ARC Review: Kissin' Tell by Lorelei James

Kissin' Tell

by Lorelei James

Rough Riders #13



How would you describe Kissin' Tell in 3 words? 
Fran: Sweet. And. Diiiiiiirtaaaaaay.

Suz: Has Trampoline Sex

Tell McKay...how does he compare with all the other McKay cowboys?

Fran: I seem to have this problem everytime I read a Rough Riders book...Wanting to keep that particular McKay locked in my basement. But with Tell that actually means that he is closely vying for my favorite McKay spot. I have a thing for bad boys so Colt has always been a favorite of mine, then there's Jack who actually isn't a McKay, then Cord because holy hell he's hawt. But Tell has woven his way in there and now my order and priorities is all screwed up from wanting to ... ummmmm.... ok lets leave it at that. I loved him!

Suz: What I really like about the Rough Riders series is that each McKay is really different, the only thing they seem to have in common is their spectacular bedroom skills... must be in the McKay genes! And Tell was completely different from how I expected him to be, he had hidden depth. Although, he isn't my favourite McKay, that special accolade goes to Cord, Kane and Kade I still really liked him, he was could be intense but know how to have fun and he had mad sex skills...I will never look at a trampoline again in the same way.

What did you think of Georgia? Was she worthy of lassoing a McKay male?

Fran: I personally love stories about the geeky guy having a crush on a popular girl and then years after high school they get together. So I started off liking her already because she was never the mean girl. That being said she was ok. She wasn't a wimpy heroine but not too kick ass like I prefer them. But I actually think her personality worked with Tell very well.

Suz: I don't know why...but I never felt like I got that close to Georgia. She seemed nice and I liked that she let Tell bring out the adventurous side in her but I didn't feel any real connection to her like I have with LJ's previous gals.

What did you think of the relationship between Tell and Georgia?

Fran: Talk about some hot chemistry! Between Tells prowess in the bedroom, creative and no-holds-barred imagination and Georgia's open mind to trying anything, never saying no, going for what made her feel good and all her dirrrty talking...well they were amazing in the bedroom. But they actually complemented each other very well in their every day lives as well

Suz: They definitely had sizzling sexual chemistry! And more then that, I loved that they were able to be what the other needed, Georgia needed someone to help her let go and have fun, and Tell needed someone he didn't have to be the joker with.

Overall, what did you think of this installment of the Rough Riders series?

Fran: It was amazing. Sweet and a little kinky, with lots of teenage fantasies fulfilled which were extremely hawt. Probably one of my favorite books in the Rough Riders series. Tell has the perfect balance between sweet man and take charge alpha male, with plenty of game to bring to the ummm table ;) Definitely left me wanting more. And this book also left me wanting more Dalton. Yeah, like I said I have a thing for bad boys and when before he was pissing me off, now he's drawing me in like a fly. But alas, have to get Gavin first, no that I'm complaining. I'm excited and sad at the same time to see this series come to an end. Job well done, Ms. James!

Suz: I liked it! It wasn't my favourite, for some reason I didn't feel the connection with the characters that I have in previous books. But I thought it was good. Tell was one hot cowboy and him and Georgia made a sweet couple. I am now looking forward to Gavin's book, we haven't seen much of him, but that only intrigues me more!

Fran's Fave Quote 

Tell dipped up her chin. "You looked good then, but you look even better now."
She said, "Oh really?" as if she didn't believe him.
"Yep. Now I won't worry that I'll break you when I fuck you hard."

Suz's Fave Quote

"I think you broke me. I'm pretty sure I have trampoline burns on my knees and elbows."
"At least you don't have them on your balls," he muttered.

UTC Quote!

"Don't be smug. Now get back under these covers and kiss my butt" 

*ARC provided by publisher

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Stetsons and Smexin' with Tell - Kissin' Tell Kick Off Tour

We are heating things up with Lorelei James.  Under the Covers and Guilty Pleasures are hosting the Stetsons & Smexin' with Tell Hop to share the excitement about Lorelei's upcoming release Kissin' Tell.

KISSIN' TELL is the 13th book in the Rough Riders series, and because there might be a few obsessed fans of the series here at UTC we thought it would be great to share with you WHY we love it.

So strap in and buckle up, you are about to embark on a Rough ride and love every single sexy minute of it! To show you how much we love Lorelei James' Rough Riders series we are going to give you six very good reasons to get started on it!


Chugga-Chugga-Chugga... That's right, these boys are the Little (pfft see Will it Fit?) Engine That Could, and they do, many many times! Come rain, shine or an oncoming apocalypse, one thing the McKays will NEVER need is Viagra.

