Angel Payne

Are you seeking a political thriller that is also romance and is super hot and spicy? Well, that's oddly specific BUT YOU FOUND IT!

Ruled by Angel Payne is a delightful thrill ride with lots of sex, a bountiful amount of politics and enough angst to blow up a high school. Seriously, it's kinda amazing how much was fit into this book!

Tracy Rhodes is the Vice President/second in command. She's got a pretty powerful position and she's one strong woman! Then walks in one hunk of a man and within a blink of an eye the two are totally hot for each other. Seriously, the sexy vibes go WAY up the minute they start talking. It's quite the sight. John Franzen is the man we are talking about, and he just takes the cake for his rough and tough demeanour.

This story is entertaining and mighty smutty. I feel like I needed to read some of the past books to understand this one though. I felt very confused on what was going on. It's still a great book though!

Two out of five stars - solely because I needed to read the prior books and I seem to be veering away from this genre? The book is great, but not for me.

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.… (more)

I didn't actually hate this but it was a waste of a good story line. The blurb promised a good amount of emotional tension plus kinky sex but delivered the narrative equivalent of a wet noodle.

The lady and the dude are reunited almost immediately, so there's no tension there. The dude whines about how he wants to spank his lady now, because...something and how you shouldn't want to spank the lady you love. The lady is like "gimme some peen, please" but the dude is like "no way, not unless you let me handcuff you". The lady is like, "sure no problem, that sounds like a lot of fun, actually", and the dude is like "hah, yeah right, I love you too much to give you the sexing we both want". Then the lady is like "whuh? that makes no sense" and the dude is like "I don't need to make sense, I thought you were dead for a whole year". There was zero inquiry about how the lady escaped her kidnappers and survived in the jungle for a whole year, but there was some vague stuff about a sex trafficking ring, and then another kidnapping, and then the dude poses as a gross sex-buyer to get his lady back and has sex with her in front of the sex traffickers. And all of that could have made this an interesting story but all of the emotional details were glossed over in favor of some really intense navel-gazing. I won't be bothering with the rest of this series.… (more)

Claire Montgomery is one member of the infamous Asher and Associates "dream team" public relations firm. For any scandal or negative press the team will spin a new web for the press. The only thing they ask is for complete honesty. Ha..yeah right! In a corporate and political media obsessed world--no one is honest. Everyone keeps secrets.

Killian Stone is the CEO of Stone Global Corporation. His older brother Trey has created a scandal for his family which makes the SGC stock drop. Killian needs to bring the big PR guns out. What he didn't expect was sweet Claire Montgomery to take his breathe away. From the moment their hands touched, it was electric. He knows he should stay away from her. She even told him to. But he can't. Neither can she. They have to keep their relationship hidden from her boss and her boss's daughter. How long can their secrets stay hidden? How long can a relationship remain hidden? It's just a fling right?… (more)

Delicously Steamy and Lovely Romance

I loved this! It's fun, entertaining, steamy, and quite romantic. Shark's Edge by Angel Payne and Victoria Blue kept is such a deliciously and delightful adult romance story and I absolutely enjoyed it.

I honestly could not stop reading this book and I breezed through it in one sitting. I remember feeling like I was in a reading slump and wanted an easy to read, fast-paced, and entertaining book. This was all that, but so much more. The storyline is utterly so good and I loved imagining myself as Abbigail. All the feels, swoons, steam, and tension had me blushing in the best way. I adore Sebastian and Abbigail and loved their chemistry. Definitely one of my favorite couples and I could not get enough of them. I read plenty of romance and sexy novels, but this book had me completely hooked and addicted. I can't wait for more and if you love reading romance stories with a lot of heat, then I highly recommend you add this book on your TBR!… (more)