Well I'm Wrecked

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Okay, I know you're probably sick of me discussing these books, (this is #3) but I just can't quit them. I wasn't going to post about these books anymore. I've gotten the least page views ever on the weeks I posted about these books, yet I just can't stop talking about them.

 I've said it before and I'll say it again; these books fucking wrecked me. 

Unattainable was unexpectedly rough. Not because of Tegen and Cage, which was also more emotionally intense than I expected. No, the real gut punch to this book comes from Ellie and Dirty's story. I thought I was completely desensitized after Undeniable, but Unattainable is brutal on the senses. 

I can officially say Madeline Sheehan rocks the fucked up love story like no one else. 

Warning: This is not a virtuous and tender love story. It's chaotic, ruthless, and tragic. This story takes love and kills it's innocence, steals away the pure moments, and crushes the hearts of the broken. A story born in childhood, tying one girl to one boy, leads to a destructive path--that hurts more than it doesn't, that shatters more than it heals--testing the love that binds the two through a lifetime. 

Of course we get Tegen and Cage's love story. Tegen is Dorothy's daughter and Cage is Deuces son. They grow up together in the Hell's Horsemen MC, only three years apart in age. Cage, being a chip off the old block, burns his bridges and has to build new ones. Cage has a lot of Deuce's traits but Tegen is an emotional hurricane all of her own. 

Cage is tired and broken down. He's gotten to a stagnant low place in his life and he's done with the bitterness Tegen has wrapped around herself. He takes a pickax to the walls she has built and begins to realize she's everything he's been missing. Tegen comes to realize the MC is her family and she's never had the right to be judging her mom as harshly as she has for years. 

Now, the dark horse of the story, Dirty. We've seen him in the first two books as a very minor character. Besides being outwardly dirty, Dirty is dirty. He only fucks club whores or prostitutes and only after he's dosed them. He can't fuck conscious women. He's the club's Dexter of date rape. Everyone's lovable rapist. 

Yeah, I wasn't sure where Madeline Sheehan was going with him getting his own story until he got his own story and I was all, holy fuck, now that's a story.  Dirty is one messed up dude, and when you find out how messed up and the reasons he's messed up, it's going to wreck you. Ellie and Dirty coming together is ugly pretty. It's as fucking poignant as it is beautiful. I was cheering for them to find the loving healing.

Suffice it to say, this story invoked feelings I myself did not understand. All rational reason flew out the window. I found understanding where there should have been none. I found sexual appeal and attraction where there should have been only disgust. I felt awkward to be experiencing the feelings and understanding I was experiencing for..... well, a rapist. 

Unattainable also gives us glimpses into Dorothy and Hawk's relationship, which has some dark and twisted origins. I don't even want to speculate on what Madeline Sheehan has planned for us in her next story Unbeloved. Nothing is ever cut and dry when you're dealing with the love lives of MC members. 

The only thing that annoyed me, and it's really minute, is Danny going back to being the one dimensional girl all decked out in pink. At the beginning of the story Cage say's he'll never have his bubbly sister back, but that's exactly how she's portrayed for the rest of the story. 

I will say, I got a sense of peace after finishing Unattainable that I didn't get after Unbeautifully. I'm still really looking forward to future books in the series, but I don't feel as desperate and angry about it. 

306 pages

Warning: This book contains violence, drug use, rape, and a whole bunch of other heavy shit not usually conducive to a love story. Reader discretion is advised. 

Thank You Madeline Sheehan!!!

For more on the Undeniable series and other books by Madeline Sheehan, please visit @http://www.madelinesheehan.com/

Breeder By Any Other Name

October has turned out to be a great month for sci-fi lovers! I've already posted on Kate Pearce's triad The Power Of Three The Power of Three - All Romance Ebooks and you'll have to stay tuned for Tracy St. John's Alien Caged already available at smashwords  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/369557!  

Now I would like to present Cara Bristol's first ever sci-fi Breeder.  

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Breeder by Cara Bristol

To secure his legacy, Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra, a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner. As Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by law, he begins to question the traditions and ways of his people, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love. 

I've been trying to pull myself together to write up something about this book that will do it justice but my mind is all...

Breeder is an emotionally stirring introspective look at a impassive patriarchal society that doesn't even have a word for love. Women are live stock. They are kept for breeding purposes only and an Alpha is not to debase himself by seeking pleasure on one. They are allowed to be used for sexual gratification by Betas but it's considered indecorous for an Alpha to exhibit any kind of regard for a breeder. 

