Friday, April 1, 2016

Amie's Review of Heroine Hearts by Kirsty-Anne Still

★✩★ Darkness Made These Heroine Hearts ★✩★






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HEROIN
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-a highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic producing euphoria.

HEROINE
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noun
-a woman admired for her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.


He saw me as one.
I became addicted to the other.
He saw us as forever.
I saw our love story as bittersweet.
Why?
Simple.
It was all caused by one thing – total, abominable darkness.
But that was what we loved the most.
After all, darkness made these heroine hearts.


**Due to subject material, this book is advised for readers of a mature nature and not suitable for any readers under 18. Read at your own discretion.
Use of tough subject matter includes rape, substance abuse, and violence.**





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REVIEW
AMIE'S 5 STAR REVIEW

WOW - this was one of those stories that I didn't expect - a bit of a unique twist to it and a very dark and twisted feel. Many triggers for those who have suffered or dealt with abuse/addiction so not exactly an easy read but also not one that I could put down. The ending - OH NO WAY - I did NOT expect that at all - are you freakin kidding me - but hey I am just a reader - Kirsty is the boss lady at this...

Isla was forced away from her loved ones years ago during spring break as many of the other girls here were. They are used and abused on top of being forced to run drugs across the border. The drug cartel has been around for years and is powerful and strong under Joaquin's rule. Though lately his son Santiago has been trying to do things his own way , to change things up and to say he is more ruthless than any is an understatement. When we meet Isla she may be broken and lost BUT she is still strong and determined to care for these girls and she allows herself to suffer so they won't have to. It doesn't always work for her BUT she tries. Javier is the new guy on the block. Fought til the death to get into the cartel and quickly proved himself and moved up the ranks. Nobody knows his secret but us and although he plays a great bad guy he is all heart. When we do find out his story and he shares that with Isla their connection becomes so much more. Sadly this may be the downfall for them both. Can Javier recover his emotions and fix what he set in motion or will this be the final straw for Isla and her broken body ?? This is a crazy ride and over this short span of time we see so much horror it is a wonder anyone survived.  This is one of those stories that no matter how hard you wish for it there isn't an alternate ending...


Kirsty is an English writer who spends most of her time daydreaming characters and lives she’ll one day get to fictionally live. She writes suspense romances and romantic thrillers with dark twists. She prides herself on living with each of her characters while she writes them while trying not to get too attached! When she finally takes a break, she can be found spending time with her amazing family and friends, having a laugh, and usually searching a good horror film to scare herself with! Latest releases include the Pericolo Series: Femme Fatale (Pericolo #1), Femme Fatale Reloaded (Pericolo #2). The series is set to explode with Trigger – a standalone in the series – Femme Fatale Loved (Pericolo #3), Femme Fatale Finale (Pericolo #4), and Mobbed – a standalone prequel. Other releases include The Viper Series: Saturdays At The Viper Rooms (Viper #1), The Runaway Viper (Viper #2), The Viper’s Bite (Viper #3). The Fire Series: A Fire That Burns and its sequel, Watch What Burns. Also out is Kirsty’s co-write book with author Bethan Cooper, Your Little Secret.
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Lust, love, and second chances.

Growing up in the fast-paced and rough life of a motorcycle club wasn’t easy. Cleaning up the mess his father had made of Vipers Creed meant sacrifice. Cade ‘Spook’ Baker had given up everything to bring the club life back to what it was supposed to be: a family.

The choices he made were not what he wanted, but they were necessary for the club as a whole.
Second chances rarely came to Spook, so when his Trixie walked boldly into his clubhouse, the decision was made. Trixie would once again be his, this time for good.

Trix Lamasters was raised by a master—a master con. All grown up, she made her life solid by making it about her club, Sirens. But one bad business decision brought her to her knees, forcing her to call on the one person she had sworn she would never trust again.

