If you Rock the Heart by Michelle A. Valentine, Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn, and The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle
Basic Summary: Sienna Jensen had no plans
to return home when she graduated college last spring—after all, her dreams lie
in California. But when she discovers
her grandmother’s Nashville home has been foreclosed, and the new owner has
started the eviction process. Sienna has
no other choice but go back to Music City.
And she comes face to face with the flawed, gorgeous man she never
thought she’d see again. The man who now
holds the deed to her grandma’s estate.
When
millionaire rock star Lucas Wolfe finds the outspoken redhead glaring at him
from across a courtroom, he’s both infuriated and intrigued. He still can’t get the night Sienna almost
spent with him out of his mind, and the chemistry between them is as undeniable
as it was two years ago. He craves Sienna
more than ever. And just like everything
Lucas hungers for, he’s determined to have her.
Now, Lucas
will do whatever it takes to lure Sienna into his bed, even if that means
making a deal with her: ten days with him, playing by his rules, and he’ll hand
over the deed to her grandmother’s home.
Though she agrees to the arrangement, Sienna is conflicted. Because of her duty to her family. Because of promises she’s made to herself and
a past that still haunts her. And as
Luca’s game of seduction continues, and Sienna is introduced to his dark,
erotic world and even darker background, she realizes that at any moment, she
could be devoured.
What I Love About This Book: Almost immediately you feel attached to
Sienna, the minute she lands in Nashville you see just how alone she is in her
life. She has a best friend back home,
but in Nashville she has nobody. Her
brother Seth immediately is a huge asshole, so much so that if he existed in
real life I would’ve punched him in the face.
On top of that her grandmother is in constant denial about her daughter
who sits in jail and has taken all of her life savings and flushed it down the
toilet because of drugs. Sienna has
sort of chipped away a piece of a life for herself in California working her
dream job as a wardrobe assistant for a popular TV show. It’s obvious though that her past has chipped
away at her self-esteem and her self-worth.
I love that Lucas empowers her to stand up to people who railroad her,
at the same time making her his submissive.
This book is a
roller coaster ride, with some sexy highs, and depressing lows. When Lucas breaks Sienna’s heart I was so
angry with him I wanted to throw a chair at him!!!! Their relationship definitely has me wanting
more, and I cannot wait for the next book to come out. The sex scene that finally comes closer to
the end of the book is hot hot hot!!!!! Lucas Wolfe is one sexy beast, and I
can’t get enough of him!
Cons: There aren't a lot of
details in this book where there should be.
When Sienna steps into the house where she and Lucas are staying, all I
know about it is that’s huge, and has bamboo flooring. I don’t really get the layout of the house,
what kind furniture exists in each room, what color are the walls, none of that
is written out. What gets me more into a
book are the details of the things and places around the character because it
is what adds to the story line and richness of the world that the author
creates. It’s hard for me to really fall
in love characters without those details and this book definitely needed
more.
Also when
there finally is a sex scene it’s great and there is just enough detail to
leave the reader panting, but that’s it!
I get there are a couple erotic foreplay scenes and all, but the next
time they have sex which is very soon after the detailed scene it’s just
skimmed over. If you’re going to just
have a couple of times where the characters have sex, and it’s a erotica book
make both of them detailed and longer.
It’s a tease, and not in a good way!!
This book could’ve been at least a couple more chapters longer, if you
added more details and more sex I think I would’ve gotten more attached to the
characters. All those details are
important for character development and even though I felt attached to Sienna,
which kind of came and went because there wasn’t enough detail for me to get
attached to her relationships. I don’t
really understand her relationship with her best friend Tori, there is no development
with Tori herself so it’s hard to really get into that best friend/roommate relationship.
Overall: The storyline was
very compelling, and it was easy to feel the desperation that Sienna feels when
she returns back to Nashville and you read about the state of her family. Her grandmother in denial of her enabling of
her drug addict daughter, a brother who still kind of lives in his own mental
hell for what has happened to him when he was younger, leaves her with no real
family to depend on.
Lucas Wolfe is
hot hot hot!!! There is nothing better than a rock star falling in love kind of
book, but when you add Dominant to that equation it just makes the story 20
times better! The minute they see each
other court, you instantly want more Lucas.
I craved the scenes of them together, and when they finally get it on,
it was beyond sexy!
Like I said
this book could’ve been a bit longer with more details and more character
development and I would've absolutely loved this book! Erotica books that involve sexy rock stars
are awesome, and I love the scenes where they are singing and around adoring
fans, are just as hot for me as the sex scenes.
The scene where they sneak into the club and gets up on stage is
awesome, and the scene where they finally get it on in the hotel is even
better! I would give this book more
stars is if there were more details though, but over all pretty good book. The ending definitely leaves you wanting to
find out Lucas’ dark secrets and panting for of Lucas Wolfe in general.
Review of: All Over You (Devoured, # 0.5) by Emily Snow
Basic Summary: Before Sienna was devoured, before Lucas was consumed, they were all over each other...
