READ-2-REVIEW - SCIENCE FICITON - FATED TO THE ALIEN WARRIOR (Warriors of Tavikh, #1) by Erin Hale

 Fated to the Alien Warrior
Warriors of Tavikh
by Erin Hale
January 12th 2024

London

Life has sure kicked me in the teeth. After I’m arrested for stealing, I’m given two choices: prison or get shipped to the human settlement on the planet Tavikh. Since orange isn’t my color, I guess off-planet it is.

Except when our ship lands we’re attacked by vicious aliens no one warned us about. I’m suddenly rethinking my decision. Just as I swear I’m about to die, a towering alien with long, flowing golden hair and muscles rippling beneath gorgeous purple skin saves me.

When the battle is over and the good guys seem to have won, my savior tells me I’m his fated mate.

I hate to break it to him, but I don’t believe in fate.

Zander

As shefir of the Tavikhi, it’s my duty to lead our tribe and fight against the Krijese. When word comes that another Terran ship has arrived, we rush to defend them against our brutal enemies.

I’m unprepared, though, for my mating marks to burn and brighten in color when I rescue one of the human females. Is it truly possible that the goddess, Deeka, has chosen her as my keeshla—my fated mate?

Despite her continued denial of the mate bond, the attraction between us flares hotter than our sun. I must do everything to convince her that we are fated to be together. Even seduce her.

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . FATED TO THE ALIEN WARRIOR (Warriors of Tavikh, #1) . . . London was a woman all alone in the world. She did something that was wrong and was dealt a hand she took a gamble on. The gamble start off a little rocky but she comes out of it all with a found family. She finds her tribe. She finds her strength. She finds a mate. London was one of a small ground of young women bound for the planet Tavikh. There were promised a plot of land and a fresh start. Arriving they are greeted by something much more than a fresh start. Aliens. Purple aliens. Aliens that want to kill them. Just as London thought it was no way to get worse. She stumbles and falls. 

Zander was the leader of his tribe of people. He was determined to save the human settlement from the outside forces working to extinguish them. Zander struggled with his own problems. He missed his family. He worried over his baby brother that has gone missing. He worried if he would ever find his fated mate. He worried for the future of his people. He worried of the blatant disregard of a rival tribe encroachment on the neutral lands and their protection of the humans. He finds his mate in the pursuit to protect the new arrivals from a savage slaughter. 

Zander has to overcome the shock of things that London has experienced. London has to come to terms that the fresh start she was promised was not the case. She has to understand she is the human mate to an alien warrior. She has more than herself to think of. She has her found family and just common human decency. 

I loved the different characteristics of the women. I loved that they took the time to connect with each other and make a bond. I like the interest that has been woven into the first installment of the Warriors of Tavikh series. I look forward to the next installation.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Entertaining Wonderful characters Easy-to-read Strong females 

Start reading today!

FREE in Kindle Unlimited
Amazon Worldwide: https://mybook.to/fatedalienwarrior

Add Fated to the Alien Warrior to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/43oHI00  

Keep reading for a look inside Fated to the Alien Warrior!

Two guards at the gated entrance greet us. Their eyes widen at the humans behind me and follow us with their gazes when we walk past. I release another call of the mellenje, and two females come rushing forward to meet us part way to the central fire.

“The healer’s apprentice will take the injured female to the healer. Please provide the others with furs for sleeping. Until tomorrow, they can sleep in the supply tent.”

“Yes, Shefir.” They dip their heads and gather the human females with soft whispers.

The six of them move away from us, although two of the human females glance over their shoulder at London, who attempts to follow. I wrap my tail around her waist to stop her. If only I could keep her in my embrace always. She jerks and gazes up at me with a wrinkle between her eyes as well as a question in them.

“You will sleep in my tent.”

She opens her mouth and I tug her against me, which has her promptly closing it again. I nearly groan in pleasure as her hands rise to my chest, and my mating marks burn and flare to life. Her gaze drops to them before she lifts it to meet mine. 

“You are my keeshla and will become the Shefira of our village. My tent is where you belong and where you will sleep.”

