segunda-feira, 9 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "The Betrayed"

Autor: Heather Graham
Série: Krewe of Hunters #14
Editor: Harlequin MIRA
Edição/reimpressão: Setembro de 2014
ISBN: 9780778316565
Páginas: 368
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley

Sinopse: Sleepy Hollow isn't so sleepy anymore…

One night, New York FBI agent Aiden Mahoney receives a visitor in a dream—an old friend named Richard Highsmith. The very next day he's sent to Sleepy Hollow because Richard's gone missing there.

Maureen—Mo—Deauville now lives in the historic town and works with her dog, Rollo, to search for missing people. She's actually the one to find Richard…or more precisely his head, stuck on a statue of the legendary Headless Horseman.

Mo and Aiden, a new member of the Krewe of Hunters, the FBI's unit of paranormal investigators, explore both past and present events to figure out who betrayed Richard, who killed him and now wants to kill them, too. As they work together, they discover that they share an unusual trait—the ability to communicate with the dead. They also share an attraction that's as intense as it is unexpected…if they live long enough to enjoy it!


A minha opinião: Este já é o quarto livro da série que leio e foi diferente dos anteriores. Foi diferente porque, desta vez, o romance foi bastante secundário para o mistério. E se o mistério foi bastante bom (ainda que um pouco previsível), já o romance pareceu um pouco forçado. Há uma atracção imediata entre ambos, uma amizade que se desenvolve pelo facto de estarem a trabalhar juntos no caso e, de repente, bum, estão apaixonados um pelo outro.

Contudo, o mistério e, sobretudo o ambiente tão bem descrito pela autora, compensaram. É que The Betrayed passa-se na histórica cidade de Sleepy Hollow, a mesma na qual os eventos de A Lenda do Cavaleiro sem Cabeça de Washington Irving ocorrem. E é precisamente à volta desta lenda que os crimes se desenrolam. Para começar, a cabeça de Richard, um antigo amigo de Aiden, que o visitou num sonho na véspera dele ser mandado para Sleepy Hollow precisamente porque Richard tinha aí desaparecido, é encontrada por Rollo, o cão de Mo, espetada numa estátua do Cavaleiro sem Cabeça.

Quando uma segunda cabeça surge numa outra estátua, a ligação à lenda é inegável e cabe a Rollo encontrar os corpos desaparecidos. Na verdade, não é Rollo quem encontra as cabeças, é Mo que o faz utilizando o facto de conseguir comunicar com os mortos. Um poder que Aiden costumava ter. Ou será que ainda tem?

Como já referi, o romance deixa a desejar, mas o ambiente em que o mistério se desenvolve é rico e atmosférico e as ligações à lenda do Cavaleiro sem Cabeça são bem pensadas e interessantes de seguir.

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Classificação: 3

domingo, 8 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Hold Me"

Autor: Susan Mallery
Série: Fool's Gold #16
Editor: Harlequin
Edição/reimpressão: Abril de 2015
ISBN: 9780373779970
Páginas: 384
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley


Sinopse: Destiny Mills believes passion has its place—like in the lyrics of the country songs that made her parents famous. After a childhood full of drama and heartache, she wants a life that's calm. Safe. Everything that Kipling Gilmore isn't. Her temporary assignment with the Fool's Gold search and rescue team puts her in delicious proximity to the former world-class skier every day. Part of her aches to let go for once…the rest is terrified what'll happen if she does.

Though an accident ended his career, Kipling still lives for thrills—and a hot fling with a gorgeous redhead like Destiny would be a welcome diversion. Yet beneath his new coworker's cool facade is a woman who needs more than he's ever given. With her, he's ready to take the risk. But love, like skiing, is all about trust—and before you soar, you have to be willing to fall.


A minha opinião: Destiny Mills teve uma infância conturbada. Filha de dois famosos cantores country, desde cedo ela assistiu ao drama e ao desgosto que advêm da paixão. E é por isso que está determinada em não se apaixonar. Não, o que ela quer é encontrar um homem sensato com o qual se dê bem e formar uma família com ele. Sem paixões, sem dramas, sem desgostos.

Mas o seu trabalho temporário com a equipa de busca e salvamento de Fool's Gold coloca-a na proximidade de Kipling Gilmore, um homem que parece querer despertar nela a paixão que tanto se tem esforçado por reprimir...

Já conhecia Kipling de um livro anterior, ele é um antigo atleta olímpico que quase perdeu a vida num acidente e agora é o responsável pela nova equipa de busca e salvamento de Fool's Gold, depois da Mayor Marsha o ter procurado para lhe oferecer a posição.

