50 Ways to Ruin a Rake (Rakes and Rogues #1) by Jade Lee

50 Ways to Ruin a Rake (Rakes and Rogues #1)

by Jade Lee

Mellie Smithson is trapped in the country with no suitors and no prospects on the horizon except, perhaps, the exasperating—although admittedly handsome—guest of her father. She's looking for any excuse to go to London to meet more eligible men.

Trevor has a problem…

Trevor Anaedsley's grandfather has cut off his funds until such time as he gets engaged. Trevor escapes to the country—ostensibly to visit his old tutor, Mr. Smithson, but actually to duck his creditors—where he meets Smithson's lovely daughter, Mellie. The obvious solution is suddenly before him—but the lady has ideas of her own, and Trevor's going to have to measure up…

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Mellie Smithson has few choices. Marry her cousin or the handsome annoying guest of her father. Her country is seriously low on choices.  She just wants to get to London to meet more eligible men.
Trevor Anaedsley has  been cut off. His  grandfather has cut off his funds until he gets engaged.  He slinks out of the country to visit  Mr. Smithson and hide from his creditors. Then he sees Mellie. DING DING Unfortunately for Trevor she has a mind of her own and her own plans. Trevor was woefully clueless but sweet all the same and Mellie was a firecracker. I really enjoyed this easy read. 

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1231001264

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Mead

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1)

by Richelle Mead

4.15 of 5 staSt. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated

 in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir,

 a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, 

but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.

In the world this book creates there are two types of vampires.
Bad guys = Dead Vampires - eat and kill the living vamps.
Good guys = living vampires. feed on willing humans.


Lissa(living vampire princess) and Rosa( protector, guardian and bff) have been on the run for awhile and living in the real world. They are captured and sent back to an academy for Vampires and Guardians. we eventually learn why they were on the run. Now someone is trying to recreate the events that lead up to them running. Rosa and Lissa have a special mental bond that keeps them connected, which comes in handy a couple times. 
There is SOOO much high school drama in this book, cheating, lying about sex, cruelty max. erg. 


On the plus side I really enjoyed Christian and his story, and wanted good things for him. and Dimitri - Oh Dimitri- I LOVED him - 7 years older, and forbidden fruit. *Sigh.


I did not hate this book. The idea of seperate vamp races and a specialized school for Vamps is pretty intriguing. But I will not continue the series. It was a bit too young for me. I enjoy a good YA but I guess this one was just not for me .

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1189737561?book_show_action=false

Wild Cat (Shifters Unbound #3) by Jennifer Ashley

Wild Cat (Shifters Unbound #3)

by Jennifer Ashley

Heartbroken from the death of her mate three years ago, Shifter Cassidy Warden is tracking down his mysterious killer-one who could bring danger to all Shifters. But Detective Diego Escobar rekindles the flames of her mating desire. And once the fires begin, nothing and no one can put them out...

This is Cassidy's Book. She is a female feline Shifter. Cassidiy's mate was murdered a year before and she must perform rituals on the anniversary of his death. When visiting the site of his death someone attacks her and she seek refuge at the top of an abandoned building. The police get called in about a rogue shifter in an undesignated shifter area. Diego a Las Vegas detective is nearby, and takes the call even though he is not part of the shifter division. If you have read the previous books you know Shifters are treated like second class citizens and do not share equality with humans.

Diego arrests Cassidy even after she saves him from falling off of the building. Instead of handing her over to the Shifter division, he takes her case, making her only serve probation, part of that probation is that she has to stay in Shiftertown, and Diego makes sure she stays there ..


Ohhhhh yea, this book had all kinds of goodness!

Diego is dark eyed Latin lover!!

And he COOKS!! Cassidy is very torn about her afections for Cassidy because its only been a year since her mate passed..
Our bad guy is not really that bad, just despirate, and I personlly cannot wait to read his book too! 

We have awesome subplots of a half human shifter being discover and Eric is VERRRRRRRY interested.

Mate Claimed (Shifters Unbound #4) by Jennifer Ashley

Mate Claimed (Shifters Unbound #4)

by Jennifer Ashley 

Collared and controlled, Shifters are outcast from humanity, forced to live in Shiftertowns. But waiting within are passions that no Collar can contain…

As a wildcat Shifter and leader of his Shiftertown, Eric Warden knows his own kind. When he sees Iona Duncan, he realizes that although she appears human, she is a half-Shifter wildcat living without a Collar—and that if she doesn't acknowledge her true nature and her mating hunger, it may kill her…

Iona finds the mysterious and powerful Eric alluring, even though she has vowed never to reveal her Shifter side, lest her mother pay the price for hiding her all these years. But her mating hunger is rising, and with Eric so close, she may not be able to resist…and her desire may lead to the very doom they are fighting to deny…

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Iona is a panther-shifter/human and has been living and passing for a human her whole life.Shiftertown Leader, leopard-shifter Eric Warden wants her safe in shifter town, but that’s not the only reason he wants her. Iona’s shifter half is coming forward full force and is going to take over. Eric worries she will go feral, but more than that , he worries another shifter male will claim her. 
If that’s not enough stress on Eric, he has to deal with the Humans relocating another shifter town worth of WOLVES to his territory. Total Alpha mode!!! There is also a kidnapping attempt. Some murderous humans and we meet a new Cat shifter that is something they have never seen. 

