Naked in death in JD Robb
Published by Berkley

Why I read this: Holly made me.

Crime and punishment is Lieutenant Eve Dallas's business. Murder her speciality...Named by the social worker who found her when she was a mere child roaming that city's streets, Eve Dallas is a New York police detective who lives for her job. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all - and knows her survival depends on her instincts. But she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, a charismatic Irish billionaire - and a suspect in Eve's latest murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about - except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.

Okay, Holly, you may go a head and say 'I told you so'. I did enjoy this book. I'll never doubt you again, my dear. I do have one complaint though-Now I have yet another series that I need to catch up on. How many books are there? Close to thirty, I think. For that, I will not forgive you. Like I needed to get hooked on yet another long series. Tsk tsk tsk.

Eve has been a cop for 10 years. She is on the case to find a killer who is murdering licensed companions. The killer uses a gun, weapons that have long since been outlawed, to shoot the prostitute in the head, chest and between her legs, after they have sex.

One of the suspects is Roarke. A very rich, very smug business man who quickly falls in love with Eve. After Eve rules him out as the killer, he helps her try to find the real murderer. They work rather well together.

Naked in death is a B+ from me. It didn't take long to figure out that Naked in death was not your typical contemporary read. It's actually set in the year of 2058. I was more interested in the world that the author created than I was in the actual love story. The story was fast paced and interesting. Even though I knew who the killer was all a long, it was still a good read.

I like Eve and Roarke. I like them together, but I felt that the relationship was forced. I do look forward to reading more about them in the rest of the series.

Slave to sensation by Nalini Singh

Published by Berkley

In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of “rehabilitation”— the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was…. Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a Changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy co-existence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several Changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion—and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities—or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation…

This is a series that I was hesitant to start. It's very popular among bloggers, and I have yet to see anything bad said about any of the books. I have a bad track record when it comes to these kind of books. The uber popular hyped up books tend to not be my cup of tea. I usually end up disappointed and a little bit mad that I let myself get sucked into something that wasn't as good as promised by so many.

I read Slave to sensation and I loved it.

Sascha lives in a world where babies and children in her race are conditioned to not have emotions. They are taught to feel no happiness, anger, guilt, sadness, love or anything else. The Psy leaders decided to go ahead and do that to their young in order to stop members of their race from killing others.

Occasionally the conditioning, or Silence, as they call it, does not work properly, so the Psy who feels anything or acts on emotion is taken into rehabilitation, where their minds are turned to mush.

Sascha is struggling with herself because she she has never felt like a 'normal' Psy. She knows that she is 'broken' and she hides it as best as she can. It gets harder and harder to do that because her mother is a powerful Psy who is a member of the council, and she would not think twice about turning in her daughter.

Lucas is the Alpha pack leader of the Panthers. Several female changelings have been kidnapped and murdered an he knows that the killer is a Psy. He goes into a business venture with Sascha and her mother in hopes of getting some insider information about the Psy who is killing the females.

It doesn't take long for Lucas fall for Sascha. He recognizes her as his mate, but she denies her feelings for him. As Psy she is not supposed to feel anything, but she knows that there is something happening to her.

As Lucas asks for her help in finding the killer, she spends more and more time with him. She tries to hide that she is starting to have feelings for him, but he and his pack wont let her pretend. They encourage to touch, love and feel.

I wont too much away, but Sascha is not a broken Psy. She is a special type of Spy that is rare and thought to have been extinct.

I am so happy that I read this book. Visions of heat (book 2) is in my TBR, and I wont wait long before reading it. Nalini Singh created an interesting world full of passion and intrigue. I found myself reading as fast as I could so that I would find out what happened next. Then I had to force myself to slow down as I did not want the story to end. Without hesitation an A+.

Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight
Published by Berkley Sensation
Grade: D

Reporter Jane Colby has seen a lot covering crime for the local paper, but the most recent murder is so brutal, it leaves even the most hardened detectives shaken. Jane and the cops don't know it, but the killer is none other than Jack the Ripper. Turns out all the theories about those Victorian murders were wrong:
Jack is actually a time-traveling cyborg psychopath named Kalig Druas.
Now he's in Tayanita County - and he's set his sights on Jane.
Luckily, so has Baran Arvid, a genetically engineered warrior from the future. Baran and his talking wolf sidekick have been sent to protect her - and use her as bait to
trap the killer. None of this is good news to Jane, but she finds having a
handsome bodyguard does have deliciously erotic benefits. Besides, Frieka the
wolf is a scream.
Unfortunately, so is Jack.

