Control (Trojans MC #1) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
January 4, 2015
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Word Count
41,430
Pages
160
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Holly watched her parents struggle and even though she loves them she wants something different, outside of the Trojan MC. Duke on the other hand, wants Holly, she belongs to him and they both know it.

I am coming into this review with mixed emotions and I think some of those are because I have been struggling to put my thoughts together when it comes to Control. I like the story line that takes place outside the bedroom and I discovered the first mom that would serve as a great poster child for why some parents need to be licensed to be parents. Matthew is genuinely lucky to have his dad, granted MC life with the choices they make are not exactly a shining example of a good parent but Duke loving his son and being there emotionally and physically are clear signs of a good parent.

I don’t like the Dawg crew, their cowards that abuse women and children, that need to be locked in their kennels, stuffed in their dog house then barricaded in their kennel. The Dawg crew is mentioned several times and when they finally turned up, they just sucked.

I did like Control but I am not sure if I will ever read it again so to error on the side of not ever reading it again, I am only going with a 4-star rating. I can always change it in the future if I do read the story again.

Heat
Control has steamy and tasteful bedroom scenes that don’t take up most of the entire book or destroy the whole plot of the story. But then again there is a bedroom scene about every 2 to 3 chapters (Duke is a bit of a horn dog), not a big deal if one is cool with a lot of hot steamy sex fogging up the tablet or burning up the pages of a book.

Book Cover
I usually don’t do this (I prefer sharing a quote or 2) but there is a point to it and needs to be shared. Below is the description of the Trojan MC emblem from Control.

Their insignia was of a horse with two Glocks pointing toward each other.

Now, please, look at the cover, does the Trojan MC emblem on the cover match that description from the book. I know that the publishing company chose the cover design but seems like they didn’t bother reading it or they just totally disregarded AND disrespected the book and the author when designing the emblem and adding it to the cover.

Blurb Rating
As I was prepping this review, I read the blurb (Which I copied from BookStrand) again then I had to go back to Amazon and Barns & Noble because I just had a WOW moment because both site sensor my reviews for inappropriate language, even if I am sharing quotes, something I no longer do on those book store sites (talk about total violation of freedom of speech/writing). So, imagine my surprise when I spot the word ‘fuck’ in the blurb when Amazon and B&N won’t even publish my review if that word is in there. Don’t get me wrong I totally applaud the author for posting the blurb and thank her for sharing the hypocrisy of both book stores.

Book’s Blurb
Duke has wanted Holly for a long time but she was too young, too innocent, and he was married. Now, she’s older and he has waited long enough. She is going to be his.

Holly grew up in the MC life. Her father was once president of the Trojans MC before he handed the gavel over to Duke. She refuses to become part of the life like her mother has. Being an old lady is the last thing she wants to become.

He has bided his time and now he will not let her go. Holly is his to control, to fuck, to love. He’ll do everything in his power to claim his woman but what will happen when Holly finds out the truth about the club?

When his ex-wife tries to hurt her, Duke will have to make a choice. Can he kill the mother of his child or will he protect the woman who owns his heart?

Be Warned: anal play, public exhibition, spanking

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Size Matters (Chaos and Carnage MC #1) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
January 18, 2022
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Word Count
87,800
Pages
320
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Maddie has been put down for who she is all her life so when Bull, the biker takes an interest in her she isn’t too sure about it. Then just when she starts to trust him, he goes and does the stupid thing thinking to protect her.

Size Matters storyline has a lot of slow-moving parts, some are really great while others can get really freaking boring. All the parts combined to make for a great emotional roller coaster as long as you keep the skipping the boring parts to a minimum. Maddie is a very likable character when she is standing up for herself but she is so kind hearted that she rarely does it.

