Cain was killed by a sorcerer and dumped inside a tainted room. All alone, with only his thoughts to ponder, he begins to regret the fact he betrayed his best friend. When a thing calling itself the Soul Dealer offers him a second chance at life, he accepts.

Sandy Watkins intends to spend Halloween night by herself, in the beach cottage her parents left for her. But tonight, she plans to end the depression plaguing her every waking moment.

If Cain doesn’t save Sandy before the end of Halloween night, both of their souls will belong to the Dealer.

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This is the sequel to last year’s Halloween tale, Alana Blues by Yolanda Sfetsos. It continues the story of Cain and Sandy. Our poor hero has made a deal with the devil that involves Sandy. On the road to saving her, he comes to recognize the love for her he’s been suppressing. For Sandy, Cain is the one bright spot left in her life. When the two get back together this Halloween, they will be each other’s redemption.

As the story moves along, Cain’s transformation from an uncaring bastard to one who deserves heaven is obvious. This is a very sweet Halloween romance.

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Six months was too long to pine over a jerk like Richard. Ava would stop the madness tonight by meeting an eligible, sexy man at the party come hell or Halloween. She had the costume, the hair and the attitude. All she had to do was get there.

The forces of nature and Goodyear must not have liked this plan. In a desolate nowhere amidst a torrential rainstorm, her tire blew out. This night like so many others was a bust…or was it?

From the dark, wet distance, a six-foot tall solution wearing black leather and riding a kick-ass bike arrives. He can change a tire, and he doesn’t mind the rain. He even likes her costume…as long as he can tear it off.

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I just HAD to quote this. I mean, does this not say it all or what?

"His kiss was desire. It was heat and longing and desperate need. It was possession."

Dayum. One Wild Night rocks, y’all. ROCKS. Any book that makes you talk about it out loud regarding its hotness is all of that and some more. No woman who has ever been crushed by an ex-lover’s words should miss out on this. And any woman who loves the hawtness of vamps will definitely not want to miss out.

BTW, the ending is WICKED. Smokin’ and WICKED. Loved, loved, loved it! Summer, you listening to me girl? I better be the first on the list to read the sequel of which there’d better be one!

Summer packs a huge punch in this vignette. I heart them Steel City Vampires.

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This weekend while looking at what’s going on with new publishing houses, I happened across one that specializes in interracial romance. Naturally curious, I gravitated towards their free reads section and on a whim, chose Gabriel by Kaia Bennett . Since this is not a review of Gabriel, I won’t bother to say how much ‘OMG’ doesn’t even cover it. Go check it out for yourself.

On to Sunday …

The price of Sunday is off-putting to say the least. NINE dollars. NINE! Being the reigning queen of cheap, y’all have to know how much it hurt to purchase this book anyway (or it gives you an idea of how curious I was about the story after reading Gabriel), but I digress. I should mention in their defense, the book is over 500 pages long.

Are y’all awake and reading this cuz seriously…Sunday is hands-down, the hottest book I’ve ever read. And folks, I’ve read a lot.

For the first four chapters, my eyebrows did not come down ONCE. My jaw dropped open somewhere on page two and stayed that way. I’ve never said "OH MY GOD" out loud as many times reading any other book as I did that one.

Heads up: Kaia weaves over the fine line of forced seduction like a drunkard asked to walk the line on the side of the road, but it comes off as HAWT. Somewhere in the beginning, I remember asking myself out loud if authors were allowed to do what she does! lol. (It’s not that bad, but dayum, does it come close.)

As project partners, Flynn and Gia can’t stand being around each other…her nerdish ways; his slacker ones. Except they do have the hots for each other. When Flynn ‘convinces’ her of how she feels, the sparks start to fly and simply do not stop. Nevermind that she already has a boyfriend.

Flynn is beyond hot (the cover for the book doesn’t hurt the mental image I get of him either. I mean, have you seen the tattoo on that man-titty? I just want to lick it!). Gia is cute and waffles a bit about what she wants but when she does figure it out, watch out there now!

Without a doubt, Kaia Bennett has a new fan over here. I can’t wait to read more.

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Last Friday night at Cobblestone ’s release chat, I won a copy of L. Shannon’s The Vampire Oracle: Love. Last night at release chat, I won a copy of V.L. McElfresh ’s Reclaiming Love. As the title of this post might have clued you in on, both are m/m romances.

Let’s start with The Vampire Oracle:Love (ISBN:978-1-60088-289-0). Y’all already know how much of a fan I am of Shannon. Yet again, she doesn’t disappoint. Jason, one of the heroes of this story is addicted to the vampire’s kiss - The Blood Kiss. When his cruel mistress gives him to another vampire - Dillon - he assumes he’ll still be able to feed the addiction. Dillon, however is a reluctant vampire who only knows how to take a human’s blood without offering pleasure in return. Jason eventually leads Dillon down a path of self-discovery where love is waiting at the end.

Shannon captures the torment of these two anguished men vividly. The comfort Jason offers his new master puts a smile on your face that doesn’t leave for almost the entire story. Once again, if you’re in the mood for a fast-paced, action-packed read, this is for you. (Let me just take a moment to say that I hope this story is true L. Shannon style and ends up as a series. I loved, loved, loved the secondary characters introduced near the end.)

When I won Reclaiming Love (ISBN:978-1-60088-293-7) I mentioned to another author that the excerpt from chapter one was heartbreaking. It was. So is the rest of the book. By page 23 (I know the number because I looked), I was mesmerized by the story of Kevin and Connor though. Kevin is a BDSM switch who is being stalked and harassed by his former lover, Josh. When they were together, Josh abused him (in the name of their lifestyle and "love") in ways that no person should have to endure . By the time Connor meets Kevin, he is a shell of his former self. Connor sticks by his side though and helps Kevin regain a lot of what he’d lost of himself.

The love story between these two men is disarmingly sweet. My heart ached for Kevin and cheered on Connor’s persistence in taking their relationship slow despite the heat between the two. I loved the circle of family and friends who supported them. One can’t help but become angry at the abuse Kevin suffered and sigh passionately at Connor’s patience. V.L. McElfresh wove a tale that kept me riveted until the very last page. I can’t recommend this story enough.