TBR items are a dropping off the pile . . .

Adding a 18 to the every growing list bringing today's total to . . . 28

The Fall of Lucas Kendrick by Kay Hooper

Unmasking Kelsey by Kay Hooper

Outlaw Derek by Kay Hooper

Shades of Gray by Kay Hooper

Captain's Paradise by Kay Hooper

Savannah's Menage/Men by Lizzie Lynn Lee

Late Night With Elaine by Joe Brewster

Ravished by Joe Brewster

Addison Crouse, MBA by Joe Brewster

The First Taste by Annie McLeod

Legs by Joe Brewster

Outta the Bag by Mary Janice Davidson

Claiming Love #1: The Mistake

Claiming Love #2: The Promotion by Lucia Jordan

Claiming Love #3:  The Good Bye by Lucia Jordan

Claiming Love #4: The Surrender by Lucia Jordan

Playtime by Scarlett Snow
The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn

   'The Fall of Lucas Kendrick' by Kay Hooper . . .4/5 stars having been on my TBR since early 2013 I was not disappointed. Hagen finally gets something right.  Was he really trying to or was it a mistake that turned out right?  I am not real sure on that one yet. Hagen conspire to place Lucas back in the life of a past love to get a job done, but what he has done turns out to be more valued.  This is a confrontation that was much needed for them both.  One thing left me wondering and that is what is/was the Princess' secret/trick.

Hooper makes headway in her Hagen series on to the next in the series.


   'Unmasking Kelsey' by Kay Hooper . . .5/ 5 stars having been on my TBR since early 2013 I was not disappointed.  Hagen has no clue what he has sent his main man in to.  Kelsey falls hard and fast and in the process had to answer a very difficult question.  A question that is not all that easy to answer in simple terms.  Beth is unsure of who this man is let alone if she can trust him.  I have been waiting on Kelsey's story and now that I have it.  I find it was worth the wait.

   'Outlaw Derek' by Kay Hooper . . .4/5 stars been hang on the list for several months. For some friends are there through all things good or bad.  For others friends are there as long as their own ass is covered.  There is a lot more to our Outlaw Derek than meets the eye.  Shannon has a lot going on in her little world and things just seem to keep getting worse.  All the way to the point she has to decide to leave or stay.  Trust or walk to the other side.  This one has no Hagen and his pain in the ass schemes or half truths.


   'Shades of Gray' by Kay Hooper . . .4/5 stars as the other has been on the TBR for months.  Andres finally gets his love on his own turf, but for many different reasons he can't let her go.  Its now time for the truth of things to be laid out and he is having a hard time letting thing out.  Things he has done as  protection has come very very close to taking Sarah's life (twice).  Something seems very wicked about Hagen in this story of the series.  He seems to be plotting something very misgiving in deed.


   'Captain's Paradise' by Kay Hooper . . .3/5 stars has been on my TBR for months but brought no real acceptance to the series with the exception of the bad things that Hagen seems to be up to.  I am disappointed in the facts that the guys are not heard from in this one.  The ladies had to take things into there own hands and get the job done.  I am all down for Women's Power. I did not feel the connection between Siran and Robin.  I knew it would be, but I just could not feel it.  The questions this story left me with are "What the hell is Hagen up to and why is he so intent on getting Long and his friends?


   'Savannah's Menage/Men' by Lizzie Lynn Lee . . .3/5 stars only on TBR since early summer 2013.  Savannah's got much more than she bargain for on this one particular outing. And I am most certainly not talking about the three very hot Italian panther shifters.  Savannah's past comes back for her in a very big way.


   'Late Night With Elaine' by Joe Brewster . . .4/5 stars TBR list since 2011. First read by Brewster and it was very quick to the point story that had me laughing my ass off in the end.  I was in need of a good laugh. Sorry for the young lady that had to accept the brunt of the pun intended on her. 


   'Ravished' by Joe Brewster . . .4/5 stars TBR list since 2011.  Way to make a man feel like he has no claims in his own domain or to his own wife. This was on the other side of weird fetishes for me.


  'Addison Crouse, MBA' by Joe Brewster . . .4/5 stars another on the list since 2011. WTF??????  I was lost before it got started good.  Dude was off on something.  Was he not?  It most certainly was not the city air.


'The First Taste' by Annie McLeod . . . 2/5 stars I obtained this book in October 2013 from Nook and this was a very quick read.  I am honestly not completely sure what I thought by the end of this read.  There was something there but there is more need for development to make it into something more.


   'Legs' by Joe Brewster . . .4/5 stars Legs has been on my TBR since 2011 and it is a tribute to the cougar in most women over 40 and proof older woman are more than their age. I say HELL yeah to this one and it older woman or more refined woman power.


  'Outta the Bag' by Mary Janice Davidson . . .2/5 stars this has been on my TBR since 2010.  First read by Davidson and I was confused as HELL. I have no clue what the hell just happened in what I read.  This is a very quick read and it left me filled with skepticism.   I see why it may have been sitting on my list so long. 


   'Claiming Love #1: The Mistake'  by Lucia Jordan . . .5/5 stars this one and the others in this series has been on my list all year long.  First read by Jordan and she gave me a very HOT, WET, ELECTRIFYING, and INTOXICATING  ride to the release of one's inhibitions.  That leads to Krista doing something that she has wanted to do for a very long time.  When friends mix alcohol in to things they should wear warning labels to 'stay away until effects wear off'.


  'Claiming Love #2: The Promotion' by Lucia Jordan . . .4/5 stars Krista tries to run to get away from the feelings she has for her best friend.  Feelings he does not reciprocate. Not until it is too late does Danny realize that he is in love with her. Another typical but it is the way the story is told that make the read a good one.


 'Claiming Love #3:  The Good Bye' by Lucia Jordan . . .3/5 stars Of course Danny panics when he realizes too late that Krista really was going to leave.  Mean can be sooooo stupid, but women will accept that stupid for only so long.  Then the door that is banging them in the face begins to hurt.  The question is with it be too late to recover or will it be right on time.


  'Claiming Love #4: The Surrender' by Lucia Jordan . . .4/5 stars Danny most certainly did not handle things in the brightest of ways.  If you love one woman you don't go out an propose to another and thing neglect to say anything.  This is most certainly the typical boy lose girl, boy get girl back, but its the timing and the way it explodes that makes the read enjoyable (for me).


   'Playtime' by Scarlett Snow . . .4/5 stars has been on my TBR list since May 2012.  This is also a first read by Snow and with this simple, short, sexy story.  She will get me back for more.  Soren had a need and her husband planned a playtime to fill that need and more. 


   'The Sum of All Kisses' by Julia Quinn . . . 4/5 stars has been on my list since before it was released in October 2013.  Lord Hugh Prentice and Lady Sarah Pleinsworth have a serious dislike for each other but put that aside to complete a task given to Sarah by her cousin.  In the process of completing this tasks they form a bond with each other that turns to love.  Before he can make his big move an issues comes up that puts a wrench in his plains and then of course his father becomes an issue.  Sarah shows more than her sunny nature in the end and she gets points across that needed to be laid out long ago.


I am not a professional reviewer.  These are just my personal opinions.