Breaking Bad: 14 Tales Of Lawless Love

Breaking Bad: 14 Tales of Lawless Love 

I was talking about this anthology to a fellow blogger @MusingsIRJ about how some of the stories left me feeling incomplete or wanting more. She explained to me that this is what an anthology is supposed to do. The stories are meant to be incomplete to set the reader up for the full length version. Well honey that’s exactly what this anthology did!!! Now to be fair I only was giving an arc for 3 of the stories but let me say if these stories are an indication of the full book readers will not be disappointed.

In this review I will only briefly touch on the a few of the stories I read. I say briefly because although the stories were short they packed a lot of action and I don’t want to give anything a way.

Eve Vaughn who is what I consider a classic in the IR game.  Let me just say this story His Favorite is classic Eve and does not disappoint. Tamryn isn’t any one’s damsel in distress. Life has taught her some very hard lessons and she is about to receive a very tough yet steamy lesson with the devil himself, Seamus.

Seamus plays a huge part in the underworld granted he seems to be a business man but he has a darkness about him. These two meet under less than stellar circumstances. Although Tamryn takes his kindness for granted he gives her a chance. In typical Eve fashion Seamus is an alpha male and once cleaned up Tamryn becomes “his.” He has to ger her out of system and one night is never enough. Feelings are caught and these two learn how to battle their demons together. The intimacy these two shared was more than just physical. I only wish for more dialogue between the two characters much of their shared moments were afterthoughts. This story was a good mix of romance and some action. Tamryn is envied and catching Seamus eye only makes matter worse. She finds herself fighting for her life literally but she refuses to be anyone’s victim again. I like that Tamryn was a fighter and she didn’t let the nasty barbs from the other women get her down. Eve does like to dabble into the darkness of stories. I hope that this story is turned into a full length novel because I feel these two have more to tell.

I honestly have never read Sharon Cooper and was pleasantly surprised with her short Indebted . 

Laz was a BOSS!!!! All I could think of was, "nobody puts Journey in a corner." This story was an interesting mix of right and wrong. The lines are blurred. Laz is a detective but he does what it takes to get the job done. Kinda like that Robin Hood syndrome steal from the rich to give to the poor. He is a broken man who watched the woman he loves die. Journey is this fierce ADA who knows she shouldn't allow this man to get close to her heart .Heck, I was just reading about him and I wanted to know more!!! These two come together because Laz is being investigated, I mean when you are a cop who doesn't mind smacking around the bad guy are you shocked that he is being investigated by the powers that be?

I loved that this story had a hint of mystery/suspense. Now don't get me wrong these two have a chemistry that's off the charts but this story  didn't focus on the romance as much as solving the crime and building a real relationship between the two characters. Laz cant even phantom loosing another love and when Journey needs his help he doesn't mind calling in every favor and making things happen. Readers you will find yourself rooting for the "dirty" cop.  Like I said this was my first novel by this author but will not be my last this was a great short story that I know can be turned into a full length novel, I want more from that ending (hint, hint). 

Now baby when you talk about bringing the heat in this anthology LaQuette does just that with her short Bedding The Enemy. Before we dive into this one the names of the characters are a little hard to pronounce but that will not detour the reader. That first chapter was full steam ahead and this story just kept getting better and better. A little warning this book does end on a cliff hanger but the author does promise a full length novel soon. 

Mas is the head of the Yakuza family and let me tell you he wears the title well. This book starts off with a very steamy love scene that signifies so much more. Oshun has only shown Mas a piece of herself  and the pieces that remain hidden are very deadly. For a man like Mas commitment is a very big step so when he gives himself to Oshun and she avoids him things get interesting quick. Oshun little does Mas know is a boss in her own right and these two are fighting on separate sides of the same issue. I love that the author showed the characters struggle with the path they each choose and trying to hold onto each other. This story was action packed and I will say LaQuette at her finest. I did cringe when I read the cliff hanger because all of the angst I had to go through as a reader!!!! (lol) This story shows the willing sacrifice these two are willing to make for each other but they leave a bloody trail in the midst.  Readers this story doesn't disappoint and I for one cannot wait for the full length. 

All In all I really enjoyed the snippet I read of this anthology and although the stories are short they leave the reader wanting more. 