Ele sempre foi viciado em adrenalina e agora que já não pode competir, uma aventura com a bela ruiva que só vai estar na cidade até colocar o software de apoio à equipa a funcionar devidamente, parece uma ideia perfeita.

Só que, por mais que tente fugir dela, Destiny não consegue escapar à paixão que Kipling desperta nela e, agora que tem uma irmã de 15 anos (que nem sequer sabia existir até então) à sua guarda, talvez seja altura de assentar e dar-lhe estabilidade. E a verdade é que ambas se sentem em casa em Fool's Gold...

Serão eles capazes de ultrapassar os problemas e encontrar o seu felizes para sempre? Num livro desta série, a resposta é óbvia, mas é sempre divertido vê-los chegar lá! 
Classificação: 4

sábado, 7 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "The Scandalous Love of a Duke"

Autor: Jane Lark
Série: Marlow Intrigues #3
Editor: HarperImpulse
Edição/reimpressão: Abril de 2014
ISBN: 9780007588633
Páginas: 336
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley


Sinopse: Book three in Jane Lark's Kindle best-selling Regency romance series!

Isolated by life and choice, John Harding, the Duke of Pembroke, sees an angel in a pale mauve dress across a ballroom and is drawn closer.

The wheat-blonde hair escaping her dull dove-grey bonnet caresses her neck and lures his eyes to the spot he'd most like to kiss.

Then as if she senses his gaze the stranger turns and looks at him…

“A rush of pain and longing spilled from Katherine's heart into her limbs. It was so long since she'd seen John but her reaction was the same as it had been more than half-a-dozen years before. She loved him, secretly, without hope, but a chasm of years and status stood between them.”


A minha opinião: Em 2014 li cinco livros desta série, e depois só lhe voltei a pegar três anos depois...

The Scandalous Love of a Duke conta a história de John Harding, o futuro Duque de Pembroke, que já conhecia de livros anteriores, nos quais surge em criança. Mas agora John é um homem e está de volta a Inglaterra porque o avô está a morrer. E isso implica ter de lidar com a sua família, da qual nunca sentiu fazer verdadeiramente parte. É que John passou os primeiros 10 anos da sua vida com o avô por motivos que são explicados em The Lost Love of a Soldier, e só teve contacto com a mãe e o marido dela (e, eventualmente, com os seus meios-irmãos) em Illicit Love.

John nunca soube porque é que a mãe o deixou com o avô durante 10 anos, mas guarda-lhe ressentimento por isso. É que o avô era uma pessoa dominadora, cruel, arrogante e fria, e a sua infância não foi propriamente feliz. Foi-lhe, assim, ainda mais difícil ver os meios-irmãos crescerem numa casa cheia de amor e alegria, sabendo que isso lhe foi negado.

E a verdade é que, por mais que desgoste do seu avô, John está cada vez mais parecido com ele e é, ele próprio, arrogante e frio. Ele rejeita todas as tentativas da mãe de se aproximar, mantendo uma distância entre eles porque John acredita que não é merecedor de ser amado e que não sabe amar, motivo que o levou a ficar no estrangeiro, afastado da sua família nos últimos 7 anos. Até que reencontra Katherine Spencer, a sua amiga de infância, que se tornou numa mulher belíssima da qual ele não se consegue afastar.

Mas John e Katherine nunca poderão ficar juntos pois ele é um Duque e ela não tem título nem fortuna. Katherine amou John quase toda a sua vida e sabe que nunca poderá ser mais do que sua amante e aceita esse destino. E, a pouco e pouco, consegue fazer o verdadeiro John, o que conheceu em criança, vir ao de cima e convencê-lo que, não só é merecedor de amor, como já o tem, dela e do resto da sua família. Mas conseguirá John afastar tudo o que o avô lhe impingiu como verdadeiro e permitir-se amar sem restrições?

Embora não tenha sido o meu preferido da série, gostei muito. E vou continuar a ler a série.



Classificação: 4

sexta-feira, 6 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Brutish Lord of Thessaly"

Autor: Rachael Slate
Série: Halcyon Romance #2.2; Lords of Thessaly #3
Editor: Auto-publicado
Edição/reimpressão: Agosto de 2016
ASIN: B01I477E36
Páginas: 96

Sinopse: Born to heal
Nysa of the Krenaiai nymphs has spent the last fifty years trapped inside her well, until her waters are gifted to the surly centaur Lord Oreius. Instead of consuming her gift, he tosses the sacred liquid to the ground, and the spell goes awry. Nysa is transformed back into a nymph, but she can only survive so long without her well--which happens to rest on enemy lands. Yet she chooses to stay, because something in Oreius's eyes demands she coax out the darkness...even if it threatens to consume her.