Orgasmaganza What these boys don't know about getting your lady parts quivering, isn't worth knowing. With just a Lick, a Touch and a freaking Look they can have you experiencing the Big O many many times.

Will it Fit? I know I know, and we may sound like a heroine from a Historical, but honestly these guys are heaving around pythons not grass snakes in the trouser department if you know what I mean...so grab some XL Trojans and enjoy the ride!

BOGOF That's right Buy One, Get One Free, Lorelei James is all about economy so where one cowboy goes normally his equally sexy buddy follows, so be prepared for a cowboy sandwich!

Oi! It Ain't All About the Orgasms The McKays may know the secret to multiple orgasms, but it isn't all about that. These cowboys love their ladies deeply and it shows, the Rough Riders series is hot n' sweet and very very delicious.

 Y Aren't Ya Reading it Yet? It has everything, hot men, sassy women, sweet romance and more sex then you can shake a stick at, so saddle up and ride!

All of the above equals COWBOY (yes we ARE clever!) Yet another great reason to read this series, who can ever resist a man in with a six pack, a Stetson and that sexy drawl? We certainly can't!

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UTC: How is Tell different than other McKays?

Lorelei: Tell is a fun loving guy, he's always up for a good time with his friends. And he loves the ladies but he's never serious about any of them. He tries to make his life about more than being just another McKay rancher.

UTC: Now that the series is coming to an end *cue sobbing from UTC girls* what are some of your future plans? Please tell us there will still be sexy cowboys somewhere!

Lorelei: I'm still writing the Blacktop Cowboys series. And I have more ideas for future books than I have time - but you can pretty much be guaranteed whatever I write will have a western flavor :) I would like to get back to the Wild West Boys and at least finish Ramona West's story and Chet and Remy West's story, but the earliest that'll happen is 2014.

UTC: Looking back at the Rough Riders series, which book would you say you are proudest of?

Lorelei: It's always the last book I finished writing because the books are getting harder to write, rather than easier. You'd think they'd be easier now that I'm 13 books into this family saga, but there is more pressure to make each book different and not write a cookie cutter story. 

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Sign up for the Kissin' Tell Kick Off Tour

Tour dates: June 13 - June 26
Hosted by Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews and Under the Covers Book Blog

We are inviting blogs who love the Rough Riders series as much as we do to participate in the Kissin' Tell Kick Off Tour.  Each blog will get a different book from the series to post about, so whether you want to put up a review, post you favourite scene, post pictures of nekkid cowboys or generally anything else you fancy doing, it would be great!  We are hoping that each blog will do a giveaway.  Lorelei will provide each blog with swag or a gift card for their winner.  She is also doing a grand tour prize of a Nook color or Kindle Fire, Winner's Choice.

Each blog will post the Kissin' Tell Cover and excerpt, review if you have one.  ARCs of Kissin' Tell will be available to tour participants if they are ready in time.

I really hope you will join us, it promises to be a lot of fun and a great opportunity to tell your followers about a series you love. 

We will give more details once we set the official tour schedule.
 
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Reviews: Guns and Roses Anthology

Guns and Roses

by Lori Armstrong, Allison Brennan, Josie Brown, Toni McGee Causey, Sylvia Day, Laura Griffin, Lorelei James, Sophie Littlefield, Roxanne St. Claire and Karin Tabke

Let me start out by saying that I have not read less than half of the authors in this anthology before picking this up, so I was very excited to get to sample some new authors!  This anthology is more on the mystery side than the romantic suspense, even though there is a romantic undertone to all the stories.  Just don't go in expecting a lot of hot and heavy action.  I'm giving the anthology in general a rating of 3 stars but there were some stories that stood out, which make this anthology 100% worthwhile.  So lets break it down.

Pick Your Poison by Roxanne St. Claire - 3 Stars
The story was cute.  I see it's part of the Bullet Catchers series, which is a security firm basically.  They are hired to serve as bodyguards to a politician but then get fired when they actually do their job on what seems to be a false alarm.  Benjamin Youngblood is the agent that had followed a hunch and lost the client so he gets fired.  In order to get his job back he wants to prove that he was right and keeps digging into the case.  Then he stumbles across Callie Parrish and the pieces start to fall into place, now all he has to do is get the proof.  This was pretty good until the ending then it got a little silly.  But still very entertaining read.

