Book review: Beyond Jealousy (Beyond #4) by Kit Rocha

Release Date: March 17th, 2013!

She’s been looking for the perfect man. She found two.

When Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O’Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone’s sweet little sister . It’s time for her to get wild, to embrace her fantasies as only an O’Kane can—with a delicious exiled soldier and the gang’s wickedly sinful tattoo artist.

A saint...

Lorenzo Cruz is a warrior, taught by his commanding officers in Eden that involvement equals distraction. Emotion is a liability, and desire a sin.  In Sector Four, he finds decadence, shameless sex—and his own dark urges. No battle strategy prepared him for how Rachel makes his heart race…or the way his rival for her affections sets his blood on fire.

...and a sinner.

Ace Santana has a dirty reputation and a mind to match, especially where his new lovers are concerned.  He’s eager to help Cruz embrace his dominant side, and to explore the lines between pleasure and pain with Rachel. But corrupting them quickly becomes an obsession, a need he can’t deny—and a love he never imagined.

Three hearts on the line means a hundred ways their ménage a trois could go wrong. After all, even O’Kanes do forever two-by-two.  One of them could be the missing piece that makes them all whole…or a temporary diversion destined for a broken heart.

There has been much anticipation for this book by fans of the series. Yes that includes me. I wasn't sure how the author was going to make a relationship between Cruz, Ace and Rachel work. Part of me wondered if the author would let it work out in the end or not. Very twisty possibilities. We've had hints in pasts books what the history of these three characters were like but we finally get an idea where they all came from. Each has a very different background and i found myself at the beginning thinking Rachel would be the main focus and three of them but it is in fact Ace who has the hardest time believing he is worthy of love and capable of giving it. How Kit Rocha handles the three of them negotiating their way into a hopefully solid relationship is well done with none of the three being dominate the whole time. Each has their moments of vulnerability which is interesting considering these are O'Kanes and O'Kanes are tough SOB's!  The sex scenes are to die for hot just like you would expect but for me they were better because for a menage i could follow what was going on and it felt like more than just sex between the three. I don't know how the author was able to do that but i was pleasantly surprised that i felt a connection with the three which i think is hard to do with a menage.  The sex and the relationship factor isn't the only thing intense in this book though. The O'Kanes find themselves in a all out street brawl to protect their sector. It gets pretty crazy and not everyone comes out unscathed. I started to wonder if the book was going to end with a death. I kept thinking NO WAY!! Not going to tell you what happens but i will say this series keeps me coming back for more. 

Find out more about the series and Kit Rocha here www.kitrocha.com/  You can even read chapter one if you want to have a look see at this book before possibly buying. enjoy!

Book review: Anthology Marked (Beyond #3.5) by Lauren Dane, Vivian Arend , Kit Rocha

Available Feb 10th 2014
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lauren Dane takes you into a brand new world in ALL THAT REMAINS. Summer Killian falls fast and hard when Charlie arrives in Paradise Village. But the heat turns all the way up when she learns Charlie is also with Hatch - the man she loved three years before. While she's not sure she's cut out for a triad, neither man is going to give her up.

Take a ROCKY RIDE with New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Vivian Arend as she leads you back to the Six Pack Ranch. Anna Coleman might be the law around Rocky Mountain House, but bad boy Mitch Thompson knows that under the stiff RCMP uniform is a woman with a passion for speed and pleasure that matches his own, and he’s not giving up until she’s his.

Kit Rocha returns to Sector Four in BEYOND TEMPTATION. A promise to a dying friend backfires when Noah Lennox finds that the girl he was supposed to rescue is all grown up--and wearing O'Kane ink. He wants to protect her from the secrets of their past, but she wants him. And an O'Kane woman always gets what she wants.

Ever read an anthology and like one of two of the novella's but not all? I hate when that happens. Luckily that didn't happen this time! All Three of these novella's were hits for me. First up is Kit Rocha with "Beyond Temptation". This is a part of the Beyond series and sizzling hot of course like the rest of series. Noah finds the girl he's loved for years with the O'Kanes. While he's always protected her she's a grown woman and a O'Kane now and they take care of their own.  Fast paced and exciting the writing is excellent and takes you into Noah and Emma's past and then speeds you right up to the present as they find a way through secrets and a intense situation where Noah has to find a way out of trouble for both of them without giving her up. Sex scenes as always are to die for good!! 

Next up is Vivian Arend's "Rocky Ride" Thompson brothers series. I do not read enough of Vivian Arend and i really need to fix that. Wow in the first chapter you will be already sucked into the story as it starts out pretty quickly with the hottest sex scene i have read in a while. It only gets hotter from there. Anna Coleman is a cop and Mitch Thompson comes across as the bad boy but neither one is what they appear. Mitch has to figure out how to get Anna to let her wild side show while also showing her his serious side and that he's in it for keeps.  Excellent characters and writing. I would love to hear this in audiobook form.

Lastly is Lauren Dane. Honestly i have not read much of her work yet so i had no expectations for her contribution "All that Remains". The title certainly fits the concept of this new series. Dane manages to lay a lot of the ground work and history for the series while still giving us a good solid story. I wasn't sold at first til i got a few chapters in and the picture started to come together in my mind as i read. I didn't realize there would be such super hot sex scenes either but wow did she deliver on that score.  It's a whole new way of living. Charlie runs into a beautiful woman and introduces her to his partner Hatch only to find out they grew up together and have a painful break up in their past. Summer was devastated when Hatch left her 4 years ago, but it forced her to get tough and take care of herself. She doesn't need anyone anymore, but maybe she does. Charlie is the glue that brings them back together and to form a lasting triad between the three of them. Interesting new series with a solid start. I'll be back for more. 

