Talon P.S.'s Blog, page 24
February 22, 2015
Back Stage with the Twins and whats new
Its a fact that baffles many of my author friends, that I write in more than on book at a time. Talon and I always have, if one stopped talking we moved on to the one that was. So with my small 2 week break from writing after the latest double book release, I’m back on the raven’s wing, diligently pushing to get the second book from the Lycotharian Collection: To Catch A Cat on a roll.
Its moving a little lower than I want, but I put a lot of that on the fact I havent worked on it in.. well… over a year now. So I am having to reacquaint myself with our characters. However its not coming at a snails pace either. In the last 3-4 days the word count has gone from 34k to 41k. But yesterday my brain had an intruder, Dane Masters, from the Dominion of Brothers series, was suddenly waking me up and demanding my time. He is intensely demanding.
Of course any time Dane i talking I do so enjoy taking advantage of the opportunity to tease a certain friend, Erotic Romance Author: Ava Snow. What makes it so much fun is that woman is ready to throw herself down at that man’s feet, if he would just step off the page and into the 3dimensional real world. And usually its not long before Erotic Author Cleo Taurus is making an appearance and trying to boot Ava out of the waiting line. Dane and I take considerable pleasure watching the pony tail tugging fight. LOL
But enough chatter from me. I promised them a tidbit from yesterday’s writing rump from Dane.
DANE’S BIRTHDAY SCENE [UNEDITED]
“I love the color of your skin.” Dane dropped his lips to her shoulder and brushed against her skin, inhaling her fragrance of both perfume and woman mixed together. Visions stepped out from the darkness of his mind, Scandalous— provocative— and downright self-indulging debauchery.
Eave stiffened, “My color? You mean, because I’m black?”
“I see you more as a coffee and cream to wake my senses with.” He kissed the back of her head and let out a warm breath to trace down the spine of her neck, “Does it bother you I would count your color among your assets?”
“I just never thought you’d be the type to see a difference?”
“Then what would be the point?” Dane tightened his arm-hold on her, pressing her back tighter against his chest, and he positioned his lips next to her ear, so there would be no vital words lost between them while the games continued on the transformed dance floor before them. “Beauty comes from the very physical and mental characteristics that make us unique.” Dane kept one arm holding her tight, but loosened his other as he glided his hand down Eave’s belly, “Like a red rose and a white lily, both beautiful but unique from each other. It’s your skin I plan to exploit. The very taste of it— the feel of it as it burns from my belt’s lashes— the very site of it to watch how your flesh turns from brown to rouge. It’s by exploiting all you have to offer that gives me my pleasure. Just like the sounds you are about to make.” His palm reached her mound and he crushed her clit under the heel of his hand.
“Sounds?” Eave gasped.
He could feel her shivering fear. But as frightening as this unknown exploiting sounded, it was clear by her breath, and by the way her hips rolled to press against him, inviting his hand to explore further, that fear or not, she could not dispel she was also highly aroused.
“Yes, sounds.” And just then he thrust his fingers between her legs and past the moist petals of her theca.
Eave’s head kicked back and she arched, violently caught in the throes of Dane’s attentive fingers. Nothing subtle, he was after her orgasm and he’d have it soon. His long fingers were perfect for the task, reaching deep to capture the pillow of nerves deeper inside. He lavished her silky walls with urgent thrusting— one finger reaching while the other crooked over to catch every sensitized spot of her nethers.
Eave slammed her hands down on the arm rests and gripped on for dear life, while the rest of her bucked in his lap. Her teeth biting down on her lip to stop the moan he intended to exploit.
“Let go of your lip, I want to hear what you have to say, right now.” His gruff demands panted in her ear. “I will exploit it too. And the scent of your orgasm. Your entire body— all for my delight.” He shifted his hand, letting his fingers slip from her cunt and he slathered the cream over her clit before diving back in for more. “Do you know what I would do to you? I’d tie you to my coffee table like a flower arrangement so I could star at you for hours while I drank my wine in the evening. I might fancy some play time in your lotus petals. Or cover you in wax— pluck clamps from your taut nipples, or feed my cock down your throat—” he felt it, her internal muscles clamping down around his fingers, and he pitched forward to reach even further, catching that glorious spot women had and brushed his thumb right over her clit, securing the results.