I did find what I thought were a couple of potential edits but after reading them again I was able to attribute the wording to be consistent to where the author is from and helping them make more sense and educational about other parts of the world. There was another part in the book where Bull was thinking about his motorcycle and the phrase “kept her in good nick” came up and again I was scratching my head but again I contribute that to where the author is from and hope that maybe by mentioning it she will explain it because I am really curious.

Heat
The heat in Size Matters come much later in the story line so if you are looking for graphic insta-porn this is not the book for you. When it does happen, you will be satisfied.

Quotes

Yep Gross
“I don’t want to know what she called any of you. It was bad enough that you had to come into the club and announce you had something wrong with your junk, and the fact it went around the whole club. Fucking gross.”—Bull

This one was just too funny to pass up.
“I’m not going to take dating advice from a brother who thinks getting crabs is a weekend of fun.”—Bull

Book Cover
The cover is pretty good but I am not entirely sure it fits the story line. Yeah, it was a drama queens dream book but Size Matters is not one of those dark drama type books that this cover seems to convey.

Blurb Rating
The blurb needs some miner grammatical editing according to Microsoft Words automatic editing, but is otherwise well written.

Book’s Blurb
Maddie French is used to being ignored, always told she’d never be good enough. When another date is a no-show, she decides to swear off all men.

After taking over from his father as the prez of the Chaos and Carnage MC, Bull’s priorities have been focused in keeping everyone alive. Now’s the time for him to go after the woman he wants—Maddie.

Only, she doesn’t even realize how badly he wants her. Bull is determined to show her she’s worth everything, and he won’t take no for an answer. Maddie agrees to one date with him, and little by little, he fills her heart, getting beneath her skin.

When an enemy tries to take over his turf, Maddie is attacked. The only thing Bull can do to keep her safe is to push her away, to hurt her in the most painful way.

Bull can try to win her back, but he may have lost the love of his life.

He broke her heart, but she will find it in her power to build herself up?

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Darla’s Three Troublemakers (Love in Stone Valley #3) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
October 15, 2014
Publisher
Siren Publishing
Word Count
57,190
Pages
194
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Darla’s story actually started in Ruby’s Two Sexy Hunks where is was revealed that Luke was the one who got her pregnant then left with no memory of even having sex with her. Darla’s Three Troublemakers starts out with a prologue of how she became pregnant and chapter one starts with her moving in with Luke, Jon and Ryan. From there things go from bad worse as they work on their relationship while adjusting to the discovery that baby number 2 is on the way.

I do have a couple of questions like during the move how is Jon grabbing kitchen equipment and settling with the land lord while Ryan lugs suitcases? Just curious about how someone can be in two places at once. The next question is who is Darla eager to have sex for, her friend Tate or herself? I mean people really should have sex because feelings are involved not so their friends have something to talk about. Don’t get me wrong the sex scene was steaming hot and only had one flaw and that was just some brief confusion about who was doing what to who, which sometimes happens when there are multiple partners to keep track of.

Unlike a lot of authors who seem to forget about their bad guy or give them a token moment during the story then not mention them until the end, Sam Crescent includes what her bad guy, Derek, pop in out of the story so we see him plotting and planning. We know it’s coming even if we don’t exactly know the where and when, making for a truly suspenseful story.

My rating for Darla’s Three Troublemakers is a going to be 4 stars because there were a few edits and those are a pet peeve of mine when reading, but I think that the editors of the story should share some of the blame in not catching those edits as well, especially knowing how well Sam Crescent can create a great story and I for some reason I can’t not buy her books.

Book Cover Rating
Okay so here is the thing, yes, the cover basically matches the story however I feel like there is something off about the model portraying Darla.

Book Blurb Rating
I like the blurb, it along with the teaser sold me on Darla’s Three Troublemakers.

Book’s Blurb
Darla has always had a crush on the Willis brothers. Luke, Jon, and Ryan are all brothers who share one thing, they are all in love with Darla. They will do everything in their power to protect her. However, one drunken night spent with Luke leaves consequences. Pregnant and alone, Darla kept the identity of the father to herself.

