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85 - Vengeance Executed by Zoey Indiana

We return to the dystopian romance of Zoey Indiana’s Vengeance trilogy.  This book continues the love story of Bash and Freya while they try to bring down the government.  Their relationship goes through some serious trials in this book, both characters trying to protect and save the other but not always getting it right.  Bash’s super tech skills lead to a super fun twist when he develops an AI in his own head.  Can an AI experience love?  Who is to say, but it definitely seems like ERIC has developed a special attachment to Freya and adds some tension to their relationship.  The sex is hot, the relationship is anything but fated, and the twist at the end has us flummoxed as to what we will find in the third book!

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84 - Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost

It has been 60 episodes but we have finally returned to the Night Huntress World by Jeannine Frost.  This book gives us the love story for Kira, a human private eye, and Mencheres, a 4,500 year old master vampire.  It is hard to match our love for Spade and Denise from First Drop of Crimson, but this book did not disappoint.  There was exciting action as Kira and Mencheres try to outsmart his life-long enemy.  But the best parts are the love scenes!  Jeannine pulls her typical trick of heightening the sexual tension between Kira and Mencheres by having their initial love scenes interrupted.  By the time they get to do the deed we are as needy as Kira and also don’t mind that it takes place in an equipment room under Magic Mountain.  You don’t want to miss the shower scene, as usual that one was Calina’s favorite.  Along with the sex, this is a story of forgiving your past so you can have a future.

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83 - Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor

We haven’t had great luck with Wolf Shifter books but this book redeemed the subgenre for us.  In the beginning, Chloe’s relationship with Rafe was hard to read about.  Rafe seemed like a class A jerk and I was scared she was going to marry him.  Then Fenris showed up, a time traveling viking with some truly ancient relationship beliefs.  At first it seemed like Fenris was going to be the same type of typical Alpha asshole we have met previously.  He didn’t listen to Chloe, the fated mate he traveled millennia into the future to find, and made some pretty big decisions on her behalf, like bringing her from present day to his Viking past.  But Fenris came around and made an effort to make Chloe feel at home in her new world.  As typical with wolf books, the sex was hot, dirty, and animalistic.  It was heightened by Chole finally finding her sex drive upon meeting Fenris.  Before Fenris, her makeout sessions with Rafe made her feel queasy and she just tried to endure them.  The idea of a modern day black woman being transported thru time to the land of vikings was fascinating to read and think about.  One thing was pretty odd for a wolf book, neither of the main characters ever shifted.  But in the end, Chole found the people and family she was meant to belong to and the love between them blossomed. 

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82 - Kiss of Fate by Deborah Cooke

FINALLY!  We made it back to the Deborah Cooke Dragonfire series.  Calina has been waiting years for us to get back into this series.  This book holds a special place in Calina’s life and you don’t want to miss our discussion in the podcast about the parallels she sees between Eileen and herself.  With the third eclipse comes the third firestorm and Erik, the leader of the pyre, is in for a surprise.  As quick as he is to push all of his other dragons into consummating their firestorms, he is surprisingly reluctant to do his “duty.”  But his mate, Eileen, is a practical, non nonsense, person and willing to accept the limited sexual encounter he is offering.  The bathtub scene at the quaint English B&B, fresh out of the rain is perfectly written and gives us all the feels.  The whole relationship, just like the firestorm, builds so exquisitely throughout the book until you can’t help but fall victim to the raging inferno!  Did I mention that I fucking love this book?  I have honestly lost track of the number of times I have reread this book alone out of the series.  This episode is absolutely a must listen if you like us at all!  Hopefully it won’t take us years to revisit this favorite series.

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81 - The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu

In season one we read a short story compilation that included a story by Marjorie Liu, it was from this series and we loved the idea so much we talked about wanting to read a whole book.  Why it took us 3 years to make good on our discussion is anyone’s guess.  But here we are.  We are happy to relate that we weren’t disappointed.  This is a fantastic and interesting concept.  We love the tattoos as armor that become actual demons when night falls.  The mystery that Maxine has to solve is wild and requires close reading to follow.  The characters are strong and interesting with their own flaws.  To be fair, this is more of an urban fantasy than a romance novel.  Maxine is already in a relationship with Grant when the books starts and while they have moments of tenderness and intimacy, it is not the focus of the book. We liked this book for the plot and unique story, but it doesn’t give us the dirty, sexy times we love to read.

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80 - The Human and Her Vampires by Julie Morgan

In this second book of the Covenant of New Orleans series by Julie Morgan we meet Tawne as she is finding out about the supernatural world that exists right under the surface.  Her best friend, Olivia, found her vampire harem in the first book and now wants to offer Tawne the same life.  At first everything is too good to be true.  There is a group of four vampires interested in taking Tawne home to live with them.  These are some seriously sexy vampires and who wouldn’t be tempted to give this poly lifestyle a try.  The hitch is Tawne needs to try out an experimental serum to change her blood if she wants to be able to feed her vampires.  Just like in the first book the sex is of the charts hot.  Seriously, we needed breaks just to cool down after some of those scenes.  This book we listened to the audio version while we read the e-book for the first in the series.  We are not sure if it was the format, but this book didn’t do it as much for us as the first one.  Tawne’s past baggage and fears of failed relationships get in the way and she almost loses her chance.  This is something many of us can relate to and hopefully learn to overcome.  Luckily, her vamps are ready to give her a second chance.

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Stop Asian Hate

A statement from Saylet and Calina of SDB and the violence against the Asian American Pacific Islander community.

79 - Spellbound in Salem by Milly Taiden

Love a man in uniform? How about one that takes his uniform off often so that he can shift into a wolf, beat up some bad guys, and then proceeds to sit next to you naked after he shifts back into human? Apparently, sheriffs love doing that! Join us for Spellbound in Salem, book one in the Casters and Claws series by Milly Taiden. Here we meet Raven Bishop, a descendant of the witches burned during the Salem witch trials, and yes, she is a witch. Raven meets sexy Sheriff Zane Cross, wolf shifter, when he tries to tell her that she and her family are being hunted by weirdos, who, for some reason, are stirring shit up again that happened over 300 years ago… hey bad guys, find a different hobby. It takes a while for Raven to get used to the idea of being hunted but eventually, she lets Sheriff Sexy Guy save her. We hope you read along!

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78 - Fire, Fury, Faith by N.D. Jones

There is something to be said about a couple whose love can withstand even the toughest situations in life, ones that test and defy their testament to each other, yet can never break them. Here is a story of Serwa and Issa, a couple brought together by a forbidden romance, who, against all odds, are fighting to sustain a love which once bonded them. They have lost and they have been beaten. But what they still have is each other and the opportunities to fight for that love they once revered and so willingly deserve. Join this story of Serwa and Issa, humans turned angels, who are defending what is right in the world and are fighting to keep their relationship whole and strong.

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77 - The Rookie by Abigail Owen

Have you ever been in a situation where fate decided you were the potential mate for three different super hot dragon warriors? Neither have we. But Sera does and it gets intense! We are stoked to get back into Abigail Owen’s Fire’s Edge series and meet Aiden, the Rookie dragon who has proven his earned position in the Huracán team. You remember… hot firefighter dragons. Join us for this adventurous story of Sera and Aiden, who fight to stay away from each other, only to lose that fight for their destined mating because honestly, they are hot for each other. Oh, and there’s a nefarious plan that the Alliance Council devises to try and get Sera to mate the dying king but neither Sera or Aiden are having it. So Aiden kidnaps her. Wait, what the...

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