Nightfall by Laura Griffin - 3 Stars

This story was extremely short.  When it comes to stories that short is really hard to form an opinion on how good they are, especially when you don't already know the characters from somewhere else.    Basically Holly is at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong vehicle.  She is mistaken for a drug trafficking player and crashes her van loaded with flowers that she was supposed to deliver for a wedding.  Now she's in the middle of an investigation and she doesn't even know it.  I had a few eye-rolling moments with this story, especially when she gets rescued by a perfect stranger and when he leaves her alone at his house, she thinks its ok for her to "borrow" his car to make her flower delivery.

Above Reproach by Allison Brennan - 3.5 Stars

Now this story I liked a lot better.  There's a lot less romance and it's a grittier story.  Not all the fluff and humor.  A serial rapist is escalating his game and has now killed his first victim.  Selena Black is the detective that has been after this guy for a while and she KNOWS who it is.  Except he's a highly respected member of the community.  She makes mistakes that can cost them the investigation and her past comes poking its little ugly head as well.  But all I could think of after I finished this story was that I wouldn't mind reading more about her and her surgeon boyfriend, Gabriel, because he seems dangerous and dirty, and I would love to know what happens next!

Dead Flowers by Lori Armstrong - 4.5 Stars

I am kicking myself in the butt right now for not starting to read the Julie Collins series sooner.  I have no clue where this short story falls in the timeline but I can say that Julie is my kind of heroine.  Kick ass and headstrong.  I mean, she starts off the story by describing how much she hates Valentine's Day, she can drink and she even watches Myth Busters!  I gotta know more about this PI!  She's struggling with following up on a couple of PI cases where she's dealing with cheaters and drawing comparisons with her own relationship, and thinking her boyfriend is cheating on her.  I kept going back and forth between wanting him to be found guilty so she could get it on with her PI partner, or wanting it all to have a sweet ending.  And I won't tell you which way it goes.  I will be reading the rest of her books hopefully soon because I love Julie!

Blood and Roses by Sylvia Day - 3.5 Stars

This was the hottest story of the bunch, and even though it wasn't very long I think the story was developed very well.  Anastasia goes back to her hometown following up on a lead for her job as an insurance investigator.  See, some major jewels were stolen and she knows her mother was the mastermind behind the heist.  Of course being back in town somehow translated into being back in Jake Monroe's bed.  He's a cop, she comes from a family of thieves.  Even though she mostly tries to do good, sometimes she lets things go.  And this is why she thought they could never work as a couple.  Jake though has no plans of letting her walk out of his life again.

Rebel Rose by Karin Tabke - 3 Stars

I started out this story thinking I would love it.  I have read this author before, in this genre, as short stories, and loved them all.  This one fell a bit flat though.  There's been a murder at a frat house party and Detective Cash Cantrell is called in to investigate.  The murder is very similar to a case years ago.  He only has the victim's friend to help in the investigation.  And he's attracted to her.  Not only there's an age difference, but he's black and she's white.  As much as he wants to fight what's going on between them she is helping with the investigation.  The mystery or suspense was ok but the rest fizzled out for me.

A Punishing Night by Sophie Littlefield - 3 Stars

Going back to college stories, there's a dead body, male in an all female dorm.  Joe Bashir is going back as a detective in the case after having dropped out of this same college a while back.  I was scared there would be another cop-college girl romantic interest in this book so I was happy to see it wasn't.  While Joe is investigating, his knowledge of school rituals from before comes into play, even though he was originally called in due to his heritage and language skills.  Muslim hate crimes rendered Joe's dad pretty much an invalid, affected his own life and now have again shown up in this case.  The romance in this story doesn't even come into play until the end of the story but it was a nice addition.

The Housewife Assassin's Bloody Valentine by Josie Brown - No Rating

I couldn't get into this story and stopped about halfway through.

King of Hearts by Lorelei James - 4 Stars

This is a Rough Riders short story.  A bad day in the life of Cam McKay as a cop.  He's called in to the scene of a murder/suicide on Valentine's Day.  He went to school with the husband.  They seemed like such a happy couple just days before.  Cam has to deal with the parents, the investigation, and the fact that the reason why this all might've happened is because the husband never recovered mentally after coming back from war.  A lot of the issues hit home for Cam.  But at the end of the day when he gets to go home, the love of his family pulls him through.

Bobbie Faye's Whacked-Out, No-Good, Really Sucky, Hot Mess of a Wedding by Toni McGee Causey - 3 Stars

I can just let that title speak for itself! LOL This story was funny and a bit whacky but it was enjoyable if you like your heroines a bit eccentric, who can't go anywhere without a gun, even their own wedding, and who almost everyone is scared of.