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1201985516?book_show_action=false

Retribution (Dark-Hunter #10) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Retribution (Dark-Hunter #10)

by Sherrilyn Kenyon 

Harm no human...

A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he'd spend eternity protecting the humans he'd once considered prey.

Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief - Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meeting the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.

A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster....

Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who's assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows he's not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.

Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they've sworn to protect.

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2 Stars Barely. Usually I read a book in little over a day. However, I struggled through this book, slugging through the awfulness. URGH, I am so angry that this book was so awful. When we met Jess in previous books I LOVED HIM! I had such high hopes and waited with baited breath to get to his book. AAAAAAAAAAAAARG. Terrible. Awful. Atrocious. Dreadful. Words cannot express how much I disliked Abigail, ugh, DUMB.. *DUM DUM DUM DUM(singsong) Really? you want me to believe that she is soooooo clueless that she couldn't tell the difference between the Appolites and Daemons? Um, No. And if that's not bad enough, SK tries to make the reader feel bad for her. BUT I JUST WANTED HER TO DIE..LOL THEN we have JESS.. God I love this guy but Sh*t, come one man. Did your brains get sucked out by the Gods? I mean, lets break this down. -She kills your fellow Darkhunter's, sentencing them to a life of shadedom -She tries to kill you -She is dumb as a box of rocks -She is a simpering fool that does not get facts about anything and just blindly follows So, add all that up and what do you get? Oh, I know, Big ole Puppy dog eyes and Instalove! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG So, this nonsense plot claims to have the fate of the world at stake but actually ends with no real conclusion and no real repercussions. Oh, and of course they have sex at a time that makes NO SENSE. Its like, Sk said "Hmmmm, where can I shove a realistic sex scene in this supbar plot? OH, this will due." The ONLY plus in this whole book was when it was over. Seriously. The Extra they slapped on the end about Acheron's baby was a great addition to an otherwise $13 paperweight.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1099288109?book_show_action=false

Dark Instincts (The Phoenix Pack, #4)

Dark Instincts (The Phoenix Pack #4) by Suzanne Wright It happens whenever wolf shifter Roni Axton is near Marcus Fuller: a crackle of sexual awareness that’s intoxicating…and deeply annoying. Marcus is a pack enforcer who oozes power, but Roni is lethal in her own right—nothing like the flirty females who flock around him. Even still, his possessive gaze makes one thing clear. Marcus has singled her out for seduction, and he wants to make her sit up and beg. No matter how aloof and unfazed Roni acts, Marcus can tell she wants him. When a brutal attack by a jackal pack forces them to work together, it’s the perfect opportunity for Marcus to chip away at her defenses—until he falls into his own trap, completely unprepared for the intensity of their connection. Roni is the only one who’s ever seen past his shifter charm and discovered the man hiding beneath it. And for Marcus, claiming Roni once will mean needing her forever _________________ hmmm. Let me start off by saying that I have been a huge fan of this series and anxiously wait for every book she writes. Unfortunately with this addition to the series I felt seriously let down. I have been waiting for over a year for this book to come out and then I get this!!?? The book wasn't BAD but I have come to expect a great story from Suzanne Wright and I did not get that in this book. I felt very let down. Unfortunately with M and R's story I felt like Suzanne was just going through the motions. Yes she has improved on the female characters and their odd similarities, but ultimately it left me wanting more. The normally steamy scenes felt more like luke warm. Also I could not get past the fact that Ronnies mothers personality seem to have completely changed from nicks book. I haven't seen this mentioned in any other reviews but feel like I must bring it up. The woman with Saint like if not over friendly and nice and Nick's book, but in this one? Oh no she is a monster ... Huh? I commented on another review that I did today that I have been very disappointed in my recent reads. I have not found a book that I could not put down/could finish in a day ( like the norm) in so long I can't even tell you what the book was. I know that it has been at least two months since I have found a book worthy of a 4.5 or 5 star review. That is very disheartening. I am wondering if I need to completely change up my genre for a while, that seems to help sometimes when I can't seem to find anything worth reading. So, to all you bibliophiles out there I wish you happy reading and wish you better lucky picking then I have had as of late .