The weight of the past
Lord Oreius has drowned his grief beneath a torrent of shame and regret. No one, not even a sultry nymph, can heal the wounds in his soul and the guilt tainting his heart. Though she bloody well keeps trying. He longs to find forgiveness in her eyes, but first, he'll have to find it within himself. War looms on the horizon, and when their enemies join forces, Oreius's last chance at redemption just might have come too late.

And the hope of the future
When Nysa is torn from Oreius, he'll have to fight for a second chance at life, and at love. Even if it means giving up his brutish ways.


A minha opinião: 
Brutish Lord of Thessaly continua a história de Wicked Lord of Thessaly. Meses depois do irmão Agrius e da companheira deste, Eione, lhe terem oferecido um frasco que contém águas mágicas capazes de curar o seu desgosto, Oreius decide livrar-se das mesmas deitando-as no chão. Imaginem a sua surpresa quando uma mulher surge no local onde derramou as águas.

Na verdade, não é uma mulher, é Nysa, uma ninfa de água, a mesma que havia cedido as suas águas a Agrius por o seu propósito ser puro. Ela não sabe como é que o facto de Oreius ter derrubado as suas águas a libertou do poço onde se encontra prisioneira há 50 anos, mas sabe que morrerá se não voltar ao mesmo.

Oreius sabe que as ninfas são sedutoras por natureza e incapazes de não se submeter aos homens que as desejam, e luta com todas as forças para resistir, entrando numa dança frustrante de quente e frio e sendo extremamente bruto com a Nysa. E quando começa a sentir a lyssa, a febre que lhe indica que Nysa é a sua companheira, luta ainda com mais força. Afinal, não é suposto um centauro ter mais do que uma companheira...

Ele já teve uma companheira que morreu no parto dos seus filhos gémeos e ele nunca se perdoou por isso. É que ele esconde um segredo e, por causa dele, culpa-se pela morte da mulher. E é também por isso que rejeita a hipótese de uma segunda oportunidade para ser feliz, porque acha que não a merece... E é preciso que o inimigo ponha a vida de Nysa em perigo para que ele perceba que não tem realmente escolha...

Continuo a gostar muito desta série e estou bastante curiosa para ler o próximo livro que é a história do Hector, o irmão mais velho, que já conhece e até já é casado com a sua companheira. Mas nenhum deles é feliz...

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Classificação: 4

quinta-feira, 5 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Broken Open"

Autor: Lauren Dane
Série: The Hurley Boys #2
Editor: Harlequin
Edição/reimpressão: Novembro de 2014
ISBN: 9780373779352
Páginas: 378
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley


Sinopse: Beyond passion. And beyond their control… 

Five years ago, Tuesday Eastwood's life collapsed and left her devastated. After an empty, nomadic existence, she's finally pieced her life back together in the small Oregon town of Hood River. Now Tuesday has everything sorted out. Just so long as men are kept for sex, and only sex…

Then she met him.

Musician and rancher Ezra Hurley isn't the man of Tuesday's dreams. He's a verboten fantasy—a man tortured by past addictions, whose dark charisma and long, lean body promise delicious carnality. But this craving goes far beyond chemistry. It's primal. It's insatiable. And it won't be satisfied until they're both consumed, body and soul…


A minha opinião: Broken Open retoma os eventos de The Best Kind of Trouble e, desta vez os protagonistas são Ezra Hurley e Tuesday Eastwood. Ezra é um dos irmãos Hurley e, embora ainda esteja ligado à banda, tocando com os irmãos quando eles estão na cidade, actualmente dedica-se a tratar do rancho da família que dá nome à banda, Sweet Hollow Ranch. Tuesday é a amiga e companheira de casa da Natalie que é namorada do Paddy que é irmão dele.

No livro anterior já tinha dado para perceber que havia química entre eles, mas agora... bem digamos que a combustão é espontânea! Contudo, nenhum deles está interessado numa relação e ambos estão, de certo modo, partidos. O Ezra não esquece o que fez a sua família passar e pune-se diariamente por isso. Ele não vive, sobrevive, pondo sempre as necessidades da família à frente das dele, ele é o protagonista calado e soturno ao qual só falta grunhir e que acha que não merece ser feliz.

Já a Tuesday sabe o quanto podemos perder quando nos entregamos completamente, e não quer voltar a sentir essa dor nunca mais. Por isso só tem casos de uma noite. E era suposto ser apenas isso com o Ezra, mas é óbvio que ambos querem muito mais do que uma noite. Mas será possível manter a relação dos dois casual? Ou será que são a cola que irá juntar os pedaços um do outro?