Eave’s head had hardly left his shoulders the entire time, but the vocals were another thing and she cried out further when he gave her his final whispered command—
“Cum for me.”
The smile he got from watching all those heads at the event turn his way and watch as the curvy woman came apart in his arms, was the gift of giving he needed, to make this night just right.
He relaxed back again, pulling Eave’s boneless body with him while he crooned more deviant visions, like secrets, whispered against her hair. “Then again I might just sit there and stare at you while I imagine all those things. There lies the true vitality of your submission, Eave. Few subbies can handle that. They want the leather cuffs around their wrists, a flogger on their back, but submission isn’t about just whips and chains, there is far more to it. I might bring you home and tie you to my bed and fuck you as I please for days without ever letting you go. And while doing so I would exploit the fears that might surface— wondering if you were truly my hostage.”
“Would you let me go?”
“What good would it be for me to tell you now? What you and so many here have experienced has only scratched the surface of what there is to enjoy. Surrendering to me will take you into a world far darker.”
“Darker?” Her breath nearly hitching as she asked.
“I have many dark sides— care to be among them?”
February 17, 2015
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Fifty Shades of Grey, the movie
3.5 Stars ~
Review of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, the movie.
Romance / Erotic Romance / light BDSM
Reviewed by Jaycee ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.
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Hunkered down into my VIP leather reclining theatre seat, where the nice young attendants came and served me wine and something resembling food, I prepared for the viewing experience I vowed I’d never undertake. I read the FSOG books, way back when, and found them entertaining enough if not exactly the caliber of some erotic romance/BDSM authors who’s works I frequent. Ultimately, post-read, I personally never fell into either the over-the-top-loved the books group, nor the omg-this-will-set-bdsm-back-decades group, and most certainly not the this-is-abuse-against-women group. I saw the books, and continue to see them as a relatively banal set of erotic romance stories with perfect timing and a kick-ass marketing machine behind them.
My fear for the movie version, and my initial reasons for vowing I’d never go see them, stemmed from a concern that Hollywood would Fubar this over as only Hollywood can, and cave to the titillation factor; cave to the lowest common denominator. I didn’t really care what that would do to the books per se, but I did care what that would do to and against a lifestyle and people therein, already largely demonized because of willful misunderstanding. (I know, I am being generous with that “misunderstanding” comment, but I WILL take the high road here.) In the end, I went to see the movie for two reasons: first and foremost because I watched and read interviews by and with Director Sam Taylor-Johnson, and I found her to be an earnest and sensitive and intelligent woman with what I hoped would be the proper vision for this – like it or not – perhaps defining moment for so many interests. Second, some like-minded friends, whose opinions I share and respect, found it to be a worthy and entertaining experience.
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In a nutshell, the movie was, as the books are, a story about a troubled man who has never loved; who has never allowed himself to be loved, and has never truly felt he was missing anything by living his chosen course. All of that is turned on its head by a young, inexperienced but strong, intelligent and effervescent young woman with the refreshing backbone to call bullshit on his cornerstones. Both roles were admirably played by Dakota Johnson as the wide-eyed Anastasia, and Jamie Dornan as the weary-eyed Christian Grey.
There was well-placed humour to accompany the fable for those not new to the story concept, and I suppose, to relieve any tension for those newbies who came to see the “bdsm stuff” as I heard bandied about in ambient, pre-event conversation. I found the “sex” to be relatively tame considering the hype and the books for that matter, and I found the actual sexual component of the bdsm to be light at best. Unfortunately, what will be lost on most of the audience are the non-sexual components of the bdsm, for it is in those elements that the true core of the story lies.
Until the very last of the movie, I was really quite pleasantly surprised and pleased with Hollywood’s representation of the book and of the lifestyle…admittedly, Firmly (NOTE: capital F) steeped in romantic fiction. But in a representation where dramatic license had, to date been used prudently, it is my humble opinion that the ending seriously negated the story, the lifestyle and undermined any “points” that might have been made. If one can believe the pre-release press there was a struggle for supremacy over the ending between Director and Author and while I would normally side with the author on these things, in this instance I fear the Author-winning decision was misguided at best and damaging at worst. (Referenced article from The Hollywood Reporter attached) http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fifty-shades-grey-author-overruled-770424
It is not for the take-aways by avid reader-fans of the books I fear. It is for those of the naysayers and the lurking vultures I fear, for they may have, in one misplaced word which would have tied back to the sacred tenets of the bdsm lifestyle, been handed their foot-in-the-door to “prove” both people and lifestyle “wrong”. I understand there are two more parts to the story. They won’t care but will capitalize. It may also damage the chances of the sequels completing the story as it should be told, NEEDS to be told, with the same level of fervor this Entrée engendered.
