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March 14th, 2013
 A Clockwork Butterfly by Tabitha Rayne
Publisher: Beachwalk Press
Genre: Futuristic, Erotic Romance, BDSM, M/F, F/F, F/F/M
Length: 40,731 words
  
Summary:
Lovers torn apart by duty…will Angelo and Lena be reunited?
Mankind is close to extinction. Toxins have all but wiped out the male population. The remaining fertile men are housed in manors where their seed is collected.
Lena Lee is a new collector with a rare pheromone believed to reignite human fertility. She’s assigned a male who’s predicted to be her perfect match.
Angelo, a clockwork butterfly maker, is held captive, his essence harvested daily by Lena. Over time, the couple begins to fall in love, something which is strictly prohibited. When their forbidden love is discovered, Lena is banished from the manor.
Torn apart by the duty that brought them together, Lena and Angelo must find a way back to each other. But even if Angelo manages to escape, he doesn’t know where to find Lena. Will following the path of the clockwork butterfly lead him to his true love?
Content Warning: strong language, BDSM, and graphic sexual content, including m/f, f/f, and f/f/m sexual interaction
Blackraven’s Review:
A Clockwork Butterfly is a compilation of genres that include fantasy, sci-fi romance, and BDSM to name a few. Ms. Rayne has penned a riveting story that revolves around a forbidden love triangle and the extinction of mankind. The reader is quickly immersed into the captivating world of Lena, Mae and Angelo.
The sexual chemistry between Lena, Mae and Angelo is intense, sensual, and at times explosive. It was intriguing to watch each relationship blossom into something more than just saving mankind. The forbidden love trope is always a favorite of mine and helped increase the intensity and complexity of the plot. The dialogue is fresh, the sex is explicit, and the emotions are raw and uninhibited. Lena, Mae and Angelo will captivate your heart and senses while heating up your body in all of the right places. My only niggle with A Clockwork Butterfly is that I would have liked a bit more world building on the front end of the story. Don’t get me wrong, Ms. Rayne did an excellent job of explaining about the toxins and why men were almost extinct, but I think it would have been more effective in a prologue that provided some background information and history of how this came to be. In addition, there were a few minor editing problems, but nothing that would deter the reader from the story.
 Tabitha Rayne has crafted a compelling, entertaining, creative story with engaging characters who are fighting against the odds to find their Happily Ever After. Lena and Angelo’s naivete in regards to sex balanced Mae’s sensual knowledge to make for some smoking hot love scenes. I loved how Ms. Rayne allowed each of the characters to explore their sexuality. But what I enjoyed the most was the fact that Mae, one of the females, was responsible for teaching Angelo and Lena about domination. While Mae is a character that takes a bit of getting used to, she eventually grew on me as the story progressed. Ms. Rayne’s symbolism of the butterfly was an intricate component of the story that not only held meaning for each character on a personal level, but also added depth to the development of each character. Moreover, the conclusion of A Clockwork Butterfly leads the reader to believe that there will be a sequel, which piques my curiosity even more. 
A Clockwork Butterfly by Tabitha Rayne is sexy, yet sensual with explicit love scenes, raw emotions, and engaging characters that will keep you coming back for me. So, if you haven’t checked out A Clockwork Butterfly, then do so today. You won’t be sorry.
Rated 4.5 Ravens by Blackraven!
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January 12th, 2012
 Captivated by Elizabeth Raines
Series: Wicked Missions, Book 6
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc.
Genre: Erotic Romance, Futuristic, Menage a Trois/Quatre, Science Fiction, M/M, M/M/F
Length: 112 pages
Summary:
[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, with M/M elements]
Crown Prince Jayce Cobmara has taken a lover—his bodyguard, Damian Scarpela. On a planet that oppresses women and persecutes any alternative lifestyle, the men steadfastly protect their secret relationship. When a woman stumbles across the lovers, they have no choice but to take her captive.
