Royal Date (The Royals Of Monterra #1) By: Sariah Wilson

(N) Kat MacTaggart is a girl who has a plan for everything, including her holiday trip to Monterra with her best friend Lemon. Everything was going according to plan, this is until Kat finds herself skiing out of control down a mountainside and being rescued by a guy who looks like Superman's hotter Italian cousin.
       HRH Prince Nico is intrigued by the woman he saved on the slopes and her refusal to date him. Nico offers Kat a deal-- let him show her his country and he'll pay her to write articles that will help Monterra's tourism industry. Kat agrees to write the articles, but given her past and lingering distrust of men, she'll agree on one condition, absolutely no kissing.
      Thanks to the claims of a jealous British noblewoman and the schemes of a meddling paparazzo, Kat's rule doesn't seem to be a problem at first. But the more Kat gets to know Nico and the people around him, the harder it is to remember her keep-your-distance plan. Kat doesn't believe in real life fairy tales, what she does believe in is having a plan, and Kat's not sure if she's willing to stick with her plan or risk to all for a happily ever after.

       Royal Date was a surprisingly good read. When I started reading this book I wasn't sure if I was actually going to like Royal Date or not but I was pleasantly surprised when I did. The beginning seemed to be a little slow but not too bad. And with every new chapter the story got better and better and soon I found myself unable to put this book down. Sariah Wilson really did a great job in getting you to feel for the characters and have you really rooting for everything to work out for Nico and Kat. Royal Date is a book that I would absolutely read again and one that I would recommend others give a read.

Gangster By: Sapphire Knight

(N) They call him the Joker, but he doesn't joke. He doesn't even smile, that is until her. Grace is independent, stubborn, strong, and she won't be one of his toys. Thaddeus isn't like other men, he takes what he wants and what he wants is Grace.
      There are whispers that Thaddeus is a gangster, that his family has ties to the Italian Mafia. No one dares to cross him, that is until a hit is put on his newest obsession. What they don't seem to know is just how crazy Thaddeus really is when it comes to Grace. He would do anything for her, anything to keep her safe, even if that meant going to war.

       While I tend to not be much of a fan for gangster/mob stories this one really got to me. I could not seem to put Gangster down. It's always great when you read a book that you can never seem to put down and are more than a little upset when it's all over and Gangster was one of those books. If you haven't read Gangster yet then I suggest you do.

Fallen Crest Home (Fallen Crest #6) By: Tijan

(N) Sam and Mason are returning to Fallen Crest after Mason receives an internship to work for his father's company for the summer.  There Mason is forced to work with Adam on a project, Mason hates Adam and now both Adam and Becky are back in Sam and Mason's life. And soon Sam and Mason discover that not much has changed since high school.
       Once again Sam and Mason will have to stand up and fight only this time they'll have to fight like never before. This time the stakes are much higher, one wrong move and Mason could lose his pro football career before it even begins. Mason will always protect those he loves no matter the costs but this time Sam knows that there's just too much at risk and this time the one who needs protection isn't Sam but Mason. As if all this wasn't enough Sam's mother is back and although she hasn't talked to her mother in over a year Sam will have to deal with all the hurt her mother has caused her in the past.

      The next book in the Fallen Crest series is finally here! I have been waiting on the edge of my seat these past few weeks just waiting for this book to come out. And after reading Fallen Crest Home I'm still a little unsure if I actually liked this one or not. I have been in love with this series since the very beginning and this book just didn't seem to live up to the rest of the books in this series. Usually while reading this series I become entrapped with the book and cannot seem to want to put it down, I have this need to keep reading and for a long time with this one that just wasn't the case. It wasn't until about half way through Fallen Crest Home that I really started to get into it and by the time I got to the end it made me realize again why I love Tijan so much. Even though this book wasn't my top choice for this series I still suggest giving this series a read.

Who He is (FireNine #1) By: Shanora Williams

(N) Eliza Smith has never been one to seek a relationship. She's never dated a guy in her life, never even hugged a man (outside of her father/manager of the hot and popular rock band, FireNine) but when she decides to spend her summer on tour with FireNine, it all changes when she really gets to meet Gage Grendel, her former crush from high school and lead singer of FireNine. The more time Eliza spends with Gage the more she witnesses sides to him to which she begins to truly despise.
       Eliza tries ignoring him, she dislikes his ways, and does everything she can to try and stay away from Gage until Gage finally gets Eliza to slip up and give in. So Eliza agrees to having a casual fling with Gage, but soon their casual fling starts to blur into something else, something neither of them can control and when it's finally time for Eliza to go and accomplish her own dreams, she'll know she took more from Gage then she ever thought possible.

       I've read Who He Is before and really liked it so I thought when I read it again that I should do a review on it. It's been a long time since I've read Who He Is so it was almost like reading this book for the first time again. And reading it this time I wasn't as into it as I was the first time. I think it had a lot to do with the book just being such a long read and there were a lot of times were things just seemed to be dragging along.

Redemption (Ascension #2) By: Lynn Leite

(N) When Nate Howland follows his sister, Nadine, to her new pack, he hopes that he and his twin brother, Nick, can find a cure for Lycanosis. Lycanosis is this new disease that seems to be stripping the wolf from a shifter, leaving him less than human, with no will to live. What Nate finds is that Lycanosis is no disease but a formula created by a Human woman.
     On the surface things look bad for Quinn Kilborn. While she did create the formula that is being used to harm weres, but there is more to the story, more information that could save her. Now she  just needs to convince Nate Howland to listen to her before he kills her.
 
     Redemption is the second book in the Ascension series and after reading the first one I was really looking forward to this one. And sadly Redemption did not live up to Ascension. It seemed to start out well enough but then just lost its thunder and by the end I was just ready for the book to be over. Having said that now I'm not so sure that I want to continue with this series, which is a little disappointing because I really wanted to like it. 

Ascension (Ascension #1) By: Lynn Leite

(N) Nadine Howland is about to make history. While Alpha born females have always existed none have ever held the role as Pack Alpha in their own right. When an Ascension ceremony is held to announce the new Alphas of several packs Nadine's father, Barron Howland, makes the unheard of decision to name is daughter his successor.
     Nadine expected to be challenged. She knew once it was announced that she would become the Pack Alpha that some of the Alpha males would object to having a female in power. What she didn't expect though was finding her true mate in the process.

      Ascension is a spin-off from the Shifted series by Lynn Leite. In order to fully understand who some of the characters are the Shifted series should be read first.
      Going into this book I wasn't exactly sure what to expect given that by the end of the Shifted series I was not as invested in the series as I was when it began. But I was pleasantly surprised with Ascension. I found that I really enjoyed reading it and could not seem to put it down. If you like reading book about werewolves then this author and series might be just what you're looking for.