Review: Second Helping of Sin
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
Sinful Seconds is the second anthology by the authors of Wicked Firsts, Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy, Cynthia Eden, Laura Wright, Katie Reus and Joan Swan.  I picked up this book because these authors are among my favorite to read.  Sinful seconds did not disappoint.  Each book in this anthology was between eight and fourteen chapters and a great read.Sinful Surrender – Elisabeth Naughton – Aegis Security Series.  Grace Ryder is a songwriter.  She needs to write two more songs to fulfill her contract but has somehow lost her muse.  She is staying at a hotel in Vail, Colorado, because not only has she lost her muse but she has found a stalker.  Brian Walker, works for Grace’s brother at Aegis Security.  He was sent to Vail to look out for Grace (unbeknownst to her) by her brother. He is just supposed to keep an eye on Grace.  However,  Grace noticed Brian around the ski lodge.  She approaches him in the hotel bar – there seems to be an instant attraction.  Brian is in trouble – he can’t let Grace know he works for her brother – but he is really attracted to her too.  There was suspense and danger all wrapped up in one little story.Sinful Rapture – Alexandra Ivy – The Rapture Series.  Holly Sullivan has always lived her life to please her father.  She went into business to follow in his footsteps – taking him at his word that he would let her be in charge of his casino.  She even went as far to get engaged to a man that she knew he would approve of.  Holly is destined for disappointment – instead of putting her in charge of the casino her father sells it to Liam Connor.  Holly feels nothing but animosity towards Liam (since he took, in her mind, what should be hers).  Liam has loved/lusted for Holly since the first time he saw her at a charity function.  Holly gets stood at the altar by her “perfect man”.  Her friends convince her to spend her wedding night at the Playhouse (a sex club outside of Vegas).  She goes and who does she see at the club but Liam.  Liam knows that this is his chance and he seizes the opportunity to make Holly his.  However, there are secrets that Liam is keeping and this leads to misunderstands between Liam and Holly.  This was a good story.  Well written, very sexy and fun.Sinful Secrets – Cynthia Eden – After a whirlwind week-long romance, Catherine Donnelly spent one night with Jason August but she left him sleeping in bed, feeling betrayed and hurt.  Fast forward a year.  Catherine is back in Las Vegas because she is being blackmailed with the release of pictures of her and Jason August from that fateful night.  Jason and her family are both in the restaurant business.  Jason (due to something her father had done in the past) will do almost anything to put her family out of business.  Catherine has nothing to do with the family business.  Jason has been waiting a year for Catherine to be back in his town and now that she is – he is not going to let this opportunity go to waste.  Catherine’s father and brother find out about their relationship – neither one is happy about her being with their competitor.  There is also the matter of the blackmailer.  Who?  Why?  Great suspense and a definite heat level to this story.  I hope that this is not the last we hear from these characters.Sinful in Spurs – Laura Wright – Sawyer Black, besides bull riding has one mission in life, watching out for Keely O’Hare, his best friend’s sister.  He promised that he would keep an eye on things while Keely’s brother is deployed overseas.  Keely, sick and tired of being treated like a child, takes off from college to spend the weekend at the Playhouse, a Las Vegas sex club.  Meanwhile Sawyer, have lost a bull riding competition heads to Keely’s house to check on her – he waits around a little and finds her gone.  Needless to say he tracks her down in Las Vegas and tries to get her to return home.  She is having none of it – if she can’t have Sawyer then she will certainly have someone else who will fulfill the darker needs that she has.  Sawyer does not want her to be with anyone else – he has been fighting his attraction to Keely for a long time.  He is afraid that he will lose the only family he had ever known if he takes things too far.  This was a hot, sexy, well written story.Sinful Seduction – Katie Reus – Red Stone Security Service – this is the story of Mina Hollingsworth and Alexander Blue.  Mina (whose father is very wealthy) moved to Key West to live a somewhat normal life as an artist.  Blue is in Key West on some R&R; after just completing a case for Red Stone Security.  Mina is the object of an attempted kidnapping, which Blue interrupts and foils.  Mina really seems to fall for Blue from the beginning.  Blue also feels the attraction but is hesitant to act upon it.  Blue thinks that Mina needs protection, as he feels that this kidnapping attempt was made by professionals.  Mina, in the meantime is trying to get ahold of her father and his security people with no success.  Feelings between Mina and Blue develop quickly.  There are some misleading clues and questions about loyalty.  This was a hot, sexy story.  The suspense was well written.  The characters and their interactions were realistic.Sinful Deception – Joan Swan – Covert Affairs – Marcus Lucero and Tova Sorenson.  Tova had the good fortune of being born an anchor baby, her younger brother did not.  Tova is attending college in the United States and working to earn money to send to her parents in Mexico and trying to earn extra to pay someone to bring her brother across the border.  To earn this extra money a friend talks her into trying to earn extra money by making sexcam videos.  The same premise as the phone but using private video chat rooms.  Marcus, who hasn’t had a date in forever, because he’s so busy with work stumble upon Tova struggling with getting her laptop camera set up for the video.  Marcus, being a cop, points out to Tova all that he learned about her from the video, which is pretty scary.  He ends up buying her a pre-paid phone card and sending her his phone number.  Their relationship develops very quickly from there.  Definitely hot and steamy with some twists and turns thrown in.