Indy Book Fairy: Rosanna Leo Guest Post~Review~Giveaway

Rosanna Leo

A huge thank you to Carrie for featuring me this week.

This is a huge thrill for me.

For those who haven’t yet read my books, I write about several different worlds, most paranormal, some distinctly human. However, the common thread between all my books is the inner humanity within all my characters, whether mortal or not. I love to play with insecurities and imperfections, rendering even the most stunning, immortal heroes/heroines quite human.

I don’t think I could live in just one world, at least not in my books. Call me fickle. It’s not that I grow tired of one series or another; I just love exploring.

My first world was that of the Greek gods, but I set those characters in a couple of thoroughly-modern settings: downtown Toronto and the Mayan Riviera. For my contemporary romance Up In Flames, I created a small-town world that could be any town in the U.S. or Canada. For my Orkney Selkies series, I set the action in remote and rugged Orkney, Scotland. With my recent Gemini Island Shifters series, I created yet another fictional world: that of Gemini Island, Ontario, a northern community peopled by shape shifters.

This makes for some interesting times, for me, and hopefully for the reader. How do I handle working in so many worlds? Well, even with my fictional settings, I do a lot of preliminary research. What’s the weather like? What do people eat there? What would different characters wear? You have to know every aspect of your world, even the seemingly-insignificant ones.

And the best part about creating these settings is I get to return whenever I want. I don’t generally begin a series with an end date in mind. For me, they end when the characters tell me they’re done.

I hope you’ll take some time to get to know my various worlds. I’m sure we can find you some comfy accommodations and a few dishy heroes to act as tour guides.

Bear shifter Ryland Snow just wants peace. The peace and quiet afforded him at his woodsy retreat, the Ursa Fishing Lodge. As owner of the lodge, Ryland enjoys the tranquil life he’s created among his fellow shifters. He lives to maintain a safe haven for them, away from meddlesome human eyes.

When his rock star brother arrives, bringing trouble in the form of a possible hit man, Ryland is incensed. He’s been cleaning up Soren’s messes as long as he can remember, and is tired of his brother’s lecherous exploits.

Things go from bad to worse when Lia Goodblood stumbles upon Ryland and his lodge. Yes, the reclusive erotica author is easy on the eyes, but the human woman is more trouble than she’s worth. To say nothing of her bizarre fear of furry creatures.

Ryland determines to rid himself of her presence. But when he learns she’s on the run from a crazed fan, Ryland’s protective bear instincts flare. And the bear won’t be denied.

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There are three things that make bear shifter Soren Snow’s skin crawl: mothers, their children, and the great outdoors. Soren is a famed musician and playboy, and he would rather spend his days pressing the flesh with the women in his fan club than developing meaningful relationships. When his brother calls in a favor, forcing Soren to revisit the Ursa Fishing Lodge in Northern Ontario, he couldn’t be more displeased. However, he owes his brother big time.

Gioia Clementine would rather not meet Soren, her drummer son’s rock idol. But when tragedy strikes her home, it seems the only one the boy might respond to is Soren. Gioia begrudgingly agrees to let her son meet him, hoping the rock star won’t turn her tween into a musical misogynist.

When Gioia and Soren meet, the sexual chemistry threatens to set the Ontario woodland ablaze. Can these two opposites find a common ground? And can they manage to resolve their unwanted feelings, even when a mysterious stranger arrives at the lodge, threatening everything?

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Lynx shifter Marci Lennox has worked at the shifter-friendly Ursa Fishing Lodge and Resort all her adult life. It’s more a home to her than a job. When her boss goes on vacation, putting her in charge, Marci is thrilled. Finally a chance to prove she has the mettle to run a resort.

Her confidence is shaken when new employee Anton Gaspar appears. One look at the mysterious tiger shifter spells trouble for Marci and for her sex-crazed lynx. Anton is judgmental, condescending, and a little misogynistic. Unfortunately, Marci’s lynx thinks his tiger is more delicious than an oversized bag of Maltesers.

It becomes difficult for Marci to remain neutral near Anton, especially when she learns of his troubling past and unusual family circumstances. However, when dangerous incidents occur on the resort, the lynx woman and tiger man join forces to combat the threat to the lodge and its guests.

Harder still is the quest to combat their explosive feelings for one another. As they explore their mutual passion, they realize the danger at the resort is more insidious than they ever envisioned. Their dreams, their love, and their very lives are at stake.

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For years, wolf shifter Bart Cairo has harbored secret feelings for his co-worker, Charlotte Moffatt. Even though he thinks he’s been discreet with his affections, everyone at Gemini Island’s Ursa Fishing Lodge knows he and Charlotte, a fellow wolf shifter, are meant to be mates. Everyone but Charlotte.

Charlotte couldn’t be less interested in mating. A free spirit, she wants nothing more than to succeed at her new career in the big city and leave small-town Gemini Island behind. However, she can’t deny Bart stirs up unwanted emotions inside her. Emotions she swore she’d never feel again.

The occasion of Bart’s family reunion compels him to assume new responsibilities, and to consider a role he never envisioned for himself. Family tensions rise to the surface as a new Alpha is proclaimed in his pack. And when old grudges escalate, Bart must stake his claim.