With the truth out, the Willis brothers set out a plan to woo their woman. They’ve always wanted to share her and now is their chance to have the woman they’ve always craved. Can Darla accept three men in her life?

Someone from their past is threatening their future. Whoever it is, is determined to hurt Darla and their knew found happiness. Can the three brothers save the woman they love before it’s too late?

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Ruby’s Two Sexy Hunks (Love in Stone Valley #2) by Sam Crescent

☆☆

Published
September 24, 2014
Publisher
Siren Publishing
Genre
Erotic Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M
Word Count
51,205
Pages
184
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Ruby’s Two Sexy Hunks is book two in the Love In Stone Valley series and it you skip this story you may miss out on something in book three because even though the focus is on Ruby, Chris and Troy the are other stories taking place. The thing is that in the first book in the series you didn’t see much of this style of writing but you can see where Sam Crescent changes gears and spreads out to include the lives of other community members. I really liked how it was coming together and felt it was an improvement that gave a caliber of writing almost equal to that of Laurann Dohner.

Ruby’s life is clearly not boring and I really enjoyed her story, although I would have told her to send her boyfriend steeling self to stay with the parental units after what she did. But then Ruby has a big forgiving heart and clearly didn’t love the guy in question or he would have been toasted and run out of town 😉. As for Chris and Troy, I thought the best part was when they met one of Ruby’s dads and got the third degree BEFORE they even expressed and interest. Poor Ruby.

I have read a lot of Sam Crescent books and for the most part I love them all, I could probably finish reading them in a day if it weren’t for the bloody speed bumps (edits) that keep popping up in her books. The worst of the edits was when the scene involved Donald (Tessie’s dad) who then morphed into Charles (one of Ruby’s dads) vice-versa and then Jon some how became Don both moments creating a brief flare of confusion. The other edits were mostly wrong words and I am really surprised that Sam Crescent’s Beta Readers missed them because they were blatantly obvious, which makes me wonder if her Beta Readers and editors are doing their due diligence or are trying to submarine her. In either way she needs a new crew of readers to proof read her work before it gets published.

Book Cover
I am not sure that the cover fits the story, well actually I am not sure that the female model fits based on the description of Ruby I am just sore. Ruby is describes as having red hair, green eyes, large breast and a tiny waist culminating in an hour glass figure. After getting to concurring opinions I finally decided what I give the cover as far as a rating goes.

Book Blurb Rating
The blurb needs minor editing but other than that a decent blurb.

Book’s Blurb
Ruby thought she was a one man woman until two sexy hunks walk into her life. The attraction between the three is scorching. She cannot stay away from them and she doesn’t want to.

Chris and Troy never expected to fall in love but they know Ruby is the woman for them. They left their past behind in the hope to find happiness and they believe they’ve finally found it. However, someone is out to hurt their woman. When Ruby’s life is put in jeopardy, they have no choice but to take over to keep their woman alive.

The past always finds a way of catching up. Someone Chris and Troy left behind is determined to stop them finding love. Can they save Ruby in time, or will it be too late?

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Two Stone Brothers for Tessie (Love in Stone Valley #1) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆

Published
September 3, 2014
Publisher
Siren Publishing
Genre
Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance
Word Count
52,767
Pages
182
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Two Stone Brothers for Tessie starts out entertaining and I made it through the first few chapters pretty engrossed in the story even with the speed bumps known as misspelled or missing words (Sam Crescents signature editing issues). Then I hit page 68 and realized I was kind of bored of the story line and hoping it would pick up soon. The worse part of the location of my boredom was it was heading into a bedroom scene, which in Sam’s stories are never boring until now. I am hoping that it is just menopause frying my brain cells instead it being the story itself.

