Denying Ecstasy (The Guardians of the Realms #3)

Denying Ecstasy (The Guardians of the Realms #3)
By Setta Jay

SUMMARY:

A headstrong sassy mortal, Rain is a Mageia living in Tetartos, the Realm of beasts and Immortals. Her nights have been restless, filled with sensual dreams of a big blonde Guardian whose glares indicate he wants nothing to do with her. She is determined to shake off the odd feelings until she finds out her dream lover is responsible for her rescue from a demented Demi-God. In doing so, his touch ignites something rare and coveted. Something that she’s never anticipated… Something he should have told her about. Rain is set on making him explain and then feel the full force of her ire.

After a devastating betrayal resulting in the loss of a close friend a century ago, Dorian refuses to trust or engage with Immortals other than his Guardian family. His years of brutal fighting in the underground Immortal rings are over. He patrols the Realms and slakes his lust with the humans on Earth. Existing, but not living as he used to. He knows the moment he scents Rain that he has found his mate and after touching her he plans to avoid her as long as he can... Until he learns she is in danger. Raging, his beast demands that he go to her, but taking her from their enemy has repercussions he fully plans to escape at all costs.

For Dorian, finding a way out of mating Rain means he could succumb to madness and harm those that mean so much to him… but giving in to his burning urge for her means losing control in a heated mating frenzy sure to ignite them both and link them forever.

Warning: brief instances of M/F/F and M/F/M menage, a hot headed, dirty talking alpha male, 
voyeurism and sexually explicit scenes. 


REVIEW
Received a copy from NetGalley for an honest review.

Wow, another hot and steamy book! I think a cold shower is needed. I was shocked that we had a guardian that didn't want a mate. He boarder on being a really big jerk! At least Dorian got his act together! I loved Rain, she was everything a heroine could be: strong, independent,t and not afraid to tell her man a thing or two! She wasn't a flakey wishy washy heroine that seems to be populat these days, thank god! Again the author gives you everything to feed your fantasies with way hot M/F and a really hot M/F\M. The scenes are never boring and the dirty talk is just icing on the cake. The story behind the story was interesting too. I wonder what is going to happen to them. Brianne seems to want break it all up and stay alone. I am glad Vane is fighting back!  

The series is staying at a wonderfully high level and just keeps sucking me in! I love the author's world and want to keep visiting!

The Dragon Engine

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Summary The Dragon Engine

Five noble war heroes of Vagandrak get drunk one night and sign a contract – to journey to the Karamakkos in search of the Five Havens where, it is written, there is untold, abandoned wealth and, more importantly, the three Dragon Heads – jewels claimed to give unspeakable power and everlasting life to those who wield them.

But the Dragon Heads aren't what they think, and the world has not encountered their like in generations!
Think Smaug was fierce? You ain't seen nothing!

Review:

Wow, Andy brings together two of the great writers Tolkien and Martin. Like Tolkien and Martin, you are put right in the story like you are watching a movie, yet you feel the emotions as if they were your own. I love it when an author can make you see and feel. I now have a favorite analogy “Minutes flowed into hours, and time slipped by like a water snake through lilies.” The flow of the story plot was perfect; the Characters are complex, yet believable. I didn’t see any grammatical or punctuation errors, which tells me the writer and the editors took their time to make sure this is a finished product and not something that was rushed just to get it out there for the public to read like so many of the books today.

I so look forward to reading the rest of this series as they are released. Like with Martin and Tolkien, you don’t become just one of the characters, but a bit of each of them.  Tolkien was my favorite author from age 12 up until a few years ago when I was introduced to Martin, and now Andy has me sitting one the edge of my seat waiting for the next book to come out.

Conclusion:

Would I recommend this book to others? YES

Would I read more books from this Author? YES

This is a full-length novel I can’t say if it’s over priced or not since I received this advance copy for my review, but any book of this caliber is priceless, and I’d buy no matter the cost.  I might have to save since I have a monthly budget for my books.  I spend most of my days reading and writing as I dream of becoming an Author like all those I read.

Ecstasy Claimed (The Gaurdians of the Realms #2)

Ecstasy Claimed (The Gaurdians of the Realms #2)
By Setta Jay

SUMMARY:
Gregoire has spent centuries with his brother Guardians fighting for the safety and security of the Realms. Endless decades of battling mixed with bouts of mindless sex to sate his needs. Needs that haven’t truly been fulfilled since she was born. The one destined to be his bonded mate. For the last twenty five years Gregoire has kept his distance giving her time to grow into a female who is capable of handling his intense dominance.

Alyssa has done everything that was expected of her, until the day she finds out she has a mate who has left her unclaimed. Unheard of when mates are rare and coveted. Even worse is the fact that he is the most powerful of her race and a Guardian of the Realms. Furious at the rejection she decides she is now in charge of her life. No more will she allow others to rule her.

