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Rock You Like a Hurricane

Emergency kit: Flashlight, check. Radio, check. One lover and a spare, double check.

So much for being her knight in shining armor. Much to Greg’s irritation, someone else got to his girlfriend Olivia’s house first: the other man in her life, wise-cracking Jack Randall. Never mind that the open relationship idea was his—what he really wants is Olivia all to himself. Now that they’re trapped together, though, getting Jack out of the picture is a problem.

Olivia has never been a fan of storms, but right now the only thing more uncomfortable than the one raging outside is the one brewing beneath her own roof. Although she’s thrilled to have both her lovers there to help her endure the hurricane, the friction between them is threatening to turn this into a very bad night.

Jack is more amused than annoyed. There’s not a doubt in his mind that after all is said and done, Olivia will pick him. How can she not? Out of the two of them, Jack is the one who is ready to close the door on their open relationship. All he has to do first is get rid of the uptight professor.

Easier said than done…

Warning: Two men who don’t like sharing their toys, a heroine who doesn’t see why she can’t have her cake and eat it too. Stormy weather can bring out all kinds of wild behavior.

Reviewer: Chris
Review: Mar 16, 2012
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Menage / Multiple Partners, Rubenesque
Not getting any younger and certainly not beating off men with a stick, Olivia accepts Greg’s offer of an open relationship when they start dating. When she meets Jack she’s glad she did, as she cares for him as much as Greg, but in a way unique to them. As he’s also a “no strings” man it works out perfectly. When severe weather strikes she’s pleased that both her men have shown up to help her deal with he

Going Up

Watching Koko Brown’s kinky elevator exhibitions has become the best thing about Reese Desoto’s Tuesdays and Thursdays. As head of security of Sarraf Enterprises, he’s been keeping two very attentive eyes on the dark-skinned beauty and her naughty habits, but he’s over sharing her performances with all the other men in security. He’s ready for a private show.

Koko always feared that one day her elevator fetish would get her in trouble, but she never thought her comeuppance would appear in the form of a man as devastatingly handsome and commanding as Reese. To her delight though, instead of reprimanding her, Reese offers her access to a private elevator, one in which she can be as wicked as she pleases for an attentive audience of one. All she has to do is step in, strip down and enjoy the ride.

Reviewer: Aiobhan Belen
Review: Nov 29, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural / Minority
I enjoyed this story for what it is: a quick sexy erotic short story. As my reviews of Ms. Matthews' other works have attested I am a fan. And this story even with its flaws is still entertaining as her other books but is missing a few synapses here and there. Koko Brown, the main protagonist in this tale, loves to pleasure herself in public- more specifically in elevators. Her exhibitionism knows no bounds;

Sleepless Beauty

To say Nicole Torres is having a hard time sleeping would be putting it lightly. After months of wide-awake late nights, the Puerto Rican beauty is finally at her wits' end. That is until she stumbles over a little article on the Internet on how the best cure for insomnia is sex. So what’s a sleep- and penis-deprived girl to do? Run straight into the arms of the man who broke her heart a few months ago. She needs his parts, not his promises.

Men don’t get more jaded than prize fighter Cyrus Gallagher. After winning a few matches and making a little money, he’s sure he’s heard every hard luck story in the book from people looking for a handout. But a favor for sex, well that’s a new one. If the request had come from anyone else he wouldn’t have believed it, but Nicole isn’t just anyone. She's the one that got away.

Nicole needs him, wants him, but she doesn’t trust him with her heart any longer, just her body. But her body is a great place to start, because once Cyrus has her under him again, he’ll do everything in his power to make sure his beauty never sleeps alone again.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: anal play;erotic asphyxiation. 

Reviewer: Aiobhan Belen
Review: Nov 1, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural / Minority
It is no secret amongst my friends that I love Lena Matthews' books. Ms. Matthews is on a very short list of authors that I know no matter what will never disappoint. Sleepless Beauty is a highly erotic modern take on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Nicole is a harried young woman who just cannot sleep. She has too many things on her mind and cannot afford to lose a moment more of sleep. She doesn't k

Priceless

All she wants for Christmas is him. All he wants is everything…for her.

As Christmas bears down on Eric Athers’s empty wallet, one question plagues him: What to get the love of his life when he has less than nothing?