I really like the little town of Stone Valley that Sam Crescent created and I really like the way she wrote about Markus’ dyslexia. Yes, he has dyslexia and his made some aspects of his life a challenge but was not who he is, in other words he was not his disability even as it does still bother him but you only really see that once in the story and I really wanted to kick his little brother’s ass for his dick headed low blow. I also liked how Tessie handled both brothers and their attitudes, she certainly wasn’t shy about calling a spade a spade. As for the other towns people in town, they were equally quirky and amusing and I hope to see more of them in the next book in the series.

Despite the need for better editing and the boring spot in the book the town of Stone Valley was a nice place to visit for the time it took to read the story.

Quotes
I had to quotes picked out but with how prudish Google, Tumblr and many other sites are getting I decided I really didn’t want to get censored but I am sure you would have liked the other quote as well.

“Good. My face and cock were protected last night,”—Brant

Book Cover Rating
I had to go back and find the characters descriptions before writing this part. The male models do look age appropriate so in that regard they match the story. The female model does seem to have the right body type she looks much older that the young waitress described in the story. This leaves me feeling like a three-star rating is reasonable fair. The publisher could do better in the cover department.

Book’s Blurb
[Menage Amour: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, sex toys, HEA]

Tessie Holland has dealt with some loss in the last five years. Her father is dead and she had to move out of her family ranch with her mother. She works at the local diner as a waitress to help pay the bills. The only highlights in her life are the mystery packages that are left on her doorstep. Who could be sending her these gifts?

Markus and Brant Stone have been in love with Tessie for a long time. They never want to see her without and have made sure she gets everything she wants by leaving her gifts, anonymously. However, they cannot wait anymore. They intend to tell her the truth and to claim her as their woman.

When the Stone brothers try and buy back Tessie’s home ranch they stumble upon some distressing revelations. Soon they are diving into something that neither brother can protect her from.

It’s a race against time to protect Tessie from the truth and to also protect her from the man who wants to end it.

** A Siren Erotic Romance

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Her Prince Charming by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
September 27, 2018
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Word Count
30,475
Pages
119
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Her Prince Charming was a slower moving story compared to some of Sam’s other stories. I felt that the slow movement of the story was appropriate because of Violet’s age but there was still something about the story that left me disappointed (I am not sure if that is the right word either). Don’t get me wrong, I was sucked into the story but when it was all said and done I didn’t feel excited and eager to read it again like I usually do after reading a Sam Crescent book. I could attribute this feeling to how sad I have been feeling the last few years and revisit Her Prince Charming again in the future but I am honestly not sure if that will work as I don’t see it being one of my favorite Sam Crescent books.

Violet, Penelope and Brendan are likable characters but out of the three of them I am thinking Penelope is the one with the nose for excitement and trouble and I liked her more than the other two. The sex scenes (I would say bedroom scenes but most didn’t happen in the bedroom) were semi graphic and tastefully done in a way that made them more of a sweet and romantic element of the book and not the whole darn story by taking up 3 or 4 chapters.

I really should not have read this book yet but it is Sam Crescents newest book, not that I usually get to read new releases right away, but hey, I couldn’t help myself, Sam Crescent is on of my favorite authors. There three more books from her that I am currently itching to read so you will probably see them posted soon, because I am not sure I can wait to long to dive into them.

Book Cover Rating
The way the cover looks makes me think I am getting into a dark romantic thriller or something but that really not what you get once you open the cover.

Book’s Blurb
For as long as Violet Robinson can remember she has been in love with her best friend’s older brother, Brendan Archer. But she is only ten years old, and he breaks her heart by rejecting her, just before moving away.

Eight years later, Brendan knows he’s got to keep an eye on his sister and her best friend, Violet, when they move overseas for college. He has always felt bad about breaking Violet’s heart, but he was tired of her following him around. He wasn’t interested in little girls.

Only, Violet’s no longer a girl. She’s a woman. Now he wants her and knows he can’t have her.
Or can he?

In a different country, Violet misses home. The only constant in this new place is Brendan. Being around him awakens all the feelings she’s been trying to deny. Falling into bed is a big mistake, but fall she does.