Alphas take Betas as anointed companions based on compatibility. Any sexual urges they have can be satisfied in a traditional manner on their Beta. To do otherwise is not only seen as a weakness it's against Protocol. 

Dak is an Alpha commander and everything he has ever known is changed when he obtains a breeder. Omra awakens longings and emotions in Dak he should find aberrant, but still he's drawn to her. That along with her ability to obtain knowledge and sexual capacity for pleasure make him question the teachings of his world and what is truly best for his people. 

Omra

Omra is so resilient. She has been cultivated not to question how she is treated, or have any expectations for life at all. Seeing the world, Parseon and Terran (Earth), from her eyes is really a trip. The passion and love that grows between Omra and Dak is palpable. The sensuality of their sexual discovery is off the charts, only made that much more exceptional by it's essence of the forbidden.  

Alpha Commander Dak

Dak really stole the show for me. I completely fell in love with him. Dak is a born leader who deeply cares for the well being of his people and his world. His journey to do what's best for Omra, himself, and his people is truly moving. 

Cara Bristol has outdone herself. Breeder is outstandingly well written. This book not only made me re-examine how I see the world but how others see the world. I'm a big fan of Sci-fi and I believe this story should rank as one of the best in Sci-fi erotic romance. I wasn't even halfway through when I realized it was going to be one of my personal favorites. 

I was so enthralled with this book that I felt I needed an outside perspective. I actually had my historical romance reading buddy read this one. I asked her mainly because she doesn't normally read anything with violence/abuse towards women or even DD, so I knew she would help me see anything I was missing. She only affirmed that this was a great read. 

This is her text after finishing the book, minus spoilers;

Just finished Breeder. I liked it, well written, kept me interested and on the edge of my seat. I could have done without one scene (implied violence to a breeder in market place), but it didn't annoy me or take me out of the story. I would read the next one in the series. 

I'm interested to see how it will be received by her fans unaccustomed to Sci-fi. Personally, I love, love, LOVED it. 

Warning: Breeder contains explicit m/f sexual activity, some m/m sexual practices and domestic discipline. 

For more on Cara Bristol please visit her @http://carabristol.com/

Thank You Cara Bristol!

Sex Appeal

My favorite gal pal Tracy St. John posted a while ago about what she finds sexy. I loved this. I think it's fun to see what others think is a turn on, authors and readers alike. Sexy and what is a turn on is so subjective, yet we have some commonality somewhere that is causing us to enjoy the same books.

Seeing Tracy's list made me think of mine, so of course I must share it with you.

Sex Toys:

Spanking belt. There is just something about getting spanked with a belt. I can't see a belt without getting turned on. 

Vibrating butt plug.

I love anything that vibrates but there is something magical about a vibrating butt plug. Xavier, from Cherise Sinclair's My Leige of Dark Haven, believes a vibe in the in the rear and a vibe on the clit is the perfect orgasm recipe and I couldn't agree more. 

Movie:

Okay, this one is hard for me. The movies I think are sexy don't usually turn me on. If I were a guy looking to get laid I would not invest time watching a chick flick like Dirty Dancing or even uber sexy Sex and Lucia with me. I am a dude. I really don't have one particular movie that gets me going but strangely enough movies that are a big turn on for me are movies like;

Seriously, I know that's messed up. 

And

I find Spock insanely attractive.

Old or new, it doesn't matter.

Which leads me to my adoration for off beat characters. These are the guys that turn me on. Whether it be movies or books, I often enjoy the secondary characters even more than the leads, and adore it when they get their own stories. 

Beards:

I'm not just talking about the obviously beautiful guy with a beard.

Although he is delicious.

No, I'm talking about,

The average looking bad-ass with a beard. Does it for me, every time.

Music:

Big time.

Car:

1969 Z28 Camaro

I have a serious thing for muscle cars, always have. The Z28 does it for me more than any car ever made. 

Villian:

Khan

Yes, Star Trek again. 

I really have a thing for guys with a superiority complex. Plus he's ancient, savage and superior in every way. In. Every. Way.  Moth say hello to flame. Who wouldn't want to harness that kind of power between there nimbles at least once? 