Ainda gostei mais deste livro do que do anterior. O Ezra é um protagonista fantástico! Fez-me lembrar o Beast. E a Tuesday dá-lhe luta! Acho que estão perfeitos um para o outro. E as cenas entre os dois são escaldantes!

Falta-me o último e tenho muita curiosidade pois envolve uma segunda oportunidade e, palpita-me, crianças intrometidas...

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Classificação: 4

Blog Tour: DEVOTED TO PLEASURE by Shayla Black



Bodyguard and former military man Cutter Bryant has always done his duty–no matter what the personal cost. Now he's taking one last high-octane, high-dollar assignment before settling down in a new role that means sacrificing his chance at love. But he never expects to share an irresistible chemistry with his beautiful new client. Fame claimed Shealyn West suddenly and with a vengeance after starring in a steamy television drama, but it has come at the expense of her heart. Though she's pretending to date a co-star for her image, a past mistake has come back to haunt her. With a blackmailer watching her every move and the threat of career-ending exposure looming, Shealyn hires Cutter to shore up her security, never imagining their attraction will be too powerful to contain. As Shealyn and Cutter navigate the scintillating line between business and pleasure, they unravel a web of secrets that threaten their relationship and their lives. When danger strikes, Cutter must decide whether to follow his heart for the first time, or risk losing Shealyn forever.


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“That and taking a bullet for you is my job. I do it well. You must believe that, too, or you would have hired someone else.” “You are one stubborn man. My grandfather’s mules could take lessons from you. I’ll be out in ten minutes.” She whirled around and headed for her bathroom in the back, then shut the door. Cutter couldn’t stop the smile from creeping across his face. Had Shealyn just compared him to an ass? He’d decided she had when she emerged in a gauzy white dress trimmed in lace that accentuated the hint of gold in her sun-kissed skin. The thin straps clung to the tips of her shoulders, as if threatening to slip down at any moment, and played peekaboo with her blond tresses. The garment stretched tight across her breasts, the three little buttons keeping the bodice shut threatening to pop if she made a too- sudden move. The flimsy thing also ended well above her knees and, with her white cowboy boots, framed her sleek thighs. Cutter felt his thoughts evaporate and his tongue go dry. The rest of him turned stone hard. He shouldn’t think twice about Shealyn as a woman, but so far, that seemed to be asking the impossible. “You’re wearing that?” She cocked her head at him. “What’s wrong with it? Or are you suggesting this dress is somehow dangerous?” Her challenge and sass turned him on even more. Hell, everything about her did. But he was way out of line. The dress portrayed precisely the image she’d cultivated. It was sweetly sexy. Wearing it, Shealyn looked like a gorgeous siren with western flair… and a hint of innocence. The problem—and obviously all the lust—was his alone. “I’m making you aware that you may attract unwanted male attention in public. But I’ll handle it,” Cutter promised, meeting her gaze and doing his best to shutter the desire burning through his blood. She stared back, a hint of a smile playing at her lips. “You think I’ll attract male attention, huh?” Was she fishing for compliments? Her green eyes danced with something he couldn’t put his finger on. Mischief? Flirtation? No. Why would she come on to him when she was already in a high-profile relationship? Shealyn didn’t strike him as one of those women who got off on yanking a man’s chain. Then again, he didn’t know her well. Whatever she was up to, he couldn’t rise to her bait. “Ms. West?” He kept his voice as inflectionless and polite as possible. “Mr. Bryant.” Another hint of playful dare rang in her tone. “I told you, it’s Cutter.” “All right. Cutter.” She damn near sighed his name. “You going to answer my question?” What the hell did she want him to say? Some reckless part of him he’d sworn he didn’t possess itched to simply show her, cross the half- dozen steps between them, take that wisp of a garment in his grip, and tear it off. Once he’d exposed every inch of her body, he would love to put his hands on her, his mouth on her, so she understood what a dress like that did to him. Hell, what she did to him. A sudden pounding on the door broke the moment between them. “You ready yet?” Tower shouted from outside. Despite the man’s insistence, she didn’t move to admit him or even answer. She just stared Cutter’s way. “I’m waiting.” Cutter searched for a discreet reply. “The dress reveals more skin than it hides. It might give a man the wrong idea.” “What idea is that?” The kinds of ideas racing through his head with juggernaut speed and jetting blood south to his cock. “That he can touch you. That he can have you.” “Is that what this dress makes you think?” The flash of her eyes and the husky voice she used to ask the question torqued him up. She was definitely fishing for his reaction. Was she hoping he bit because she needed the ego stroke… or was she baiting her hook and tossing it his way because she was actually hoping to reel him in? “What I think about the dress doesn’t matter.” “Then why does it bother you? You saw me in less on set.” Oh, he’d seen her damn near naked. Hour after hour of exposed skin had taunted him with all the beauty a country boy like him would never have the right to possess. But this dress appealed to his deepest fantasies. She looked wholesome yet sensual, a woman aware of her appeal. A female who knew exactly what she wanted in her man…



Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty novels. For nearly twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages. Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years. Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her daughter, and two spoiled tabbies. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.


