ARC review: Lush by Lauren Dane



Lush (Delicious #3)

by Lauren Dane

Publisher: Berkley Trade

Purchase Links: Barnes & Noble  Amazon

 

Blurb by Goodreads

 

Mary Whaley has her hands full running a successful catering company and overseeing her supper club. She's got everything she ever wanted--or so she thought. When she meets ridiculously hot and very dirty rock star Damien Hurley at her friend's engagement party, the attraction she feels is overpowering--and she isn't about to deny herself.

Damien is used to a hard and fast life. He and two of his brothers started a band when they were all in high school--then they hit the big time and stayed there. He's also a legendary madman on the stage and in the bedroom. But when he meets Mary, something clicks, and the bad boy starts thinking he may have finally found something good.

What begins as a series of fleeting trysts soon get much more complicated. Damien can't figure out why Mary doesn't want more from him. And before long it's Damien who wants more of Mary. But it turns out Mary is no stranger to the celebrity news and he's got a very big job ahead of him--proving that he's worth more than a one-night stand...

 

 

 

What I love most about Lauren Dane novels a side from the hottest sexual tension that leaves you hot and bothered, the scorching sex that is erotic and well written, is that she has characters that deal with real life issues that some one can relate to with having gone through it themselves. It is not always the main characters with issues, but sometimes it is the secondary characters. When it is the secondary characters with issues, it is their faults that effects the main characters that one can relate to.

Damien is your sexy tattoo-nipple pierced-dirty talking rock star hero who knows how to please a woman in the bedroom. He is use to woman who only want him for his money, rock star status and would give up anything to follow him. Mary is not like that all. She does not want him for his money or rock star status and will not follow him anywhere. She is into her career, does not want a relationship, but is all for friends with benefits with Damien. I loved how he did not push her into a relationship and took their friends with benefits status at her pace. He was sweet and thought of her likes. Instead of buying jewelry he bought her spices that he knew she would love to use. I loved Mary and not once did she try to play games with Damien she told him up front how she was. Loved how she was sexy and not shy in the bedroom.

Lush is book 3 in the Delicious series and I was not lost at all since I have not read the others. It will just make you want to go and read the others in the series to see how they all got their HEA.

ARC provided by publisher, Berkley Trade at NetGalley for an honest review.

 

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Sexy Snippets: Lush by Lauren Dane

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Lush (Delicious #3)

by Lauren Dane

 

 

Tattoos covered his skin and she noted one of his nipples was pierced as well. She'd investigate in detail. After. She nearly fell over when he breathed against her labia. Hot. So hot it sent shivers through her has she grabbed his shoulder to keep from dissolving into a puddle on the floor. Then he picked her up like she was nothing, turning her to place her on the edge of the bed.

 

"This way I can still be on my knees when I eat this pretty, pretty pussy,."

 

Liked she'd complain.

 

He turn his head to lick the side of her knee, wrenching a gasp from her lips. Then, just behind, which made her hot and wet, aching. Until that moment she hadn't even really known it was one of her sweet spots. Not many men paid any attention to that spot, but damn, he did. Thank god for it. Kisses up the inside of her. The barest contact against her pussy and then kisses and licks down the inside of her other thigh until he got to the other knee.

 

 

Who does not love a Tattoo-nipple pierced-dirty talking hero who knows how to play in the bedroom.

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Lusting For Covers: #118 Drawn Together by Lauren Dane

Lusting For Covers is a weekly meme hosted by TBQ's Book Palace . Lusting For Covers is held on Sunday, that allows bloggers to share their current cover obsession with fellow book lovers. It can be new, old, a reprint, or even a book that is not yet out-- it's all up to you! Join in on the fun, head over to TBQ's Book Palace and list your Lusting For Covers candidate.

My L4C Pick:

Drawn Together (The Brown Siblings #6)

by Lauren Dane

Release Date: October 1, 2013

 

Blurb by Goodreads

 

Beauty is more than skin-deep…

Tattoo artist Raven Smith is blunt and hard, broken and jaded, dark and beautiful. While she doesn’t hide her painful past, she does keep a wall around her heart. She’s free sexually—but no one gets to the real Raven beneath the prickly exterior.

With a voice like smoke, Jonah Warner is a smooth-talking, highly successful attorney, with a body that should never be hidden by a suit. He’s the kind of man who never takes no for an answer and always gets what he wants. And what he wants is Raven. She’s a survivor, and he finds that incredibly alluring.

Jonah gets under her skin in a way Raven has never experienced. He makes her break all her rules—including her no-monogamy rule.