Lucius Malfoy

Yeah, I'm pretty embarrassed to admit this one. He's arrogant, mean, bigoted and pretty hateful. His only redeeming quality is his love for his wife. Maybe this is the danger of being an adult when you read these books. Idk. When I saw him in the movie, I found him even sexier. 

I have issues, let's move along.

Position:

Face down. Ass up.

In bed is nice.

Pushed down on a cold hard surface is better. 

Celebrities:

This changes pretty frequently for me. For a while it was Jason Statham, then Jason Momoa, then Chris Hemsworth, then Stuard Reardon, then Stuard Reardon again.

He's worth repeating. Also my Tranis. 

(my fellow FoKs know who I'm talking about)

Right now the guys I'm mentally drooling over are,

Dylan Freakin Mcdermott

He's 51 and I'm really questioning immortality or a super race because he is not aging. Not that I can tell. I need to see him naked and up close for a full thorough examination before forming my full hypothesis on the matter. Anyways, he's got that authoritative look, a strong jaw line and hands built for spanking. 

I want to be in trouble with him badly.  

Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Yeah, I'm surprised too. I'm not twenty-anything or a hipster, yet being in between these two making out would make my year. 

Action By Man:

Unexpected Kindness

When I see a guy doing an unexpected kindness he becomes the sexiest man alive. Stopping to help a random stranger struggling to carry or reach something. Going to get coffee for a homeless person. Sticking up for the underdog. Saying something nice just to make someone smile. Rushing to help out when help is needed but not expected to me is heart melting. 

Date With My Honey:

Naked Day

Yep, day time dates are my favorite. 

We do the night dates. We get a sitter, dress up and go out, but those nights rarely ever end in sex. They are fun, sometimes social and often romantic occasions that usually end really late. Honestly, we usually pass out when we get home or to our hotel. These are happy times but not very sexy. 

Day time dates are sexy in a way that I know my husband is going to rip my clothes off and do naughty things to me for as long as he wants the second we get home from dropping our son off at school. 

Afterwards we get to bask in the glow and be lazy. Sometimes we get lunch, sometimes we walk around town, sometime we go to the beach, and sometimes we just laze around and make love again a time or two before we have to pick up our son from school. 

Lazy Without Children

(that's why she's smiling)

On these days we always laugh, romp around, and just let ourselves exist in our own little bubble.These days are always relaxed and I never feel more...everything. Sexy, in love, cherished, sated. 

If you're married with children and you've never had a day date, I highly recommend it. It's like playing hooky from life for a few hours with your favorite person. (that's assuming your spouse is your favorite person)

So, what is your sexy list? What in life turns you on?  Have you ever asked your spouse this? 

I asked my husband and he said, "Hot naked women, especially you. I find turning you on sexy." 

I said, "No car, song, movie or a new set of golf clubs...Anything?" 

Nope. 

He wants a beer and he wants to see something naked. I can appreciate that. 

I would love to see more sexy lists!

Terms and Conditions

 A while ago I wrote a post, The Couples Rut, all about how to comfortably and openly discuss your sexual wants and desires with your partner in non-confrontational ways. That discussion can be difficult no matter what kind of relationship you are in. The last thing I suggested was watching different informative videos together to see what sticks.

The video I used as an example, Guide to Kinky Sex for Couples by Tristan Taromino, is one my husband I sat down and watched together a few years ago.

 

Adam&Eve.com  

In this video Tristan Taromino walks you through different aspects of kink in four sections. Each section delves a little deeper into light BDSM. The couples, who are porn stars, share their explanations in interviews. Then they play out each segment of information in full  penetration 20-30 min clips.

Although my husband and I have already surpassed everything on the video and then some, it was fun and extremely informative.

In fact I wish this was the high school graduation/pre-college sex-ed video. Let me explain. At around ten years old you get the sex-ed puberty video. We all remember that horror show. I'm sure you also recall the Don't Get Your Girlfriend Pregnant / STD sex-ed video played to unfortunate students entering high school. For me, it feels like it would be the natural progression of things to show this one to the eighteen to twenty something crowd.

Teaching kids everything and nothing since 1913

But I digress.

There wasn't anything new to me in the guide, in fact at one point my husband rolled his eyes and asked if there was a intermediate to advanced guide, but then something very illuminating happened. My husband, who is dominant and has kinky streak a mile long, discovered there are terms for certain facets of our relationship.

