Review: Surf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger by Heidi Rice

Surf, Sea And A Sexy Stranger (Modern Heat) by Heidi Rice
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved reading Heidi Rice’s fabulous Brothers & Sisters Series and I found myself having to go back and read Surf, Sea And A Sexy Stranger (Modern Heat) (Brothers & Sisters, #1) again, just to see where it had all begun.

I loved it the first time and the second time and now the third time….loved it even more!!!!
The storyline is still fresh and enthralling. The hero, Ryan and heroine, Maddy are still as adorable and lovable as ever.
The great writing and dialogue, which I loved……so I am going to share a few lines that I really liked –
Maddy has gone to Ryan’s incredible house on the cliff, to check him out after he had a bit of a “slip-up” when he was surfing – I loved that she was a lifesaver….-

”I came to see if you were okay.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?” He tightened the belt on his robe and shoved the lapel black into place, spoiling the view.
“You didn’t stay to get checked out. You should really go to the hospital after an incident like that.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, actually it is.”
The penetrating blue eyes lifted back to her face. “Did someone make you my guardian angel while I wasn’t looking?” he asked dryly.

Okay, so Maddy hurts her finger and Ryan is going to help her!!! And get mighty turned on too!!!

He forced his gaze away, so desperate to taste her he thought he might explode.
A scarlet line marred the soft flesh at the base of her thumb.
“Ouch,” he murmured.
Get your head out of your pants, King. She’s hurt. (Ryan trying to be in control!!!)

I had to laugh here…

”Out of the water, Madelaine.” He held a towel up in front of him like a bullfighter. “I want to taste you and I can’t do that while you’re in the bath. Not without a snorkel.”

The Cornwall backdrop was totally stunning. Little villages, the beaches, the cliff tops……I just wanted to go there myself.
Read this series……..it’s really brilliant.
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Hey, can I repeat myself and say that this book has one of my FAVOURITE covers of all Mills & Boon ever!!!!!



1st Review 2012
Could I possibly have resisted reading this book???? A gorgeous man looking into my eyes, telling me that I wanted to meet him, wanted to know him….omg….this has to be the BEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL COVER of any M&B books ever!!!!!!!!!
And then, I turned to the back cover and went weak at the knees…..yes I wanted to get into this book like right now!!!! Would you want to buy this book if you read this????.....
Honed, handsome, and needing the kiss of life! Millionaire entrepreneur
Ryan King is mortified: he’s just been pulled from the ocean by a pretty female lifeguard! Why, after months recovering from a horrific motorbike accident, did he get back on his surfboard? For the same reason he wants a hot, wild woman back in his bed – to prove he’s the same man he was before… Maddy is shocked to find that this half-drowned, totally gorgeous surfer has her body humming! She always ends up getting used – maybe this time it’s her turn to do the using? It’s the short, sizzling affair they both need – until their dangerously addictive liaison careers out of control…

Heidi Rice is one of my favorite M&B Modern Heat authors and I love her books. She just knows how to write hot, sensual and emotional, passionate stories and Surf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger is no exception.
Ryan A gorgeous, sexy millionaire, who has been rendered impotent from a motorbike accident, is recuperating at Trewan Manor, a fabulous house on top of a cliff….and is saved from drowning when he’s attempting to do some surfing, by a woman lifeguard…this is a new career from your usual M&B heroines…loved it.

Maddy Westmore is one of those heroines who has had it with men…they are not to be trusted ever…from her father’s affair with his secretary, which she had observed personally to the men who had passed through her life….it was always her who was used and never received anything back. But she has a soft heart and a caring nature so of course she wants to know how Ryan is after the rescue. She is also very innocent when it comes to handling the full seduction scene with Ryan…..who sleeps with her to prove that he is not impotent…(one of the symptoms from his motor cycle accident). And wow are the sex scenes hot…does this man know what to do with a woman’s body!!!!!!! I wanted to be in Maddy’s place…I wanted to be her….

After a mutual decision to have an affair with no strings attached, it soon becomes clear that they have a special chemistry between each other.

There are a lot of issues that both have to overcome before they can truly find their HEA.
Loved the dialogue…. Loved this part…”I hate to rush you. But if you’re not annoyed, could you tell me what you are? Exactly?” … and the humor….She grinned, the charge of excitement making her erogenous zones do a happy dance. “Time to seize control of your sex life, Madeleine Westmore.” …. the description of the settings….Cornwall…such a beautiful and romantic place…. and the secondary characters….Maddy’s brother…now I wanted to know his story….which I am hoping to read next…..Cupcakes and Killer Heels.