Law-enforcement agent Izzie Szabo must fight her attraction to her two handsome captors. Although she assures them that she’ll keep their important secret, they keep her at a desert hideaway that turns to paradise as the three explore their mutual attraction. The fiery-haired Izzie refuses to consider becoming a princess on a planet that treats women like second-class citizens.
When an assassination attempt is made on Jayce, Izzie and Damian work together to uncover a plot that will shake the prince’s faith in his homeland. Can the love the three of them share help Jayce find a way to fulfill his royal destiny?
A Siren Erotic Romance
Lace’s Review:
Captivated by Elizabeth Raineswas an intriguing read with a fast pace plotline that held a lot of suspense. In addition, these three characters sure know how to heat up the pages. Between Jayce, Izzie and Damian someone was always getting “wet”. *vbg*
 I will say as I read Captivated, I was not quite sure what role Izzie played in the grand scheme of things and the relationship. In my opinion, Jayce and Damain’s passion for one another, as well as their connection, was so strong they could have carried this book themselves. Izzie just added a different spin.
Izzie was dropped into a world where men ran everything. Being an independent out spoken woman, how will she survive in this man’s world? Damian and Jayce carry on behind closed doors because of the beliefs of the royal family that it is wrong to openly love one another.
The story lay-out was interesting, but in truth I did not feel that this was truly a Sci-Fi story. Had it not been for the hovercrafts and the word Earthling, I would have considered Capitivated more of a contemporary genre. To me the setting resembled more of a Middle-East country in regards to their beliefs about women.
All in all, Captivated by Elizabeth Raines was well worth reading. Give it a try!
Rated 3 1/2 Ravens by Lace!
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November 7th, 2011
 The Breaker’s Concubine by Ann Mayburn
Publisher: Loose-Id
Genre:BDSM, Futuristic, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Erotic Romance
Length: Novel
Summary:
Prince Devnar of Jensia is goaded into raiding the wrong space ship, springing a trap that captures him for use as a Royal pleasure slave, a Concubine, on Kyrimia. He vows to do everything he can to escape and keep from forming a psychic bond with his captors that would render him absolutely and totally in love. This proves dif…morePrince Devnar of Jensia is goaded into raiding the wrong space ship, springing a trap that captures him for use as a Royal pleasure slave, a Concubine, on Kyrimia. He vows to do everything he can to escape and keep from forming a psychic bond with his captors that would render him absolutely and totally in love. This proves difficult to do when the female Breaker assigned to turn him into a Concubine, Melania, is the epitome of his perfect woman.
Melania has been raised and trained to help reluctant and abused Novices to break through their personal blocks and attain the ultimate prize of becoming a Concubine. When she is given Devnar to train, she finds herself in danger of doing the forbidden and falling in love with her Novice. This angry, scarred, and utterly seductive male tests her self-control like no other.
Melania and Devnar find themselves at the heart of a galaxy wide political battle that will test a love that they must not acknowledge, and cannot live without, to its very limits.
Publisher’s Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: BDSM theme and elements, menage (m/f/m with some male contact).
Mrs. C.’s Review:
Ann Mayburn is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors and The Breaker’s Concubine is part of the reason why. I honestly don’t know if Ms. Mayburn has a genre. She apparently can write almost anything and do it well.
Now, that said, The Breaker’s Concubine is not an easy read. There are some very uncomfortable occasions in the book that detail cruelty and pain beyond a point that I can honestly say that I enjoyed reading. I had to ask myself if I was unhappy with the book at those moments because of poor writing, plot holes, characters behaving OOC, or was I upset because of the subject matter. The answer came as I continued reading and the characters mirrored my own emotions and answered for me, bringing me back into the story quite effectively.
 This book has a very intriguing BDSM twist that I have not seen before. I will try to describe it without providing any spoilers. Melania is a breaker on her planet. This is a person who “breaks” a person’s will and forces him to become the ultimate submissive, a concubine. And this is the twist that builds this book – a dominant orders a submissive to be a dominant to force a dominant to be a submissive. And that’s not the end of it as it twists and turns again and again. Um, wow.