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quarta-feira, 4 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Lover Be Mine"

Autor: Nicole Jordan
Série: Legendary Lovers #2
Editor: Ballantine Books
Edição/reimpressão: Maio de 2013
ASIN: B00AGVNHRG
Páginas: 352
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley

Sinopse: As the wickedly seductive Wilde cousins seek true love by taking a page from history’s legendary love stories, Lord Jack Wilde plays a determined Romeo courting an enchanting Juliet. 

The last thing Sophie Fortin expects at a masquerade ball is a dazzling kiss from a pirate. Her desire quickly falters when she learns that her masked gentleman is devilishly scandalous Lord Jack, a member of the captivating Wilde clan—and a man she’s forbidden to acknowledge. But when Jack begins a breathtaking seduction, Sophie can barely resist.

Jack never imagined that the daughter of his family’s mortal enemy would awaken such fierce passion within him—until one unforgettable kiss changes his mind forever. Soon, Jack is hell-bent on winning Sophie’s hand, going so far as to abduct her to save her from marrying a rival nobleman. Determined to woo Sophie and her unyielding parents, Jack is faced with the one decision he’d sworn never to make. The secret heir to a prince, Jack has spurned his royal heritage for years . . . but for Sophie he’ll risk all to turn a legacy of heartbreak into love ever after.

A minha opinião: Lover Be Mine é o segundo livro da série Legendary Lovers, uma série focada nos cinco primos Wilde, Ashton e Katharine (que são irmãos), Quinn e Skye (também irmãos) e Jack. A família Wilde, tradicionalmente, apaixona-se perdidamente e para sempre. Mas todos eles perderam os pais muito novos e, talvez por isso, estão a ter dificuldades em seguir a tradição familiar, pelo que Kate os convence que terão de dar uma ajudinha ao destino, imitando amantes lendários da história.

Desta vez é Jack quem terá de imitar, nada mais, nada menos, do que Romeu e Julieta. E a sua Julieta é Sophie Fortin, cujo pai tem uma longa contenda com a família Wilde, que culpa pela perda de um título e da fortuna consequente. Sophie aceita casar com um Duque bem mais velho apenas para que a sua família tenha, finalmente um título nobre. E quando as primas o informam disso mesmo, Jack aceita ir a um baile de máscaras para a conhecer. Com o que ele não contava era com a intensa atracção que imediatamente sente por ela...

Sophie não sabe quem está por detrás da máscara de pirata, mas não pode deixar de se levar pela sua sedução. E de o deixar roubar-lhe um beijo.

Mas quando descobre que o pirata é Jack Wilde, fica furiosa! E fica ainda mais furiosa quando ele decide persegui-la, aparecendo nos locais onde ela está e chegando ao ponto de trepar a parede do quarto dela, seduzindo-a e roubando-lhe mais beijos.

Sophie fica dividida entre o amor e a obrigação. Ela sabe que é a derradeira hipótese de conseguir um título nobre para a sua família e sabe o quão desapontado o pai ficará se ela rejeitar o duque por causa de um Wilde. Contudo, Jack tem a possibilidade de ser muito mais do que um duque se engolir o orgulho e aceitar a herança do pai. Será o seu amor por Sophie suficiente para isso? E será isso bastante para que o pai dela aceite a relação deles?

Já tinha gostado muito do primeiro livro, e gostei muito deste. A sedução lenta, o facto de ambos terem problemas para ultrapassar e o facto de terem mais em comum do que parece à primeira vista, tudo isso se conjuga maravilhosamente. Foi tão bom ver um final feliz para este Romeu e esta Julieta! Mas confesso que passei o livro todo a imaginá-los, não como Romeu e Julieta, mas como os protagonistas do filme The Princess Bride (que nunca vi, mas do qual há tantos e tantos memes por essa internet fora...).