Pasts have a way of not staying there. Things that were buried deep have a way of finding themselves in the light of a new day. Could something that had once crashed and burned for Spook and Trixie find a way out of the wreckage? With the odds against them, can they find a way to overcome the challenges, or will it all blow up in their faces?

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Spook
I woke to a very cold bed. My hand reached out, touching nothing. I listened, but I didn’t hear a sound. It surprised me. I usually slept lightly, never knowing when I needed to be on guard. Something about being in bed with her, having her cuddled up to me, had me sleeping like a fucking log.
Rolling out of bed, I grabbed my pants and shirt, throwing them on along with my cut, socks, and boots. I walked down the hall of the little ranch house.
“Trixie?” I called into the nothingness.
I looked through the house, but she was nowhere. The little minx jumped out on me.
A piece of paper on the table had a large scrawl on it.
Spook,
I had shit to do. Lock the bottom lock when you leave. Please don’t come back.
I chuckled. Woman had no fucking clue who she was dealing with. Oh, I’d be back … tonight or this afternoon. I hadn’t decided yet.
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Trix
“You get anywhere with Cade?” Jett, my assistant asked as she plopped down in the chair in front of my desk.  She had a beauty that pulled everyone in and curves that made me insanely jealous. Her long, dark hair laid pencil straight, and her eyes were a blue that looked almost gray in different lights.
My stomach fell at her question, reminding me of last night. I couldn’t believe I fucking slept with him. Not just fucked him, but showered with him, fell asleep with him … woke up in his damn arms. Sneaky bastard.
I could still feel him between my legs. Hell, I even had phantom feelings of him inside of me. He’d had a lot of practice. I knew he had because I had heard all about it. And I wasn’t any better than one of those paid hookers.
Fucking moron. My reasons had sucked before. They meant shit now.
I wanted to pass off the night as being just another booty call, a way to fuck each other out of our systems, but both were a flat out lie. Last night was so much more than anything Taylor, or any of my other weak-ass booty calls, and I had ever been.
The rawness in his eyes captivated me. God, his eyes … I could see so much more in them last night. More than I’d ever thought I would see. But I was just fooling myself. I wouldn’t go back fifteen years to fall for the bad boy again, just to get my heart smashed all over again.
Mortification didn’t even cut it when it came to describing how I felt. Weak. Pathetic. I gave in, letting him have that power over me with his smooth talking and fantastic bed skills.  Plus, he had looked sexy as hell in his leather and jeans. To see him on a motorcycle, too, was just a recipe for disaster. And I had just spread my legs, begging for him to give it to me. Dammit.
Although I was dead serious in the note I left him this morning, it felt really odd to leave it for him in my own house. Nevertheless, I couldn’t stay and deal with the morning after shit. One look and I would have let him inside my body again. I would have let him take me over and over until I really couldn’t walk. Now that I knew how much he had grown, let alone changed in the bedroom, it would be more difficult than ever to say no to him.
I had to remember Cade crushed me. My first love left me to pick up the pieces of my torn heart. I couldn’t go back to the me from that time.
“He doesn’t know if Nanette is there.” I decided to leave out the whole him fucking my brains out bit. I wouldn’t open up that can of worms. I told Jett all about Cade one night after way too many shots of tequila. Regardless, the less people who knew about the now, the better.


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Ryan Michele has a huge obsession with reading, which only came to life after her best friend said she had to read Twilight. After reading that series, her entire world changed in the blink of an eye. Not only was she sucked into new worlds and all of the wonderful words authors put down on paper, she felt the urge to begin to write down the characters that played inside of her head. In doing so, Safe was born. Then Wanting You and the Ravage MC series.

When she's not reading or writing, she spends time taking care of her two children and her husband, enjoying the outdoors and laying in the sun.