Lucas Wolfe is used to getting what he wants-from everyone but one, that is-so when he meets the wardrobe assistant hired to work his band's newest video, he's got to have her. From the moment Sienna first obediently whispers "Yes, Mr. Wolfe", he knows she's perfect for him.
Three days. And he'll have her stripped down and bound to his bed. Set two years before the events of Devoured, All Over You is the story of Sienna and Lucas' first encounter.
What I Love About This Story: It was great to just experience the scene of their first meeting, especially since it's talked about so often in Devoured. I really liked the point of views switching back and forth as well since that did not happen in Devoured. It was also great to revisit the chemistry between Lucas and Sienna because I really miss them and am trying to wait patiently for Consumed to come out!! I need more Lucas and Sienna, this was a nice foreplay for what's in story for book two though. Even if it was just a short story the sexual tension between the two of them was very evident. I also felt like in such a short amount of time Emily Snow was really able to capture Lucas' control issues and Sienna's lonely life.
Cons: I was little disappointed to see that Sienna was giving into her mom's demands in this story. In Devoured, she seems to be the only one who can stand up to her mom in her family. So when she talks to her mom briefly in this book I was in complete shock and mad at Sienna for giving into her her requests! I would've loved to have known what changed her mind that she went from giving into her mother in All Over You and not putting up with it in Devoured.
Overall: Great short story, it was written nicely and got right to the point. The electricity between Lucas and Sienna leaped out of this short story and I need more of it!!! I wish this story was a little bit longer, I would've liked to known what happened to Sienna after she moved back to Nashville, of even if she did move back. But the details were great, the pace was awesome, and their personalities were definitely conveyed well in this story.
Review of: Absorbed
(Devoured, #1.5) by Emily Snow
Basic Summary: Lucas Wolfe has come
close to happiness with Sienna, not once but twice. And both times he's
lost her because of own fears. This time, he can't let her go so
easily-not now that he realizes that the one woman who said "no" is
the one he's in love with. Sienna is good for his music, and his life,
and he's determined to show her that she belongs with him.
What I Love About This Story: It’s short it's sweet
and it's to the point! It's pretty cool getting a whole short story
almost entirely from Lucas' point of view. I liked that Kylie was added
into the mix as well, and that Sienna was not in this sine she is the main
character in the rest of the stories in the series. It was a new and
refreshing way to look at a series by changing the point of views like that.
Lucas Wolfe is a sexy beast, and that was definitely obvious in story.
The story was hot and sexy without there being any real live at the
moment sex, so that was pretty cool as well.
Cons: I wish it would've
gone into Sam and Lucas' relationship a little bit more. To maybe
understand her as a person would've been nice. I have lots of questions
about the two of them other than from the obvious what the fucking happened
between the two of them that she's blackmailing him about. To me it's
just a little hard to take that someone bothers you for years, and then all of
sudden says "okay just give me more money and I'll leave alone" that
doesn't make sense to me.
Overall: Great short story,
definitely enough to tide me over until Consumed comes out. But at this
point I NEED to know what Lucas is hiding!!! What the hell did he do all those
years ago??????? I have my theories but I'm sure none of them are right.
I wish there was a little bit more character development as far as Sam
goes but it's a short story so I get it. This story also made me more
excited to read Savor You, which is Kylie and Wyatt's love story. The
ending was good, although I wish I would've gotten Lucas' POV when he was
standing outside Sienna's house waiting for her.
Side Note: Consumed has been
pushed back again and again and I know Emily snow is having problems with
getting the rights back from whatever publisher she was using. So who
knows when Consumed will come out, which is very frustrating and I feel bad for
her right now because it must be stressful. But if you go to her website
(http://emilysnowbooks.blogspot.com)
you can read the first chapter from Consumed, and get a bit more of Lucas and
Sienna!!
First
off the sexual chemistry between the Sienna and Lucas is sizzling right off the bat. I love Lucas Wolfe, and he is one
hot Rockstar!! Definitely some great scenes between Lucas and Sienna that
demonstrates just how much they love each other and how they can be
together. Lucas is beyond hot and I have
a weak spot for tattooed men that many talents and Lucas Wolfe falls nicely
right into that category. Although
Sienna frustrates me sometimes I really like her as a female lead, she
frustrates me in a good way though.
There’s a couple of scenes in this book where I would've been slapping
her across the face screaming “what were you thinking” but she made the right
decisions and it’s exactly why I am NOT a female lead in a book. 
Okay
this book is listed under the erotica genre and part of me agrees with that,
but the first couple of sex scenes are so detailed when it comes to the
foreplay the way it should be then just end.
No detailed actual sex scenes at all!!!! It’s such a tease to give us
detailed foreplay but not detailed sex scenes; this was a gripe I kind of had
with the first book as well. I
definitely felt throughout the book that the foreplay was very detailed but the
sex was more brushed over and I’m big on the entirety of sex scenes that there
should be just as much detail for the beginning, during, and after and it’s
inconsistent to me when an author does that.
I get it though that the scene is about their love and their sexual
chemistry and not about the all the details, I would just have liked the weight
of the scene more distributed. 