It doesn’t help that his wife, Nia, who works extra shifts to support him through his medical residency, practically glows with holiday spirit. Her determination to put the “Merry” in Merry Christmas only serves as a painful reminder of everything he’s unable to provide for her.

Nia loves her husband to distraction, and she can’t for the life of her figure out how someone so smart can be so dumb when it comes to something as simple as a little holiday. Christmas is so much more than presents and shopping malls.

All she has to do is show her own personal Scrooge that the best gifts come from the heart.

Warning: This story is guaranteed to melt your snowman.

Reviewer: Valerie
Review: Nov 29, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Multicultural / Minority, Seasonal / Holiday
Lena Matthew's delivers a cute and sensual Christmas romance with Priceless. Book three in the Urban Fairytales series. While reading this book the "All I Want for Christmas" song kept replaying in my thoughts and with good reason because that's the theme of this book. It's mostly the lighthearted tale of a husband and wife who are struggling with their budget during the Christmas season. The gifts aren't

Dreams of the Oasis IV

Getting Slayed By Anya Bast
Princess Jeweline of the Kingdom of Hask fears she will never shed her pesky chastity belt and finally get laid, especially since a dragon keeps charbroiling all her fiancés. Jeweline decides to slay the dragon herself, but the dragon is not everything she'd presumed. He's dangerous and fire-breathing all right, but he's not always a dragon. Marcus is a cursed man with dark, erotic needs that Jeweline finds herself all too willing to satisfy.

That is, until Darrion the Brave, dragon slayer extraordinaire, explodes onto the scene with a goal of killing Marcus and taking Jeweline for his own.

Passionflower By Ravyn Wilde
What happens when you combine passionflower wine, a gorgeous foreign man whose understanding of the English language seems to short-circuit occasionally — with a nightclub specializing in private booths?

You wake up the next morning with a screaming headache. A suspicion the mattress beneath you just might be flesh and blood instead of memory foam. And a view out the window that seems to be the planet Earth, as seen from space.

All Nancy wanted to do was put some social interaction back into her very secluded life… She ended up with something out of this world.

Shadows Stir By N.J. Walters
Warriors of the Shadow Realm are facing their own demise, so the Shadow Lord sends one of his Ryders into the world to protect a woman who might hold the key to their very survival. Gideon finds more than someone to protect. He finds a woman to love.

Jo Harris is a woman on a mission to find her missing sister and she'll do whatever it takes. She encounters a mysterious stranger who becomes both protector and lover. But will their love be enough to save them both from the encroaching shadows?

Sting of the Wind By Charlotte Boyett-Compo
Shannon O'Rourke was thrilled to get the job at Durbin Enterprises. She believed in what the billionaire owner was trying to accomplish with medical research on blood diseases and a blood bank to provide blood and plasma for local and national emergencies.

Despite his philanthropic endeavors, Shae Durbin holds a dark secret, one Shannon soon discovers — the blood bank meets the needs of creatures that can never see the light of day. To protect his people, Shannon must be brought into that world within the erotic arms of a master vampire.

Temperature Rising By Lena Matthews
Danner Austin knows that falling for his best friend's sister could ruin their friendship but he just can't stop thinking about her. When Breanna Cole's brother asks her to house sit, she accepts so she can be closer to Danner. Unfortunately she didn't count the heat wave and blackouts into her grand plan of seduction.

The heat's rising and Danner's self-control is slipping. If he can keep his cool during the heatwave, everything will be fine. Now all he has to do is figure out how to keep his hands off Breanna once the lights go out.

Virtuosity By Kris Starr
Three years after the wrongful death of her husband during a mission to an alien planet's surface, Commander Dillon Walker is still wrought with guilt. Seeking an escape and a lover's touch, yet not willing to open her heart to a traditional new relationship, Dillon turns to the virtual world of the HoloSuite. Aidan satisfies her beyond her wildest dreams, reawakens her sexual self…but to Dillon's chagrin, he's not real. Or is he?