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Hardball by CD Reiss ~ PROMO ~

 

HARDBALL CD REISS Release Date: March 29th Genre: Contemporary/Sports Romance

Praise for HARDBALL:

“Dash Wallace is a dirty talking, sexy professional baseball player who falls hard for the girl next door, but beware... your heart will take a beating as you watch him struggle with sticking to all he's ever known at the risk of losing the best thing that ever happened to him. Hardball is one of those books that will suck you in and won't let you go until you devour every last, juicy bite.”
  Sawyer Bennett, NY Times Bestselling Author  

 “Fiery hot and enticingly realistic, CD Reiss's captivating writing, complex characters and explosive love scenes make Hard Ball an irresistible modern day romance.”
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Synopsis:

Perfect ass. Perfect arms. Perfect swagger.   They call Dash Wallace the Diamond King. He’s the hottest commodity in baseball and in the bedroom. When he runs the bases, every woman’s eyes are glued to his stunning body and a smile that puts the night lights to shame. I’m no queen. I’m a regular girl with a regular job. I just watch him on TV and from the bleachers, season after season.   Girls like me grab a guy like that one in a million times. My number just came up, and he is as spectacular in bed as he is on the field. But there’s not a woman in the world who can distract Dash Wallace from the game. Not for a moment. Not even me. Until the night I do. And everything changes.


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 CD Reiss is a USA Today bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn't pick up she's at the well hauling buckets. Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels. She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping that cord of wood. If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.

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Crossing Her Boundaries by Dylan Cross ~ RE-RELEASE & NEW COVER ~

Crossing Her Boundaries

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Dylan Cross celebrates his four-year anniversary as a writer this week. To commemorate this occasion, his first book Crossing Her Boundaries is being re-released, complete with a new cover.

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Boundaries is a collection of short stories, all written in variations of second-person narrative for the purpose of connecting intimately with the reader. The opening story places the reader at a party, where she's roped into an extremely raunchy contest.

If you lose the contest... then you will stay in this bed... where there will be an "anything goes" policy toward you...

The second tale offers the reader a choice--an extremely romantic, passionate candlelit evening, complete with strawberries... or a very hard-core, rough and degrading night.

Random kisses... you get to guess where. Your cleavage... your neck... your inner thigh... the back of your wrist... your navel... your earlobe... eventually replacing the kisses with gentle nibbles everywhere...

The third story, Bet On It, gives the protagonist little choice at all--the narrator has made a rather foolish sports wager with the wrong people, and there's only one form of collateral they'll accept.

I really thought the Bears were going to win that game... I couldn't pay and things were getting scary. These guys were really menacing. No, its ok, sweetie, I was able to work things out with them. Honey, someone's at the door, can you answer that?

There are also stories here to suit other tastes. Office politics (as in, an explicit action plan for "training" the new secretary) and outdoor fun (where strawberries make their second appearance.) The final tidbit, A Kept Man, plays upon the CFNM (clothed female naked male) theme, and will be sure to suit female readers with a bit of a dominant side.

I place my hand on the back of your head, but you slap it away. "Do I need to handcuff you? Keep your hands by your side and your ass against this door, or I'll leave for work and make you wait all day..."

Crossing Her Boundaries has something for everyone, and you should find it to be a short but delightful read.
Crossing Her Boundaries costs LESS than a bowl of strawberries... and/or a can of whipped cream!


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Dylan Cross is a dark erotica author. In addition to Crossing Her Boundaries, his notable works include Back to School, Fair Trade and the Amanda series.
Prior to his writing career, Dylan served in the U.S. Marine Corps, including a combat tour. Desiring to continue advocating for the cause of free speech and expression, Dylan later formed the Erotic Authors Guild, creating a unified voice for an entire genre of authors and readers. He resides in suburban Chicago with his family and cat.
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AMANDA'S DESCENT

On a dare, bored housewife Amanda flirts with the cable guy. One thing leads to another, and she finds herself on her knees treating the lucky repairman to a bout of "breast sex."
Unfortunately, her husband's best friend witnesses the whole affair. He's always had a "thing" for the curvy redhead, and now he has her right where he wants her. How far will Amanda go to buy his silence?
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AMANDA'S ASSIGNMENT