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic myself, I did attend the movie with my Anastasia-aged daughters, and thank goodness I did. My conversations with them prompted my need to write this review. The unfortunate choice of ending may largely contribute to an unnecessary confusion and all the other sequelae such a misrepresentation conceives and propagates.
And all after a pretty decent movie, and because of one little word…
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FIFTY SHADES OF GREEY (movie) also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 3.5 hearts ~
HEAT FACTOR ~ 2 Flames ~
STING FACTOR ~ 2 Paddles ~
TWIST FACTOR ~ the most inopportune and unfortunate cliffhanger in the history of a movie franchise ~
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Prized Possession by Kora Knight
5 ~ Stars!
Review of ~ PRIZED POSSESSION (UP-ENDING TAD: A JOURNEY OF EROTIC DISCOVERY BOOK 4) by Kora Knight
Romance / MM Contemporary
(copy purchased from amazon)
Reviewed by Terry ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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With Tad’s reservations firmly on the one-eighty, he’s finally more at ease exploring this intriguing new part of himself, especially where his attraction, and affections, for Scott are concerned. But when their plans get cancelled, Tad winds up watching the guy in action at the gym instead. Kickboxing lessons lead to sparring, which in turn leads to a face-off more erotic than Tad could have ever imagined. Huge new boundaries crossed, both men are floored like never before. Have these milestones finally put all Tad’s hang-ups solidly behind him?
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There are some journeys you just can’t wait to get off of. Rest assured this isn’t one of them!!!!
This journey isn’t one that has a set itinerary the twists and turns keep it exciting. Tad is becoming more at ease with his feelings and desires, even if he is still trying to figure it all out.
So far throughout this journey Scott has been in the driver’s seat. I think this is one of the reasons Tad is questioning the direction of his travels. He is more of a spectator involved as someone just along for the ride. That is all about to change. *wicked evil grin*
One part of this story is about to come full circle. There is a new bet on the table and Tad is fully informed this time and he is also determined not to lose. Or is he? Sometimes the victor misses out on the best spoils of the battle and the battle is hot as hades!!!
Get comfy and have a tall cold beverage handy! I will let you know this journey isn’t over yet. There are still choices to be made and each will have its own consequence. We also get the added twist of a new character that brings a new feeling into play. I do hope we get to find out more about him. *wink*
Keep your eyes on Kora Knight and check out her other stories while you wait for the next leg in Tads journey. *rubs hands together in anticipation*
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UP-ENDING TAD: A JOURNEY OF EROTIC DISCOVERY also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 3 Hearts
HEAT FACTOR ~ 5 Flames
STING FACTOR ~ 3 this isn’t a kinky factor but the sting of excitement and power you get when you take control
TWIST FACTOR ~ 4 the tables are turned and a new bet
BONUS FACTOR ~ plays in your mind like a movie, book hang over!
February 16, 2015
February 10, 2015
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – A Dangerous Reality, by Layla Wolfe
~ 3.5 Stars ~
Review of A DANGEROUS REALITY by Layla Wolfe
M/M Erotic Romance / Biker / Cartel-Suspense
ARC copy provided by publisher for honest review.
Reviewed by Jaycee ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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Keep your lovers close—and your enemies in bed.
TURK. My club sent me to track him down. And when my mission was over, I never wanted another one again. When I found him, I kicked the crap out of Havelock Singer. I issued the mightiest beatdown of all time. Problem is, we’re evenly matched. We’re equals in every way, and when we finished whaling on each other, exhausted, we fell into each other’s arms.
I’ve never regretted it for an instant. It’s been the ride of my life. But loving another man in the MC world is a risky business. As if our business isn’t already brutal and ruthless enough, Lock’s homophobic sergeant-at-arms Stumpy gets an eyeful of our lovemaking and blackmails us into doing some of his dirty work, or be exposed for what we are—a couple of deviants. This run into the Indian reservation is sleazy and beneath us, but now I’m cornered, and I’ll do anything to keep my sweet Master from being lynched by his club.