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O próximo livro será um recontar de A Bela e o Monstro, e eu mal posso esperar por o ler.
Classificação: 4

terça-feira, 3 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Witch Upon a Star"

Autor: Jennifer Harlow
Série: A Midnight Magic Mystery #3
Editor: Midnight Ink Books
Edição/reimpressão: Março de 2015
ISBN: 9780738736136
Páginas: 312
Origem: Requisitado no NetGalley

Sinopse: He came for her in the night. One of the most powerful vampires in existence. He plucked young witch Anna Olmstead from a life of poverty and degradation at the hands of her abusive father. He showed her the world--a dark paradise filled with excitement. Wealth. Privilege. Power. And above all . . . love.

Asher.

But her love wasn't enough for him. He needed to possess everything about her--her identity, her soul. After a horrendous act of violence rippled through the supernatural community and caused Anna to flee his mad love, Asher still refuses to let her go. He's coming for her again. And this time, it's Anna's turn to take his everything.

A minha opinião: Witch Upon a Star é o último livro da trilogia A Midnight Magic Mystery, mas é o primeiro cronologicamente. Ora eu adorei os primeiros dois livros, portanto tinha grandes expectativas para este. Infelizmente, foram goradas...

Embora a história seja contada através de flashbacks, vou opinar sobre a mesma cronologicamente. A protagonista é Anna Olmstead que, ainda criança, é salva da sua horrível família por Asher. Asher é um vampiro e, no início, é o herói da história. Ele salva Anna e cria-a como se fosse sua filha. Mas também a mima demasiado, dando-lhe tudo o que ela quer e satisfazendo todos os seus caprichos... Ora, Anna cresce e a adoração que sente por Asher transforma-se em paixão adolescente e se primeiro ele tenta frustrar-lhe as expectativas, eventualmente cede a mais um dos seus caprichos. E Anna e Asher tornam-se amantes.

E este foi o principal problema que eu tive com a história. É que, embora não sejam, de facto, família, a relação deles começa por ser de pai e filha. O facto de evoluir para uma relação de amantes deixou-me super desconfortável...

E, obviamente, se há algo que sabemos é que os vampiros são criaturas imortais e obsessivas. Por isso, quando o deslumbre de Anna pelo mundo de Asher se começa a desvanecer e ela finalmente percebe o lado cruel e desumano dele e se começa a afastar, ele faz de tudo para a manter com ele. Até que finalmente ela consegue fugir e manter-se escondida.

Hoje ela é casada, tem dois filhos e é feliz. Mas Asher nunca deixou de a procurar e quando alguém a tenta raptar a ela e aos filhos, ela sabe que tem de o enfrentar uma última vez...

Gostei de Witch Upon a Star, mas julgo que a autora não o devia ter incluído nesta série. É que não tem nada a ver com os livros anteriores... É uma história bastante dark e pesada, enquanto os anteriores tinham uma leveza e humor característicos. E era isso que eu julgava ir encontrar aqui...

A autora não publica nada desde 2015, mas gostava muito que ela continuasse a série seguindo a fórmula original. Talvez contando a história das sobrinhas da Mona? Adorava ter mais um cheirinho dela e do Adam... Uma pessoa pode sonhar, não pode?
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Bodyguard and former military man Cutter Bryant has always done his duty–no matter what the personal cost. Now he's taking one last high-octane, high-dollar assignment before settling down in a new role that means sacrificing his chance at love. But he never expects to share an irresistible chemistry with his beautiful new client. Fame claimed Shealyn West suddenly and with a vengeance after starring in a steamy television drama, but it has come at the expense of her heart. Though she's pretending to date a co-star for her image, a past mistake has come back to haunt her. With a blackmailer watching her every move and the threat of career-ending exposure looming, Shealyn hires Cutter to shore up her security, never imagining their attraction will be too powerful to contain. As Shealyn and Cutter navigate the scintillating line between business and pleasure, they unravel a web of secrets that threaten their relationship and their lives. When danger strikes, Cutter must decide whether to follow his heart for the first time, or risk losing Shealyn forever.

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segunda-feira, 2 de julho de 2018

Opinião: "Quarterback Cuck"

Autor: Colleen Masters
Edição/reimpressão: Março de 2017
ASIN: B06XZ6J7BT
Páginas: 133
Origem: Recebido em troca de uma opinião sincera

Sinopse: Colt Jackson

She may have gotten away once before, but I’ll never let her out of my sight again.

I’m going back to my shithole hometown to reclaim what I lost, to take that sweet innocent redhead and finally do everything I wanted to do to her ten years ago.

Losing is part of the game…but so is fighting to the death for what you want.


Riley Weston

‘The Quarterback and the Cocktail Waitress’…I can see the headlines now.