Find out more about the authors.
www.kitrocha.com

www.vivianarend.com

www.laurendane.com

Book review: Beyond Control (Beyond #2) by Kit Rocha

Available as of March 14th
She refuses to be owned.

Alexa Parrino escaped a life of servitude and survived danger on the streets to become one of the most trusted, influential people in Sector Four, where the O’Kanes rule with a hedonistic but iron fist. Lex has been at the top for years, and there’s almost nothing she wouldn’t do for the gang…and for its leader. Lie, steal, kill—but she bows to no one, not even Dallas O’Kane.

He’ll settle for nothing less.

Dallas fought long and hard to carve a slice of order out of the chaos of the sectors. Dangers both large and small threaten his people, but it’s nothing he can’t handle. His liquor business is flourishing, and new opportunities fuel his ambition. Lex could help him expand his empire, something he wants almost as much as he wants her. And no one says no to the king of Sector Four.

Falling into bed is easy, but their sexual games are anything but casual. Attraction quickly turns to obsession, and their careful dance of heady dominance and sweet submission uncovers a need so deep, so strong, it could crush them both.

Beyond Control is book 2 in the Beyond series by Kit Rocha. It continues the series with Lex (Alexa) and Dallas (Declan). Dallas is the king if Sector 4. What he says goes. The only one who every got around that is Lex. Lex does a stupid thing and forces Dallas to claim her and Mark her as his when he collars her. They'll either finally work out there differences and secrets or they'll crash and burn.  Lot's of Alpha guys in this series but they are matched against women who are not pushed easily around which makes it fun to read. Watching Lex and Dallas try to figure out how to love each other and yet run sector 4 and not show weakness to those watching is a interesting journey. We get to see more of the other sectors and their leaders and more of the other characters in the series. All of this helps expand the world the book takes place in but does not take away from the time dedicated to Dallas as Lex. Alot goes on but you don't get lost in it all. The author finds the right balance of all the elements needed to make this a killer book. Sex scenes are fantastic and the relationships draw you in. Plus you get to see glimpses of what's coming next. Drool worthy reading. 4 out of 5 stars for Beyond Control by Kit Rocha.

Find out more about Kit Rocha and this series here. www.kitrocha.com

Book review: Beyond Shame (Beyond #1) by Kit Rocha

Available now with book 2 ( Beyond Control) available now as now as well.

All Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted is a life beyond–beyond the walls of Eden, where only the righteous are allowed to remain, and beyond her stiflingly restrictive existence as a councilman’s daughter. But only ruins lie outside the City, remnants of a society destroyed by solar storms decades earlier.

The sectors surrounding Eden house the corrupt, the criminal–men like Jasper McCray, bootlegger and cage fighter. Jas clawed his way up from nothing to stand at the right hand of Sector Four’s ruthless leader, and he’ll defend the O’Kane gang with his life. But no fight ever prepared him for the exiled City girl who falls at his feet.

Her innocence is undeniable, but so is their intense sexual attraction, and soon they’re crossing every boundary Noelle barely knew she had. But if she wants to belong to Jas, first she’ll have to open herself to the gang, to a dangerous world of sex, lust and violence. A world where passion is power, and freedom is found in submission.

I had heard lots of things here and there on twitter mostly about this book. Then a friend of mine asked me if i had read it and i said no but decided i needed to check out the author's website and read a the blurb and excerpt and see what the fuss was about.  You can do that plus the first 3 chapters if you want. I did and decided YES i did need to read this. I have not read a lot of dystopian themed books and certainly not one that's jointly themed with erotica.  Based on the first three chapter's i thought i would like it although i was afraid it might get to heavy on the sex and not enough story. I was wrong. The books opens wtih Noelle Cunningham being kicked out of Eden. This is where all the civilized people live now and laden with strict rules about everything. Her dad is a councilman so she is privileged supposedly but in reality she's more of a prisoner than anything. Told how to live and what to do and how to feel or not feel. She runs smack into Jasper McCray literally. He takes her under his protection along with Lex another woman in the sector who is linked to Dallas the man who runs Sector 4 where she is. Where Eden is  the place civilized people live, everyone else lives in sectors each run by a leader who can control everyone in it. Here almost anything goes. It's dangerous and the people are fighting for freedom and a chance to live. Totally different from Eden and Noelle slowly learns how to feel and how to be her own person. The world building is slow and steady and paced along with the story as it moves along. The pace is even, leaving you with a chance to absorb everything you read and thank goodness for that. The characters feel real and fleshed out. I fell in love with the men of course. The women were pretty cool too though.This is seriously one of the hottest erotica books i have read. From start to finish i was engrossed in the story and left wanting more. Lucky for everyone this is only book one so there is more coming. Three more so far based on the author's website. Good for me and good for you. 5 out of 5 stars for Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha.

Find out more about Kit Rocha and read the first 3 chapters of both Beyond Shame and Beyond Control the 2nd book in the series also available now. At the time this review was written you could by the ebook version of this book at most etailers for 99 cents so it's your chance to read it yourself and see what I'm talking about.  Find out more and buy links here www.kitrocha.com