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Sugar & Spice (Spicetopia #1) by Phoebe Alexander Featured in the Sweetest Obsessions Boxed Set Collection – Review by Michelle King

Sweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set CollectionSweetest Obsessions: A Contemporary Romance Boxed Set Collection by Jane Anthony
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am looking forward to reading more of this box set, but the story I am currently reviewing is Sugar & Spice (Spicetopia, #1) by Phoebe Alexander.

What a great beginning to a new series! This is the story of Cyrus, the youngest son of the owners of Sweet Enterprises, and Jolie, the reigning Red Velvet Queen of Sweetopia, the kid’s park owned by the Sweet family. Cy is tasked with going undercover (with an awesome British accent!) in the park to dig up information on which employees are causing trouble for his family. That is where he meets the Red Velvet Queen and sparks fly! Their attraction to each other is undeniable, but as you will find out, Jolie is not what she seems any more than Cy is! Will the secrets they keep and lies that they tell keep them apart? Who will reign supreme when it’s all over? Who will dominate? Dive in and find out while getting to know all the diverse and interesting characters that are brought to life on these pages!

I am really looking forward to the next installment in this series! Phoebe definitely left me wanting more, more, more!

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Shattered (The Torzial Affair Book 1) by Via Mari – Review by Michelle King

Shattered (The Torzial Affair Book 1)Shattered by Via Mari
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Spectacular start to this series of books! I can’t wait to read more! This book is about Jenny Torzial, a confident and successful woman who dominates the business world. However, she is emotionally scarred from a past relationship and feels her submissive needs in the bedroom may have played a role in her tragedy. When she meets Brian Carrington, a sexy as hell, wealthy, cocky, womanizer who doesn’t do relationships, she is instantly attracted to him and can feel a pull towards his dominance even though she doesn’t understand why she feels the way she does. Brian tasks himself as her protector when outside forces are threatening them from all sides and he will stop at nothing to keep her safe. As they are thrown together, will their attraction to each other be enough to overcome their obstacles, or will they walk away in the end?

Shattered has a bit of everything. Authentic well developed main and supporting characters, romance, suspense, danger, tragedy, mafia, and of course plenty of hot and steamy sexy bits! I am looking forward to more of the Torzial Affair series and getting to know the characters better and delving deeper into the twists and turns of their lives. Definitely a must read series and must read author!

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Bound (The Torzial Affair Book 2) by Via Mari – Review by Michelle King

Bound (The Torzial Affair Book 2)Bound by Via Mari
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Via Mari has outdone herself with this one! She has created a story that makes your heart race in more ways than one! Bound is action packed, suspenseful, intense, romantic, and sexy! Once you start reading, you will not be able to put it down.

Jenny and Brian face even more troubles that are bound to tear them apart. It’s impossible to know who they can trust and who they can’t, including having doubts about one another. It seems everyone is out to get Jenny, the police and court system trying to prove she murdered her ex, the mafia, and possibly even those closest to her. Even with his doubts and trust issues, Brian is trying with everything that he has to keep Jenny safe, both from outside sources and from herself. He uses his dominance over Jenny to create a safe space for her and to help her forget about everything that’s going on, which amounts to lots of super steamy encounters that will have you feeling a bit hot yourself! Will they be able to beat the odds and be together, or will they end up losing each other forever?

We are left with quite the shocking cliffhanger at the end and I can’t wait to jump into Book 3 so I can finally close my jaw that’s been left hanging since I finished Bound!

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Siren’s Call: Cursed Seas by Amy McKinley – Review by Michelle King

Siren's Call: Cursed SeasSiren’s Call: Cursed Seas by Amy McKinley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Siren’s Call: Cursed Seas flawlessly integrates the world of Greek Mythology with the reality of life in a small town fishing village. As I read, I could picture each scene and felt as if I was living Nerissa’s life right along with her. I could literally feel her emotions: her joy, her sorrows, her worries, her anger, and her love. Most of all, her determination and will to succeed and overcome all obstacles. As for Zeer, I won’t tell you too much about him now other than to say where can I find one just like him???