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Breaking Bad: 14 Tales of Lawless Love
Publication date: July 11th 2017
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Nice guys finish first, said no one ever. But we guarantee you’ll finish this collection filled with dark and dangerous alphas who obey no one, play by their own rules, and least of all allow anything to come between them and what they desire most. You’ll never look at thieves, hit men, bounty hunters or ex-cons the same way again. Break bad and our sexy-as-sin bad boys will steal your heart.
NOTE: These bad boys and girls may break hearts, but you’re guaranteed a happily ever after in every tale! No cliffhangers!
His to Possess by Theodora Taylor
What ruthless mafia prince Luca Ferraro wants, Luca Ferraro gets. And he won’t stop until he possess the daughter of his family’s biggest enemy. In. Every. Single. Way.
Star-Crossed by Koko Brown
Some people are born bad…again and again, and again
His Favorite by Eve Vaughn
With one taste, an addiction is born.
Notorious by Caitlin Daire
He says he’s not guilty, but he might be the death of me anyway…
Sleeping With The Enemy by LaQuette
When sleeping with the enemy, hate becomes their addiction, and love… a complicated distraction they can’t afford.
Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper
Even when he does good, he’s bad.
Bad Things, Good Killers by S.W.Frank
He thought he buried the past; but one woman won’t rest until he’s paid the debt for his sins.
Dangerously Theirs by A.M. Griffin
She thinks she can outsmart the law, but can she outrun the bounty hunters who want to claim more than the reward for her capture?
Hideout by Billy London
Rae can hide from everyone out for her blood but she can’t escape what she’s done.
Drive Her by Bridget Midway
There’s no honor among thieves and con artists, and no rest for the wicked, but can there be love?
His for the Taking by Nia K. Foxx
When the lines are blurred it’s hard to distinguish between the good, bad and predators.
Debt Collector’s Due by Shyla Colt
He’ll collect what he’s owed at any cost.
One Hit by Victoria H. Smith
He’s her new neighbor and she’s curious. She’s his new neighbor and well… he wants a taste.
Rectified by Xyla Turner
His lifestyle wasn’t fit for a queen and only one dead man stood between them.