LOCK. When that kingpin Carmine Rojas got a load of my beautiful stallion Turk Blackburn, he’d stop at nothing to have him—and Rojas gets what he wants. It’s my fault we’re in this situation. I should’ve kicked Turk’s ass and sent him packing back to The Bare Bones. I wasn’t even close to being ready to come out, but now they’re forcing my hand.
I can hear my destiny calling me. Either I’ll slink back to my club like a hetero bounty hunter with no morals—and no respect from anyone in my own backyard—or I’ll step up to the plate and be the lion of the day. Either way, my lover and I are screwed. Our clubs are going to hound us underground or into another country before we escape this mess—if we don’t die trying.
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Former AF pilot and current Bounty Hunter, “Lock” of the Assassins of Youth MC is in hot pursuit of a scumbag pedophile, and he never loses his mark. “Turk”, the Vice President of The Bare Bones MC runs a legit medical marijuana dispensary for the Club. Veteran members of different though not exactly rival MC’s, Turk and Lock first meet over a back room hook up, though not with each other, more like, over bad weed and BJ’s…
As boys will, the two end up beating the tar out of one another and find it such an invigorating experience they, through a series of unexpected yet interconnected events, take their passions to another level. Their already unacceptable course is further complicated by the outright bitter betrayal by one of their own twisted brothers, and leaves them fighting for their lives, for their friends, and with a dangerous drug cartel for their very freedom.
I found the timeframe from attraction to action with Turk and Lock to be somewhat warp-speed, particularly in the MC culture/setting where homosexuality is not accepted number one, and number two, where one of the pair is firmly “not gay”. Its easy to overlook because the two are likable characters in a story chock full of unlikeable characters, but it caught me by surprise in this particular trope. They certainly had chemistry and while they…experimented often and in varied ways, there was a true connection and relationship between them.
I read and enjoy a lot of MC books, and yet stories about cartels don’t rate high or at all on my ‘to-read-o-meter’. I abhor the stories steeped in inherent violence perpetrated by cartel sociopaths masquerading as businessmen. An interesting paradox, given the inherent violence in the MC culture, and yet there is a brotherhood based in loyalty and “family” that somehow, in the context of fiction anyway, allows for a connection to character and the development of relationships worthy of reading. This book’s combined MC/cartel world was admittedly a difficult read for me, and yet was salvaged by the brotherhood of the Clubs, the endearing and enduring relationship of Turk and Lock, and of the promise of at least a new and progressive future.
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A DANGEROUS REALITY also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 3 Hearts ~
HEAT FACTOR ~ 2 Flames ~
TWIST FACTOR ~ Desert Danger and betrayal by brothers ~
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Muse Me Only by Princess S.O. -
5 ~ Stars!
Review of ~ MUSE ME ONLY by Princess S.O.
Romance / Erotic / MM / Artistic Theme / Contemporary / First Person
(copy provided by author for honest review/ also purchased from amazon)
Reviewed by Terry ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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Xherdan Chantal is an artist still trying to find his place among the masters of color. He’s a rather independent soul, working at the New York Metropolitan Museum, who lends no time to pretending to be anything he’s not or be involved in anyway other than to stimulate his muse.
However, when a local pole dancer sneaks a shoulder-mount-to-flying-half-flag maneuver into his life, managing to seduce far more than Xherdan’s muse, he’s not sure how to put it all into perspective. Then again, painting is Xherdan’s artistic magic, not words. So, while poetic prose may have failed him, he still enjoys exploring this new sensation with loyal attention that sets Sreven above the rest of the world that’s only purpose is to feed his muse. What Xherdan was never expecting was for Sreven to become the living breath and motion of his muse.
But there’s just one fight a lover should never pick with an artist.
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Wow! First off I have to tell you the next time you encounter an ass, take a second look. Yes I know this story is fiction but Princess S.O. did such a wonderful job with her character development that *sighs* this story, Muse Me Only, will add one or two more fantasies/day dreams to you list. *wink*
The story takes place in New York with an artistic theme and we get two artists for the price of one. Xherdan Chantal is a painter and his focus is the human form, the male form, and his Muse. This story is also told through Xherdan’s, aka the ass, eyes. This is quite a treat because we also get to know his thoughts and what he is feeling as the story unfolds. This is also where we get his background story. I enjoyed this very much, getting this information as we need it instead of all at once. Which give us an inside look at our sweet ass and puts everything in perspective, well at least in Xherdan’s mind.
