First up, Chains of Revenge... Lissa is the sexy
spoilt Princess of Horvald where people have a tendency to indulge all sorts of
appetites. Having turned eighteen she chooses one of the brawny battle slaves
to be her first lover. But the key word here is ‘slave’. Devadas is a Prince of Catiscal, captured in
battle and forced to become bait for the warriors of Horvald in the training
ring. Servicing the Princess is a welcome respite from the constant bloodshed
but being treated like her pet poodle is not on. Can you see where this is
going? Cool, huh? But the true story starts ten years later when the pair are
reunited, both having grown and changed over the course of time. Lissa is no
longer an over.- indulged little sexpot and Devadas has become a mighty fearful
Warlord. With a grudge. And guess who’s going to cop a spanking...
Ms Hill weaves all
sorts of excellent erotic happenings into the story with deft fingers and she manages it
without losing any of the emotional connection growing between our unlikely couple.
Lissa’s evolution into a mature responsible woman is completely believable.
Equally, Devadas’ turn to the darkside (perhaps!) is totally understandable
given the conditions he was kept in during his time as a slave. Well, with the
exception of the rockin’ kinky sex. But it was the degradation! Anyway, read
it and you’ll see. It’s a great story.
“Pull a Mayberry” (pr.
pool a may-bear-ree). Verb. Defn: to simultaneously bare one’s
breasts and poke out one’s tongue. An offensive act expressing extreme derision
and contempt. A useful method for searing the image of one’s assets into the
memory of one’s hero.
Her Best Worst
Mistake is a follow-up to one of Ms Mayberry’s earlier works (which I haven’t
read so it obviously stands alone just fine). It documents the tangled relationship
that develops between Violet and Martin. Tangled because Martin has just been
dumped by Violet’s bestie, Elizabeth. Now Violet and Martin have loathed the
sight of each other for many a year, butting heads at each and every
opportunity. But something’s changed... Violet feels bad that Martin’s been
left in the lurch even though she steadfastly believed he was all types of
wrong for her friend. Keeping up? When Violet takes a bottle of Peach Schnapps
to Martin as a peace/pity offering trouble starts a-brewing. They fight, as per the usual, and nasty things are said. In retaliation Violet 'Pulls a Mayberry' (And I hope to see much more of this eloquent act in books from now on. Go Girl!).
But is all that
simmering anger and bubbling angst passion in disguise? Has it always been? Violet
dresses to be noticed and is loud and gregarious, not his type at all. Martin
is... subdued. Staid. And maybe a little stuck-up in his posh designer suits.
Which just makes his gargantuan fall for our heroine all the better. Ms
Mayberry has written us a truly wonderful tale of opposites attract whilst paying
due homage to the bond between our long time female friends.
Chains of Revenge and
Her Best Worst Mistake are both first Self-Published outings for these two
great Australian Women Romance Writers. I think it’s vitally important that
writers have options when it comes to publishing. I also think e-publishing is
a wondrous thing. If I had a little mind control
widget I’d press the button and make you all go buy them and read them. Alas,
technology isn’t keeping up with my need for World Wide domination so I’ll
simply say, go buy these books, you won’t be disappointed.
If you haven't checked out the Australian Women Writers 2012 Challenge yet then you're silly. Go do it. And read their blog while you're there. http://www.australianwomenwriters.com
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