While this was ultimately Nerissa and Zeer’s story, there are so many fantastically written characters in this book. Some you will love, some you will despise, but you can’t help but be pulled in to their magical world and want to get to know them all! This is a complex story of superstitions, Gods, curses, underwater worlds, and mythical powers with lots of unexpected twists and turns that will keep you captivated until the very end. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more from Amy McKinley!

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Guilty Pleasures Volume 3: Guilty Pleasures by Joyce McCarthy – Review by Michelle King

Guilty Pleasures Volume 3Guilty Pleasures Volume 3 by Joyce McCarthy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book is a collection of short steamy sexcapades. It follows Brad’s sexual encounters as he travels to various locations for work and meets new women along the way. If you are looking for a quick read to get your blood pumping, then this book is for you! Each short story gets right to it in a detailed description of Brad’s hot and steamy sexual experience with his girl of the moment. This collection of 15 shorts has a little something for everyone!

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A Divided Mind by M. Billiter – Review by Michelle King

A Divided MindA Divided Mind by M. Billiter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Where do I begin??? This is the first book I have read by this author but it most certainly won’t be my last! I didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this book, and what I got was soooooo much more than I imagined! While it is a fictional story, it is so real and so packed full of emotions, you can’t help but feel the pain and sorrow these people are going through. I was crying by the end of the first chapter and could still feel the emotional impact of this book hours after finishing it. This story will stay with me for a long time.

Mental illness isn’t really something I think about much. It’s something you see on TV shows, or read about in books. A Divided Mind not only gives you insight into the seriousness of the disease and how it affects the person who has it, but also how painful it is for their family as well. How a parent can be in denial of what is happening to their child because it’s not something you feel they deserve to be going through, because you want to take it away and would do anything to make your child whole again. How it affects your siblings, friends, enemies, and everyone else you associate with throughout life.

I’m not sure I can even review this book in a way that will do it justice. It is a book that needs to be read. Once I started, I couldn’t put it down until I finished the last word (which will leave you gasping in surprise!). Branson and Tara touched my heart and mind as I’m sure they will yours. I highly recommend this one!

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September Breeze (Cinnamon Bay Romance Book 2) by Nikki Lynn Barrett – Review by Michelle King

September Breeze (Cinnamon Bay, #2)September Breeze by Nikki Lynn Barrett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am already in love with this series! In September Breeze, we meet Brian, a hometown math teacher, and Tess, a wandering songwriter who has no intention of creating roots. The magic of Cinnamon Bay (along with a little help from the town matchmaker’s!) bring these two together in an emotional story of love, heartbreak, and healing.

Brian is a widowed father of two young girls who, even several years later, are having a very difficult time dealing with their mother’s death. He is in desperate need of a live-in nanny to help with the girls, but the girls have their own ideas about who he should be looking for. Tess is looking for a temporary place to stay and a part time job while in town writing songs for a movie and can’t pass up the perfect job offer! Will the magic of Cinnamon Bay bring these two together, or will their tragic pasts keep them apart forever?

This one brings out all the feels! Be prepared for laughing, crying, sometimes frustration in wanting to tell them what to do and not being able to, and a complete rollercoaster of emotions as you fall in love with this small town and its quirky characters! Definitely well deserving of my 5 stars!

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The Girls Across the Bay (The Knox and Sheppard Mysteries, Book 1) by Emerald O’Brien – Review by Michelle King

The Girls Across The Bay (Knox and Sheppard, #1)The Girls Across The Bay by Emerald O’Brien
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This mystery shows you that you don’t have to be blood to create a deep family bond that lasts forever! Madigan Knox and Grace Sheppard are sisters, bound together as children through tragic events in foster care that shape the people they will become in ways they don’t even realize. The Girls Across the Bay gives us an in depth look into the minds and hearts of its characters from childhood to adulthood, showing us both their strengths and weaknesses. Madigan is a journalist and Grace a detective in the small town of Tall Pines. As Madigan and Grace work to solve a murder, they take the reader on a ride that keeps you guessing and has you on the edge of your seat page after page! It’s a mental and emotional rollercoaster you won’t want to get off! I couldn’t put this book down and look forward to finding out what happens next!

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