What is an artist without a Muse? Oh and Princess S.O. has given Xherdan a Muse like no other, with an appetite for one who turns motion into living color. Sreven is one of the male dancers at The Corona Club. When he takes the stage it is for Xherdan’s Muse, even though Sreven doesn’t realize it. He has noticed Xherdan in the audience but has yet to meet him.
So what happens when these three finally meet? I would love to tell you more but I refuse to spoil another word of this story. Even with the four typos in this story, Princess S.O. does with words and paper what Sreven does with his body and music as well as what Xherdan does with paint and a canvas. They have all created artistic masterpieces to feast our minds and hearts on.
Send the family out for the day, lock the door and turn off the phone. You are not going to want to be disturbed while you enjoy this work of art!
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MUSE ME ONLY also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 4 Hearts
HEAT FACTOR ~ 4 Flames
TWIST FACTOR ~ 3 for revenge, jealousy, opportunity
BONUS FACTOR ~ dance, art, picnic, black high heel Christian Louboutins
February 9, 2015
ManCandy Monday – uP In ArMs
MUSE ME ONLY BY PRINCESS S.O.
TEASER:
I took a step back, scanning my eyes over the painting in its works. Fingers coated in an array of colors absently scratched at my chest leaving traces of their presence there along with the number of other self-inflicted deposits with far less purpose or designing scheme as what I’d created so far on the canvas. Every color accentuated a muscle form of the body I placed within it— trapezius— latissimus dorsi— posterior deltoid— needed more chrysocolla a second cousin to Vermillion copper. Then perhaps a touch of folium, a deeper violet color to move towards the tricep group and the brachialis. And of course when I reached for it, it was empty. That’s what I get for making small batches. But months of sitting up here watching my paints dry rather than dance across the white stage to the note of a dwindling supply had motivated me to mix in smaller batches now.
I took one last pause to absorb what I’d done so far, while once more absently scratching some part of my body then tapping my lips with ideas and oh yeah probably left some color there too. It was a constant haphazard byproduct of my workings that a good majority of second hand paint made it to my body. Making showering a joy having to scrub all the paint off afterwards. But for now it was what it was. If I itch, I scratch. This constant renewal of byproduct also led to me wearing very little in the way of clothing while I painted. Less chances of ruining my clothes. My body was far easier to clean it off of, bringing me to tell you what it is I actually wear. For starters I do wear something. It took only once having to try and get the paint off my dick to rid me of that skin freedom. But I did enjoy loose, baggy comfort, so a pair of lounge pajama pants, and a button down cardigan was about it. Of course there was no such rituals that it had to be a certain sweater or a certain color of pjs. As it were both would be tossed in the boiler furnace, having succumbed to too much paint splatter to be comfortable any longer, and replaced with the next grab.
But alas there was no getting around it, I definitely needed more of that particular violet shade and the green copper, so I climbed down, snatched the cups and headed over to the tempera table. That’s when my unexpected guest arrived.
The clatter of the roll doors going from right to left gave their arrival away. Admittedly it startled me, but then my eyes befell the Adonis body I recalled having slept with walked in and I pulled a small stereo remote from my sweater pocket, and muted the music. “My muse pays me a visit. To what fate that I owe such hedonism to?” Whether he understood my regal quip was uncertain, but it did put a grin on his face.
“You know you’re going to get robbed one of these days.”
“Are you here to rob me then?” I chuckled while I measured out several scoops of the chrysocolla powder into my cup.
“I may have come to steal a fuck or two.” He raised his eye brows in a sultry mischiefness as he made his way to join me at the table.
“Ah, then you may be out of luck. For I have no fucks to give. I’m an asshole, remember?”