He found out what he does to me in and outside of the bedroom is considered BDSM, and he would be deemed a Dom in some circles. It also kind of freaked him out. He had never heard the terms and conditions of BDSM spelled out before. Even in the most basic form.

Sure he knows what a safe word is, but definitions for things like Dom/sub, Top/bottom, and Power Exchange were completely new to him. At one point he paused the video and turned to me and said, "I'm a dominant.... I'm a Dom." He sounded surprised and he looked concerned.

It was clear he did not like knowing this about himself. Not at all.

I was shocked. It had been a revelation on both ends. I thought he knew. I have a gift for saying the wrong thing, so I worked on not saying anything while he was having a Ah-ha moment.

At this point in our relationship we had been together eleven years and some of the stuff he did to me (still does) could be taken straight out of a BDSM novel. He'd just been doing what he liked to do. With one informative video what he liked to do was warring with his preconceived notions of BDSM.

This was before FSOG made BDSM mainstream, but I'd been reading erotica and BDSM books since Clinton was in office. I knew the terms and conditions of BDSM. What's more, I'd living out naughty scenes in many sexcapades with my uniformed, kinky husband for years. I naturally assumed his entertainment rag of choice Playboy covered things like BDSM terminology.

I was wrong.

My husband had attached quite a few stigmas to BDSM. While he was completely fine considering himself kinky, he was considerably less comfortable finding out he was into BDSM. Again, this was years before BDSM was in vogue. All he'd known of BDSM was from porn. Short, daunting clips of porn. I'd tried to tell him that most of that stuff is the extreme hard core version of the lifestyle, but from his reaction I'd surmise it hadn't gotten through.


We had some discussion, but like I said he was a little freaked out and I backed off. Putting labels on things can do that. Getting comfortable with your sexuality and the spectrum of what you're into is only step one if you are in a couple. Step two is letting your partner know what doors are open, then accepting the parameters of your relationship while letting your partner's sexuality grow at their pace.

I had to let him digest what he had just taken in.

We had almost two kink free weeks, in which I almost regretted watching the video. I know he needed to process, but waiting patiently isn't something I'm great at.  Luckily, he didn't take too long to sort himself out, and when the kink started back up again, it started with a vengeance.

Overall I think the video is great for easing into kink, and for someone who doesn't know any terminology whatsoever. Watching the interviews and explanations first and then watching the dirty stuff may be a good idea. The video goes by quickly, but a big chunk of the three hours is full penetration examples.

Know that these types of videos and discussions may lead down unexpected roads.

 

I just thought it'd be fun

All this, because we watched a kinky porn guide. Personal growth is often in the least likely places.


Opening up communication with your partner can be nerve racking. For some fun, helpful idea please click Couples Rut .

Triad Rule

I've never been shy about the fact that I love triad stories. LOVE THEM. Common story lines often involve a long time couple adding a third and or someone discovering they are bi for the first time. No matter how the threesome is composed it's a complicated dynamic to maneuver, and when dishing it out in erotica I have one major rule; OVERWHELMING DESIRE.

That's right! Keep it strong!!

Whether the character is strait discovering a desire for the same sex or is gay noticing a person of the opposite sex for the first time, they have to have overwhelming desire. Overwhelming desire to touch, taste, and feel every inch of that other person. Especially the genitals.

For a couple to want a third they both better be dying without that other person. That sexual desire for the third person better be incendiary for that couple to risk the stability of their relationship.

And here is the really import part.

They must experience these feelings within the first 25% of a full length book. The first Twenty. Five. Percent. Any story under 200 pages needs to have to feelings percolating in all three characters by the half way mark. I don't want to read Chasing Amy. This isn't My So Called Life. I need to feel the tension trickling down my spine. I need the shiver effect. I need dirty thoughts going through my character's minds.  If I were signing up for a New Age Reality Bites type book, it would be okay for the slow route.

Not okay when in an erotica.

My vagina grows hostile when face with that much angst.

I've mentioned these books before, and I would like to mention them again. These are some of my favorite triad stories and the authors who rocked the triad.

Tymber Dalton,  Love Slave For Two; made me want to stand up for poly rights

Emma Holly, Bad Boys Billionaire Club; constant pantie drip

Samantha Wayland, With Grace and Destiny Calls; some of the hottest sexual combustion EVER

Which leads me to Kate Pearce. I Simply adore Kate Pearce. My first foray with Kate Pearce was her sci-fi Valhalla series. These book are fun and romantic. When I began reading her historical novels I didn't actual think it was the same author. These books are much more emotionally charged. I've now read most of her erotica and my favorites have always been her books featuring steamy m/m/f action.