Using the genre of sci-fi is important because the characters have physical attributes that Earth humans do not that are necessary to make the story work. For example, Devnar gives off pheromones when aroused during sex that cause an actual addiction to him. This is a key plot point, and I will say no more so as not to give away too much.
We leave Devnar, Melania and their menage third Khilam planning how to rescue women who have been kidnapped by an evil power mad woman and sold into sexual slavery, so there is much more to come in this story, long term. Oh, and a happy little codicil to the HFN is added right at the very end of the book, but I won’t tell you what it is. I’m still smiling, though, as I think of what this means to Melania and how it might lead to an HEA for everyone.
Rated 4 1/2 Ravens by Mrs. C.!
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October 26th, 2011
 Range War Bride by Lara Santiago
Series: Tasty Treats 11
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc.
Genre: Erotic Romance, Futuristic, Multiple Partners, Western/Cowboys, M/F/M
Length: 109 pages
Summary:
[PolyAmour: Erotic Futuristic Cowboy Multiple Partner Romance, M/F/M]
In a world where female infertility is the norm, two related men are legally allowed to marry one woman to produce an heir for their family property.
Brianna escapes a vile arranged marriage but is rescued by two brothers, Alex and Rafe Drakestone, on their own bride hunt for a woman to carry their child. Brianna agrees to marry Alex and Rafe, if she proves fertile. However, her stubborn and not-so-nice ex-fiancés won’t let her go without a fight and bring the local law into the mix.
And then all hell breaks loose.
Brianna harbors a horrible secret that threatens her freedom if found out. Will Alex and Rafe start a range war to keep her as their bride? And will they discard her once they learn what she’s done in the name of self-preservation? Can four men fight over one woman and settle their private war?
A Siren Erotic Romance
Olivia’s Review:
From the very first page, Range War Bride by Lara Santiago was a fascinating, fun, sexy read. Living in world where the fertility in women has been severely decreased, Brianna is caught in between two neighbors: one, a brutally evil man, the other, two brothers determined to secure the future of their ranch.
 What I really liked about Ms. Santiago’s book was that although women, in this future where having a baby means everything and women who can have them are very scarce, it was a relief that the heroine, Brianna, was still a strong, smart, three-dimensional character. It’s easy to write a woman in a book like this as meek and totally submissive, but Ms. Santiago avoided doing this, which I though made the story a little more believable and true.
Another thing I liked about Range War Bride was that Ms. Santiago gave Brianna distinct, separate times to bond with the heroes, Alex and Rafe. I’m a little put off by M/F/M books in which the two men are related and they’re all hopping into bed together. However, the way Ms. Santiago wrote it was less uncomfortable and more sweet and romantic. I thought Alex and Rafe were wonderful characters, just the perfect blend of super masculine male, while being sweet and caring.
Overall, Range War Bride was a very fun book and one I would recommend to anybody.
Rated 3.5 Ravens by Olivia!
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August 12th, 2011
 The Balance of Silence by S. Reesa Herberth, Michelle Moore
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd
Genre: M/M, Sci-Fi, Futuristic
Length: Category
Summary:
Welcome to the jungle—where the found are lost and the lost are redeemed.
Riv is a man adrift, hoping that running supplies for ReliefCorp will restore his faith in mankind—and in himself. Deep in the war-torn Maltana rainforest, he stumbles upon a local bar that suits his mood: good food, bad attitude. The entertainment, though, is unexpected. A skilled piano player who avoids eye contact, flinches when anyone approaches…and warns Riv of an ambush by tapping out the planetary anthem for Riv’s homeworld of Karibee.
The least Riv can do for the mute piano man, “Ducks”, is take him to the nearest spaceport for help. On their harrowing journey to escape Maltana, Riv makes a horrifying discovery. Ducks endured torture that scarred his mind as well as his body. Still, before he leaves the man safely in a treatment facility, Riv manages to earn what little trust Ducks has to give.