*Review copy provided by author

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ARC Review: Cowboy Casanova by Lorelei James

Cowboy Casanova

by Lorelei James

(Rough Riders # 12)

He's a, a good time cowboy casanova leaning up against the record machine.... Oh sorry got distracted. But he IS a good time bad boy cowboy casanova leaning up against the bar looking sexy. *sigh* Ben McKay the things you do to me! First order of business, make sure you have the following things with you or handy before and while reading this book:

* A few changes of panties

* Your favorite BOB or significant other

* A glass of cold water, or an ice pack will do too.

Why, you ask? Because this book is HAWT! Ben McKay is such a naughty, naughty boy. Ms James has combined two of my favorite things, a hot cowboy and an alpha Dom. He just makes me purr. Whether it's tied to a bench, to the bed, to the bar or even a pool table.

Ben has always been the quiet one, but what we never got to see before was how out of place he felt in his own family. Finding his sexual preferences and staying true to that has really made him feel whole and it's not something he would ever give up.

Then he meets Ainsley at the Rawhide Club. She's pretending to be a female Dom so he makes her an offer: he'll be her sub for one night if he can Dom her for another night. Is that making you tingle yet?

But what a small world, Ainsley turns out to be the president of a new bank coming into Sundance, and Ben just happens to run into her and they make another deal. She'll be his sub for a month to try out the lifestyle.

What starts out as a fun experiment for both turns into deeper feelings. And whether they are sneaking around or being open about how they feel, these two have undeniable chemistry! Bennett can get to a part of Ainsley that she didn't think she had in her. And she gives him everything he thought he could never hope to have in a woman.

We see a little of the McKay clan but just in a small part. And I have to bring up the elephant in the room: The McKays can be money hungry asswipes sometimes, so I'm a bit disappointed with the turn of events in this book about a certain McKay. I hope in the next book he'll redeem himself in my eyes.

Gavin is also starting to be part of the family just a bit, and I really can't wait to read his story. And will he ask Ben for some love advice?

So read it, enjoy it, savor it. We won't get another rough ride for a while but this one was amazing!

* This ARC was provided by Samhain Publishing.

 

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Covers To Covet

Yes!!!  There's two cover reveals I have to share with you today!  I've actually been biting my nails not posting this since I saw it first last week.  Isn't it GREAT?!?!?!  I think it's my favorite cover of the whole Rough Riders series.  I am SO EXCITED for Ben's book.  I just know Ben will be deliciously naughty.  No blurb has been released yet, but the book will be out December 6, 2011.  A month away!!!! Mark your calendars!

Review: Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James

Chasin' Eight (Rough Riders #11)

by Lorelei James

Erotic Romance

Find it on Goodreads!

Chase McKay has screwed up big time. He has been kicked out the PBR for being caught with his dick out one too many times. Because of the crappy scores he has been getting recently he decides he needs to get back to basics and decides to disguise himself and start practicing on the smaller rodeos. Then there is the one month vow of celibacy, and Chase and Tail Mackay go one month with sex?

Then Ava Cooper, Hollywood actress and rich girl comes along, she wants to life real life for a while, after a bad and very public break up she wants to lay low and prove to herself that she is more then a spoiled brat, and helping Chase get his mojo seems just the way to do it!

We haven't seen much of Chase McKay in the other books other then to know that he is a famous bull rider and a ladies man. And damn he is as hot and sexy as all the other McKay men in this series! The man knows how to ride more then a bull! But apart from being a super hot cowboy with incredible stamina and muscles that just beg for a good tongue lashing, he is also...sweet! And possessive. And just damn perfect. We see him go from a bit of a selfish prick to a responsible man who learns to take care of more then just number one.

Ava was also great, probably one of my favourite ladies in the series, her and Chase are kinda similar in the way that they are both a little spoiled and selfish in the beginning of the book, but as they carry on their road trip together they start to realize they need to take charge and be responsible for their own actions.

What can I say about the smoking hotness of this book! Like all LJ books it had some hot sex in it! These McKay men KNOW how to please a woman! Because of this book I now have a brand new fantasy involving, chaps, a cowboy hat and a deep fried twinky! (I have never had or actually seen a RL Twinky so I don't actually know what they are like. But I want one!)

This book seemed a little more serious then the other books, something really horrible happens that actually brought tears to my eyes.

But I am now DESPARATE for a book about Ben, Chase's older brother, he is just so HOT! And I have a feeling that his book is going to be on my whips-and-chains-excite-me shelf and damn is that doesn't make me feel a little squirmy!