Against the backdrop of evil forces that are conspiring to topple the Realms, can Gregoire find his wayward mate before she is taken by corrupt Immortals? Can Alyssa forgive him and learn to exert her own female power while surrendering to his savage passion? And will the two of them be able to forge a mate bond that cannot be severed... or will they be forever cursed with an Ecstasy Unclaimed?

REVIEW:
Received a copy from NetGalley for an honest review

The second book is just as good! This was a great continuation of the series. The heroine was very real and you could relate to her struggles to feel worthy. She wasn't just a plastic Barbie that was perfect. Alyssa just wanted to be loved and respected and her family played mind games with her, how true is that for a great deal of women. I liked Gregoire and I am glad he opened up and let her in to show how he really felt. He too was flawed, but he was so "human". The story had a little of everything: hot, very hot M/F interaction, voyeurism, and a small orgy! The villains are truly villains and the way they are written you really grow to hate them. I am wondering where the plot is going to go since one bad guy finally got what was coming to him. Wonderfully hot read!  

Ecstasy Unbound (The Guardians of the Realms #1)

Ecstasy Unbound (The Guardians of the Realms #1)
By Setta Jay

SUMMARY
As one of the twelve Guardians, Urian has spent the last several centuries in a constant battle to keep the inhabitants of Earth’s Realms under control. Humanity has to evolve, hell beasts need to die, and Immortals need mates. But lately, Uri's mind is overrun with thoughts of when his sexy voyeur will find him again, watching him from the shadows, continuing their wicked game. All Guardians are forbidden contact with the little goddess and her brothers, but his need for her escalating, he finds it increasingly difficult to keep from pinning her down on the nearest surface and making her his.

Alexandra has managed to evade the Guardians and being cast out from the human Realm for centuries, ever since the Creators sent the Gods to sleep for their sins against humanity and banished all Immortals. Always sensing that she was needed on Earth, only once has Alex gone against her instincts and the price she paid will forever haunt her. It is for that reason she forces herself to stay away from the only male who has ever truly enticed her. The only one who has ever made her long for what she knows is dangerous.

In a desperate need to help her beloved brother, she will have to go to the enthralling Guardian, her dark obsession, and even though he will surely attempt to exile her, she won't go easily…

Warning: This book contains explicit and sizzling sex scenes with big dominant males. MFM, ménage, and light bondage. 

REVIEW
Received a copy from NetGalley for an honest review

This book had it all! Alpha males, strong heroines, great plot, special powers, myths, legends, supernatural, the love, romance, frienship, hot M/F interaction, voyeurism, and a very steamy manège! It did start slow and that was just to set the scenes for the series and that was understandable, but once it started it never stopped! This was a great start and the Gaurdians are a team I want to belong to! The author,described things well and you felt like you could reach out and be in her world. She kept the hero and heroine real, with actually strengths and weakness that the reader could relate to, no one was perfect and quite human even though they weren't! Great great read! 

Laird Wolf

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Summary:

He’s a wolf in a kilt. That pretty much says it all…

Pulling off a rescue mission at a remote castle in Scotland should be an easy task for lone wolf Damon Black. He’ll flash some muscle, show a little Alpha power, and do whatever it takes to ease Addie MacShay’s fears. But the woman who throws herself into his arms and cries boyfriend is more intriguing than anticipated. The sexy she-wolf’s got more curves, more tantalizing scent, more of everything he desires.

Addie’s job cataloguing an estate at the Sterling-Wylde Manor is complicated by the ongoing discovery of new wills and the two creepy heirs who won’t leave her alone. But her fake boyfriend turns out to be a far greater threat—not only is he fun and flirtatious, he looks delicious in a kilt. She craves his touch, but with her empathic skills on overdrive, touch is the last thing she needs.

Damon’s fighting his unruly inner beast. Addie’s fighting their incredible sexual pull. They’ll both have to lower their guard to make this more than a Highland fling.

Review:

This was a fun novella, Reading Copper King you get introduced to Damon, but learn a little bit about Addie. I took me just a few hours to read this as I couldn’t stop.  I just had to find out when these two would realize they were meant to be together.  From the first moment they meet, you can feel the sexual tension between them.

The story is filled with intrigue as Damon wanders around the castle.  I’ve always wanted to wander around a castle or old Victorian home with secret passages. When Damon and Addie figure out they are mates the sex is hot, and you want more of it. As with most stories you don’t want it to end, but knowing this novella is part of a series you will hear from these two again.

The story plot is well developed, as are the character. The whole story feels as it could be real. The editors did their jobs as I found no grammatical or punctuation errors, which always makes the story that much better.  The flow is perfections.

Conclusion:

Would I recommend this novella to others?  YES YES YES

Would I read other stories from this Author? I have read most of this author’s works as she is one of my favorite authors, and yes, I will read anything she publishes.

Is this novella priced correct? I feel all Vivan Arend’s books, whether full length or novellas are priced correctly.