Months later they reconnect, and while it’s clear their instant attraction was no fluke, there’s still a piece missing. Ducks’ voice. To help him find it again, Riv will have to expose the painful past that tore a hole in his own life. And hope that together, their ragged edges will fit together to form a whole.
Product Warnings: This book contains fluffy blond hair, sugary soda that will rot your teeth out, one unfortunate first name, and one mute amnesiac with a sarcasm fetish, all wrapped up in two selfless but mildly unstable guys who accidentally find their happily ever after. In SPACE!
Olivia’s Review:
The Balance of Silence by Ms. S. Reesa Herbert and Ms. Michelle Moore was a sweet novel about how healing love is.
After a mission that goes horribly wrong, pacifist Riv decides to volunteer to bring medical supplies to war-torn, outlying planets. On one such planet, he meets Ducks. Ducks is a man broken by the things he’s seen and experienced. He’s playing a piano in a hole in the wall bar on some backwater planet.
The relationship that develops between the two men is sweet. Ducks, damaged, does not talk. He barely communicates before Riv gets him to his own home planet to a psychiatric hospital. Dealing with Ducks’ psychiatric healing also helps Riv come to terms with things from him own past.
While I enjoyed the book and story, I found it hard to see when the two characters really fell in love with the information provided by Ms. Herbert and Ms. Moore. For one thing, the time the book takes place jumps around. One moment Riv is meeting Ducks, then the next chapter, it’s been a couple of months they’re doing the inter-galactic of Skyping, then it’s three weeks later and something else is going on. It was a very stop and go read.
Aside from that, I greatly enjoyed The Balance of Silence. The love that grows between Ducks and Riv is sweet and beautiful. Ms. Herbert and Ms. Moore created a very interesting world, with all different races of people, planets and organizations. Put this together with the cast of secondary characters that make up the rest of the story, and I would recommend this to anybody I knew looking for a fluffy bit of love.
Rated 3 Ravens by Olivia!
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June 23rd, 2011
 Four Play by Shelli Stevens
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd
Genre: SciFi – Futuristic, Red Hots!!!, Ménage & More
Length: Novella
Summary:
Duty required she choose one life mate. Her heart wants all three.
Mikayla knew this day was coming. News has come down from the planetary elders—now that she’s twenty-five, the law requires she pick her lifemate. She may be the planetary secretary, but when it comes to trying out potential mates, she’s inexperienced and nervous.
She only needs one man with whom she can trust her life. Luckily she knows three—all friends since childhood. Even if they’re not thrilled to be her potential lifemate, it’s the only way she can get through this process.
Mikayla couldn’t be more wrong about Cedric, Kyle, and Brett. They’re eager, yet resentful about the situation. Each one would kill to claim her, but they’re not too happy about having to risk their friendship to win her love. Yet, one by one, they set out to do just that.
Mikayla is stunned to learn all three men drive her mad with desire—and make her feel cherished. Loved. Choosing one seems impossible, until the one man she doesn’t want forces her hand…
Product Warnings: This book contains one female being thoroughly tempted by three very different males—sometimes at the same time! It contains m/m and m/m/m/f scenes, rough lovin’, gentle lovin’, and all of the above lovin’.
Olivia’s Review:
Four Play by Shelli Stevens was a fast, fun, feisty read. The four central characters— Mikayla, Cedric, Kyle, and Brett— are great characters. I liked the characters and the story.
Upon further reflection, I finally decided what set me off this book was the writing of the story. It’s a good plot: it’s time for her to get married, by law, and she wants to choose a man from her three closest friends. To make things fair, she gives them each equal opportunity to woo her into deciding upon one of them. For me, it just seemed like everything flowed too well. It was predictable. It’s obvious that she’ll be more confused after each sojourn out for their courting hour. It’s obvious that there will be that one weasely guy that the three heroes will deal with. Ms. Stevens didn’t leave any guess-work for the reader.
I don’t want to sound like the book wasn’t good; it was. I just hope Ms. Stevens will perhaps leave something for the reader to figure out, or add a twist in her future works. Four Play was just too… neat. Otherwise, it was a fun, sexy read.