My Favourite Quotes:

"Just thinking about the treat I'm gonna offer you."
"Can you give me a hint?"
"It's long and hard filled with sweet white cream."
Ava sighed dreamily "Am I perverted fir admitting I can't wait to wrap my lips around it and taste it?"
~~~

And could she get a halleluiah that he had chest hair? Talk about manly, masculaine goodness.
(Yes she can! HALLE-FRACKING-LUIAH!)

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Review: Cowgirls Don't Cry by Lorelei James

Cowgirls Don't Cry (Rough Riders #10)

by Lorelei James

Erotic Romance

Find it on Goodreads!

Warning: Contains branding-iron-hot sex , the one McKay on earth who wants to be tamed, and a woman who’s decided tame is for nice girls who finish last.

Jessie McKay has accepted her marriage to Luke McKay wasn’t perfect. After two years of widowhood, she’s ready to kick up her bootheels—until Luke’s younger brother shows up to spoil her fun. But if Brandt thinks she’ll ever take orders from another McKay male, he’s got manure for brains.

Brandt McKay has avoided his sweet, sexy sister-in-law ever since the night he confessed his feelings for her weren’t the brotherly type. Unexpectedly faced with proof of Luke’s infidelity, Brandt is forced to ask for Jessie’s help in taking care of Luke’s young son. Jessie agrees on one condition—she wants Brandt’s boots exclusively under her bed for the duration.

The sexual heat that’s always simmered between them ignites. Brandt is determined to make the temporary situation permanent, proving to Jessie he’s a one-woman man. And Jessie is shaken by feelings she’s sworn never to have again for any man…especially not a McKay. From Goodreads

You know what they say, it is always the quiet ones...! Well this book is a whole testament to that statement! Brandt is a quiet, nice guy on the outside, on the inside he is a sexy passionate man, who has been in love with Jessie since he first saw her. Unfortunately for both of them, she chose the wrong brother.

I really liked seeing them come closer together as they both look after the child, and seeing Jessie realize that Brandt might just be the perfect man for her. He is protctive and responsible, a perfect gentlman, but in the bedroom (or the sofa, the kitchen...) he is shows her passion that she has never really had before.

Like all the other Rough Riders books, this is HAWT, with plenty of dirty cowboy sex which just begs to be read again and again. But it was also sweet watching Brandt and Jessie falling in love was a treat.

We were also introduced to another side of the McKay family, as we seem to have run out of McKay brothers and I imagine they will be the subjects of the next books in this series and I cannot wait to read about them.

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Review: Raising Kane by Lorelei James

Raising Kane (Rough Riders # 9)

by Lorelei James

Erotic Romance

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Warning: Contains one sweet and hot hunk of cowboy manflesh who uses every sexual trick in the book to render a sassy, fast-talking attorney speechless and put a new twist on the term "binding arbitration".

She surrendered the reins. Now he's raising the stakes.

When a patch of ice sends attorney Ginger Paulson head-over-high-heels down a flight of stairs, she has no one to care for her young son and her invalid father - until lethally sexy Kane McKay shows up at the hospital, determined to prove his cowboy chivalry. Past experience has inoculated her against take-charge men, but even Ginger isn't immune to Kane's invasive charm and Built Ford Tough body.

For two years rancher Kane McKay has followed the Little Buddies mentoring program's cardinal rule - hands off his Little Buddy Hayden's mama. But one look at Ginger's bruised body and Kane is through watching the stubborn woman take care of everyone but herself. The feisty, curvy redhead needs his help, and he'll give her the hands-on type whether she likes it or not.

After Kane throws out doctor's orders and issues his own demands - her full sexual submission - Ginger realizes Kane's caring nature extends beyond just fulfilling her physical needs.

Can the former hell-raiser convince the gun-shy single mom to look beyond his past - toward a shared future? From Goodreads

We have heard so much about Kane's hell raising ways in the other books in the series and even had hi featured in a rather tawdry threesome/foursome in "Cowgirl Up and Ride" and now finally Kane (also known as Buck!) has his own book. A book I really enjoyed, I don't know what it is about these twins, but Kane and Kade's book have got to be my top two in this series.

Kane has changed, he is now a responsible guy, despite how he is still seen by some people. However, this just adds to his appeal, he was such a great guy in this book. Loving, kind, hardworking, and ofcourse abso-fricking-lotely gorgeous. And the sex scenes in this were really good, hot and intense, Ginger is one lucky lady!

This series just keeps getting better and better and I really can not get enought of LJ's hot cowboys!