 


Happily Even After
Genre: Multicultural Contemporary
Length: Novel
 
Two kids and a divorce later, Creigh De Luca figures she’s pretty much done with diapers and late night feedings. That is until a little blue stripe turns her world upside down. Never in a billion years would Creigh have thought she’d become pregnant from a one-night stand, nor could she have ever guessed the unforeseen pregnancy would warrant unexpected help…from her ex-husband, Dean.
 
Divorce papers haven’t changed a thing for Dean. He’s still as in love with his ex-wife as he’d always been. Despite the fact he’s not the father of her unborn child, Dean is determined to help Creigh during her pregnancy—whether she wants him to or not.
 
Creigh has never stopped loving Dean, but she’s not going to let him back in to her life just because she’s expecting a child, especially since she is determined to keep the father’s identity from Dean. But Dean refuses to be dismissed so easily. He knows that with a little patience, forgiveness, and love they can still live happily even after.
 
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse.
Reviewer: Gijeanie
Review: Jul 4, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Multicultural / Minority
It was very intense reading Happily Even After by Lena Matthews. There are so many emotions you can't help but feel reading this book. I have never been in this predicament but I could only imagine how it must feel. Can love really make it though anything or are something’s just too hard to work through? I think if you love someone you can work though anything and that is what Lena Matthews brings to li

Something Worth Fighting For
No good deed goes unpunished… And no one knows that better than Tisha Nichols, who, out of the kindness of her heart, agrees to style the hair of her nine-year-old neighbor Cami, so the little girl can look good for picture day. Unfortunately, Cami’s adoptive Uncle is far from grateful. In fact he’s down right livid…and far too attractive for Tisha’s peace of mind.
 
Love thy neighbor… Is easier said than done, especially when the neighbor in question is a sexy little spitfire who gives even better than she gets. Although Jonah is not the type to say he’s sorry, even he can admit when he’s wrong. But the ongoing fight to win custody of Cami has made him cautious and mistrustful of people, even those as desirable as Tisha.
 
What starts as a misunderstanding turns out to be one of the best things to ever happen to them. Unfortunately, not everyone is as thrilled, and Jonah and Tisha must decide if their newly formed family is something worth fighting for.
Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Aug 4, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
Tisha Nichols is a woman who loves hair and making people happy. The thing is this one time she was being nice she got in trouble by a little girl no less. Cami is sweet and unfortunately has an uncle who is upset with her. Jonah is one white guy who is getting her turned on like no other guy has done before. Though she is not looking for a man right now something about being with Jona seems right. For a man

The Good, the Bad, and the Naughty

Genre: Multicultural Erotic Contemporary

Length: Novella

Maryam James is a hard taskmaster. A balls-to-the-walls type of woman who started her company with nothing more than a strong idea and a loan and turned it into one of the Top Fortune 500 companies in America. There’s only one person she trusts implicitly and that’s her personal assistant Xavier Sun, who, much to her dismay, has just turned in his resignation.

Maryam is the one woman Xavier can’t live without. She may be in command in the boardroom, but he's in control in the bedroom, and if he learned anything from being by her side for the last seven years it was Maryam doesn’t know how to take ‘no’ for an answer. So it’s no surprise to him she basically forbids him to quit. Leaving is the last thing on Xavier mind, however. He’s willing to put his job on the line, if it will get Maryam to realize the depths of her feelings for him.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse.

Reviewer: Maria
Review: Jun 17, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
This multicultural spicy romance was a fast and fun novella with more emotional depth than what I was expecting. The main character of Maryam James was really feisty and the hero of the story, Xavier Sun, was much more than just a hot looking man and talented assistant. Maryam James has worked very hard to get to her lingerie company to where it is today, at the top. Her company is a labor of love

The Gift

Ethan Neilson will do anything for his twin brother. Even father the child Benjamin is unable to with the woman they both love. All their lives, the brothers have shared everything—everything but the woman who matters most.

 
After several failed attempts to conceive a child, Hannah desperately wants a break. A weekend getaway to celebrate the birthdays of the two men she loves seems like the perfect opportunity to relax and unwind.
 