Oh and the epilogue….loved loved it!!!!!! I was so into this book and have read it 3 or 4 times and each time I am still excited as if it was the first time I read it…..

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Review: Don't say a Word by Beverly Barton

Don't Say a Word by Beverly Barton
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this book...I have really liked a lot of her previous ones and being the last book the author wrote before she died, I was actually looking forward to it.

But somehow, the story and the characters failed to ignite me.
There was such a lot of things going on that after a while I had to page back to check who was who and what was what.
Also felt the writing was a bit stilted...at times I felt it was someone else writing this book.

It's sad we won't get more books by this author as she wrote some really great stories.


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Review: Heat of the Moment (Men out of Uniform #1) by Elle Kennedy

Heat of the Moment by Elle Kennedy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read …….the 9th book in this fun and sexy series at one of my GR friend’s recommendation….which I absolutely loved and couldn’t wait to read the entire series.
What could be more exciting than going on a trip with some gorgeous, sexy, funny, totally alpha-male Navy Seals!!!

This is the first book in the Out of Uniform series and it was a quick and short read, telling the story of sexy Navy Seal, John Garrett, who has had a crush for over a year on the local bakery owner, Shelby. Of course, she has a crush on him too…but neither knows this!!!
Until on hot and steamy day, Shelby overhears John discussing her with his best pal, Carson –

“Shelby’s not a wild chick, Garrett. Like you said, she’s nice, wholesome, you know, the kind of woman who’d probably freak out if you suggested, I don’t know, trying something other than the missionary position. Maybe it’s the freckles.”
“I like the freckles.”

Really….., John believes her to be innocent and probably only likes vanilla sex and no way could she ever be into threesomes (which is something these navy seal boys LUV……)!!!
What else can a girl do to destroy that mundane image they have of her????

That’s right…she seduces both gorgeous guys and soon the three are in her bedroom, where she’s ravished by two hot guys..…but wait….(view spoiler)[just in case you think this is a ménage story…it’s not exactly that…. John and Carson do it ONCE with Shelby….because really, it was something she always wanted to experience ONCE…she is after all CRAZY about John only (hide spoiler)]….even though Carson…oh wow…he’s more than HOT…..(there is definitely a story of his own…)
Short, sweet story that didn’t really have much time for character development.
Also the ending happened really fast …in fact I was totally fazed when I turned the last page. I wanted a bit more. Having said that, I was really smiling as I kept turning the pages.
Can’t wait for Carson’s story and more about these fabulous men in uniform!!!


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Review: The De Santis Marriage by Michelle Reid

I can’t decide if I liked this story. I didn’t exactly hate it, but I didn’t love it either. I think the mc’s were the cause of the problem….especially in the first half of the story!!! Elizabeth (it’s beyond my comprehension that anyone would prefer to be called Lizzy instead…….such a horrid nickname IMO!!) is in Italy , as her best friend’s bridesmaid, who is getting married to the uber rich, uber gorgeous, uber sexy Luc De Santis. This heroine has not had a great life so far – her father ignores her, she wears cast-outs from Bianca, her best friend and thinks that she’s a pretty uninteresting woman……..but really she’s not!!! We all know that underneath all that drabness is a raving beauty, otherwise why would the hero WANT her!!!! But wait…I’m getting ahead of the story here. So, a few days before the wedding of the century between Bianca and Luc...what happens???? Bianca disappears with the heroine’s brother, leaving poor Elizabeth the honor of informing the hero that he no longer has a bride available to carry on his dynasty. What a catastrophe!!! Now, the hero is furious…no, he’s gone ballistic ….his reputation is on the line. What will the world think….him being ditched at the last minute!!!! He has to act quickly and fast……….and what could be better than blackmailing the poor heroine to take her best friend’s place as THE BRIDE!!!! She’ll do. After all they almost kissed on the balcony at the pre-wedding party!!!! In fact, it doesn’t really matter who the woman is, as long as she fills the role he wants. And he tells her exactly what her role will be.

He offered a shrug. “I am ready to mate. I want - cubs.

Ooh, she just can’t do this. How could he be so horrid!!! She has to fight back!!

“You are more than 10 years older than me, and that makes you really old in my eyes, signor.” .

Is she serious????

“Thirty-four to twenty-two is a good difference cara.” It was the first time he had used that endearment to her and it quivered down her spine like a terrible sin. “It means I can offer you experience and fidelity, having worked out my studding period when I was your age.”

…..Really, did he just say that????

“Whereas you will give me your youth, your beauty, your wonderful smooth, tight, creamy white body ….

” Jeez….this guy is beyond alpha-male!!!! And what does Lizzy say to that……

“How cold you are.”