But here he is in front of me, in all his beautiful 6’ 5’’ tall muscular glory…

My legs start to tremble beneath me as I lock eyes with him. A warm rush of need spreads through my body, and it hits me all at once that this is happening. This is really happening…

I’m about to strip down to the lacy bra and panties I bought especially for this occasion, go back out there, and give myself to the man who first taught me what pleasure was. A man I’ve wanted for years, but never dreamed of having again. A man whose cut body and godlike face have graced my most guarded fantasies more times than I’m willing to admit. A man who is many things… but certainly not my husband.

I meet my own wild-eyed gaze in the mirror, barely recognizing myself. This is not the woman I’ve spent the better part of a decade trying to be. For years, I’ve done my best to be the perfect daughter, girlfriend, and finally, wife. I made a vow to be faithful to my husband, in good times and bad… no matter what sexy specters from my past happen to reappear. Don’t I owe it to my husband—and to myself—to keep those sacred promises?

I would never have dreamed of sleeping around behind my husband’s back. But if he really didn’t want me to be with other men, he wouldn’t have made the callous offering of my body in the first place. He dashed our vows to pieces the moment he gave the man in the next room carte blanche to have his way with me—I’m just making good on his offer.

After all, it’s not really cheating if your husband gives you permission, now is it?

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In MAKE ME CRAVE by NYT Bestselling Author, Katee Robert, Roman Bassani will do anything to close a deal. Even chase down Allie Landers on her Caribbean vacation to make an offer on her company.



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Title: Make Me Crave
Author: Katee Robert
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Publisher: Harlequin Dare
Series: Make Me
Page Count: 144 pages
Format: Digital
ASIN: B0779DL61K


Synopsis:

“I crave you…”

Can their hunger be satisfied?

Roman Bassani will do anything to close a deal. Even chase down Allie Landers on her Caribbean vacation to make an offer on her company. He expects a challenge—but not their immediate intense attraction. After an accidental one-night stand they agree to put business aside—for now. The island lulls them into a heated sexual journey…but what happens to their opposing interests when they return from paradise?

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“Hello Adonis! Roman is just...yeah. I mean, sex on a stick with a good heart (despite his past misdeeds), and a more than capable brain! Allie is his perfect match and their time together sets the pages on fire while making you root for them to get more than just the pleasure they find from each other on the island! A great book!”—Goodreads review


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Make Me Crave Excerpt

Copyright © 2018 Katee Robert


Allie was so furious, she could barely put two words together. “You don’t get to just decide that we’re having a conversation and haul me out here to do it.”

“If I was going to haul you anywhere, it’d be over my shoulder.”

Her body clenched at the thought of him doing exactly that, but she fought her reaction back. “You are insufferable. Do you know when the last time I had a vacation was? Ten goddamn years ago when I was still in freaking high school and on spring break. Ten. Years. Becka had to twist my arm to get me here, but I was enjoying myself—”

“I know exactly how thoroughly you were enjoying yourself.”

She ignored that because if she tried to deny it, she’d be a red-faced liar. “That changes nothing. The point is that I’m not enjoying myself now, and the only one to blame for that is you.” She went to push him back a step, but her hands had a will of their own. They stayed on his chest, and she sucked in a breath at how warm his skin was. The man might be a corporate suit, but he looked perfectly at home in his shorts without a shirt on here in the growing darkness near the beach. It was almost enough to forget all the reasons she never wanted to see him again.

Allie stepped closer and lowered her voice. “Nothing you say can make me believe you’re anything but a goddamn shark.”

“Who said I’m trying to convince you of anything?” The words brushed her mouth as he leaned down, just a little. “I am a shark, Allie. I’ve never pretended to be anything else.”

She started to call him a liar, but he was telling the truth. He hadn’t tried to seduce her with sweet words to get her into his bed—he’d offered her exactly what she wanted in as many words. Black-and-white. Simple.

It wasn’t simple at all.

“I despise you.”

“You want me.” His hands rested lightly on her hips. “It tears you up inside that you crave my cock, but you can’t fight it no matter how hard you try.” He backed her up, step by slow step, until she bumped a tree. Roman kept coming, the side of his face brushing hers. “Did you think about how good it’d feel to have my fingers sliding into these yoga pants?”

“No.”

“Who’s the liar now, Allie?” His lips caressed her earlobe. “I’d love a private yoga session. Just us. No friends, no instructors, no clothes. How long do you think we’d last before I was on my back and you were riding my cock?”

She couldn’t breathe. Her skin felt too tight, as if it were several sizes too small, and her core pulsed in time with her racing heart. “I would never—”

“No, Allie. No more lies between us. You’re pissed that I’m here—I get that—and you’re even more pissed that you want me. Trust me, I know the feeling. I was never supposed to fuck you, and if I’d known who you were…”

She leaned back enough to look at his face—or what she could see of it in the darkness. “If you’d known who I was, you wouldn’t have gone there with me.”

