model, though she was only a size 16. The modeling world is cruel to women of all sizes, and Leena's past teasing and lack of self confidence tears at her more than any other could. Forced to return home and recoup her losses, Leena ends up with a job at the local Vet office.
Cole knows something is up when the woman who once sucker-punched him returns home looking for a job. Cole, determined not to let the past haunt the future, gives in and lets Leena work for him. The fact that his office was never more organized was only a bonus.
So the shoot is ready and the games begin. Leena is bossy and opinionated while Cole is hot and a known ladies’ man. Strike one on both accounts. Another strike hits both when each ends up in the paper whether they wanted to or not. Third strike, well maybe not strike, is when they cannot seem to keep their hands off each other. That is, when they are not fighting.
Cole's and Leena's families, along with half of the town of Rock Creek, have decided these two are made for each other and the pushing and inopportune interruptions are out of control.
Others in this story are dealt with as well, such as Leena's sister Sue Ellen finally dumping Russ, and giving Donny the attention he so craves. Oh, and we cannot forget RCM or maybe it should have been nicknamed RCMV?
Ms. Linz is a true treasure to read. If you are looking for an endearing tale that not only makes you mad, but laugh as well, then this is the story to read. This author has created a wonderful heroine that any woman can find herself relating to, and a hero we want to kiss one minute and beat up the next. A humorous and unforgettable tale.
BrandyWine
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
October 2007
CATHIE LINZ
Contemporary
Berkely Sensation
Paperback
ISBN# 978-0-425-21831-0
$7.99
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Leena Riley is a model running home, and though she has plans on returning, Rock Creek and the sexy Cole Flannigan may change her mind. Leena is what was known as a Plus-Size Model, though she was only a size 16. The modeling world is cruel to women of all sizes, and Leena's past teasing and lack of self confidence tears at her more than any other could. Forced to return home and recoup her losses, Leena ends up with a job at the local Vet office.
Cole knows something is up when the woman who once sucker-punched him returns home looking for a job. Cole, determined not to let the past haunt the future, gives in and lets Leena work for him. The fact that his office was never more organized was only a bonus.
So the shoot is ready and the games begin. Leena is bossy and opinionated while Cole is hot and a known ladies’ man. Strike one on both accounts. Another strike hits both when each ends up in the paper whether they wanted to or not. Third strike, well maybe not strike, is when they cannot seem to keep their hands off each other. That is, when they are not fighting.
Cole's and Leena's families, along with half of the town of Rock Creek, have decided these two are made for each other and the pushing and inopportune interruptions are out of control.
Others in this story are dealt with as well, such as Leena's sister Sue Ellen finally dumping Russ, and giving Donny the attention he so craves. Oh, and we cannot forget RCM or maybe it should have been nicknamed RCMV?
Ms. Linz is a true treasure to read. If you are looking for an endearing tale that not only makes you mad, but laugh as well, then this is the story to read. This author has created a wonderful heroine that any woman can find herself relating to, and a hero we want to kiss one minute and beat up the next. A humorous and unforgettable tale.
BrandyWine
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
October 2007
Saturday, October 18, 2008
UNDEAD AND UNEASY by MaryJanice Davidson
UNDEAD AND UNEASY
MARYJANICE DAVIDSON
Paranormal/Chick Lit
Berkley Sensation
ISBN# 978-0-425-21376-6
$16.95 Hardcover
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Have you ever wondered what being a Vampire would be like, or how about being the Queen of Vampires? Well, wonder no more. Meet Elizabeth (Betsy) Taylor, and no, not the famous star.
Betsy has had a hard time accepting who and what she is, the Queen of the Vampires. So when others begin to doubt her, well, who is she to complain? Now however, life has gotten better for Betsy, she and Sinclair are finally tying the knot. Well that is if they can get over their last fight and he will come back to her.
Betsy had wanted some peace and quiet, for everyone to leave her alone, and that is exactly what she got. Now though Betsy wonders if she really wanted to be alone, since not only is Sinclair gone, Tina is in another country, her best friend Jessica is in the hospital, and the annoying werewolves have showed up, oh and did we mention that Betsy is now the guardian of her baby brother Jon?
If all of this wasn’t bad enough, one the most powerful and oldest vampires has decided she has had enough of Betsy. Will Betsy survive the next two weeks until her wedding or will Betsy’s precarious world come crashing down around her?
Ms. Davidson has done it again with her newest installment of the “Betsy” Series. If you haven’t visited Betsy before, you should drop by and see how not perfect life for the undead can really be. Do not miss the other books in this series and get to know Betsy and Sinclair even more.
Dee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
September 2007
MARYJANICE DAVIDSON
Paranormal/Chick Lit
Berkley Sensation
ISBN# 978-0-425-21376-6
$16.95 Hardcover
Rating: 5 Enchantments
Have you ever wondered what being a Vampire would be like, or how about being the Queen of Vampires? Well, wonder no more. Meet Elizabeth (Betsy) Taylor, and no, not the famous star.
Betsy has had a hard time accepting who and what she is, the Queen of the Vampires. So when others begin to doubt her, well, who is she to complain? Now however, life has gotten better for Betsy, she and Sinclair are finally tying the knot. Well that is if they can get over their last fight and he will come back to her.
Betsy had wanted some peace and quiet, for everyone to leave her alone, and that is exactly what she got. Now though Betsy wonders if she really wanted to be alone, since not only is Sinclair gone, Tina is in another country, her best friend Jessica is in the hospital, and the annoying werewolves have showed up, oh and did we mention that Betsy is now the guardian of her baby brother Jon?
If all of this wasn’t bad enough, one the most powerful and oldest vampires has decided she has had enough of Betsy. Will Betsy survive the next two weeks until her wedding or will Betsy’s precarious world come crashing down around her?
Ms. Davidson has done it again with her newest installment of the “Betsy” Series. If you haven’t visited Betsy before, you should drop by and see how not perfect life for the undead can really be. Do not miss the other books in this series and get to know Betsy and Sinclair even more.
Dee
ENCHANTING REVIEWS
September 2007
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