No, really????

“Not between the sheets.”…..

his reply ……seriously!!! I kid you not!!! You have to love the interaction between these two………..

“So if I decided one day to, say, stroll into your office and demand sex with you while you’re busy on the phone making more millions?” she challenged.

Wow, is this woman for real???? Of course Luc is never lost for words…..

“Is that one of your fantasies?” he quizzed, bringing a flush crawling up her throat. .

Uh!!!!!

“Then, of course, I would do my best to accommodate you – just make sure you arrive wearing no tights.” .

This man knows what he wants…..

”Panties can be dealt with, tights demand a distinct lack of finesse, .

- I so totally agree Luc -

and if your fantasy forces me to make millions while I accommodate you then, the easier you make it for me, the more pleasure you will get out of me.” .

Now, this is a man who is totally in tune with himself!!!!!!!!!!!! He “cock-sure” about his lovemaking skills no doubt!!! And boy, does Lizzy discover those skills within a short time…. So, Luc is busy playing with her breasts and what does Lizzy think and feel?????

“Her nipples sprang out in a blatant leap and she squirmed in embarrassment . . .

” What….oh yes, forgot….she’s a virgin and never done this before so I suppose she could be forgiven …but only this one time. Of course, Luc being the super lover…..

“He wasn’t embarrassed. He just used his long fingers to shape the quivering (am I mistaken or is there a lot of quivering going on here!!!) globe in preparation to take that tight dark rosebud into his mouth. A piercing hot sting struck from the centre of her nipple and shot all the way down to her thighs, bending her body like a wand.” .

Oh my…. How could Lizzy ever doubt this man’s sexual expertise????? Soon Lizzy is swept into Luc’s the jet-setting lifestyle – limos, villas, private jets and helicopters, grand homes all over the world – Lake Como, Milan, the Caribbean, designer wardrobes….you know the things we all dream about and never come true…..hell, it certainly came true for Lizzy…and does she appreciate it??? You guessed right!!! She’s a constant whinger, whiner and is totally horrid and immature and ungrateful towards poor Luc every chance she’s given. By the time Luc flies her on his private jet...natch!!...to the beautiful island for their honeymoon, I was feeling really sorry for him. Okay, so the guy used some underhand methods to get her but he’s turned out to be someone nicer underneath that sardonic attitude. No, he does not have a dark past or secret…well his grandfather was a bit of a Romeo…but nothing too heavy and awful…. In fact I was warming up to him pretty fast but hey not old Lizzy. She continued with her complaints and threats and accusations about how awful and horrid Luc was!!! Let me just say that …….I DID NOT LIKE THIS ELIZABETH!!! Why couldn’t Luc fall in love with someone who really saw the real him???? And him having to grovel in the end to get her back!!!!!!!!! Well, I truly hope that their HEA is everlasting. After all, Lizzy does tell him at the end….

“Just something else I owe you,” Lizzy shied mock tragically. “Five and half million kisses -.

oh yes, that was the way that Luc told Lizzy in the beginning, how she could repay that amount, which he used to bail her dolt family out of trouble, back to him –

a few De Santis cubs .

– oh yay, she agreed!!! So, finally, what else can I say…..I liked the story of Luc & Lizzy…but not exactly one of my favorites by this author.

Review: The Markonos Bride by Michelle Reid

The Markonos Bride by Michelle Reid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is one of my fav Mills & Boon authors and I've loved reading her books, but The Markonos Bride is one of them that I always remember and come back to read it again and again.

It's such an emotional and heart-wrenching story and it touches my heart each time I read it.

Second chances, family betrayals, endearing hero/heroine that you bond with from the very beginning. You feel their pain, their heartache, their loss and you just want them to find each other again and move on together and find true happiness.

I absolutely loved the epilogue. Love and forgiveness and a chance to finding true happiness together and building a family filled with love and care.

Such a beautiful book!!!

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Review: Lethal by Sandra Brown

Lethal by Sandra Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love Sandra Brown's books and whilst this is not my favourite of hers, I still enjoyed it a lot.

Lethal has all the elements I like in romance/suspense....engaging characters, a fast-paced plot that keeps you guessing until the end.

Wow.....and here I had this idea that small towns were filled with nice people....not in the town where Honor Gillette and her daughter live and where Coburn is accused of mass murder!!!

Every one seems to have a secret.....betrayals,murders, deceptions....we have it all here.

Twists and turns abound and did I get a surprise when the identity of the "bad guy" is revealed!!!! I was so not expecting that!!!

My favourite character????? Emily, Honor's gorgeous and adorable daughter

Another great read by Sandra Brown.

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