The thing is, she's never written a triad book. Not that I know of. The featured m/m/f activities in her books have always been interchanges along the road of a couples sexual journey.

Until now.

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The Power of Three by Kate Pearce

Soreya Lang has never met a male telepath before, let alone one who is willing to die for her on an interplanetary mission gone wrong. Risking everything, she acts on her instant telepathic and physical connection with Esca and encounters a level of psychic power she never knew existed.  

Esca can't believe he's finally met the female who will complete his sexual telepathic triad. He promises himself that if they survive, he'll take her back home, introduce her to his enigmatic First Male, Ash and pray that biology will do the rest. 

But nothing is ever that simple, and Soreya, Esca and Ash will have to find their own way through the ties of family and tradition to experience the full telepathic wonder of the power of three..

My first triad with Kate Pearce went very well. ; ) The chemistry between all three characters simmers throughout the book, the overwhelming desire becomes palpable as the story goes on. However you pair these three, the hotness factor will leave your panties dripping. I had to stop myself from openly drooling at more than one point in the story.

The Power of Three is light but is in no danger of being fluffy. I felt like Kate Pearce did an excellent job of combining the lighter feeling of her previous sci-fis with some of the emotional pull of her historicals.

The overall world building is kept at a minimum, but Kate Pearce makes up for this with her perfectly placed verbiage, such as frek, meershit, and oh Gods instead of God. They also used shuttles and big space ships. She has two distinct groups of people, the Estruscas, whom deplore any form of telepathy, and Pavlovans whom are a telepathic based culture that mate in groups of three.

I felt she dropped the ball only once, minimally, in one scene they ate fish and drank wine. Not flaky fresh basq from the nearby Pavlovan sea, with a bottle of sweet muki, but strait up fish and wine.

With that being said, when it comes to sci-fi I'm probably a harsher judge than most. I'm not big on Earth-isms blatantly being used unless the people or planet has an explainable link to Earth. ie; ancestors of Earth, etc.

That slight miss can be easily forgiven due to a great story and the fact I adored the use of telepathic links. To me there is nothing cooler. Being able to transmute your thoughts into someone else's head and or skim thoughts from someone's mind is just awesome. If I could have a super power that is probably the one I would choose.

Well, that or being able to eat whatever I want and still stay at my optimal weight, with all my fat distributed evenly between my ass and boobs. As opposed to now which is evenly distributed between my belly and upper arms.

don't I know it

I was sad to see the story end. This book is only 134 pages and whetted my appetite for more. I would definitely love to see Kate Pearce write more hot triad stories based in this universe.

134 pages

Warning: This book contains delicious m/m/f, m/f, m/m, m/f/m sexual situations. A change of panties may be required. 

P.S. This book has been filtered by the nit-picky bastards @ Amazon, so make sure to click the link on my page or Ms. Pearce's if you want to check it out on Amazon.

For more on Kate Pearce, please visit @ http://www.katepearce.com/

Thank You Kate Pearce!!!

Putting The Fun In Dysfunctional

Women have been attracted to assholes since the beginning of time. I can just hear Adam saying, That crazy bitch Eve made me eat the apple. She's out their all day talking to snakes and shit. What am I supposed to do? Then he still talked her back into the sack, even knowing having children was going to hurt. 

And that's just the first chapter in history of women. Even when our options broadened we still went for the wrong kind of guys. After centuries of heartache, and many times being left to raise our children on our own, we ladies started making great strides to knocking the misogynist out of men. There will always be a little misogynist in every man, but the good ones reel it in.

I've had this talk with myself. I've had this talk with my girlfriends, ages 26 to 43. I've had this talk with my nieces and they've since started making better life choices. (they are 20 &22, but I should have done it at 16) So I'd like to make it a public service announcement, because this bears repeating. 

Don't mistake an asshole that's good in bed for being an alpha male worth your time. Some men are good for fucking with a condom on, but you don't get on that ride twice. You don't date them and you certainly don't marry them. Good orgasms trick the mind into thinking it's love and women are just as likely to think with their vagina as a man is to think with his dick. 