Brendan knows what a gem he’s found, and he feels damn lucky that she now belongs to him.

But what will happen when he finds out she’s pregnant? Will he be her prince charming now, or will he turn his back on her?

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Baker (The Skulls #14) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆

Published
October 31st 2016
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Word Count
46,890
Pages
160
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

I am not sure why I have been picking so many Sam Crescent books lately but I hope I will be forgiven because she is a fantastic story teller. I picked this story because of the blurb, it was really compelling to me so I purchased the book (last November) thinking it would be further down the line but the blurb kept dragging me back to book until I finally relented and started reading and then proceeded to read it again. Don’t get me wrong I usually read good books more than once but never twice in the same week, there is usually six months to a year before a book starts calling my name again.

Baker is number 14 in The Skulls series and the first book of that series that I have read and now I have a strong urge to start at the beginning with book one because, like Laurann Dohner, Sam created a world where you get more than just the main characters, you get a three-dimensional world of ongoing lives. Clearly Baker and Millie’s story started in an earlier book that focused mostly on the main characters but yet was able to branch out and encompass everyone in one way or another, I love series that are written this way.

Baker is ready for Millie to be in his life but when he here hears she has a date he plans to crash her date and get her back, how romantic, I absolutely love that part. Millie left her greed ridden snobbish family and her rotten cheating scum bag fiancé and found a place where she felt she could be happy. So when Bethany the Bitch arrives, determined to take what Millie loves from her, Millie fights her insecurities as she stand up against her sister. Have to tell you just from what I have read in Baker alone I totally love the Skulls women, they definitely can rock it out when provoked. Millie chose her family well.

This is the part that I am both excited about and sometimes dread, how should I rate Baker. For the most part I clearly love this story but there are a few places that left me dazed and confuse, but I will get to those in a moment. I would like to give Baker a five-star rating because I do love the story and will no doubt read it again warts and all but I just can there were eleven edits in all at the end of my count and some of those edits were really left me going ‘what the fuck’ and disrupted my reading flow both times I read the story. That being said I am sorry but I am giving Baker three stars, who know maybe this Summer I can find time to make some changes to my rating system so that when I do come around to reading Baker again it will be different.

Quotes
I usually chose quotes that make me laugh or in general just really catch the eye and make you think ‘right on, man’ because they just rock it out. This time I chose a couple of quotes that just confused the shit out of me.

This quote wasn’t confusing but does need to be edited. Is that first ‘keep’ meant to be there or is it meant to be something else?

“Not at all. You’re a big guy. You need to keep a lot of food to keep you going.”—Millie

This particular quote I decided I needed this whole because I am hoping someone can either see what I see or unconfused me. I believe both statements were said by Bethany but something feel missing between the two statements because they don’t make sense in the scene’s conversation.

“Sweetie, I was fucking him a hell of a lot longer than that. He was really good in the sack as well. I mean, really good. I’ve never had one better so far. Then again, I’ve never had an MC member either. You’re always the good girl, Millie. I only need to be the good girl when it matters.”
“You mean when you’re trying to turn Grandma against me? Cut me out of the will?”—Bethany

Book’s Blurb
When Baker first saw Millie, he truly believed he was ready to start afresh. The death of his wife and child had left him hollow. It was time to start over and leave his old life behind, without looking back.

Millie was used to coming last in everything, forever second best. There was no way she’d be able to compete with a ghost, so she let Baker go. But years have passed, and Baker is no longer a lost soul. He intends to show Millie the real man he has become. He’s determined to have a future with Millie. With the help of his family, The Skulls, he knows he’ll claim her as his old lady, and his wife in the end. With The Skulls at his back, there’s no chance of failing.

Everything seems to fall into place. Baker has Millie right where he wants her, in his heart, and in his bed. When her sister turns up, trouble comes with her. Can Baker convince Millie that he’ll stick by her? Will Bethany come between them? It’s time for Millie to find out what it’s like to have The Skulls at her back. No one attacks a Skull and gets away with it, and Millie is a Skull, Baker’s old lady, and part of the family.

