Truly. I didn't intend for this day to start out as Entangled Brazen day on Snarky Mom Reads, but it is what it is (platitude, anyone??). So check out my review of DIRTY TRICK for all the blah blah blah about Entangled Brazen (bottom line? read their stuff). LOVER'S UNMASKED is a 350-ish page anthology, containing FOUR novellas from well-known authors. The price is right and the length is great for reading while at soccer practice or waiting in the carpool lane. (Personally, I'd like to read during the soccer GAME, but even I can't be that rude.)



SEDUCING MR. RIGHT - A Come Undone novella by Katee Robert: Danielle is trying to make her own way in the world (have Daddy issues much?) and has decided she hates influential men. One day she bumps into her perfect guy... and assumes he is a company mailman since he's holding a stack of mail. Well, no, the stack of mail is HIS - and HE is the CEO of big business. Since she doesn't recognize him, Grayson is intrigued to interact simply as a man to a woman - not as a gold digger to a rich man. Danielle decides to try to jump back into the saddle by meeting up with him at a masquerade party, where they have some hot sex. Obviously the conflict is how will it resolve itself after Danielle finds out who he is & totally freaks out... but in the meantime, enjoy the BDSM "lite" and the unmasking of not only Grayson, but Danielle's views on dating & relationships!

TEMPTED BY HIS BEST FRIEND by Cari Quinn: In this novella, Landon has been trying to distance himself from his best friend, Steff, because he thinks they are firmly in the friend zone and he can't handle it anymore. However, one night at a Halloween party, he's entranced by a girl that he ends up taking to, and in the library. Raise your hands if you have a guess who the girl was.... Anyone? Bueller? Yep, it was Steff! Problem is that Landon marked up Steff with some love bites and the next day he sees them - and doesn't realize HE is the one who put them there, but then he becomes jealous... of himself. This really becomes a problem when they decide, as themselves, face-to-face, to take their relationship further, and Lan realizes... "I can't do this. You're still red from another man's mouth." Oops. Don't worry - it all works out, and the bonus is that there are some scary hot sex scenes (but really - do we expect anything less from Cari Quinn??)!!

WICKED GAMES - a McCade Brothers novella by Samanthe Beck: First of all, don't make the assumption that I did - just because it is a brothers novella, doesn't mean this is a menage story. It's about one OF the McCade brothers. Ian couldn't understand why Stacy broke off their relationship but he was giving her some "time"... and in that time, she'd been getting threatening fan mail insisting she quit her acting job. In an effort to protect her, Ian (cop) masks himself as a cat burgular at a Halloween party - where they get down & dirty in a private room at a strip club. Problem is that her stalker finds her and puts her life in danger... while her poor self-esteem/worth puts her & Ian's relationship in danger. Oral lovin', a little spankarooski, two happy folks.

PROTECTING WHAT'S THEIRS - a Line of Duty novella by Tessa Bailey: Ginger has massive trust issues but moved in with her cop boyfriend, Derek - and finds herself pregnant. Ginger, who has a direct line to Dolly Parton (figuratively LOL) does furniture refurbishing from their apartment (this ties in to the story - trust me). Derek finds out that he has the chance to take down a big drug dealer, so in order to keep his mind on his job he pulls away from Ginger - right when she's preparing to tell him about the baby. She thinks he's about to break things off, so she pulls a stunt at the cop community party to get his attention (oh, and get it she does - oh la la!). Derek is a bit dominating, does a little spanking, and subscribes to the philosophy that if he's not the last thing Ginger thinks of at night then he hasn't fcked her enough. (Wow. I could just REALLY go in so many different directions with that one... so many....)



Again - this is a solid anthology, all revolving around Halloween events with some fun, fast & furious tricks & treats. Check it out - and don't forget to then go vote for your choice of Mr. September - Derek, Landon, Ian & Grayson are all up for the honor! ( )