February 3, 2015
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – Taking Over Trofim, by Talon PS
~ 4 Stars ~
Review of TAKING OVER TROFIM, by Talon PS
Contemporary Erotic Romance / BDSM(beginners) / M/m / Suspense
ARC copy provided by author for honest review, also purchased at Amazon.com
Reviewed by Jaycee ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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Trenton Leos has always been known to many as the Dominus, the man to go to for the perfect D/s match. However, Trenton and his brothers are about to find out that he and their lifestyle has become the target of a political cleansing. A shady operation with very deep pockets comes to the surface when Trenton is asked to investigate a dark secret that threatens the future of Pyotr’s younger brother, Trofim Laszkovi and his lover, Shay Wilks.
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Trofim Laszkovi would never forget how right it felt to be in Shay’s Wilks’ arms five years ago. But Shay’s father made it abundantly clear with threats hard to ignore, that Trofim’s family would pay the price if he didn’t stay away from Shay. So with the help of a friend, Trofim made a career move that put him an ocean away from his family— and his heart. Even now, having finally returned home only a year ago to the family he missed, Trofim hadn’t dared allow himself to look in Shay’s direction.
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Shay Wilks has done everything he could to keep his father’s plans for him at arm’s length and protect his internship as a doctor from ruin by the same man. All in hopes that the only man Shay has ever loved will one day return to him.
Now, five years later, Shay finally has another chance to be with Trofim. If only he can convince Trofim they are better together than apart as well as get out from under his father’s brutal hold in time before Shay loses Trofim again— for good.
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The blurb speaks beautifully to the background and setting of the storyline, so I won’t repeat the details therein. Suffice it to say that time and forced distance did not dim the fire or passion of young love, nor did the malicious efforts of a twisted, odious failure of a man and father to one of the heroes.
I am surprised, given the degree to which Shay seemed obsessed with regaining this relationship at some point, that Trofim managed to be back in town for almost a year before Shay tracked him down and precipitated a reunion. But a grand reunion it was and in addition to rekindling a relationship that would journey from renewal to maturity in so many ways and on so many levels, it dropped not just the two of them but the entire Laszkovi family into the midst of renewed intrigue and suspense.
While the heart of the story was the relationship/romance with/of Shay and Trofim, I also enjoyed how the suspense aspect drew Pyotr back into the limelight as head of the Laszkovi family, but with a support of his own now in place with the presence of Cliff. Pavle, who was instrumental in keeping the lovers separated, became integral in keeping them together. Jovan seems to accept his place in the family through both the efforts of Trofim and the events that befall the family.
But the piece de resistance for me, was Trenton Leos. Himself implicated in the deep-rooted and deep-pocketed plot to destroy individuals in the quest for an “ideal” society, Trenton reached deep into his past training and his present resources to protect the Laszkovis, purge the Wilks’ and win the battle. But a war can’t be won without getting to and cutting out the heart of the predator, and for now at least, that entity remains a mystery.
Loved, loved, loved the mystery and suspense that accompanied the relationship in this tale, and hopefully opened the doors for future intrigue. I’m a sucker for a good romantic whodunit, especially one that is self-sustaining.
In explanation of the lost star, I must confess to one twinge of personal discomfort with the course of events in the hospital sequence. I understand the dramatic effects of having both Shay and Pavle as intimately involved as they were, but being from the field, these details in books or movies or TV shows have the tendency to pull me right out of the story in those moments. I try to go with the story and the preservation of the level of drama, but the training in me always screams “Nooooo” unrelentingly.
I will have another talk with my inner voice and get it to chill the h*** out!
Loved this story otherwise, and highly recommend.
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TAKING OVER TROFIM also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 4 HEARTS ~
HEAT FACTOR ~ 2 FLAMES ~
TWIST FACTOR ~ the villain father is but an appendage to the true evil entity, which lives to subvert another day (or maybe, another book??) ~
BONUS FACTOR ~ TRENTON LEOS! ~
~and sculling !!!
BOOKS ‘n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – A Bond of Three by K.C. Wells
4 ~ Stars!
Review of ~ A BOND OF THREE by K.C. Wells
Romance / MM / Erotica / Ménage / Fantasy / Paranormal
(copy provided by author for honest review)
Reviewed by Terry ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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In the kingdom of Teruna, the red-cloaked Seruani teach the Terunans the art of love. Taken from their homes at seventeen to be trained, they are shunned as outcasts by society and considered the lowest of the low. So when Prince Tanish falls in love with the Seruan Feyar, the man who took his virginity and the only one to share his bed, he is not about to declare that love. No one can ever know, because the consequences would be too painful to consider for both of them.