Rated 3 Ravens by Olivia!
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June 9th, 2011
 Twice to the Stars by Alexis Reed
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Sci-Fi, menage, futuristic, erotic
Length: Short Novel, 135 pages
Summary:
As the only woman on board the pioneer-class galactic vessel The Adamant, Chief Engineer Samantha Hartland knows better than to let any man into her bed—or her heart. Unfortunately, she doesn’t want just any. One. Man. Blake and Kane Damsen, identical twins and fellow officers, haunt her most vivid erotic dreams. Together.
Blake and Kane have kept their passion for the green-eyed mistress of engineering a secret for two years. Barely. But when one of the crew members reveals he’s willing to kill to get Samantha’s attention, she turns to the twins for help. She gets a lot more than that in the bargain.
Pomme’s Review:
So, Manchester United has just suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Barcelona and their players are surely feeling as frustrated as I am, trying to review Twice to the Stars in a fitting manner.
I have to start by saying i really really really wanted to like this book. Everything in the summary pushes my kink buttons: strong woman in a position of power, check! Not one but two hot men, check! Twins, check!
Told in a third person limited point of view cycling between Samantha and both Blake and Kane, Twice to the Stars starts off very solid. Ms. Reed‘s prose is engaging and she sets the scene quickly but without information dumping, which I very much appreciated. Samantha comes across as both fragile and strong in the beginning scene, which is a nice dichotomy. I enjoyed her thoughts about Blake and Kane, because she isn’t ashamed of wanting them but knows she must keep herself in check. She isn’t tortured by her desires and doesn’t feel guilty for them, making her a really strong character. Blake and Kane, on the other hand, were a bit interchangeable throughout: while their want for Samantha comes across as very strong, I didn’t think they were too different from one another, which made them slightly weaker characters.
The plot, for me, is where Twice the Stars hit a snag: I was ready and eager for the premise set up in the summary to be developed, but instead it was just expounded upon in the first twenty pages, and by page twenty-six, the characters were getting it on. Now, I definitely don’t mind sex (on the contrary!) but I felt a bit cheated, since the whole premise was about how the three characters would make it work. It was just too easy, and there weren’t any real hurdles to Blake, Kane and Samantha being together. They were all ready for it by page two, and it was as if I had arrived after all the good stuff (feelings developing, desires being awakened, etc.) had already happened. Ms. Reed tried to insert some angst but it felt a little contrived, because the characters seemed to have already weighed the odds and decided on the outcome. This made everyone in the book fall flat, which is a shame.
The stalker story line was a little bit predictable, and it felt as if there wasn’t really a point to it: it doesn’t really come across as the trigger to the relationship, more that its events coincided with a good time for Blake and Kane’s feelings to make themselves known to Samantha. I also don’t really know what I was expecting, with Blake and Kane: they share Samantha but they don’t really interact with each other when they’re in bed, which I found a little disconcerting.
Now, I’ve complained about the sex. But, to be fair, it is really good sex: well-written, engaging, and ultimately very hot. For smut, Ms. Reed gets full points!
The layout itself is pleasing to the eye, and there were no typos that I could find.
In summary, this is definitely the read for you if you want well-written and satisfying sex of the twin variety, but I would definitely have liked Twice to the Stars to be longer, with more emphasis on how the characters actually get to the satisfying sex.
Rated 3 Ravens by Pomme!
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June 8th, 2011
 Doc by Jude Mason
Publisher: Total E-Bound
Genre: Erotica, Futuristic – post apocalypse/ Sci-Fi/ MM/ MF
Length: Novel
Summary:
Book one in the Daybreak 2525 Series
The son of a healer and a warrior, Doc is forced to take on both roles when his village is destroyed and his lover…gone
Returning from a visit to one of the outland farms, Doc finds his village destroyed, his family either gone or dead and his lover vanished without a trace. The few survivors hidden among the ruins tell a tale of ruthless, sadistic marauders taking what they want and burning the rest. Doc finds too many dead and his heart breaks for those he finds alive. Mothers whose children are gone, husbands who have lost everything and everyone.