Benjamin knows Ethan and Hannah love one another, just as he knows the three of them together forever is the way it always should have been. Now the only thing he has to do is convince his brother and wife. Having a child would be wonderful, but sharing his wife’s heart and body with his brother is the gift Benjamin wants most of all.
Reviewer: Chris
Review: Feb 28, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Menage / Multiple Partners
Hannah is happily married to Benjamin. She and Benjamin are trying to conceive and discover the unthinkable; Benjamin is incapable. The stress and disappointment are taking a toll on their love life and they opt for a weekend at the family cabin to get away and reconnect as lovers, not just a couple trying to make a baby. And joining them is Ethan and the woman he dates. It’s to be a birthday celebratio

Double Dare
Paige Reyes is going to kill Shane Oxley if it’s the last thing she does. Not only did the cold-hearted blackmailer force her to attend his thirtieth birthday party, he used her love for her brother to do it, giving her just one more reason to dislike him. Not that she needed it.
 
No matter how justified Paige’s reasons are for avoiding him, Shane refuses to be without her for another second. Thanks to a risky game of Double Dare three years ago, Shane made the biggest mistake of his life and lost Paige in the process. Now all he wants is an opportunity to make it right again.
 
The birthday surprise is on Paige though. If Shane only has one chance with her, then he’s going to do everything he can to change her heart. The gloves are off and everything is fair game.

 

Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Jul 21, 2009
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary
Paige Reyes hates Shane Oxley. He said he was her best friend and that he would never hurt her. Yet just like any man he did hurt her. She knew coming to his birthday party was a huge mistake but friends are important to her. It is because of them that she is attending the party and wishing she was somewhere else. She knew when she went to help him three years ago it was a mistake. Yet something about Shane a

Full Exposure

Keeley Jackson has a problem. She’s madly in love with her cousin’s friend Sean Hastings, but the trouble is, he doesn’t know she exists. All he sees is the flat-chested little girl with the big glasses whom he always called “Squints”.
 
Despite what she might think, Sean has definitely noticed Keeley is all grown up. The proof is right there every time he looks her way. He’s just not sure if he’s willing to risk losing his best friend in order to have her.
 
For Keeley, enough is enough. With the help of her best friend, she cooks up a plan that will surely show Sean she’s not a little girl any longer, even if that means posing suggestively for erotic photographs. It’s a risky venture, but Keeley knows in order to get Sean for herself she will have to risk nothing less than full exposure.
 

Reviewer: Chris
Review: Oct 10, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary
Fourteen years of being around a person can really put a crimp in plans for seduction. Keeley has known Sean forever it seems. He’s her cousin’s best friend, and being known as “Squints” isn’t exactly the moniker she’s looking for. How can she snag the man she knows is meant for her?   Fighting his attraction for years, to preserve his friendship with

Redemption 4: Helen's Release

Series: Redemption; Previous Book: Lily's Surrender Genre: Erotic Contemporary; Full-figured heroine Length: Novel Fabulous at fifty Helen Weller is not. In fact, the once svelte woman is not only forty pounds overweight, she's also about to be a grandma. Too young to for the senior discount yet to old for singles scene, her prospects have Helen downright blue. Although happy for her daughter, she's despondent for herself. Nobody wants to make love with a granny. Or so she thinks. Griffin Powers has been fascinated with Helen since the first moment he saw a photo of her. The former wallflower is ready to bloom and he doesn’t want to miss a minute of it. Yet despite his intense attraction to her, Helen isn't willing to let him in. She's finally in charge of her life and she doesn't want to give up control. Lucky for her, Griffin is more than willing to let Helen be the one in power. He just has to convince of her to release her fears. Once he does, Helen and Griffin experiment with all her hidden desires. But Griffin wants more than just a sexual partner; he wants Helen in his life forever.

Reviewer: Dreamweaver
Review: Sep 6, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
Ladies are going to love this one! Do not be taken back by the fact that our heroine is full-figured. Helen Weller is fifty year old widow who after many long years is, now, finally feeling in control of her life and good about herself. Attractive still in her own right, Helen finds herself wondering if she can or will ever find another man with whom she can be romantically intimate.   Enter Griffi

Redemption 4: Helen's Release

Series: Redemption; Previous Book: Lily's Surrender

Genre: Erotic Contemporary; Full-figured heroine

Length: Novel

Fabulous at fifty Helen Weller is not. In fact, the once svelte woman is not only forty pounds overweight, she's also about to be a grandma. Too young to for the senior discount yet to old for singles scene, her prospects have Helen downright blue. Although happy for her daughter, she's despondent for herself. Nobody wants to make love with a granny. Or so she thinks.

