Review: Cowboy Heaven by Cheryl Brooks

Desire...Check! Heated encounters...Check! Unforgettable hot bodied cowboys...Double Triple Check!

Cheryl Brooks you are my hero! Diving into this absolutely steamy hot novel was more than worth staying awake for hours after my bedtime. Thank you for the cowboys and the hottest damn sex scenes this side of...well anywhere.

With that said let's get into the thick of the matter here. Cowboy Heaven is one of the hottest damn erotica novel I've read in months. Brooks waste no time getting our engines revved up with a sexy scene in the truck on the side of the road. Yep! Brooks went there and kept the juicy sex coming and there's so many cowboys to choose from on the Circle Bar K ranch.

I have to admit that the sad cowboy on the side of the road is most appealing in my opinion. I get the feeling he's a little bit of a bad boy and knows exactly what a woman needs. Oh boy does he ever! But Dusty is charming and definitely a lover. I can see the appeal Dusty has in Angela's eyes. She's known him for years so there's been plenty of time to sneak glances at his well developed body. Ladies Brooks teases the hell out of us with these cowboys. It's almost a shame that they're fictional because I would really love one of them for a gift. Guess I'll have to gift myself every single book in the Cowboy Heaven series instead. Either way I get my cowboys!!

Angela McClure is one lucky woman. She may be a widow but she still has needs. Needs that are definitely getting fulfilled. Living on a ranch with all of those delicious cowboys and she just can't see the love one particular one has for her. Really Angela? Come on now! What makes her blindness work is the fact that she picks up a hitchhiking cowboy that from the looks of it is down on his luck. Troy has devilish good looks that could seduce any woman. He offers Angela sex in exchange for a ride to his destination. Angela agrees and things between them really heat up. When Troy joins Angela at the ranch as a new and temporary ranch hand it stirs up hidden emotions with another cowboy.

I won't go into more details about the goings on after Troy makes it to the ranch because that would definitely ruin your enjoyment of the awesome heat that transpires between Angela and Troy and Angela and Dusty. Let's just say that if you love erotic stories, men that'll make shiver in all the right places then you'll want to dive into Cheryl's new Cowboy Heaven series. This is a five-star read!!!

Cowboy Heaven
By: Cheryl Brooks
Series: Cowboy Heaven
Book in Series: 1
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: 3/3/2015

Synopsis (per Goodreads)


When widow Angela McClure decides to let loose and start a secret affair with a younger ranch hand, she inflames rancher Dusty Jackson's long simmering desire.


Both men are irresistible - and forbidden - so Angela forms a plan to divert her old-fashioned father's suspicions: flirt with all of "her cowboys.'' The new competition makes Circle Bar K ranch hotter than it's ever been before...

Review: Below the Belt by Sidney Halston

Halston’s MMA romance will leave you scorching hot and begging for more.

Francesca Silva is a remarkable woman. She’s drop dead gorgeous and can hold her own in the MMA (mixed martial arts) world. Growing up in and out of the ring Francesca has a tough as nails exterior that she wears as armor to protect the side of her that can be hurt by a man. She opened herself up once and fears letting anyone close to her again.

Worth the Fight needs a fighter that can attract other fighters. Francesca goes to bat for Scarface, a well-known name in the MMA circuit. He’s a bad-boy that can’t seem to control his anger or stay out of the headlines. As Francesca gears up to train this rough and tough fighter she gets more than she bargained for.

Sports themed romance novels are all the rage these days and I can see why. In Halston’s MMA inspired romance, Below the Belt readers are thrust into what I would call a very light version of the mixed martial arts world. Francesca may be a MMA trainer and Scarface (aka Tony) may be a sought after fighter but there just wasn’t enough MMA action going on in my opinion. I was really looking forward to a few good fight scenes to get my blood pumping…some much needed edge of my seat drama. There just wasn’t enough!

I will say that the hero/heroine of the story was well developed and their personalities were definitely befitting of individuals in the MMA world. Tony’s never give up attitude when it came to Francesca was fantastic. I am always pleased to see a strong female character not give into the hero so quickly. Francesca fights her attraction to Tony and for good reason. Her past experience with love, marriage, and commitment didn’t go well and that took a toll on her emotionally.

The romance that steadily blooms between Tony and Francesca is one of those that kind of sneaks up on you. I like that Tony put everything out in the open for Francesca. I just wished that she would have been more upfront with him. The love scenes throughout the story are somewhat mild. If you’re expected highly erotic scenes you won’t find them here.

I recommend Halston’s Below the Belt to readers of romance that enjoy light and exciting love story.


Below the Belt
By: Sidney Halston
Series: Worth the Fight
Book in Series: 3
Publisher:Loveswept
Release Date: 2/10/2015

Synopsis (per Goodreads)

Once one of the most sought-after names on the mixed martial arts circuit, Antonio “Scarface” Marino watched his career go down for the count as he chased skirts and made tabloid headlines. Now he’s finally making a comeback, and it’s all thanks to Francesca Silva, a Brazilian bombshell as tough as any of her fighters. But who’s the real Francesca: the trash-talking trainer who rides him hard, or the vulnerable woman who blushes at his touch?

Francesca went to the mat to sign Tony because she believes he still has the potential to bring big success to her gym—if she can keep his head in the cage and out of her personal life. After a short-lived marriage soured her on love, a one-night stand is all she can handle. Now Tony’s kisses are stirring up complicated feelings—especially when he agrees to face her ex in the ring. Francesca’s used to freezing guys out. But Tony’s tempting her to give in to the heat.