Pulling as many people as he can together and tending their wounds, Doc vows to find the rest of his people. His father is among the dead, but his mother, his sister and lover are not.
The hunt is on.
Reader Advisory: This book is number one in a series and best read first. Contains scenes of hot m/m and m/f intimacy.
Tarsilla’s Review:
I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I really enjoyed the story, and the intensity of the plot. Doc is a healer who encounters his village destroyed, and his family and friends either dead or taken as slaves. The emotional and physical struggles Doc goes through in his grief and his attempt to save his people are very vivid and give life to this story. Added to that, his worry over his lover Jazz is beautiful and heartbreaking, and I really enjoyed seeing Doc assume a mantle of protector and savior of the people he truly loves.
Doc has really strong characters besides Doc himself. Zoe, for instance, proved to be a formidable woman from beginning to end, and though it was no surprise that she had a thing for Doc, seeing them discover the depth of their feelings for each other was amazing. Jazz is a little less developed as a character, but since this is the first book in the series, I am assuming there was just no space to provide a more in depth view of his personality, especially with the amount of action the story offers. All the secondary characters are great assets to the overall story as well; they are real and powerful, regardless of how briefly they actually appeared on the pages. I really believe the soul of this book, and what propelled the story forward, were the characters and their reactions to events. They made this story credible and realistic despite the fantastical circumstances surrounding them.
That being said, I did have a couple of issues with this book. For one, given how strong characterization is, I was disappointed at the lack of complexity in the storyline. The plot itself – the destruction, the capture, the rescuing – was powerful and intense, without a doubt. But, there is just too much missing information to make me enjoy it one hundred percent. What happened to make this world the way it is? At first I thought this was a story set in the past, but little details seem to hint that maybe this is a post-apocalyptic scenario, which is perfectly fine, except why wasn’t that clearer? Not knowing exactly what was going on “backstage” disrupted my reading a great deal.
And another problem I had was with the eroticism in the book. It was hot and sexy, and very enjoyable, but just so inappropriate. Doc and Zoe would flirt or have sex at the oddest times, and even before Doc knew for sure if Jazz was alive or dead. Who does that? It would have been ok with me if that had been two people drawing comfort from each other, but the way it is written doesn’t really suggest that. And though I loved Doc’s character, there were times I just wanted to slap him, like when he kept putting his attraction for Jazz and Zoe above knowing for sure if his family was safe. It just broke my heart to see a character I came to admire and care about do such insensitive things. The general sexual tension throughout the story, in fact, just baffled me, because it would sprung up at the most awkward times. It was…a little offensive actually.
So, even though I really enjoyed Doc in the overall scheme of things, the few problems I had with the story were serious enough to disrupt my reading. As the beginning of a series, I think Ms. Mason is off to a good start. However, for the next installments, I would really like to see more details about this post-apocalyptic world these great characters live in, and a little more tact at handling the circumstances surrounding the sexual encounters between them. Still, I do look forward to the other books in this series.
Rated 3.5 Ravens by Tarsilla!
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Tabitha Rayne has crafted a compelling, entertaining, creative story with engaging characters who are fighting against the odds to find their Happily Ever After. Lena and Angelo’s naivete in regards to sex balanced Mae’s sensual knowledge to make for some smoking hot love scenes. I loved how Ms. Rayne allowed each of the characters to explore their sexuality. But what I enjoyed the most was the fact that Mae, one of the females, was responsible for teaching Angelo and Lena about domination. While Mae is a character that takes a bit of getting used to, she eventually grew on me as the story progressed. Ms. Rayne’s symbolism of the butterfly was an intricate component of the story that not only held meaning for each character on a personal level, but also added depth to the development of each character. Moreover, the conclusion of A Clockwork Butterfly leads the reader to believe that there will be a sequel, which piques my curiosity even more. 