When the king of Vancor visits Teruna, he promises that his son, Prince Sorran, will marry Prince Tanish to solidify the alliance between the two kingdoms, with the proviso that the virginal Sorran is instructed in the art of pleasing his husband-to-be. When Tanish’s father chooses Feyar to be this instructor, the lovers decide Prince Sorran must be taught that this is to be a marriage in name only….
A resentful prince, unwilling to share his lover.
A resentful Seruan, unwilling to share his prince.
And the shy prince whose very nature sparks changes in the lives of all those around them.
Teruna is about to change forever.
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C.K. Wells takes us to the realm of Kings, Queens and magic in A Bond of Three. In this historical romance she has brought a touch of fantasy and paranormal together to build a world you will not only enjoy but want to stay in for a while after you finish this story.
I did have a little doubt when I started reading this story because I don’t like the first few pages to begin with conflict. I like to get a feel for the characters first. As it turns out the set up was just right. It set up the story of our Prince Tanish and Feyar his corishan in a way that made you want to know more about them and what the future holds for them.
Prince Tanish is about to be faced with many challenges, in his life, beliefs and his heart. Because of a threat to Teruna the kingdom Tanish is destine to rule his father the King has bargained an alliance with the King of Vancor to secure the safety of his subjects and lands. He is to wed Sorran, the Prince of Vancor.
One of the things I enjoyed about this story is we continued to learn about the characters throughout the story. The character development was like a seduction slow and sweet. This is a story you will go back to more than once. So get comfy and prepare to step back to a time of knights in shining armor and epic romance.
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A BOND OF THREE also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 4 Hearts
HEAT FACTOR ~ 3 Flames
TWIST FACTOR ~ 3 old magic, betrayal,
BONUS FACTOR ~ the past, the future, something is coming
January 28, 2015
TWO BOOK RELEASES – TWO BIRTHDAYS !!!
JANUARY 29th IT’S THE TWIN’S BIRTHDAY
And we’re celebrating by release two great reads !!!
MUSE ME ONLY by Princess S.O.
&
TAKING OVER TROFIM: Dominion of Brothers series book 4 by Talon P.S.
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MM / Erotic Romance
Trenton Leos has always been known to many as the Dominus, the man to go to for the perfect D/s match. However, Trenton and his brothers are about to find out that he and their lifestyle has become the target of a political cleansing. A shady operation with very deep pockets comes to the surface when Trenton is asked to investigate a dark secret that threatens the future of Pyotr’s younger brother, Trofim Laszkovi and his lover, Shay Wilks.
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Trofim Laszkovi would never forget how right it felt to be in Shay’s Wilks’ arms five years ago. But Shay’s father made it abundantly clear with threats hard to ignore, that Trofim’s family would pay the price if he didn’t stay away from Shay. So with the help of a friend, Trofim made a career move that put him an ocean away from his family— and his heart.
Even now, having finally returned home only a year ago to the family he missed, Trofim hadn’t dared allow himself to look in Shay’s direction.
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Shay Wilks has done everything he could to keep his father’s plans for him at arm’s length and protect his internship as a doctor from ruin by the same man. All in hopes that the only man Shay has ever loved will one day return to him.
Now, five years later, Shay finally has another chance to be with Trofim. If only he can convince Trofim they are better together than apart as well as get out from under his father’s brutal hold in time before Shay loses Trofim again— for good.
word count: 102,074
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MM / Erotic Romance / Artist Theme / First Person
Xherdan Chantal is an artist still trying to find his place among the masters of color. He’s a rather independent soul, working at the New York Metropolitan Museum, who lends no time to pretending to be anything he’s not or be involved in anyway other than to stimulate his muse.
However, when a local pole dancer sneaks a shoulder-mount-to-flying-half-flag maneuver into his life, managing to seduce far more than Xherdan’s muse, he’s not sure how to put it all into perspective. Then again, painting is Xherdan’s artistic magic, not words. So, while poetic prose may have failed him, he still enjoys exploring this new sensation with loyal attention that sets Sreven above the rest of the world that’s only purpose is to feed his muse. What Xherdan was never expecting was for Sreven to become the living breath and motion of his muse.
But there’s just one fight a lover should never pick with an artist.
Word count: 56,213
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