A continuation of the curvy redhead's adventures. Shower sex... floor sex... hotel sex... office sex... and more shower sex!
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GALLERY

A dark and twisted tale. A collector has a unique art gallery which is comprised of human exhibits--all being held against their will and subject to the most depraved torments imaginable!
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FAIR TRADE

Joanna is the boss from hell. Her subordinates loathe and fear her--with the exception of her intern. Steve knows that as soon as office hours are over, the tables completely turn... and the high and mighty executive will literally come crawling to him on her hands and knees!
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BACK TO SCHOOL

31-year old Kristi is back in the hallowed halls of her high school. She's early to pick up her niece, so she takes a walk down memory lane.
Mr. Smith is the dean of discipline. He's fed up with the disrespectful, sleazy attitude of today's youth, especially the teenaged "harlots" who frequent his school. He spies Kristi wandering the halls during school hours... obviously another lazy, disrespectful student cutting class. He takes it upon himself to teach her a lesson she won't soon forget...
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Stripped Bare by Emma Hart ~ COVER REVEAL ~

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When unlucky in love Mia O'Halloran finds herself face to Sex God V-Lines with a chiseled, hot male stripper in possession of a package not even the postal service could lose, what happens in Vegas is definitely supposed to stay in Vegas.

She doesn't expect to find Mr. Multiple Oh-Oh-Oh as her client—and hell, how is she supposed to pitch a marketing plan when she can remember how easily he briefed her g-spot on an orgasm... or five?

West Rykman has one rule: you don't mix business with pleasure. They can look, but unless they're shoving a dollar inside his pants, they can't touch. He learned that lesson the hard way two years ago.

He had no idea the flame-haired vixen with a penchant for hot, kinky sex and a mouth that would make a hooker cry would be the one to bend—and break—his rule.

She's sworn off men after ten too many heartbreaks.

He's determined he'll never lose it all for a woman again.

She's pretty screwed.

He's really screwed.

And not in the we're-not-sleeping-tonight way...



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Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.

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A Dark Romance Duet by Ella Dominguez ~ REVISED & RE-RELEASED ~

Chapter 8: The Complete Series

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Obsession, possession, resilience, insanity...
A need for absolute control and a past filled with lies and neglect have led FBI profiler Victor Laurenzo down a ruthless path. On a quest to satiate his sadistic desires, he submits unknowing victims to cold, calculated scenarios meant to push limits while testing the confines of immorality—all under the guise of studying his chapters for the betterment of law enforcement.
On the mend from a bad break-up and longing for attention, Elsa consents to an odd proposition. Initially unaware of Victor’s plans, she quickly realizes that the casual encounter she agreed to is, in fact, a cruel psychological game with no ending in sight. She may be one in a long line of test subjects for Victor; however, she can't be broken so easily. What he puts her through only fuels the fire burning within her—a flame that begins to blaze out of control as she becomes obsessed with everything about Victor and peeling back his cruel layers in search of the real man hiding beneath his heartless facade. Stronger and far more resilient than any of Victor's previous chapters, she is determined to make her own rules and flip the table on his selfish game to show him that beyond his darkness, there lies light.
Playing an erotic and twisted psychological game in which there are no winners and only chapters in a depraved case file, these two headstrong characters are no match for an unexpected bond that rises above the darkness, bends the rules of conventional romance, compromises principles, and forgives the unforgivable.
Though Victor and Elsa's story may not contain hearts and flowers, it is still one of soul-searching passion and reckless love.

