Review: LOVED this collection of novellas
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
Review of The Beckoning of Beguiling Things (Coming Soon) - will update my review, once I finish reading this story~~~~~~~~~~- 4.5 stars REVIEW OF LOVING MS. WRONG -Loving Ms. Wrong was the first book I read from the collection.  I loved C.J. Ellisson's Walk on the Wild Side novels and was anxious to read the short novella with Carla's friend Katrina.  In Loving Ms. Wrong we have Carla from Avoiding Mr. Right showing up a bit in the beginning of the novella.  Carla and her friends, including Katrina in the mix are going out for a girl's night out for Carla's birthday.  Katrina is the character who has had it rough, and I felt sympathetic towards her even when the story was a short one.  Here is a girl who comes out, and states she has issues and she has every reason to be distant and skeptical.  She didn't think she would meet Marcus during the girls night out and have him change her opinions of relationships and such.  Of course in the story it doesn't help when sex dice end up becoming apart of why the two end up spending some time together and several other reasons.Katrina ends up opening up a lot in this book thanks to Marcus.  Marcus didn't make it easy for her, which made me love him even more.  I won't give anything away because this is a short novella, but C.J. Ellisson gives you two characters that has sparks fly at the end with each other.  If you've read her Walk on the Wild Side novels, you will definitely enjoy this short story about Katrina and Marcus.  The title of the book  fits Katrina to the `T' and I loved how C.J. Ellisson gives such a difficult character some happiness.  Yup...in my opinion Katrina was difficult.  Some people may not like her, but to me she has her reasons to be the way she is.- 4 stars - REVIEW OF KISSED BY A VAMPIRE-This is the first book I've ever read from Patricia A. Wolf and I definitely want to check out her others after reading Kissed by a Vampire.  Patricia A. Wolf left me hanging in this story though.  I wanted more of sexy Michael.  Yup...I'm saying he's sexy even when he's creature of the night.  In this short novella, we have Sarah and Michael in Kissed by a Vampire and there is the girl's night out theme to it.  Sarah is there for her friend's bachelorette party in Aruba.  Michael is there for his friend's party as well.  Michael and Sarah meet each other unexpectedly and help each other.  ( You'll have to read the story how they help each other) They hit it off and they thought it would just be a one-night thing.  Nope...here's the catch of it all.  Sarah has no clue what Michael is.  He's afraid to tell her the truth.  When these two get together though...it's one steamy hot night together that will be very memorable to both.  (very memorable)  =)I need more of these two after reading this short novella though...like I stated before.  Questions are left unanswered and I need to know if Michael ever finds out the truth of what happened to him.  I loved reading Kissed by a Vampire because I definitely love reading vampires.  =)  Vampire stories will always be around no matter what.  I've been reading them since I was a teenager and there is no stopping my love for them now as an adult.  Patricia definitely has a fan now.  I look forward to reading more books from her in the future.-4.5 stars REVIEW OF A IS FOR...-First off A is for...has BDSM elements to it.  It has anal sex, anal plugs, asphyxiation, and several other things involved in the story...of course most of them are dealing with the letter A. First off, this story is located a BDSM club and the overseers of the club are tired of complacency.  They want the members to have something different. The members have a choice to not play, but they would have to leave the club.  In comes the meaning of the title, A is for..., members are to play out BDSM to the alphabet.  Anna is chosen to start with the letter A and she has no choice but to play.  She's scared though because she's not to a specific Master/Dom, but she's been only with Master Jenson.  When she's called to do her part in her play of `A', she's scared, but ready to do her part.  She knows what is a submissive is supposed to do and not to do.  Here comes in all the kinds of `A' play: anal sex, asphyxiation, aroma therapy, etc.  There is mention of animal play...but Anna doesn't participate.This is my first story from Lila Dubois and it definitely will not be the last.  This short novella definitely was not like any other I've read before.  This truly mentioned BDSM elements I have never read before and Lila definitely did a lot of steamy scenes in such a short time.  I want to know the rest of the alphabet now.  I also enjoyed the ending of A is for...  It was an emotional one and I loved both of the characters in the story. I will say this...Lila knows how to write some very heated scenes.  Be prepared to take some cold showers after this novella.  Oh my!  =)