Review: It really does get better the se c ond time around
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2013
What happens when three of my favorite authors collaborate? You get an awesome set of stories and then if you are very lucky, they do it again! Erin Kellison, KC Klein and Jessa Slade offer us new and exciting stories that compliment the ones written in their original Hotter on the Edge book. What a fun treat.GOLD LIKE THE SUNErin Kellison shows us that sometimes a princess is more than just a figurehead. Sometimes, if you are very lucky she is a woman of worth.Princess Pilar Sol wants more from life than sitting on a pedestal, she wants to be an equal partner. So when her new husband Hakan Furst tries to send her home, for her protection, she fights back.. and shows him just how lucky he got.Hakan First can not believe that he landed one of the Sol sisters but he knows life in his world will be tough but he never dreamed his own family would try to kill his bride. But when they do he is willing to sacrifice their marriage to make sure she's safe.Hello rock meet hard place.. Hakan has to learn that his woman is way more than a pretty face and Pilar needs to remember that some things take a little time. Too bad their enemies aren't going to give them any.TO KEEP A WIFEKC Klein tells a story about a love that is... a love that transcends the trials of life.Lake Black Creek has finally found happiness with a man she can love. Her brother has found a mentor and there is a child on the way. Life is full of promise. Until the soldiers came.. looking for Lake she forces her severely injured husband and brother to hide. Telling him to heal and come for her, save her.Hudson Black Creek knows a deep and abiding love. When he is so injured that he has to hide in order to fight again he is devastated. But when he wakes up...his memories of Lake are gone. The only reminder of Lake is one young boy who desperately wants to find his sister. But Hudson can't imagine loving anyone so much that he is willing to allow others to die for her.While Lake struggles to survive and hold on to hope..Hudson fights his own demons.. And yet as I said in the beginning this love transcends life.. While there is life in their bodies...there is hope.PRINCE OF PASSIONJessa Slade tells her story of revenge, justice and the triumph of love.Born and bred to be a bonded mate to a woman of Icere's, life is shattered when his world is destroyed. Now he is the last male l’auralyo and is determined to track down the villains who ruined his world.Saya-Rynn has a spine of steele.. raised as a figurehead her insane power hungry grandfather transformed her into a weapon. Altering her just enough so that she carries a toxic poison in her system..like a viper she can strike to protect herself. A strong woman who rules a kingdom she is nevertheless alone. When Icere shows up at their festival she is determined to protect her family from him. Finding out that his reason for being there is to save her very planet, Rynn is lost.Together these two discover that there is more than just a battle for their world to be won...there is a battle for live.There you have it, three great stories from three great authors. Each story is connected to their subsequent story in Hotter than the Edge.. but this book stands wonderfully on it's own. A great read!  Check it out..ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Hotter on the Edge 2, provided by netgalley