This was very hard to read. I made myself finish it because I really hate having DNF's.

Warlord from the future comes to the present to save Jane from Jack the Ripper. We all know that Jack the Ripper is a killer from the 1800's. In Jane's Warlord, the reason Jack was never caught is because he is a jumpkiller...Someone who jumps from year to year to kill. In the future there is a race of beings who pay the jumpkiller to rape and kill. He records it, and then his subscribers get to watch.

Jumpkiller has been paid to kill Jane. Baran is a warlord who has been sent to protect Jane. Between searching for and also running from the jumpkiller, there is a lot of sex happening. I love a good love scene, however, all but one of them were badly timed and out of place.

Jane has some internal demons when it comes to her dead father. He was a wife and child beater. In the whole book Jane wonders if her mother was killed by her father, or did she really just leave. It as played up so much but the answer never came out.

The author added in this talking wolf who was sarcastic and tried to be funny. The killings that took place in the book were very brutal, and the jumpkiller kept talking about how he was going to rape Jane. I don't know if the author was trying to lighten up the mood or what, but trying to add laughs to the book didn't work.

Unanswered questions, too many things that don't make sense, sex scenes just for the sake of sex makes this a D.

The commander's slave, By KS Augustin
Published by New concepts
Grade: B

About the book:

She doesn't know who she is. She is found wandering the crash-site of a ship and taken to Hell's Market where she is sold to a hard-eyed mercenary with nothing but sex on his mind. But things are never quite as they seem. For a start, the 'mercenary', Tangus, is Commander of the last remnant of the Seti species, his home-world and its entire civilian population blown into oblivion in a single act of unspeakable brutality. In an uncaring galaxy he is determined to find a way for his all-male contingent (and the Seti name) to live on and obtain justice for their planet's destruction even if his plan involves inter-breeding the Seti with females from other species.

After her ship crashes, Asha is left with no memory of who she is. She is captured by a group of males who auction her off to the highest bidder. She is lonely, weak, hungry and has no idea who she is, yet she feels safe with the controlling ship commander who has bought her.

Tangus is the leader of a the remaining males of his species. Without women to have babies with, his race will die out. Tangus sees Asha and believes that she is the answer to their problems. He decides that she will be the first woman to start the breeding with and re populate his race.

Asha and Tangus have incredible sexual needs, and please each other well. However, it's not long before Tangus has to put his personal feelings aside and choose either his people, or the woman is he falling in love with.

This is a wonderful read that I recomend it to anyone who enjoys sci-fi.

Planet X, By Evangeline Anderson

Published by Ellora's cave

Grade: A

About the book:

Krisa Elyison is a bride-to-be -- bought and paid
for by a stuffy aristocrat. Though she secretly longs for just one adventure all
on her own, she knows the reality of her life: she is destined to be the wife of
the elderly and pompous Lord Radisson.

Kurt Teague is a prisoner -- a galactic criminal
wanted for multiple murders. He is also Feral, a proud and savage people known
for their indomitable wills to survive and their fiercely possessive natures.
His tortured past has turned him into a ruthless killer—an unthinkable fate to
the innocent, sheltered Krisa.

Have you ever seen that Vin Diesel movie called Pitch Black? Planet X reminded me of it.

Krisa is on a ship on her way to marry the man who owns her. She is from the Bridal Planet, where she has been trained and bred to be the perfect proper wife.

Teague is on the same ship, except he on his way to prison.

When the ship crashes Krisa goes with Teague because he is her only chance for survival. At first she is afraid of him, but she learns to trust him. They talk a lot and she soon finds out that he isn't a danger to her.

They spend a month together on Planet X. An intriguing Planet of pastel colours. The water is light pink. The vegetation is light pink, green blue and teal. Even the hair of the locals is a light pastel. At night there is no moon or stars, so for Krisa it is pitch black. During that time she depends on Teague because his race of people have special eyes that allow them to see in the dark.

It was fun to watch Krisa start off as this prissy proper lady, and then grow into a passionate sexual woman. Krisa and Teague are the perfect pair.

They go through a lot together. Wild beasts are after them, Krisa has to adapt to a weird new world. Planet X locals want to own Krisa, and Teague has to protect her. They are betrayed by someone and Krisa's intended comes looking for her. There is so much going on. Action packed. There wasn't a dull moment for me.