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Billionaire Husband by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆

Published
November 16, 2015
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Erotica
Word Count
30,550
Pages
96
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Addie’s family and Shaun’s family decided that they would be stronger together and arranged for this to happen by making Shaun marry Addie who feels she was the second choice little does she know how far off the mark she is.

Let’s try this yet again, and yes, writing this review is not proving to be easy because there is the three-year silent, arranged for money marriage and the self-centered crazy ass parents. I can’t decide which one to start with but then I start thinking about the steamy bedroom scenes and want to take a break with my husband in the bedroom. Then that brings me to a question that just popped into my head that I actually did ask my husband. That questions being ‘do men really need to have anal sex with their women to really feel like they are claiming them as theirs or is it a writer’s thing?’ His response was no it is not necessary for claiming the woman, so it must be an author thing. Don’t get me wrong because the scene was hot but I have a curious mind and when questions like that pop into my head I just have to ask. Now about those crazy ass parents, I am thinking they would get along great with Andrew Wyatt (the poster parent of bad parents) from Blackmailed by Annmarie Mckenna. Because the fact that Shaun and Addie’s parents could stoop so low as to sell them out to the press just because they care more about what they want then what their children need and want puts them on that poster with Andrew Wyatt. I really didn’t like the parental units they are truly horrible unfeeling jerks. Now for the three years of silence in the marriage, how the hell did they do that, I had a hard time deciding who I felt sorrier for, Shaun or Addie, because they are both downed to earth and I really do like them both, so I kept wishing that they were both adopted and that they both had better parents out there.

Sam Crescent is an amazing author who has written a very readable book that I will more than likely read again. I had planned to give this book a four-star rating only Billionaire Husband has a few edits that bring the rating down to a three-rating.

Book Cover Rating
I keep going back to look at the cover of Billionaire Husband and I can see that the cover artist was going for steamy to cover the fact that the female model does not fit the physical description of Addison.

Book Blurb Rating
The blurb definitely sold me on Billionaire Husband.

Book’s Blurb
Shaun and Addison married to secure the future of their families’ respective billion dollar companies. They’re expected to stay married, and produce children. In the beginning, Addison waited for Shaun, but when she saw it was going to be a loveless marriage, she found passions elsewhere in her cooking.

Shaun had hoped for a good marriage. When he discovers his wife is as cold as her family, he only stays long enough to do his duty as a husband. When he sees his wife on a television interview, he discovers a whole new side to Addison that he’d only hoped existed.

Away from their families, can these two people find true love? Shaun is determined to be more than a billionaire husband, but can Addison allow herself to fall for a man she knows nothing about?

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Payne (The Soldiers of Wrath: Grit Chapter #3) by Jenika Snow & Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
August 17, 2016
Publisher
Crescent Snow Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Pages
105
Author’s Page
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https://jenikasnow.com/

She is pregnant and she loves the baby daddy but he doesn’t feel that way about her, now her only option is to leave…

I am not sure that I like Payne after his physical heavy handed treatment of Vicky’s best friend, Clara. I mean who chokes a woman except maybe a wife beater, rapist or killer, so I mean really if he is supposed to be a decent guy, why would he abuse a woman? This makes me wonder what kind of man Payne really is even though he appears to be good to Vicky. I really like Clara and how she stuck to guns and stood up against Payne even when he was choking the shit out of her. I get why Vicky left Payne but I really think she should have told him why she was freeing him and not expecting anything, it would have been the right thing to do, except then we wouldn’t have this awesome story. Payne’s reasoning for not committing to Vicky was his fear for her safety but the thing is there was no indication that she was in any danger from her association with him or the MC so for me that didn’t wash to well as an excuse, because every indication was that there was peace and the only real danger was to Payne himself if a deal went bad and now that I am following this line of thought I am realizing that he thought he was thinking he was saving her from that? Interesting how the brain follows thought processes to a final conclusion. The bedroom scenes were there but not as page steaming as I would expect but they were enough to tease your senses a bit. Given all of that I still really like this story, I can’t help it, the authors did a great job of sucking me into the story and keeping me there and coming to the end was a real bummer.

