I’m reviewing Fire & Frost Anthology at Smexybooks

Fire & Frost by Meljean Brook, Caroline Crane, and Jessica Sims
PNR/UF/Steampunk Romance Anthology
May 25, 2013
Self published
Speed Mating by Jessica Sims – Estrella may be going into heat, but she’s determined to remain in control. Just because she’s ovulating doesn’t mean she has to settle for just any man (or his beast). Her sexy alpha’s determined to find her a tiger to take care of her heat and father her child…but no one seems to look quite as good as the man in charge. Will giving in to her need for her alpha ruin her tenuous relationship with her clan or be a match made in heaven?
Conjuring Max by Carolyn Crane – The witches of the world ridiculed and rejected nerdy Veronica for trying to use newfangled computers to enhance old world spellcasting. Well, it’s 1984 now, and she’s perfected her spellcasting computer program. Hey, who needs friends when you can conjure virtually anything…or anybody? So when Veronica makes powerful new enemies, she conjures Max, a pitbull of a cop, to deal with the pesky hitmen who keep coming around. Maybe Veronica can finally get some peace and quiet so she can work on her computer. But tough-guy Max is in no mood to play lapdog to a gorgeous witch.
Wrecked by Meljean Brook – Elizabeth has spent the past five years running from her father; her father’s huntsman, Caius, has spent the past five years pursuing her. But when he finally catches up to her on an airship flying above Europe’s zombie-infested cities, Elizabeth discovers that Caius isn’t the only danger she has to fear—and now that he’s found her, Caius doesn’t intend to let her go…(Blurb from Goodreads)
 
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I’m reviewing Meljean Brook’s Riveted at Smexybooks

Riveted (Iron sea #3) by Meljean Brook
Steampunk, Romance
Released: September 4, 2012
Berkley Trade

Favorite Quote: “I’ll always wait for you…”

Meljean Brook once again delivers a “riveting” steampunk fantasy revolving around two personable and quite adorable characters. Plenty of swashbuckling adventure and fast paced action still exists yet the setting and characters involved are completely new and fresh, which only heightens the ever evolving world building. Each new installment that Meljean Brook’s writes for this series manages to invoke new emotions without deviating from the main arc.

I enjoyed watching our protagonists meet and get to know one another. Especially when their backgrounds are unveiled. Both Annika and David have issues that cause them to shy away from relationships. Annika was raised in a secluded secretive community that did not entertain the rigid social structures and taboos of the New World. When she leaves her settlement, she is constantly finding herself committing a new faux pas with each new port she visits. She longs to find her sister and go home but there is a small part of her that also longs to be accepted for who she is.

David Kentwess studies volcanoes. He and a group of fellow scientists are heading to Iceland to study the volcanoes and develop a way to forecast eruptions. David was injured in an eruption, which has resulted in his having to wear prosthetics. These prosthetics are not pretty to look at it and they form an invisible yet solid barrier between him and society. He sees the disgust and pity reflected on the faces of those he meets and chooses to rise above it rather than give into it. David wants two things in life. To fulfill a promise and find someone who can accept him for the man he is; beyond his prosthetics.

Annika had no idea that her meeting David was not accidental. Annika has something David wants. David strikes up a friendship with her, attempting to smooth the way for his request. When outside forces intervene, Annika refuses to help David. In anger, David betrays their friendship and is shocked by his feelings of guilt and pain when Annika dissolves their friendship and tells him to take a hike.

From this moment on, we see two storylines intertwining. One, the main conflict, which is as just as entertainingly complex as in the last two books, and the subplot which focuses on David’s & Annika’s journey towards finding themselves and each other.

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I’m reviewing Meljean Brook’s Heart Of Steel at Smexybooks

Heart Of Steel (Iron Seas #2) by Meljean Brook
Steampunk, Romance
November 1, 2011

Favorite Quote:  “Give her a heart of steel.”

“A heart of steel? But…why?”

