Blog Anniversary Giveaway #2: Lauren Dane

Day 2 of my Blog Anniversary and do I have some goodies for you! 😉 Today’s giveaway from me features Lauren Dane’s RELENTLESS and LAID BARE. No, they don’t go together. *g* One is a futuristic and one is a contemporary menage. Both totally rocked my world when I read them.

I’ve never been a huge fan of futuristic books. Not sure why, just haven’t been. But I’m one of those readers that will follow a favorite author into whatever genre they’re writing. I’m a huge fan of Lauren’s so it was a definite for me to read UNDERCOVER, her first print, when it first came out. And as much as I wanted to love the book? It didn’t happen for me. It’s probably a minor thing to others when I think back to the story but, for me, I could not honestly say it was the best book I ever read. I think I even posted here when I read it why it didn’t work for me. Then RELENTLESS came along. Set in the same world. Works fine as a stand alone so you don’t really need to read UNDERCOVER first. And it was everything I had wanted UNDERCOVER to be. Everything. It had the yummy hero. The heroine who knows how to take care of herself, didn’t take any BS from anyone, no matter their rank and status, yet knew who she wanted to be with when the hero came along. The love between them just oozed out of the pages as I read it. Roman and Abbie were made for each other and the clincher for me, in addition to everything else, was that Roman was willing to do anything to keep Abbie at his side. Anything. It just demonstrated to me, again, why I love reading romance books. It’s because of heartwarming stories like this and the amazing authors who write them.

In this erotic universe, passion knows no rank…

Since the first settlers came through the portals from Earth, fifteen Families have held the rule of the Federated Universes in their hands. There’s never been a better time than now to throw out the old and usher in a new order. Give voice to the unranked. Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. A fighter, she’s always been too busy and driven to pay much attention to finding love. But when she’s granted audience with Roman Lyons, the head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, her instant attraction catches Abbie off-guard…

It’s common knowledge that the Known Universe revolves around Ravena—and that Ravena revolves around Roman Lyons, bred to lead since birth. Roman dreads his meeting with a defiant—if stunning—rabble-rouser. But, sometimes, headstrong personalities in the conference room make for hot-and-heavy, guilty trysts in private….

Now, Abbie will show Roman the parts of her world he wouldn’t otherwise get to see. And he’ll give her a glimpse of the Families’ age old tradition and unleash a sexuality he’d never given rein to before.

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The cover of LAID BARE is just gorgeous. The Cover Gods were looking out for Lauren when it came to deciding what the cover would look like. 😉 I loved reading about Erin, Todd & Ben. Erin’s past broke my heart. I was a little irritated with Todd at the beginning because he didn’t know what he wanted but he more than made up for it when he came back years later. I liked that it didn’t have everything wrapped up in a pretty bow when Ben told his family about his relationship with Erin and Todd. Was more realistic to me that way, that there would be issues to overcome with the family before they accepted their relationship. And I’m so glad there will be other books in this series. Brody was interesting to read about. As were Cope and Adrian so I’m really looking forward to their stories.

Unexpected Desire…

It’s been ten years since clean-cut, sexy-as-hell police officer Todd Keenan had a white-hot fling with Erin Brown, the provocative, wild rocker chick next door. Their power exchange in the bedroom got under his skin. But love wasn’t in the cards just yet…

Now, life has thrown the pair back together. But picking up where they left off is tough, in light of a painful event from Erin’s past. As Todd struggles to earn her trust, their relationship takes an unexpected and exciting turn when Todd’s best friend, Ben, ends up in their bed—and all three are quite satisfied in this relationship without a name. As the passion they share transforms Erin, will it be enough to help her face the evil she thought she had left behind?