Reviewer: Arianne
Review: Apr 8, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
Helen just got out being married to an ex-alcoholic and has started thinking she will get a new start in life and lose some weight. However, she just found out she is going to be a grandmother so she is feeling old now but things are looking up. Griffin, an old family friend, has fallen in love with her and has started to make the move to get Helen to like him or even love him. Will Helen let it Griffin in th

Body and Soul

Series Note: Body and Soul is a standalone title with characters from Redemption: Steven's Salvation.

Genre: Multicultural Polyamorous Erotic Contemporary

Length: Novel

Not everyone wants to be well liked, especially not Nichelle Turner. She's rather fond of her less than personable persona the small-minded folks of River Bend see. It allows her to fly under their radar and be as naughty as she wants to be with bad boy turned good guy, Terrance Walker.

Terrance always had a special place in his heart for Nichelle. Her fiery temper turns him on as much as her sexy little body, but he's not the only one who's drawn to her. When Terrance's ex-partner, Alejandro Ortez, arrives in town, the adventurous duo soon discovers two's company but three's a whole lot of fun.

Things are never as good as they seem. And no one knows better than Alejandro. He just can't understand how the two of them can be so open and willing to include him in their relationship. Although he enjoys sharing Nichelle with Terrance, he doesn't believe a relationship like theirs can last. He's willing to give his body but not his soul.

Unfortunately for him, Nichelle wants it all. And what Nichelle wants, she gets.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Bondage, domination/submission, exhibitionism, m‚nage (m/f/m), spanking, voyeurism.

Reviewer: Dee
Review: Apr 2, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
Terrance moved back into the small town Nichelle and he grew up in to further his romance with her. Nichelle, a spitfire worked at her sister's restaurant and Terrance as a cop. She wants to keep their relationship quiet, but they start to get out and be seen. Terrance has company at his house - his Chicago cop partner who was shot and recuperating. When Alejandro meets Nichelle he's taken with her too, a

When Angels Fall

To Lauren, dressing up as a naughty angel for her father's costume party seemed like a fun idea. That was until she saw her fiancé Evan's reaction. Sure, the outfit didn't compliment her full figure, but it wasn't that bad.

Evan's fed up with Lauren's passive bedroom behavior. He's tried to keep his sexual dominant side under wraps, but a man can only take so much. An angel costume shouldn't look so sinful…or sexy.

He'll play the devil to her angel and treat Lauren to a naughty night of loving she'll never forget.

 

Reviewer: Sara
Review: Nov 4, 2007
Genre(s): Erotic Romance
Lauren is a full figured woman, with a little self-image issue. When Lauren and Evan make love, it's lights out and in the missionary position. Evan would like to try exploring other things but out of respect for Lauren, he waits. Evan picked Lauren up for the Halloween Party. Seeing Lauren dressed as an angel turns Evan on. As they drive in silence to the party, Lauren thinks Evan is upset about the costu

Shadow of Moonlight

Remington is a solider first and a woman second. She's fought hard to earn her place as Venator for her pack. The safety of her Benandanti comes first, even before her own wants and desires. There isn't a Were alive who can make her feel any differently. Then again, Jace McClellen isn't an ordinary Werewolf.

Thanks to the roll of the genetic dice, Jace possesses all the strength of a Werewolf but not the ability to change. Instead he's been given the annoying talent to dream a fortune-cookie future. A future filled with more questions than answers and a dream sidekick who aggravates more than he helps. The one thing he doesn't need his visions to tell him is he and Remington are meant to be together. Now the only thing he has to do is convince Remington.

Reader Advisory: While this novel is a stand-alone, for better reader enjoyment we recommend reading Myth of Moonlightfirst.

 

Reviewer: Susan
Review: Oct 22, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance
Shadow of Moonlight is a passionate tale of a pack of werewolves and their ongoing challenges to continue their race. Jace is only part Were and unable to change. His position in the pack is as the Watcher because of his lineage and dream visions. His latest cryptic vision will bring the woman of his desires to his side as they attempt to piece together foretold events and stop the latest power play betwee

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