For more information about Erin Hale and her books, visit her website:
https://www.facebook.com/ErinHaleWrites

Presented by

READ-2-REVIEW- HOLIDAY ROMANCE - KISSES AT CANDY CANE LANE (Blizzard Bluff, #3) by Laramie Briscoe

 Kisses at Candy Cane Lane 
Blizzard Bluff, #3
by Laramie Briscoe 
Release Date: December 15th 2023 
Genre: Small Town Contemporary Romance/ Holiday Romance 

Noelle, a hotel, and two hearts that fell . . . Noelle Green

Holidays are turning out to be something of a special time for me. On Halloween I got pregnant, and now that we're heading for Christmas - who knows?

When I tell the father of my baby that he’s going to be a dad, he surprises me by not running away. Even though all we had was one night, he's willing to see where this goes, and so am I.

Little do Cal and I know that what we started on Halloween night just might see us through the rest of our lives.

AMAZON | APPLE BOOKS | NOOK | KOBO | LARAMIE BRISCOE DIRECT

  

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . KISSES AT CANDY CANE LANE (Blizzard Bluff, #3) . . . Come visit Blizzard Bluff for the holidays. Its been a hard few years. With facing the pandemic, taking out a loan, and work 75-hours a week. Noelle has had to work harder than ever. Then she finds herself pregnant and not able to keep up with her daily grind. Things have slowly changed for the past few weeks. She needs more breaks, takes naps, and have cut caffein. Then she is confronted in her office by the one man she was not so ready to see, Cal or should we call him Charming Cal. 

Noelle did not know how to tell Cal that he was going to be a father. She was not expecting him to confront her about it. She was not expecting, but hoping to have the chance for them to be something more than two ships that harbored in the same location. 

Happy holidays with a friends-to-lovers-to-more. Next holiday season we will have much more to celebrate.

Laramie Briscoe is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of over 30 books, with sales of over half a million copies.

Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie has appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on Apple Books, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. Her books have been known to make readers laugh and cry. They are guaranteed to be emotional, steamy reads.

When she's not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on Netflix. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband.

Presented by

READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY HOLIDAY - STRANDED WITH THE ONE by Heidi McLaughlin

 Stranded with the One 

by Heidi McLaughlin
Release Date: December 12th 2023 
Genre: Holiday Romance 

New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin takes you on a holiday journey . . . trains, planes and automobile style. 

Holly Saint and Christian Lane grew up together and were best friends until he fell in love with someone else. Now, years later they find themselves stranded—both trying to get back to their hometown for Christmas, that’s if Jack Frost will allow them.

*Readers, please take note: this novel was previously published under the pen name, Darby Blake. The content is the same.*

AMAZON| APPLE BOOKS| NOOK| KOBO

  

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . STRANDED WITH THE ONE . . . This years visit your past and your future. Holly and Christian finds themselves in the same airport this pre-holiday season. Neither expecting the other or the fact that they would have their flight to their hometown canceled due to weather. A second chance to make the first time special. Holly and Christian were derailed the first time. Will this holiday season give them that one chance the should have had years ago. Sweet and heartwarming. Come find out just what the future could be like when you have the one you love by your side.

Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers. Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs. In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl. Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD & Digital. To stay connected with Heidi visit www.facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com

Presented by

READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY HOLIDAY - SNOWBOUND by Freya Barker

Snowbound
by Freya Barker 
Release Date: December 4th 2023 
Genre: Holiday Romance 

Had she known ‘doing the right thing’ would land her jobless, homeless, and snowed in with a moody bear of a man guarding her, Bobbie Strada might’ve thought twice.

Last thing US Marshall Dag Toland needed was to get stuck protecting a witness as tempting as this one. Especially when forced to share a small mountain cabin in the middle of a snowstorm. 

