ARC Review: Hot in Handcuffs by Shayla Black, Sylvia Day and Shiloh Walker

Hot in Handcuffs

by Shayla Black, Sylvia Day and Shiloh Walker

(Sexy Capers # 3, Shadow Stalkers # 4, The FBI Psychics # 3)

Reason # 546 why you should buy this book: LOOK AT THAT COVER!!!  I guarantee it will look really nice sitting on your nightstand or bookshelf.  But seriously, this book is a MUST-BUY if you like your erotic romance scorching hot with a good dose of suspense.  You can't go wrong when you put three incredibly talented authors together and let them run wild.  And run wild they did!

Arresting Desire by Shayla Black

4 Feathers

I'm coming late to the Sexy Capers party.  This is a series by Shayla Black that I have NOT read.  Yes, I know, shocker!  And believe me, this is something I will have to remedy shortly.  But even, without having read the previous two books I had no problem getting into this story.  Jon Bocelli has apparently been working undercover in a mob operation until they were able to crack the case, but the mob boss died in the process and now Jon's brother is in jail for that murder.  Jon has to go back now to find some proof that his brother is innocent.  And this will put him face to face with Lucia DiStefano, that mob boss's youngest daughter and the object of his lust during his whole undercover work.  Not only will he have to ask for her help to save his brother, but he will have to deal with his feelings for her once and for all.  And they are hot and dirty!  Sexy cop + virgin mob princess = explosive heat!

On Fire by Sylvia Day

5 Feathers

I don't even know where to begin with this story.  The title says it all.  End of review.  I've only read one other Shadow Stalker novella and it was verrrra hot as well but this one had smoke coming out of ears and sweat forming it was so hot.  A series of fires in local business are all hitting home for fire inspector Darcy Michaels.  When the crimes are too much for the small town cops to handle it, she calls in the cavalry and Deputy Marshal Jared Cameron and his partner are sent in to investigate.  And from page one when Jared met Darcy it was straight to the point "I want you, I'm going to have you".  I love strong female heroines and that's Darcy to a tee, but she has such a damaged past that it has made it easy for the wrong people to get close to her.  Jared is of course the alpha male that everyone dreams of having, in and out of the bedroom.  And even though I thought he would be overprotective and too macho to let her do her job and take care of her issues, he was perfect and gave her the space she needed and the opportunity to show that she can handle her own.  Only bad part is that I had the killer pegged from the beginning, but the rest of this story was so good that didn't even take a star away!  On Fire had me burning up!

The Unwilling by Shiloh Walker

4 Feathers

Mica Greer is trying to catch a serial killer.  Her only hope right one is a retired FBI agent with a special psychic gift who just happened to be her partner and lover 15 years ago.  Colby rejects his gift for all the heartache it has brought him and how difficult it has made his life.  But when Mica shows back up in his life asking for help with catching this killer, he has to help her.  Whether its because its the right thing to do or because he never got over her and will do anything to be close to her again.  If there is one thing that Ms. Walker can do like very few people can is to write a villain that might just give me nightmares.  And oh the shudders I felt while being in the mind of this killer.  I have new and disturbing images to associate to an otherwise fun song in my head now.  Although this story has less heat than the rest, its still an amazing and suspenseful story that will have you glued to every word.  As it happens every time I read a book by Ms. Walker, once you start you are sucked in until you finish!  And along the way you will go on an emotional roller coaster along with the characters.  So great!

*ARC provided by publisher

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Review: Men Out of Uniform by Maya Banks, Karin Tabke and Sylvia Day

3.5 Feathers



Men Out of Uniform

by Maya Banks, Karin Tabke and Sylvia Day

(Shadow Stalkers # 2)

Romantic Suspense

Now who doesn't love a hot men out of uniform? Especially if they're Paul Marron!! This cover caught my eye a while back and I've been waiting for it to release since.

Soul Possession by Maya Banks
3 Feathers

Maya Banks is a favorite author of mine, which is why I'm surprised I didn't connect with this story as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong it was hot, and the plot is ok, but there was no connection for me with the characters.

We have Jessie Callahan, a waitress at a bar where two HOT cops have been hanging out for a while now. Rick and Truitt are partners and when they first see Jessie they're both extremely attracted to her. So they decide to share her and they've been trying for a long time now to flirt and get her to go home with both of them.

Things come to a head when she gets fired, they have one HOT night together, and then everything goes to hell. Someone turns up dead, there's a serial killer on the loose, and Truitt and Rick decide they want to be in a relationship with her, yes, at the same time.

I didn't like the resolution of the serial killer story, it felt a bit rushed and incomplete. The sex is as usual hot, obviously be prepared for menage, and everything it entails. ;) Steamy, and it worked for me!

Wanted by Karin Tabke
4.5 Feathers

This was my favorite story of this anthology. Don't ask me why, but it was extremely hot, sensual, the characters worked well together. I think especially because they had a history together. One thing I didn't necessarily get was how it was so difficult for him to find her all those years ago when he was supposedly in love.

So Sophia gives her virginity to Colin, the popular jock, the night of his graduation. She's been in love with him forever. After that her family gets threatened and she has to marry a mobster and pretty much has disappeared since. But she never forgot Colin.

Now she's on the run from her husband, who has a price on her head so she won't testify against him. Colin, a detective now, is sent to escort her back to New York so she can testify an din the meantime has to protect her.

There's enough action in this book, and both kinds of it. Very steamy... on the floor, in the bathtub, on the bed. Everywhere!

Taking the Heat by Sylvia Day
4 Feathers

Layla Creed is in the witness protection program because she has to testify to bring down a cartel. On a recent trip to Mexico with her friend, they ran into trouble and where in the middle of cartel business.

After an attempt on her life she ends up with a most unexpected person protecting her. Brian Simmons. Her brothers best friend and the man she fell in love with at 16. He is also the man she left because she couldn't deal with him putting his life in danger for his career.

Brian has never let go of his love for Layla and now wants nothing but keep her with him, but first he will have to keep her safe from some very important people that need her dead.

These two have chemistry. They know each others' bodies very well and from the get-go they knew and accepted the fact that while he's protecting her they would be together.

I wish I had read some other Shadow Stalkers books as I would've liked some background into other characters we see in this book, but the main one I liked was Rachel, and how she showed Layla how she could be ok with being with Brian, dangerous career and all.

Another hot story with a little bit less action during the whole story, but plenty of it under the covers.

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