Anna Leigh Keaton

12th Night

Christmas Spice - Anna Leigh Keaton- 3 Stars - Victoria “Vicky”, Detective Drake - I needed a heads up about this. The scene was hot but the consent issue made it less so for me.

A Perfect Fit - Lacy Danes - Stars - Who??? - I didn’t care for the POV in this story. It made me uncomfortable putting myself in a character so I DNF’d

The Best Santa Ever - Katie Allen - 3 Stars - Alexander “Xan” Brooks, Melanie - What a steamy romp through the north pole. *wink wink*

Stroking Midnight - Raine Weaver - Stars - Calvary “Callie” Marsh, Josh - I haven’t been motivated to pick this up in two days so I am DNF-ing.

Ghost of Christmas Second Chance - Amy Ruttan - 3 Stars - Melora, Henry, Ghost of Christmas Past - A literal second chance romance. Melora, after living her life alone, has been given the chance, by the Ghost of Christmas Past, to go back and not only fix her relationship with Henry but save his life. It’s a little cheesy and everything happens very quickly but I liked it.

Holiday Traditions - Christine D’Abo - Stars - Ardara Raion, Grayson - This is not the fault of this story. I’m just not feeling reading sex for sex sake and that is how this whole book has felt. I know these are intended to be quickies and there is a time and place for that but it’s not here and now for me.

Three’s a Charm - TJ Michaels - Stars - CHARACTER NAMES HERE - REVIEW/THOUGHTS HERE

Wicked Resolutions - SERIES INFO - Karen Erickson - Stars - CHARACTER NAMES HERE - REVIEW/THOUGHTS HERE

Light My Fire - Alisha Rai - 3 Stars - Lisa Alvarez, “Josh” - I enjoyed the change up in plot. I’ve been reading a lot of second chance romance lately and this was a much appreciated change.

Epiphany - SERIES INFO - Jackie Barbosa - Stars - CHARACTER NAMES HERE - REVIEW/THOUGHTS HERE

All I Want for Christmas - Emma Petersen - Stars - CHARACTER NAMES HERE - REVIEW/THOUGHTS HERE

Wherever You Are - SERIES INFO - Amie Stuart - Stars - CHARACTER NAMES HERE - REVIEW/THOUGHTS HERE… (meer)

Very good shifter romance. The set up was interesting. The Falke brothers own a wilderness outfitting and guide business. Each day one of the six brothers spends the day shifted into a cougar as the store mascot. The heroine, Beth, is a scientist in the area to study cougars for her PHD. She meets two of the brothers, Kelan and Reider one night in a bar. The next day she sees Kelan running as a cougar and tranqs him and discovers he has a collar. He manages to escape but not before she has taken a blood sample. The next day she tracks him to the family store and meets the rest of the family who are none to happy with her. So the set up is that she is researching cougars, has his odd blood and the three of them are falling in love.

The writing of this story was pretty solid. The plot had a beginning, middle and end. It all made sense and hung together. The story was well rounded and interesting and unlike many shorter menage/romantica stories, the ending was not abrupt. All the characters' actions made sense. The dialog was well done. The shifter world was fairly well set up but I could have used more back story. The love scenes were plentiful and well done. There was however enough story that it didn't seem as if this was just an excuse to write sex scenes. The menage part of the story seemed more natural and necessary than in most shifter menage stories. I was glad however that it was just 2 men per woman rather than all the brothers as I've seen many times. There was some humor and a reasonable amount of tension.

All in all, I really enjoyed the book.

This book was provided to me free for review from netGalley.… (meer)