...FELT TIPS, Now Available!

Check out my story, A Rough Night At The Office, among the many other fabulous works of office-supply erotica in FELT TIPS!

All proceeds of this charitable anthology will be donated to help schools in need. Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever online books are sold.

...MELT INTO YOU by Roni Loren

MELT INTO YOU by Roni Loren is emotional, intense, and sexy. I loved it!

Disclaimer:
I love talking books. I do not know how to review them; I've never been good at it, but I do enjoy sharing my thoughts about books I enjoy, and that's what I plan to do here.

I adored the first book in Roni Loren's Loving on the Edge series (CRASH INTO YOU), so this book was an autobuy for me. Wow, did it ever blow me out of the water.

The characters!

Evan grew up in foster care and still harbors issue from her past. Jace experienced deep betrayal and can't trust anyone with his heart. And then there's the sweet-yet-powerful-yet-OMIGODSEXY Andre, who has secrets of his own. The love between them is powerful and real, and I can't decide who is my favorite.

My thoughts on the book!

First off, SEVERAL times in the story I remember thinking, "Evan is the luckiest girl in the entire world." I love this book. I wanted these damaged characters to find happiness and I thoroughly enjoyed their journey. The anticipation and longing between Evan and Jace began very early on in the story, and I couldn't put down my Nook for needing to see how these three were going to finally get together. Roni Loren has an expert way of making even non-smexy scenes hum with sexual tension, and I love the emotion that made everything they did more meaningful and risky and heartbreaking. I don't usually read a book from cover to cover without stopping, but my eyes were glued to my Nook!

Sex! Lots and lots of it!

This book is so hot, I thought my Nook would short-circuit. Roni Loren has a superb way of making me feel completely comfortable reading hardcore scenes, and portraying BDSM in a way that's accessible and fun. Just when I wondered if there was something I might not enjoy reading about, I found myself hoping for more--and this book delivered. The D/s world is thoroughly explored, and I couldn't have been happier to join Evan, Jace, and Andre on The Ranch.

In conclusion!

I read MELT INTO YOU by Roni Loren in one sitting. Anguished characters who find comfort and love in each other and learn to trust, hot sex (and I do mean hot!)--everything about this story worked for me. I highly recommend it!

Interview at Jenny Lyn's Blog!

Check out an interview I did for fellow FELT TIPS author, Jenny Lyn! She asked some fun questions, and her blog is fantastic!

Meet Diana Cruze

Coming next-- My Non-Review of Roni Loren's MELT INTO YOU. If you haven't read this one, you are missing out. Jace and Evan are HOT together, and lucky for Evan, Jace doesn't mind sharing. Steamy menage romance, where everyone wins!

...THE SIREN by Tiffany Reisz

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THE SIREN by Tiffany Reisz is sultry, surprising, and intelligent; one of the most memorable books I've ever read.

Disclaimer:
I love talking books. I do not know how to review them; I've never been good at it, but I do enjoy sharing my thoughts about books I enjoy, and that's what I plan to do here. 

Preface to the non-review:
A few pages into THE SIREN, I knew it was going to be a book I'd be desperate to discuss with people; it's the kind of story I want to read about after I finish reading it. I want to hear and relate to others' reactions, share in their emotions, see things from another perspective, and relive the experience of reading the story because it's just THAT different and strange and beautiful and incredible. So, as soon as I finished the novel, I scoured the internet for postings and reviews. One of my favorites is from Smexy Books:

Read Smexy Books' Review of THE SIREN Here

especially if you'd like an "official" review of the story. With a grade, and more about the plot, and the normal way people review books. I can already tell, true to form, I won't be doing that here.

So then! Onto the non-review!
I love this book. But why? Books that make me think are my favorite of all, and THE SIREN left me thinking and rethinking about the story and the characters so much, I found myself going to my Nook and looking for certain passages to re-read. Passages that twisted in my mind the first time I read them and which just sat there, in my skull, taking up space and taking on a life of their own.

And now, character discussion time!
First off, I fell in love with the tragic Zach, as harsh and sardonic and cold and injured as he is. Next up we have the haunted, vibrant-yet-dark Nora. Nora is a superhero, complete with a chilling backstory and a virtually impenetrable mask. Like any superhero, she has a superweakness, and the vulnerability she hides is equivalent to the power of her iconic persona. I love her. She is complex and multidimensional, and astonishingly relatable, while at the same time, she's like no one I've ever known.

More about the book! 
Laced in with the clever lines that kept me smiling, was a sadness so deep and profound, I felt the characters-- everyone from Nora to her loving and concerned intern-- were being devoured by it. The sadness is part of this story, so much so that it's almost another living breathing character. Every character seemed to be touched by it, longing for something that seemed heartbreakingly out of reach. I couldn't stop reading, aching for the characters to find happiness and some kind of peace. I couldn't stop reading because I was completely consumed with their lives; and because everything I read flooded my mind and wouldn't let me rest until I'd finished the story.

Sex! There is some!
I can hardly mention a Tiffany Reisz book without touching on the sex. The one thing about this book I wasn't surprised to find was intense, amazing, hardcore sex. And by hardcore, I mean, whips and pain and more pain, and none of it gratuitous. The story wouldn't be complete without it. The story wouldn't be itself without it.

In Conclusion...
To wrap things up, Tiffany Reisz's THE SIREN is a superbly written novel that continues to exist in my thoughts; it's one of those rare stories that lets me slip completely out of this world as it leaves a permanent impression in my mind. I highly recommend it, though it will most definitely not be what you expect.

The Girl Next Door Manifesto

My first post! I don't know how to start. Horror! Okay!! No one is reading this blog yet, so HERE GOES. I'm going to start with a mission statement. Sort of. A manifesto? I'm not even sure! I'm going to ramble a bit, how about that?

The Girl Next Door Manifesto

This blog is here because, often when I mention that I love reading romance novels or erotic fiction, I get a look of surprise. Okay, fine. It's usually accompanied with a snide remark. People don't tend to expect it of me. I don't know why. Fiction of the Sexy-Times variety is geared towards women, and I am, in fact, a woman. But people see me and think of the proverbial girl next door. And I'm here to say, and to show, that not every reader and writer of erotic romance is oversexed, perverted, or a closet freak--I mean, SOME of us are, I imagine! And I'm not saying I'm NOT one! I'm just saying, I read what I like and I am who I am. I'd rather if people didn't give me guilt trips about my reading choices.

On my young adult blog, I wrote about romance novels and the reaction I've gotten from having romance novels on my living room bookshelf. It was kind of a rant, blush, but you can read it here. In Defense of Romance- YA or Otherwise.