Be strong. Don't let your vagina do the thinking. If yours is anything like mine she's got some strong opinions and has made some horrible choices. My vagina got me stranded in a ghetto in the old country of Mazatlan Mexico at four am. Mine moved us into a hot messed up asshole's apartment across the country, whom we had only known a few days. 

There is a difference between good in bed and good to you and good for you. Don't settle for only one of those. A man worth keeping around is all three. 

On a side note; let's all remember fictional characters are much more likely to redeem themselves and a lot less likely to have STD's. And always, always remember to wear a condom. 

They're more comfortable than herpes, 

cost less than a baby, and are less traumatizing than an abortion.

Seriously

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So I read it. Last week I discussed Undeniable (book 1) by Madeline Sheehan and was unsure how I felt about it being a series. I felt Undeniable was untoppable, yet I felt compelled to read the second one. 

I was right, Undeniable was and is untoppable, but I still enjoyed the crap out of Unbeautifully. Only for slightly different reasons. 

Where as Undeniable was more of a not so loving love story, Unbeautifully unabashedly celebrates the love. Now, I say that directly after reading Undeniable, which I believe desensitized me quite a bit. Compared to other books it is a bit more off beat. Understatement.

Unbeautifully is the story of Danny, Deuces upbeat cheerleader daughter and Ripper, the Sergeant of Arms in the Hell's Horsemen MC. Madeline Sheehan again begins the blurb with a warning label, made specifically for this story, which I adore.

Warning: This is not a story about fate or destiny. This is a story about pain, sorrow, and suffering. This is an impulsive whirlwind romance between two lovers that are not meant to be together. Theirs is not a world of sunshine and roses. Instead their love blossoms in a secret world of crime, violence and death. Their story is about what can be born from nightmares. 

We meet Danny and Ripper in book one. Danny is a painfully young sixteen year old. She's nothing like Eva, who grew up in the MC and a part of the crime business, where as Danny is completely shielded. Other than having messed up parents she's leading a bubble gum life style. 

Bubble gum life style meaning, sweet, pink and changes as soon as it loses flavor. 

Book two Unbeautifully opens to an older more angsty Danny. She's been dealing with the aftermath of what happens in the end of book one and is stuck between bubble gum and jaded, not really fitting in to either. Then at eighteen her world flips end over end until she lands firmly in broken but still breathing. 

Ripper is more of an actual hero and kind of the opposite of Deuce. He grew up in a good home and a stable family. His parents die when he's seventeen and that's when he begins his life of crime and debauchery. He's seen love and goodness, he just doesn't recognize them in himself until Danny. 

When he realizes he loves Danny he embraces his feelings. He wants them to grow together, even knowing it's a bad idea. Then of course, shit get's real and the couple is separated. This gives still young and sweet Danny time to go really dark and angsty. When they do finally get together Ripper is far less gruff than Deuce. The role of faithful cherishing husband fits much more comfortably on Ripper than any other characters with 'old ladies' we've seen thus far. 

Unbeautifully spans over three years to the epilogue from book one, then keeps going into an epilogue a year out. We get a lot of secondary stories in this one. Something I really enjoyed yet at the same time felt they took over and drew away from the emotional integrity of Danny and Rippers story.  

Madeline Sheehan does a great job showing and telling us Ripper's pain and past traumas, but we really only see Danny's trauma. We don't get her chapters of nightmares, devastation and self destruction from her ripped out soul. We just see her fall apart and I didn't really feel her guilt or sorrow. I needed that.  By the time the epilogue rolled around I felt cheated out of a chunk of Danny and Rippers story. 

Don't get me wrong. I still fucking loved it. Couldn't put it down. 

With that being said, Unbeautifully is set up in a way that it fills in the missing pieces between other characters from Undeniable since that book's epilogue is five years later and Unbeautifully begins three years before that epilogue. You get a lot of the dysfunctional MC family life in this book, and really drawn into the characters that will be in future books. 

Overall a bit of a lighter feel to this book. You have to have read book one to understand that. There are a lot of scenes between Danny and Ripper that are scorching. Everyone experiences a lot of growth. Definitely not a stand alone. 

362 pages

Warning: Vulgar language, strong violence, and enough misogynistic fuck all to have your inner feminist concerned by the number of young women who love these male characters. Including myself.

Unattainable (book 3) is newly released and even better than I expected.

Thank You Madeline Sheehan!!