“Because there is no other way to survive.”

 

When Captain Yasmeen tossed Archimedes Fox over the side of her ship in The Iron Duke for having the sheer gall of trying to commandeer it, she tosses him in a canal which shows Fox that she wasn’t trying to kill him per say, just give him a little wake up call. She also relieved him of a certain valuable sketch that he desperately needs back. Fox decides that the adventure and the Captain are too much to resist and once again barges back into Yasmeen’s life. Yasmeen agrees to help him recover the sketch, for a small fee, but laughs at his declaration of courting her. When an old friend of Fox’s approaches him for help, Yasmeen and Fox find themselves part of a rebellion in the middle of Horde territory.

 

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I’m reviewing Demon Marked by Meljean Brook at Smexybooks

 

Demon Marked (Guardians #7) by Meljean Brook
Paperback
September 6, 2011
Berkley

Favorite Quote: “The Guardians are proof that the universe likes to reward those who sacrifice themselves for others-but I’ve never been interested in that martyr bullshit. So... we have to get that reward some other way. Me? I lied, cheated, and killed my way into it. I paid for it in blood...and I would have paid more if I had to. But I’d be damned before I let that price be our lives or my soul on that field.”

Nicholas St. Croix is familiar with the evil of demons. After his father’s death, a demon took over his mother’s body and raised him. Six years ago, his “mother” was responsible for the disappearance of the woman he loved, and Nicholas swore he’d find her—even if he had to go to Hell and back. Except she finds him first—and with one tormented kiss, he knows she too is a demon. Now he is determined to take his revenge…
Ash is a half-demon with no memory of her past or how she got to Hell. All she knows is that Nicholas St. Croix holds the key to her identity. And though he’s clearly drawn to her, Nicholas makes no secret of his distrust of her. Yet one kiss at a time, he breaks down her defenses as they battle an array of demons and Guardians. But is Ash’s greatest enemy the man at her side? (Goodreads)

Demon Marked is the 7th installment in Meljean Brooks dark and captivating Guardians series. We met our hero, Nicholas St. Croix in Demon Blood. Not a primary character then, in here we find out more about Nick and what his interest is in the Guardian/Demon war.

 

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I’m reviewing Wild & Steamy by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, and Carolyn Crane at Smexy Books

Wild & Steamy is a three story anthology written by some of the top authors in PNR fantasy-Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, and Carolyn Crane.

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I’m At Smexy Books Talking About Books

I went a visiting to Smexy Books house today to eat her food, play with her toys, and to talk with her about Meljean Brook’s fantastical fascinating world of steampunk with her newest release-Iron Duke.
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
Urrr, em, sorry.


Come on over and see why we think Meljean Brook’s Iron Duke is a 5 star read.

Later on today I'm pulling a solo act with my review of Kate Brady's Last To Die.

My New Book Review Is At Smexy Books

Today's review is Demon Blood by Meljean Brook (The Guardians #6).

Once upon time there was a beautiful princess who greatly loved her family. Her mother, father, and brother all lived in peace and harmony. But one day her father came home and he had changed. Now someone else looked out of his eyes. Someone evil and without conscience. Her father tortured the family until the mother died and the brother and princess lived in constant pain and fear.
The princess ran away and found sanctuary in a church. The father came to the church one day and offered her a choice. She could die by her brother's hand or all her sisters would die. She choose her own death and on that day the princess passed from this world.But like all fairy tales, that was not the end but merely the beginning.
Rosalia, a manipulative but caring guardian, has suffered the loss of most of her family during the never ending battle against Lucifer and his demons. Now she thinks she has found the answer to kill many demons in one shot. But the solution lies with a vampire who once betrayed her and left her to die.
Deacon betrayed Rosalia in order to save his own family and paid for it in the end.  But that doesn't lessen his feelings of self loathing and disgust. As these two damaged heroes work towards an uneasy alliance; a passion builds between them that could ultimately destroy or save them.


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