*Short story. *Previously released in the Chill Factor anthology

AMAZON | APPLE BOOKS | NOOK | KOBO 

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . SNOWBOUND . . . This holiday she is alone, away from home, and on the run or at least that is how she feels. This holiday season Bobbie is in hiding. She is the witness in the trail to end all trials. She witnessed a murder. Not just any murder. She witness one of the most wanted crime bosses committing a murder. Now she is running for her life. The only thing of comfort is her cooking. There was her and the agent assigned to protect her. Then there was the one that did not like her. She was happy he was not here. Then things all go wrong. 

In the midst of Bobbie being found and bullets flying, she finds the one person she thinks hates her, US Marshall Dag Toland. Dag was on his way to relieve the current person on duty when he gets a distress call. In the nick of time he gets there to rescue Bobbie from being the next one to die. She then finds herself on the run with Dag and very little clothing/shoes. A couple quick stops and thing change between the two of them. After an avalanche, bullets flying again, a second rescue, and seclusion, Bobbie finds that she has a lot of things to make a decision on. 

Freya Barker give a short holiday romance that has its own twist and turns. But either way we get a happy holiday. 

USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. With forty-plus books already published, she continues to create characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We've Read All Year Award for "Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, and Finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Award with “When Hope Ends”, Freya spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

Presented by

READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY - SHOCKPROOF (The Shatter & Shock Duet, #2) by Xavier Neal

SHOCKRPROOF

The Shatter & Shock Duet, #2

A Bodyguard Romance (Haworth Enterprises)

by Xavier Neal

BLURB

From USA TODAY Bestselling author Xavier Neal comes the jaw-dropping, heart pounding conclusion to this best friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, romantic suspense duet!

The assignment is simple.

Don't let the client get kidnapped.

Don't let someone kill her.

Don't screw up our now very real relationship.

It's the last part that complicates what would otherwise be a fairly run of the mill operation.

If we weren't dating, the only thing I would have to worry about would be following standard procedures such as making sure her locations are secure.

That we aren't being followed.

That those in her inner circle haven't been compromised.

But because we are, I now have to deal with her sabotaging ex boyfriend.

And an unexpected female guest showing up on our double date.

And a meddling team member who thinks he's helping instead of simply giving me more headaches.

All of these things make my mission significantly harder.

As does trying to decide if we're moving too fast.

As does having to come in second to her career.

As does my best friend herself when she finally has to decide what our future together looks like.

To the company I work for, my main objective is to find and eliminate the unidentified threat that's been stalking one of their most valuable assets.

But to me?

My only job is to protect the love of my life - or die trying.

Goodreads

AMAZON

US

UK

CA

AU

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . SHOCKPROOK (The Shatter & Shock Duet, #2) . . . Action. Intensity. Attraction. Friends-2-More. Okay some laughs also. The opening of this one starts somewhat where the other left off. But I am sorry to say I had to laugh at Slatter's reactions to Arley's actions. I will say that you will enjoy this so much more if you do both parts at the same time. Even though I read part one when it came out. I went back and started it again then flowed into part two.  

How do you complete a review of a story without giving away the good stuff? I am not going to give away anything. But I am going to tell you if you are looking for some action, low drama, friends-2-lover, protective alpha, and a cast of primary and secondary characters you will love to pick up The Shatter & Shock Duet.

I am excitedly waiting for the holiday novella with Slater and Arley. The countdown is on.

Start the Duet here:
Shatterproof : Book 1
AMAZON
US 
UK 
CA 
AU 

Author Info

Xavier Neal is a best-selling romance author who enjoys hopping from sub-genre to sub-genre like a game of Hopscotch she can't resist.

In between writing, she loves to read (everything from romance to self-improvement books), watch movies (old and new), eat too much Tex-Mex (her Chuy's t-shirt collection is out of control), and watch AHL hockey games LIVE (preferably against the glass whenever possible).

She currently resides happily in Texas with her bearded husband "Lumberjack”.

Amazon
Facebook
Instagram
BookBub
Pinterest
Spotify
Merch
Store
Goodreads

Hosted by

Presented by

READ-2-REVIEW - CONTEMPORARY - HIS WICKED WAYS (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside, #5) by Melissa Foster

HIS WICKED WAYS
The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside, #5
by Melissa Foster
Releasing November 8th 2023
World Literary Press

BLURB

Blaine Wicked is used to women doing as he says in and out of the bedroom. Find out happens when he falls for the one woman who won’t submit to his wicked ways in the newest insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and laugh-out-loud funny standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster.