For more on the Undeniable series and Madeline Sheehan please visit @http://www.madelinesheehan.com/

Hang-fucking-over Inducing

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Have you read this book? Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan. 

I ask because I'm one of the few people who hadn't read this book, until recently. It's a Sons Of Anarchy, MC (motorcycle club) type non-romantic romance, perfect for the jaded girls that at sixteen sneaked smokes, stole their brothers clothes, listened to Led Zeppelin and probably still regularly carry a pocket knife....And sported some serious wet panties around bad boy assholes that were generally hotter the more damaged they were. 

He's their poster boy.

 Had I really truly understood that, I may have read it sooner.

 I've had an unread sample of it on Princess Buttercup (my kindle) since December 2012, when the book was released. I had every intention of reading it until I was distracted by something shiny. 

Frankly I adored the blurb, which begins with a warning label,

Warning: This is not a typical, sappy love story. This is an all-consuming, soul-crushing, tear-your-heart-into-pieces story. It's intense, gritty and raw, dark and disturbing, and it doesn't happen overnight. This is an epic love story that knows no boundaires and has no time limits. It grows and develops-- with hurt, sacrifice, and heartache--over the span of a lifetime.....

But I waffled, then got distracted.

Over the year I've seen it many times in passing. There was too much hype. Too many mainstream reviewers buzzing about it. Undeniable had become so mainstream that it had completely lost my attention, until recently when Mandi from SmexyBooks.com called it horrifying and admitted she felt guilty for liking this book. 

Mandi is a sweet romance and spicy urban fantasy reviewer. Although I enjoy some of her reviews, our taste in literature don't normally coincide. I knew if she felt guilty for enjoying this book, I was probably going to love it. 

Which I did.

It fucking wrecked me. 

Admittedly, Undeniable is supremely fucked up. I think that is half of why I loved it so much. Madeline Sheehan holds no punches. The characters are intriguing like a beautiful catastrophe. You may like them, you may even love them, but you will hate, HATE so many of their actions. Yet you will not be able to walk away from this book once you start reading.

This book is like the Long Island iced tea of literature. You can suck the whole thing down in one sitting, not realizing you're going to be fucked up for hours after you've finished it. 

 I stayed up until nearly four in the morning reading this book. My eyes were glued open like a thirteen year old boy seeing his first pair of titties. The Hulk couldn't have have pried me away with a stick. I've had two days since finishing this book to process and I can't move on to another book. I'm still mentally replaying the brigade of what the fuck, scenes I just read. 

I think it's safe to say fuck was a running theme through my head the entire time I was reading this story. Holy Fuck, What The Fuck, Fuckin Fuck, Oh Fuck, I ran through them all. Many times. 

So many great quotes in this book. Eva gives a speech about wild pussy that is hilarious and made me want to stand up and cheer. Deuce is the epitome of fucking asshole, but the shit he says bleeds raw emotion. I loved him one moment for how adamantly he demands women be protected but then hate him for how he treats those same women. 

Now that I've read the book I'm actually a little surprised there is a book two Unbeautifully, which features two main secondary characters from Undeniable. Book three Unattainable newly released, book four is in the works.

I had felt complete closure when reading the epilogue. It gave me the warm fuzzies I needed after the shit storm of turmoil that is the rest of the story. It also really closed out the stories of a few of the other secondary characters....I thought. 

Honestly, I wasn't even going to look up what or who the other book was about. I didn't want to taint the awesomeness of this book with a story that may be just another version of what I feel is an untoppable book. Different characters, likely the same shit. 

Wasn't. Going. To do it. 

Then I looked up the cover image for this post and there it was. Unbeautifully's cover with the character pairing and my mind screamed, WHAT. THE. FUCK. 

I of course downloaded it and I started reading it as soon as I finished typing this post. These books fall into a category all their own and are competitively priced at $2.99 in e-form. Whoever set the pricing on these is kind of brilliant. No matter why you may be waffling about getting the book, you're going to think to yourself, Fuck it. For $3 why not? ::click and buy::

 332 pages

Warning: This book contains subject matter that may induce the reader to think and say the word FUCK repeatedly, and in many forms. For days. Lots of vulgar language, strong violence and tons of super offensive shit. (trust me, you still want to read it) Reader discretion is highly advised. 

Thank You Madeline Sheehan!

For more on Madeline Sheehan please visit her @ http://www.madelinesheehan.com/