But when a figure from Raven’s past shows up at the tattoo parlor and drops a bomb into her life, their relationship will face the ultimate challenge…

 

 

Why:

 

Little behind in this series. I have only read book 2 and loved it.  The covers are all amazing. In Drawn Together the cover reveals Raven perfect. This is how I in vision her. Look forward to catching up in this series.

You Had Me At...Coming Undone

 

 

There is a moment in the book that you either dislike,  like  or just fall madly in love with  the hero. For me when I fall madly in love with a hero it is at that one  moment they had me.

Brody you had me at....Valentine's Day

They had such busy lives and she hadn't seen him since Valentine's Day, when he he'd shown up at her door with flowers for her and Rennie, telling Rennie he'd never forget his two favorite woman.

**Sighs**...He is sweet to also bring her daughter flowers on Valentine's Day and then tell them "he'd never forget his two favorite woman."

Review: Coming Undone by Lauren Dane

Coming Undone (Brown Siblings series #2)

by Lauren Dane

Purchase Links: Amazon Barnes & Noble

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Blurb:

After his parents' death, Brody gave up a promising career to care for his family. Now, with his siblings grown, Brody owns his own business, and for the first time in years he's alone. Elise has come to Seattle with her daughter to find peace. After years as a world-famous ballerina-and trapped in a marriage gone bad-she's looking for neither love nor attention. But she finds both in the handsome, honest man who befriends her with no strings attached.

Brody and Elise discover in each other the wild, physical passion they need. But it'll take a shadow from Elise's past to make them look beyond what they need-to what they truly desire.

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Review:

Perfect...Keeper

This was my first Lauren Dane book. My dearest friend at  Belle's Book Bag  highly recommended this book. So happy she did. I was hooked from the 1^st page. Thank you Belle's Book Bag for introducing me to a new author.

Elise is strong, independent, wonderful mother and survivor. She has gone through a lot through her bad marriage and issues with her brother. She moves with her young daughter to a new town to try and start a new life and keep her daughter protected. Her daughter will always come first.

Brody is her sexy neighbor who she comes to his aid during an accident. They both do not want to be in a relationship but decide to be friends with benefits.

Brody is sweet, caring and loving, not only does he build a real friendship with Elise but also her daughter. He always puts his ladies first. His is also protective and holds a lot back. He is an alpha male but since he knows a little about her bad past he becomes gentle with Elise.

Love Brody and his siblings. They all play a good roll in this book. Elise parents are the best.

The love scenes were erotic but done tastefully. Brody does have a thing for oral play. Lets just say the love scene in the Dance studio is HOT!!!

Not only was I glue to my e-reader wandering if these two were ever going to realize they are more of a couple than good friends but I was also wandering when I was going to find out about Elise past with her ex-husband and brother. Lauren Dane gives little teasers here and there but never the full story. I was expecting to get a story about her issues with her brother then later on get something about her ex or vise versa. Boy was I wrong. I got all of  it at once. It is a pretty intense moment. The writing is so real, that I felt I was reliving my life. While Elise was telling her story about one of the incidents I just kept thinking wow how can any body go through that and still be strong and while she was telling about the other incident I actually had to stop reading and take a breather. Elise comments, thoughts and actions are what has really happened to me and were dead on.

If you are looking for an erotic book with a Sexy Tattoo Hero, with a good plot, different emotions, serious sexy love scenes and beautiful characters that are real then this is the book for you. This is book 2 in the Brown Siblings series but I read it and never read the other books and was not lost at all.



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Erotic Romance  Tattoo Hero



18 & Over Book Blogger Follow #25



18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by  Crystal from Reading Between The Wines. This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!

Question of the Week: Has a book ever left you feeling depressed? If so, make sure to share what it was and why.

Never really had a book that left me feeling depressed but have two that were to me at times heart wrenching and written so well.



At Peace by Kristen Ashley was at times a heart wrenching book for me.  It had so many real life issues and was written nicely dealing with them. While I was reading it I thought to my self I am so happy I have never gone through that then something else would happen and I was thinking OMG I have gone through that. I do not want to say what the issues were so not to give any spoilers away. This was the first book I read by Kristen Ashley and have been hooked on her books since then. This was my first book I ever read that had so many emotions involved.

Coming Undone by Lauren Dane has got to be the most heart wrenching story I have ever read.  This book seriously had me coming undone. OMG everything I wanted to know about Elise past about her Ex-Husband and Brother all came out at once.  Lauren Dane did amazing job with her characters describing and feeling with real life issues. One of the issues hit a sore spot with me because this is  part of my life and I feel the same way as Elise. Lauren Dane nailed this issue to a T.  It hit me so hard I had to actually stop reading it for a moment and take a break.  Love Lauren Dane and Coming Undone.  This was my first book by her and totally hooked now.

Leave a comment with a link to your answer. Love to see yours.

