Rock My Bed (Black Falcon 2) by Michelle A. Valentine

Reviewed by Donna 4 shiny stars!! 

Must admit I was a bit nervous going into this one as in the first 2 books I did not like Riff. I thought am I going to be able to read about a character I detest??? Well the answer was yes and yes I did really enjoy his story. In fact, this made his behaviour understandable to a certain degree. It was fab to get his back story and such a sad story it was too. I felt for the poor guy, he is extremely broken, carries a lot of guilt around and believes that he is unlovable, as everyone he loves leaves.  

Aubrey was a great character anyway and she just made the book!! We knew all about her anyways so not much more was revealed but the way that she carried herself in this book was great. She does make a few shaky decisions that I could have throttled her for but then as usual, they come to their senses eventually. Why anybody thinks they should end up with somebody safe that they have no physical or emotional attraction to is beyond me, whether they are a bad boy or not love should be the most important.

Riff does not get off scot free either, he also makes some crazy decisions but luckily for him his band mates make him see the light!! The thing that made Riff for me during this book is what he asked Aubrey to call him when they were together..his real name..(sigh!!)..he wanted to make sure that she knew she was with him, not Riff the rocker and that just made him even more endearing, the fact that he needed and wanted the differentiation was super cute!!

The instant messaging and texting between the two of them is super sweet and at points hilarious and adds to their relationship. These two were meant for each other and you felt that coming off the page, Riff was greatly misunderstood in the first two books and I am so glad that we got to see the real Riff in this one.

The sex scenes in this book are sexier and a bit more risqué with some soft BDSM and kinky sex, but I feel that the sex scenes in all the books are not Michelle Valentine’s forte, she excels in the back stories, the relationships, the build up and drawing you in to the characters.

This book does not carry on from the last but actually from the Las Vegas concert, this is fab as we get some questions answered that were outstanding from the first book. Aubrey’s boss in this book is highly irritating and I was so glad he got his just deserts at Noel and Lanie’s wedding, couldn’t have happened to a nicer man!

So looking forward to the twins story too, we saw them a lot more in this book and they are highly entertaining and extremely interesting…think there could be a lot of fun to be had with these two, especially if Michelle is taking us down a more kinky side with her writing.

Cannot wait for the next instalment!!

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Touch Me by Olivia Cunning

Reviewed by Donna 4 Stars

I love these short novellas from Olivia Cunning and this one was no exception. This book focuses on Owen of Sole Regret. Owen meets Caitlyn at a sex club, she is giving off all men are shit vibes and looks wildly out of place. Caitlyn has just separated from her husband and is going through a divorce, he has left her for a younger woman (a teenager) and she is feeling woefully inadequate and insecure. Owen is not for relationships, he just enjoys meaningless sex as a ways to relax and enjoy. He is always safe though!! Owen goes to the club with another member of Sole Regret, Kelly (Kellen), they have been best friends since childhood and have a fab relationship. Kelly is in a woman funk after his girlfriend died and has been abstaining much to Owen’s annoyance. However, they have shared some women before and obviously have shared a bit of themselves too and I would love to see their relationship developed. It did remind me a touch of Brian and Trey, however I do feel that there really is something between them, I can see a threesome coming along here..Owen, Kelly and Caitlyn…hmmmm interesting!!

Owen and Caitlyn with a little help from Kelly in the beginning have a fabulous night at the club, Owen even broke all his rules and took her back to the hotel for the night, took her to friends in the morning to get some clothes and then persuades her to join him on the tour bus and see one of their concerts. Everything is running smoothly until Lindsey from “Share Me”shows up making things look a lot worse than they are and without getting Owen’s side of the story Caitlyn runs!

This story does end on a little cliffie but it wasn’t too bad, I cannot wait to read the next instalment to see where this going. So glad that this is Olivia Cunning at her best as I must admit I did not really like Share Me at all, the gang bang on the bus in the snow, was just bleurgggh and I am upset that one of the characters from this book has reared her ugly head. I can only hope that all the members of Sole Regret are safe from Lindsey and that Tex is the bad boy!! If any of them at all!!

Pink Slips and Glass Slippers by JP Hansen

Reviewed by Donna 3 Stars

Thanks to JP for providing a copy of this book for an honest review.

I did enjoy this book, but felt the pace was really slow in the first half, I kept looking at the % on my kindle and couldn’t believe that I had only read 50% when it felt like I had been reading forever!

The characters in this book were fab, especially Brooke, she was such a strong woman, she had been through so much in life. Her mother died in child birth and she was raised by her dad who absolutely idolised her and tried hard to be both mum and dad. She fell in love at school with Tanner and after university they married and she fell pregnant, at the same time Tanner fell ill with a rare form of Leukaemia and Brooke lost the baby at 6 months..this was too much for Tanner to bear and he committed suicide..he knew that he only had months to live and did not want to prolong the agony and the miscarriage was the straw that broke the camels back. Brooke was left distraught and has never been able to recover from Tanners suicide.

She has a life coach called Shane, the way this character is incorporated into the book is brilliant, he is never there in person but because of all the phonecalls and emails you actually feel like you know him…novel idea!

Brooke worked for a company called Gensense and they were working on a cure for Leukaemia and were near getting the approval needed for rolling it out, the company was taken over by Pharmical and Brooke had to relocate to the new offices. There she meets her new boss Chase Allman, they both had a bit of instalust going on but did not act upon it due to strict no frat policy at work. Also Brooke thought that Chase was married as he always wore a wedding ring.

Chase was adorable if not misunderstood, however much of this is his own doing. He has a 3 year old son, his wife deserted them after a bout of post natal depression and becoming addicted to whatever pills she could get her hands on. Chase had paid for her to attend rehab but she broke out and went AWOL for years. He had been trying to find her with the use of a private investigator but had no luck until recently, he needed to get the divorce papers served once he found out she was living with a drug dealer and was still a user. Chase felt that he needed to keep up the pretense that he was happily married for his status as CEO of Pharmical so as far as everyone was aware he was happily married Chase. I am not sure if this is the case in the US as I am in the UK but I would hope that a board of directors does not hold that much weight that a CEO would be afraid to admit that his home life was less than perfect.

I would have liked to have seen a bit more meat on Chase, his character was a bit empty, for a big CEO type I would have liked to get to know him rather than just what he did everyday..little glimpses were shown throughout the book but I could not really relate to him as a person. I felt the book centered a bit too much around Brooke and her past, I think that some of this could have been reduced without detracting too much from the story.

As the book progresses so does Chase and Brooke’s attraction until they get it on one night..must admit the love scenes did not really do it for me in this book, I did get a feel but not an emotional feel. The following Monday the board decide Brooke is surplus to requirements and she is fired..then follows a whole load of miscommunication, lack of communication and just a “for gods sake what are you two doing kinda moment…just get together and TALK!!!!) episode.

There are plot changes involving Chase’s little boy and his soon to be ex-wife, the nanny, the board and a fun trip to Disneyland, this is where the book picks up the pace and becomes an easy read.

Enjoyed the plot and did really like the book but it wasn’t a love love love it for me.

I would read more from this author.