Blaine Wicked can spot trouble a mile away. As the eldest of five and raised in a Dark Knights biker family, he has always been a protector. Rescuing a stripper from a bad situation comes with the territory, regardless of the hell the mouthy, slightly awkward, and seriously hot leggy blonde gives him for it. She’s far too innocent to bend to his wicked ways, but the more he learns about her, the harder it is for him to walk away.

Forensic scientist Reese Wilder never imagined herself as the entertainment at a bachelor party, but she’d do anything to keep food on the table for her teenage sister. With their mess of a mother in rehab—Third time’s a charm, right?—Reese is stuck paying off their mother’s debt to a dealer and trying to make ends meet. Reese has had it rough, and she knows better than to rely on anyone for help, much less a pushy biker with piercing blue eyes who probably has dozens of women at his beck and call.

The more flames Reese throws, the more determined Blaine is to walk through them. The closer he gets, the hotter they burn—and the more curious she becomes. But Blaine Wicked has the power to torch Reese’s walls to embers, and with her sister’s well-being at stake, that’s a risk she can’t afford to take.

Listen to the playlist:  

Goodreads link: 

Goodreads series link: 

Buy Links:

➜KINDLE: https://lnk.to/HWW_Kindle

➜APPLE: https://lnk.to/HWW_Apple

➜NOOK: https://lnk.to/HWW_Nook

➜KOBO: https://lnk.to/HWW_Kobo

➜GPLAY: https://lnk.to/HWW_GPlay

➜PAPERBACK: https://lnk.to/HWW_Pb 

Audio, narrated by Zachary Webber and Andi Arndt

➜AUDIBLE: https://lnk.to/HWWa_Audible

➜AMAZON: https://lnk.to/HWWa_Amazon

➜APPLE: https://lnk.to/HWWa_Apple

For more Dark Knights, check out The Whiskeys: https://melissafoster.com/series-the-whiskeys-dark-knights-at-peaceful-harbor/ 

 

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . HIS WICKED WAYS (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside, #5) . . . The Wicked Alpha Meets His Match ... Blaine Wicked is everything you want in a protective, commanding Dark Knights hero. As the eldest brother, he's used to taking charge in all aspects of his life. But when he rescues Reese Wilder, a mouthy, slightly awkward, yet seriously hot forensic scientist moonlighting as a stripper to pay off a debt, he meets the immovable object to his unstoppable force.

Reese is fiercely independent and has every reason to keep her guard up. With a troubled past and her teenage sister's well-being at stake, she can't afford to rely on anyone, especially a pushy biker with piercing blue eyes. The more Blaine tries to take control and help her, the more fire Reese throws his way. It makes for an utterly compelling, steamy, and often laugh-out-loud funny push-and-pull dynamic!

High Stakes and High Heat

This is more than just a hot biker romance; it's a deeply emotional journey. Blaine is determined to walk through the flames Reese throws, and the closer he gets, the more the reader is pulled into their intense chemistry. The stakes are high—Reese's walls, her independence, and her sister's safety are all on the line. Blaine Wicked has the power to scorch everything to embers, and finding out if Reese will take that ultimate risk is the perfect hook!

If you love a dark, protective hero who falls hard for a sassy, resilient heroine, you absolutely need to dive into this latest installment. Get ready for an addictive ride with one of the best second-chance/forbidden romances we’ve read this year!

Audiobook Note: The audio edition is narrated by the incredible duo Zachary Webber and Andi Arndt, making this an automatic must-listen!      

 

Author Info

Melissa Foster is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today bestselling author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.

Author Links:  
Website:  http://www.melissafoster.com/
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/MelissaFosterAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Melissa_Foster
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3023973.Melissa_Foster
Newsletter: http://melissafoster.com/newsletter/
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melissa-foster
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissafoster_author/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@melissafoster_author 

Presented by