Sexy Snippets: Coming Undone by Lauren Dane

Tuesdays have never been so sexy!Sexy Snippets is a weekly feature hosted by  Reading Between The Wines for the 18+ crowd. To join in  head on over to Reading Between The Wines  just grab the button, Post a sexy paragraph or two from your current read and share the author & title so other participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like. Then add your post to the linky below at  Reading Between the Wines so everyone can follow along. Have a sexy good time! 

Coming Undone

By Lauren Dane

Purhcase Link: Amazon

Her thigh muscles bunched and relaxed as she rolled her hips, arching up to get more from him. He loved that. Loved that he made her needy and shameless when it came to taking her pleasure. Almost as much as he loved giving it to her.

When she came, he tasted it to his bones, felt the fine tremor of her body as she tightened and then relaxed on a stuttered sigh.

"Now that I've taken the edge off, we can get to the next part of the program." He reached down to grab his pants to fish out a condom from his pocket.

This is the last sexy scene I was at. Had to post this sexy snippet part beacuse of his remark. Yummy and fun.

Love to hear your  Sexy Snippet.

Cover Love #12

The Rules: Choose a cover (or two, or three), preferably new-ish, and share what you like about it. Grab my graphic or don't (just so long as you link back). I'll be posting Cover Love every Monday but feel free to post yours on whatever day works best for you.

 Cover Love is Hosted by Rabid Reads

My Covers Love

Maya Banks
Sweet Addiction (Sweet Series #6)

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He awakened a need within her...
Cole is successful beyond his dreams. He can have any woman he wants, but there's only one he can't stop thinking about. His childhood sweetheart, Ren. He's never forgotten his first taste of innocent love and the desire that consumed them--or the pain he brought upon her...

But now she belongs to another...


Her long ago brush with submission awakened a longing in Ren that drove her to walk the darker edge of desire. She's become a beautiful woman at ease with her sexuality and unapologetic about her need for a dominant man. When Cole finds her again, he's gutted that she belongs to another. Ren's current master agrees to give her to Cole for a short time, but then she must return to his keeping. And though Cole agrees to this bargain, he knows he will never be able to let Ren go again...

Her being tied up with Pearls does it for me. It is sweet, gentle, loving with a erotic touch. Sweet Addiction comes out April 3rd.  I am looking foward to reading Coles story and seeing how Ren will bring him to his knees.  

Lauren Dane Beneath The Skin (de La Vega Cats Series #3)
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A whole world exists…beneath the skin.
Gibson de La Vega is the Bringer, one of the Alpha’s right-hand cats. It is his job to mete out justice and defend the law that holds their jamboree together.
After a contentious meeting with another jamboree, he’s shot—Mia stumbles onto the scene and saves his life. He’s immediately drawn to the female who dug three silver bullets from his body. Even after he discovers she’s a Porter, a family his own harmed grievously half a century before.
Mia has enough in her life. She’s recovering from a vicious hate crime—an attack using silver has affected her ability to do what she loves most. The last thing she needs is a bossy alpha cat like Gibson. A de La Vega no less.
Despite the myriad reasons to stay away, even as they continue to hunt down the would-be killers, their attraction deepens into something else entirely.
The answers they find bring that threat far closer to home than anyone could have imagined and it’ll be up to Gibson to end the mess once and for all. And up to Mia to stand at his side, even as he risks his life…

Warning: A super hot alpha male with a gruff façade, and an uppity female who’s not buying it. Some violence. Some red-hot sex. Bad words. Lots of fun.

Luvin the amazon warning. New reader to Lauren Dane and so far loving her writing. One of my fave covers with everything I love in my hero. This cover screams a dominate, sexy tattooed cat shifter. Well done with the blending of the cat eyes and skin into the body and city. 

Laurann Dohner
Tiger (New Species #7)
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Zandy’s had too much to drink and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. She knows she’s going to die. When next her eyes open, a beautiful man-creature is holding her in his arms. He’s just too tempting to resist; her very own fallen angel. She wraps herself around his body, determined to have him. But when this angel turns out to be flesh and blood, reality crashes in—she’s seducing a New Species.

Tiger’s shock quickly turns to intense passion when the human female kisses him, despite the fact she’s trying to get his clothes off while he’s engaged in a task force operation. He’s also made it clear he’ll never take a mate. Rather difficult when he and Zandy can’t keep their hands off each other. The taste and feel of his little human just leaves Tiger wanting more.

I can not wait for Tiger's story. Laurann has the best covers in her New Species series. They always have a sexy shirtless hero. I am thinking Tiger is my fave of them all. Not to bulky and love how he is wiping the sweat off his face with his shirt in front of a nice outdoor background. Yummy!!

I would love to hear your Cover Love.