Terescia's thoughts and such.

I received a copy of Into the Crossfire last week from Avon Red. This one appears to be an action-packed, sexy romance that starts a new series for Lisa Marie Rice and Avon Red called Protectors.

Into the Crossfire will be released on July 27, 2010 but it’s available for pre-order right now.

About the book

Former Navy SEAL Sam Reston keeps to himself. His world is dangerous, uncertain, violent…and there is no room in it for the helpless and weak. Then the most beautiful woman in the world moves in next door to him….

Nicole Pearce’s life is complicated enough–with an ailing father and a new business to worry about–and the last thing she needs is to get involved with a secretive, hard-bodied, hardheaded neighbor. Yet Sam leaves her breathless–her body tingling with erotic desire–and it takes every ounce of her fabled control to resist offering herself to him, no strings attached. What she doesn’t know is that Sam Reston is on an undercover assignment…and she’s about to step into the crossfire.

Never has Sam ached for a woman so badly, and he’s never fallen in love before. Now that Nicole is in grave danger, he will become her shield, and guard the tempting body he longs to touch and taste. Because a terrorist plot hatched half a world away is heading to their doorstep–and it can only be derailed by one man and one woman.

Preorder Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice

You can see more Lisa Marie Rice books on the Lisa Marie Rice booklist at The Erotic Reader and more Avon Red books on the Avon Red page at The Erotic Reader.

Tessa Adams is a pseudonym for Tracy Wolff, a popular Harlequin Superromance and NAL Heat author. Although I have never read a Tracy Wolff book, I decided to give Tessa Adams’ new book a try because it was a paranormal romance about dragons and I’ve developed a soft spot for dragon romance after reading a few. I posted my review of Dark Embers on The Erotic Reader, my site about sexy romance books and erotic romance.

This was one of those books that I can’t quite make up my mind about. I liked it, but then again, I didn’t like all of it.

Dark Embers by Tessa Adams is a book about dragons, romance, magic, and a deadly disease that’s killing the people of the Dragonstar clan. Dylan and Phoebe come together when Dylan seeks out a scientist specializing in autoimmune and nervous system disorders. He wants her to work with his clan’s doctors to discover the cause of and a cure for the disease that’s killing the members of his clan.

Dark Embers has a strong story propelling it forward, with writing strong enough to overcome a few big issues I had with the book. Read the review for Dark Embers on The Erotic Reader website…

The thing is, this was a good book, but it just wasn’t my kind of story. Although I enjoyed the hero, I didn’t enjoy the heroine’s character as much. She seemed…inconsistent…in her actions. I would still recommend the book specifically to readers who enjoy dragon tales, but watch out, because there’s one big "it just so happens…" plot issue that kept me from adding this book to my recommended reading list on The Erotic Reader.

I wrote a review of a really good book I just read. Emma Wildes has just become an author I’m going to have to read more of in the future. Her book, Seducing the Highlander, was very appealing and I truly enjoyed the three stories in it.

In Seducing the Highlander, Emma Wildes introduces three Scottish heroes who can’t help but come to the rescue of three damsels in distress. The included stories are Seducing Ian, Seducing Robbie, and Seducing Adain, and although each story is a stand-alone novella, this anthology is actually made up of three connected stories that make this book hard to put down. Read the review for Seducing the Highlander on The Erotic Reader website…

She has a few other books that are currently on my bookshelf, including Lessons from a Scarlet Lady and An Indecent Proposition. I’m thinking Lessons might be the next one I pick up. :)