Roman cursed. “Even if I’d known your name, that wouldn’t have stopped me from wanting you. Needing you.”

She stroked her hands down his chest to the waistband of his shorts. “Do you need me now?”

“I never stopped.”

This was the worst idea. She needed her head clear, and it was nothing but muddled around Roman. He was too big, too beautiful, too overpowering. Even now, she leaned forward, the few inches between them too much distance. He let her, his hands on her hips branding her—but not trying to guide her. Allie inhaled deeply. “Do you drug your cologne? Because, seriously, how am I supposed to think straight when you smell so good?”

He chuckled. “I’m not wearing any.”

He was gorgeous and a god in the bedroom, and he had to smell good naturally. Because of course. “I don’t like you.”

“You don’t know me.”

She could argue that, but it didn’t feel completely accurate. Allie traced the waistband of his shorts with her fingers. She shouldn’t…but she was going to. She unbuttoned his shorts and slipped her hand in to grip his cock. “I don’t have to know you—I know this.”

“You’re playing with fire.”

“Maybe.” Definitely. If she was smart, she’d release him, walk away and spend the rest of her vacation in as close to bliss as she could get, throwing herself into relaxation before she had to go back to reality. She stroked him again, liking the way his body went tense but his hands stayed still on her hips.

As if he was waiting for permission.

The realization sent a thrill through her. She kept stroking his cock, teasing him. “Did you really think it would be that easy?”

“What would?” He spoke through gritted teeth, and her body gave another thrill of pleasure.

“Getting your way.” She squeezed him around the base and nudged his pants down a little farther so she could cup his balls with her free hand. “You thought you’d show up here, interrupt my vacation and, what? I’d fall all over myself to give you exactly what you wanted?”

Roman released one of her hips and braced his hand on the tree behind her. The move brought him closer to her, but not so close that he impeded her movements. She stroked him harder as he slid his cheek against hers, his breathing hitching with every downstroke. He nipped her earlobe. “Isn’t that exactly what happened last night?”

She glared and gave his balls a squeeze that was just shy of vicious. “You’re awfully cocky for someone who’s got their nether bits in my hands.”

“They’re very capable hands.” He shifted to press butterfly kisses along her jaw and down her neck even as his hand on her hip squeezed her. “Don’t stop.”

“I should.” She didn’t. “I should stop right now and leave you with a wicked case of blue balls.” Why was her breath coming as harshly as his? He’d barely touched her, but having his cock in her hands and him so close… Intoxicating. There was no other word for it.

Roman gave her collarbone an openmouthed kiss and dragged his hand up her side to palm her breast. “I’ll just go back to my villa and jack myself off thinking of your sweet pussy. Not as good as the real thing—nothing is—but you gave me more than enough inspiration to get the job done.” He tugged the strap of her tank top off her shoulder. It was one of those things with a built-in bra, so the motion freed her breast. He repeated the move with the other side, and she shivered as the breeze coming in off the water teased her nipples. “Beautiful,” Roman murmured.

“You go overboard with the compliments.” She kept up her leisurely stroking. It was like the rest of the world ceased to exist outside their little sphere. It was just her and Roman, driving each other crazy.

“I give credit where credit is due.” He bent and sucked one nipple into his mouth. The position meant she had to let go of his cock, which she did with reluctance. He cupped her through her yoga pants, the coolness of the tree against her back only highlighting how warm his body was. “If I slipped my hand in here, would I find you wet and wanting? I think so.” He traced a single finger up the seam of the pants—right over her clit. “I think having my cock in your hands turned you on as much as the fact that we’re ten yards away from the bar and anyone coming up from the beach will get the show of their life.”

She pushed back against him even as her hips rolled into his touch. “That’s not true.”

“Liar.” She felt more than heard the word as his breath caressed her neck. “You get off on this as much as I do.” Another stroke through the fabric. “Would you take my cock right here, right now?”

She started to say yes, but common sense reared its ugly head. “I’m not fucking you without a condom.”

“Mmm.” He kissed her neck. “I know.” Roman pulled her pants down in a swift movement. She started to protest, but he went to his knees in front of her and yanked her foot free. Oh. He looped one leg over his shoulder and she caught the glimpse of white teeth when he grinned. “Have a little faith, Allie. I’m not a complete monster.” And then his mouth was on her pussy and she didn’t have the breath to argue.



About Katee Robert
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension."  When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. 

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