Book’s Blurb
Vicky is in love with Payne. But Payne is a complicated man, and she knows he only sees her as a warm hole to relieve himself in. The heartbreak over that is real, but she loves him too much to stop what they share.

Payne and Vicky are explosive in bed, and he doesn’t want that to stop. But he also won’t admit how he truly feels for her. Maybe he’s a bastard for keeping his mouth shut, but he doesn’t want to ruin what they have by saying anything.

Keeping her at a distance, and only having her by his side when they are between the sheets is what’s best for both of them.

When Vicky finds out she’s pregnant with Payne’s baby, she knows she can’t stay with a man that doesn’t want a commitment. Leaving is the best option for her and her unborn child.

When Payne finds out Vicky left, he realizes how badly he screwed up. Now he’ll do anything to bring Vicky back, and make her his old lady. She’s it for him, and he’ll prove that to her any way he can.

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Trapped Between Two Alphas by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆☆

Published
April 24, 2013
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Paranormal Menage Romance
Word Count
30,920
Pages
108
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Cynthia is dying and rather than live her life tied to tubes she has decided to live her way for whatever time she has left.

I am really surprised that I picked Trapped Between Two Alphas to read. Don’t get me wrong it is one of my favorites from Sam Crescent. I just cry enough these days without any help so reading this one just adds fuel to the fire so to speak and yes there are points where you really will want to cry when you read this story.

Cynthia is very sick but she is tired of fighting a losing battle that leaves her a pincushion living under a microscope. She wants what time she has left to be on her terms and her way. I honestly can’t blame her there. It breaks my heart every time I get to the part where Kris and Matt meet her and she knows she can’t follow her attraction for them. Then there’s Matt and Kris who fall for Cynthia and know that something is wrong, I am impressed with their strength of will. I could almost see the scenes play out in my head while my heart broke for those two Alpha wolves. I think my favorite part of this whole book would be the rockin’ bedroom scene, you will need a cold shower or your significant other around for those and then of course my other favorite part would be the curve ball that I didn’t see coming and seem to forget about every time, I am not telling you where it is but I can promise you won’t expect it.

Book Cover Rating
Looks like the actions is getting started on the cover but it isn’t a steamy as what is written on the pages.

Book’s Blurb
Cynthia Lewis wants to live her life but her illness is back. She knows she can’t fight it. Either she dies in the hospital or she dies in a place of her choosing. Tired of being in the hospital, she rents out a property far from any medical center.

Kris Hall and Matt Stewart are the two alphas who own the property. Their hatred for each other is the only thing they have in common—until Cynthia. The moment they smell her they know she was destined to be their mate.

With her illness spreading, Kris and Matt know they have to turn her. But if they turn her, they risk killing her. They have to make a choice and fast. Being wolves, hunters are on their tails. With time against them, what will they do for the woman they love?

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Blackmailed by the Beast (Unlikely Love #1) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
January 17, 2012
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Word Count
30,500
Pages
99
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Lily Jones grew up knowing that for whatever reason her family hated her and now they expect her to allow herself to be blackmailed into marring Wayne ‘Beast’ Brown just to save them from financial ruin. She goes along with it because she does love her family, and she has gone without love this long so why change now. Little does she know that her Beast does love her but he isn’t ready to say it but when he does finally pull his head out of his ass it will be just a little too late.

