Secrets: Untamed Pleasures

I thoroughly enjoyed the Secrets anthology and really enjoyed Nicole North's first book. Who couldn't fall in love with the hot sexy Highlander? With my own Highlander roots, I can't help but be drawn to their stories. And Shauna is Gavin's match in this delightful shapeshifter tale of curses, humor, and love. Can hardly wait for Ms North's next book!

HEART STORM by Liane Gentry Skye Navy SEAL Byron Burke has had a lifelong obsession with the water. He'd been rescued from the shore by the Burke family as a child with the only clue as to his true identity being a unique birthmark resembling a trident framed by a pair of wings. Now he's all grown up with more questions than answers and his family's deaths weigh heavily on his heart. Despite all his training, Byron throws caution to the wind and takes his surfboard out into an impending hurricane. Little does he know that his actions will bring him in contact with a mermaid. Sirenia is the last fertile mermaid of her brood and unless she can locate the prophesized Lost Son of Tritan her kind will die out. How was she to know that the injured land-walker and the fabled mer-man are one and the same? Navy SEALs are the subject of many women's fantasies and Byron is no exception. He's intensely hot but as a reader you get the sense that there's more to his story then simply a love for the water. Liane Gentry Skye does a beautiful job of incorporating Byron's preference for the sea to the underwater existence of merfolk. THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Hannah Murray Isabella Carelli's latest endeavor at finding a man interested in a little something kinkier than the missionary position has resulted in yet another disappointment. All she wants is a little slap and tickle and some bondage. Is that really too much to ask? Apparently so... but how was she to know that Jacob Hale, the boy next door, would share so many of her delectable fantasies? Hannah Murray will entice women to view that `boy next door' in a different light with this contemporary tale. This story really captured my interest because of the humorous way Isabella divulges her penchant for a little BDSM in the bedroom. DEVIL IN A KILT by Nicole North Shauna MacRae has been besieged with fantasies involving a Highland hunk she'd noticed on a cover of a romance novel. As a `born-again virgin' there's not even a substitute male she can use to take the itch off so she's left with her vivid imagination and no outlet to assuage her need. That is, until she takes a trip to the Highland games and touches an ancient sword belonging to Gavin MacTavish. Next thing she knows, she's transported back to the year 1612 and into the presence of her `fantasy man - a man who suffers a curse he believes that she can break. Scottish highlanders are a favorite of many romance readers and Nicole North's adds an exciting paranormal element that truly captures the imagination. This is Ms. North's first published story and I'll be anxious to see what she comes up with next. THE BET by Leigh Court Damian Hunt, Viscount Atherton, makes an outlandish boast that he can bring a woman the ultimate joy by only using his mouth - and not actually touching her in any way culminates in a bet with very high stakes. George risks losing his London house if Damian can pull it off and Damian stands to lose h

This is my first Secrets anthology, and I really enjoyed it. Particularly, Nicole North's Devil in a Kilt. I love time travel stories and this one is such a fun, sexy, engaging story, I couldn't put it down. It also features a wonderful romance and a super-hunky hero. Plus, the novella length is just right for my schedule. I can't wait to read more from this author! It's also inspired me to collect more of the Secrets volumes to see what I've been missing.

Heart Storm Liane Gentry Skye Red Sage Publishing Secret Volume 24: Untamed Treasures Heat Rating: Scorching Book Rating: 4 ½ stars Reviewed by C.S. Morehouse BOOK DESCRIPTION Sirenia's the last fertile mermaid of her brood. Racing against a hurricane, she must search out and mate with the only merman who can save her kind--the prophesied Lost Son of Triton. When Sirenia rescues injured Navy SEAL Byron Burke from drowning, she seals herself into his life debt. When the time comes to ask Byron for her freedom, her heart threatens to stand in the way of the last, best hope for her kind. Review Navy Seal Lieutenant Byron Burke has been from the depths of hell and back since the night a soulless maniac murdered his family. That night Byron rushed after the killer only to have him slip through his finger vanishing into the deep of the night. Years later still tortured and feeling lifeless inside Byron sets out to find and avenging his family hoping to finally find peace. If only it was that easy. Sirenia finds herself now the true HOPE of saving her mere-species. The last fertile mermaid of her kind she sets out to find the chosen son of Triton. On her way, Sirenia encounters land-walker Byron Burk who sets every fiber of her body and soul on fire. A hurricane heading straight for them she has to bring them to safety. In this she indentures herself to the sinfully tempting land-walker. Only way for Sirenia to be free is if Byron lets her go. But does she really want to be release? Waking to a vision so tempting isn't quite what Byron expects. Or the familiarity of the angel starring back at him. His body wracked with pain he can't help but be drawn to this sensual being. Shake it off Burke, he tells him self. But he just can't. Can't fight it. Don't fight it. Sirenia and Byron come together in a hydroelectric storm of passion and explode with untold emotions that neither can resist. But there is danger and a homicidal maniac dodging and scheming at every turn. Can Byron and Sirenia confront the past with out destroying their future and find the happiness that they were fated for? Dark deception, intrigue and a murder lays afoot in this mythical Red Sage erotic romance adventure by Liane Gentry Skye. Ms. Skye has done it once again in this amazing romance. The author has this uncanny ability to pull at your heart strings all the while taking you on a mythical adventure of mass proportions and entangling you into world of her making. Her unique talent of weaving myth and legend is undoubtedly one of the best in writing so far. Liane is truly a talent to be reckoned with. Devil In A Kilt Nicole North Red SagePublishing Secrets Volume 27: Untamed Pleasures Heat Rate: Scorching Book Heat: 4 ½ stars Reviewed by C.S. Morehouse BOOK DESCRIPTION A trip to the Highland Games turns into a trip to the past when modern day Shauna MacRae touches Gavin MacTavish's 400-year-old claymore. She finds the Devil in a Kilt she's had erotic fantasies about for

Nicole North has a winner with her debut novella, DEVIL IN A KILT. A hunky Scottish hero matched with a gutsy, assertive heroine, time travel, shapeshifting, a witch's curse, and hot sex all bundled up in a delightful love story - what's not to like? With Ms. North entertaining so superbly on her first Secrets anthology, I'm looking forward to many more.