Warning: this is neither a conventional romance nor a traditional love story. This is not a fairy tale love story nor is it a BDSM romance. There are no hearts and flowers on the pages of this book. The heroine doesn't always make wise choices and though I've tried to make her strong, she's often times weak in the face of the fierce hero. The hero is not a knight in shining armor. He's broken and frequently cruel, and what every woman in the real world should avoid. This is a story about facing the darkness within. The man written within the pages of this book is obsessive, possessive and broken, and he gets off on mind fucking his lovers. He's an anti-hero with an abusive past who often times pushes too hard in his quest to win his own sick game.
What's contained within this book is fiction—dark, depraved and decadent make-believe. Contains erotic elements, uncomfortable situations, and descriptions that may trigger past memories of abuse. Intended for readers 18+


 



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Excerpt (copyright Ella Dominguez, 2016)

“Once you sign this, there’s no going back,” his gruff voice held a note of challenge as did the wistful expression on his face.
Elsa knew better. The make-shift contract in front of her was neither legal nor binding. Surely a man of Mr. Black’s intelligence knew that. Keeping her thoughts to herself, she nodded and attempted to take the pen from him. As if he had read her thoughts, he held the pen at bay once more.
“If you think you can back out of this agreement at any point, Ms. Cassidy, you couldn’t be more wrong. Though this piece of paper may not be legal in a court of law, I follow my own set of laws and rules, and I will hold you to this agreement regardless.”
She lowered her hand and placed it in her lap. There was a certainty in his voice—a kind of conviction that told her that nothing less than her all would be acceptable to him.
A loud ringing in her ears blocked out all sounds as she sat unmoving and gaping at him.
“For how long?” The words caught in her throat.
His pupils flared infinitesimally and his response came without hesitation. “Until I say otherwise.”
Suddenly Mr. Black’s simple rules didn’t seem so simple.
“Are you going to hurt me?” she finally found the courage to ask when he sat silently unresponsive.
“Everything done within these walls will be done with safety in mind. No irreparable physical damage will be caused.”
Mr. Black definitely had a way with words, but he didn’t answer her question. Not directly anyway, and the secret expression on his face told her he was holding something back. And what about her emotional well-being? Would there be irreparable damage caused to that?
A phrase Elsa had read once in an erotic book popped into her head and she asked, “So what you’re saying is: everything will be safe, sane and consensual?”
Victor clicked the pen several times, one side of his mouth twisting upward as he let out a short, breathy laugh. “Not exactly, but two out of three ain’t bad.”
Her eyes widened at his remark. Based on his previous statements, sane was apparently the one thing off the table.
When he held the pen out to her, it was as if he had wordlessly dared her to take the bait that he had laid out for her.
It was too easy for Elsa to get caught up in the way Mr. Black was looking at her. With her heartbeat throbbing in her ears, she took in the vision of him one last time before she made her final decision and signed her freedom away. His beauty was devastating, his shimmering green eyes devious and alluring, his deep-crimson mouth inviting, and his sweetly intoxicating musk overwhelming. The possibilities of the unknown, the danger-factor, and the intrigue of a captivating stranger were impossible for her to resist.
She lifted her hand and as it moved closer toward the pen, her limbs suddenly became heavy and warm. She pushed forward, impelled involuntarily by her own passion and curiosity. She was doing this.
With pen in hand, the tip touched the paper when a wicked thought crossed her mind. She glanced upward to meet Mr. Black’s gaze, and licked her lips purposefully.
“Are you sure you wouldn’t rather have my signature in blood?”


About Ella Dominguez

In addition to being a writer, Ella is a mom, wife, a respiratory therapist, and a lover of ukuleles and unicorns. She was born and raised in a conservative, strict Christian household in the bible belt of the USA. This upbringing contributed to her wicked imagination and writing has been her only outlet for her fantasies. At the mature age of forty, she mustered up enough courage to share her thoughts and put pen to paper. She sincerely hopes to find her niche in writing romance in all forms, be it dark romance, romantic comedy, psychological thrillers or paranormal.

She doesn't consider herself an author, rather an avid reader above all else, and someone who simply writes the stories that the characters in her head tell her to.

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