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STAR CROSSED by Koko Brown

“Don’t you have any decency?” he asked, lifting his gaze.
“I’m a pirate. Decency and modesty are distant memories. If they’d been instilled in me at all,” she scoffed. “Hard to find morality in a brothel.”
His gaze narrowed. “A brothel?”
“My mother was a gaggle of whores. I was one as well until I pledged my loyalty to Madame Shih.” She held out her hand and wiggled her fingers at him. “So you can rest assured you have nothing I have not seen before.”
He mulishly stood looking down at her, unyielding. Thinking she’d failed to sooth his ruffled feathers, she was mildly surprised when he unbuttoned his breeches. He slid the material down his legs, bending at the waist, giving her an enticing view of his back, the fluid cording of muscle evident even in the slanting shadows of the cabin. Lèsè bit the inside of her cheek. His large, powerful body was beautiful.
With irrepressible, flame-hot desire seeping into her veins, she second guessed her decision to shoot two hawks with one arrow. First and upmost, she wanted to gain his knowledge of foreign shipping routes, putting her one step closer to freedom.
As an added boon, his company would be a much needed distraction from the monotony of sea life, the loneliness of an empty bed. She didn’t need it to turn into a foolhardy venture which would be seen as treason. And she would not, she mused, shoving back her shoulders. After all she wasn’t some naïve virgin unaccustomed to a man’s company.
Body throbbing with awareness, she accepted his clothing. But not before she took a prolonged peek at the abnormally thick flesh between his legs. She lifted her gaze and caught him looking at her. She tried to diffuse the loss of oxygen in the room with an upward curl of her lips.
“Absolutely no sense of decorum,” he muttered, tan cheeks turning pink with embarrassment.
“No harm in looking,” she countered, pivoting on her bare feet. Chuckling, she padded across the room, his garments tucked under her arm. She opened the door then chucked them into the hall. As ordered, two buckets of hot water had been placed by the door.
Hoisting one of the steaming buckets into the air and then setting it on her head. Arms out stretched, crouching low, she pretended to walk a tight rope.
“I return bearing gifts,” she announced, a hint of playfulness coloring her tone.
Not exactly unbending, a shadow of a mile touched his lips.
Happy looked good on him. Delicious in fact. So delicious, she hungered for more of them.
With a dramatic flourish, she set the bowl in the washstand then went to retrieve the one she’d left in the hall. This one she set on the floor.
“This is nothing like the glorious soaking baths of Zhangzhou. Still, this should do the trick,” she reasoned, fingering her copper washing basin leaning against the wall. Resembling a sundial with a depth of exactly eight finger, the shallow pan scratched her yen for a bath.
“I may be a pirate but I like my luxuries,” she confessed. “I have clean linen rags, a couple of sponges from a trade with a fisherman and even a bar of soap from your fair England. I particularly like the lavender.” Unable to resist, she picked up one of the sleeves and sniffed. Feeling like she was talking to the wind, she glanced up.
He edged closer, practically towering over her. His eyes stole over the large basin like a man starving, and the pan had become a slow-roasted dungpo pork.
“Water’s warm?”
Seeing the fish on the hook, she nodded. “Not long from the coals.”
He didn’t say anything for the longest, but she imagined she could hear his smile.
“Wash rag and soap,” he finally requested.
With a smile, she handed him both. At the last minute he pulled his hand back.
“The catch?”
Lèsè opened her mouth to dissuade him of the notion but thought better of it. “I only require one thing—that I be allowed to watch.”
His gaze dropped to the washbasin and lingered. Again, a pregnant pause fell between them like a brick wall. “You may watch but not touch.”
“You’re no fun,” she pouted prettily yet not feeling the least bit put out. After all, he’d granted her a boon. Gloating, she spun about. Considering the bed held the most advantageous views, she ambled over to the day bed. With exaggerated purpose, she tucked her hands behind her head and crossed her feet at the ankles.
“Comfortable?” he groused.
“Quite,” she purred, digging her shoulder blades into the silk bedcovering.
“And the view is to your liking?”
“Far better than the bed,” she readily confessed. “As you Englishmen would say, “You cut a fine figure, Mr. Flynn. Very fine indeed.”
“Indecent—”
“Worse than a sailor on shore leave,” she smugly asserted.
“—immoral—”
“Never claimed to be a monk,” she countered with pride.
“—shameless—”
“My mother was a prostitute. The bar was set very low.”
“—corrupt—”
“I’ve seen too many pure souls starve and it’s not a pretty sight.”
“—licentious—”
Lèsè frowned. “I am not familiar with the word.”
“Lustful.” His eyes burned bright and it wasn’t anger.
“When I’m willing,” she pretended to look pensive as a yielding warmth flowed through. “It’s only with a select few. And you, Mr. Flynn, are definitively select.”
“Oh, joy. I live to be pleasing to my captive.”
His teasing jest restored her humor.
“Better I find you pleasing than distasteful.” She gave him an appreciative glance.
“It should rile me the way you eye me like a leg of succulent mutton,” he drawled. “And your openness is quite off putting…”
“But,” she coaxed. Interest piqued, Lèsè flipped onto her side.
He was obviously playing a game with her because he grinned as he changed the subject.
“You say the water is warm?”
“Right now, I wish it to be scalding,” she groused.
She lived for a good game of cat and mouse but only when she was the predator. Being the prey—particularly his prey—proved to be a discomforting, slippery slope especially when it played havoc with her insides.
Even when doing something as innocuous as simply filling the water basin with water, pleasure began to spread through her body. Or when he soaped his sponge, his thick strong fingers dripping with suds, her breath caught. And there was nothing she could do to stop it. She’d seen scores of men in various stages of undress. None of them—even lovers of her own choosing–made her body react like Christian Flynn.
Made by the gods. That’s what came to mind as she watched him begin his bath. Perfectly made, he’d been favored at birth. Every inch of him carved so beautifully, and so sinfully male she wanted to weep.
Her gaze devoured the lazy path of his hands. All that bare, beautiful alabaster skin and muscle covered in sudsy foam. Mouthwatering, she could taste every single bubble.

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Title: Unforgiven
Series: Sins and Secrets #2
Author: Willow Winters

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: June 19, 2017

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The sins of his past can’t be forgiven.

Mason Thatcher gave me chills when I first laid eyes on him.  The good kind. The kind that makes your body ache and your heart hammer.  

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I knew it was too good to be true, but I could never have imagined he’d be capable of something so cold and cruel.

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