Some days it is so easy to write what I like and/or don’t like about a book and other days it seems just plain hopeless to figure out what I want to say and yet here we are with I book I genuinely like and have read more than twice and I’ve got nothin’. So Maybe just writing until it all comes to me will solve some of this brain deadness that seems to happen a lot lately in the last eight months. I have been searching a lot for books that help me bury my head in the sand so to speak and I remembered really getting into the characters and the story and so this book was chosen for that end.

Lily reminds me of Cinderella only Lily’s father is a live but treats her as bad as mommy dearest and the wicked bitch sister of the East treats her and yet they expect her to marry just so they can maintain their precious life style. Then there is Wayne who actually loves here but pretends not too and does nothing but hurt her over and over with his insensitiveness and all poor Lily wants is for someone to finally love her for her and who she wants to be. When Wayne finally figures out that he has to give more of himself it’s too little too late and Lily resigns herself to what she believes will be a loveless marriage because there is just no way that Wayne really loves her. You wouldn’t believe how many times I wanted to smack Wayne upside the head myself when he dug his hole deeper and deeper. The bedroom scenes aren’t super graphic are more hinted at then steaming off the pages but thankfully those aren’t need to make a story worth reading. I would give Blackmailed By The Beast a five-star review but there were enough edits to reduce that rating by one star so four-stars were giving to the story.

Book’s Blurb
Wayne Brown is ruthless when it comes to business, and with a nickname of the “Beast”, no one dares to challenge him. What he wants he gets.

Lily Jones is sweet innocence and despises men like Wayne. But the Jones family is desperate, and he offers them a solution to their problems. Only he wants something in return…Lily. She either marries him or her family answers to the debt collectors. With no choice left, she agrees and begins life as his wife.

Through his seduction and touch, Lily’s body betrays her, and as time passes, so does her heart. But how can she fall in love with a man who blackmails to get what he wants?

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Alpha Bully (The Alpha Shifter Collection #5) by Sam Crescent

☆☆☆☆

Published
January 19, 2015
Publisher
Evernight Publishing
Word Count
35,650
Pages
116
Author’s Page
https://samcrescent.com/

Marshall Briggs and his friends spent most of their school career bullying the chubby girl Scarlett Fields. His dad had told him he needed to be nice to people because he never when it could come back to bite him in the ass if he didn’t. The first day of school after becoming a wolf, he discovers how right his father was and his mate all in the same day. Now his mission is to make one Scarlett Fields forgive his stupidity and trust him so he can make her his.

First, Sam Crescent this is so totally unfair. I have this huge list of books that I need to read before I can enjoy reading something I am not asked to read and what do you go and do? HHMMM, well?
Fine I will tell you… YOU had to go and write a book that drew my attention so much that not only did I just have to buy it but I had to drop everything else and read it on the spot. LOL Thankfully this book was worth it. I didn’t think I cared for the beginning much so I skipped to the end and read the last half of the book only to go back to the beginning and read the entire thing.

Guess that tells you that I really liked about Alpha Bully now to what I didn’t like. There was a missing word or two that threw off the sentences and words with missing letters. Then there is issue of the ‘he’ snuggling into the ‘him’ who happens to be Marshall which brings the question of who is the ‘he’ snuggling Marshall? Over all I would really like to give Alpha Bully a five-star rating because I will probably read it again but the edits are enough to reduce the rating to four stars.

Book’s Blurb
What would you do if the boy who bullied you for a long time suddenly showed an interest?

Marshall Briggs is an alpha wolf—and a bully. He’s tormented Scarlett for as long as he can remember. When he turns eighteen all of his senses are awakened. It’s his final year of high school, and he can’t wait for it to be over.

Then he scents his mate, and Marshall is shocked. The girl he’s bullied is in fact his mate. Everything has changed. Now he must show to Scarlett he’s a changed man, one who will do everything to keep her close.

Marshall Briggs is suddenly being kind to her, and Scarlett is more confused than happy. How can she trust him? Is it another joke he’s playing on her?

Marshall definitely has a fight on his hands to get from bully to boyfriend.

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