Charlotte resists as he stakes a claim on her as well. But when he begins to employ sexual tactics of temptation, she wonders if the only solution is submission to the enticing wolf man. Can she trust her heart again? And can they find their happy ending before an enemy cuts their story short?

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He pushed aside one of the suitcases in his way and backed her up against the sitting room wall. He put his hands on either side of her head, closing her in, and leaned toward her. Soaking up the scent of her talc-scented skin and her womanly heat, he inhaled deeply, knowing she was hot for him. “Did our kiss mean nothing to you?”

She blinked. As she stared at him, tears threatened, pooling at the corners of her eyes, but she banished them with another punishing series of blinks. “Nothing.”

Oh, she was good, but he was better. No kidding a kidder, after all. He wet his lips and pinned his gaze on hers, which were now trembling ever so slightly. “You’re fooling yourself.”

“I’m not,” she said on a gulp. “I’m not…”

“Oh yes, you are,” he warned, his voice low and deep. “But that’s gonna stop here and now, Charles.” He moved his face closer to hers, bent his head, and dragged his tongue up the length of her neck. When she gasped, he felt her hold her breath and moved his tongue as slowly as possible. He ground his hips against her, and his cock thumped violently against her belly.

She slammed her hands against the wall behind her, clearly trying to get purchase on anything but him. Even still, her hips rolled against his in obvious invitation. “I want you to stop,” she cried. Her chest jerked as the plaint escaped her, and her tears finally tumbled down her cheeks.

He moved away, just millimeters so she could breathe. Cupping her face, he stared her right in the eyes. “Say it again, and maybe I’ll believe you this time.”

“I want you to…” she squeaked.

“What was that? I can’t quite hear you, princess.”

Her lips wobbled and her eyes crinkled in what could only be agony of the worst kind. “I want…Oh God! I want you.”

He let out the breath he’d been holding and shots of heat radiated through him.

Yes!

He took her mouth in a savage kiss, meant to illustrate his dominance over her. He nipped at her lips, none too gently, and felt them swell under his touch. Good. That’s how he wanted her. Plump and overcome and ready for him. Always.

As he drove his tongue into her mouth, tangling it with hers, he heard her groan. Ecstasy made his cock riot in his pants, and he would have done anything in that moment to strip her of her clothes and plunge into her sweet moisture. His Charlotte. His woman. He’d make her his in every sense of the word, and soon.

Rosanna Leo is a multi-published, erotic romance author with Liquid Silver Books who lives and breathes paranormal romance. Several of her books about Greek gods, selkies and shape shifters have been named Night Owl Romance and Two Lips Recommended Reads. When not writing, she can be found haunting dusty library stacks or planning her next star-crossed love affair.

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Gemini Island #1

Favourite line(s) “Was that one of the reasons he’d played Winnie-the-Pooh with her? To make her like him so she’d stay?”

“Did I happen to mention how much I like honey?”

Predator's Kiss was a yummy shifter story but, instead of wolves it has bears!! I love Bears!!

Ryland owns a island where shifters can be free to be well them selves and Lia rights those oh so yummy books I love (sorta like this author) She's running from a CRZY stalker when she literally numbs into a grizzly and polar bear and while screaming at the top of her lungs the change it the sexiest men she has ever seen.

It was a fabulous book that had me laughing, (honey) getting mad (stalkers), and war,ONG my heart. It's a amazing shifter love story but, has so much to make it different from the rest?

You really must read this book!

I was given book by author for an honest review.

FIVE SEXY BEAR FAIRIES

Predator's Refuge #3

Favorite Lines "I think God made you for me.”

“Yes, lynx,” he said, laughing. “I said I love you. Would you like to debate it?”

“I love you too, Mr. Gaspar. Or is it Prince Anton? My liege? Your Highness? I never did ask the correct method for addressing you.” “You can just call me your tiger.” “My tiger.” She nodded. “I like that.”

“Just one of my faults,” she said, pulling him closer and wrapping her arms around his waist. “I have many, you know.” “I’ll take them all.”

“I know everything has changed for you. I’ll never forget that you left your home for me, kitten. I owe you everything.” She placed a hand on his left pec, right over his heart. “You are my home. I’d follow you to the ends of the earth.” “And I’d follow you, too.”

When I saw what this book was about I was so excited! I have loved Marci since #1 in The Gemini Island series. She's grown it to quite the sexy, smart, funny lynx! We have watched her grow from a shy young woman to a OMG woman! I loved it!

In this story Marci meets a OMG tiger who has her lynx shaking her booty! Anton is a PRINCE Tiger!! He's from such a messed up family! So messed up he let them to go to a monastery! Then he takes a job on Gemini Island working with the young shifters and when he sees Marci everything STOPS!! It does also for Marci but, she's in charge while Ryland is on vacation with his mate but, no matter how much she tries to fight it she just can't get the oh so sexy tiger out of her head!

In this book shifters are being attacked! Who's doing it? Why? You MUST READ to find out why!

As with all of Leo's books this one is funny, oh so sexy, and warms your heart! This book is for all who love the paranormal romance with YUMMINESS!

I was given this book in exchange for an honest review

FIVE ROYAL FAIRIES

Predator's Claim #4

Favorite Lines “Why do you think I’ve been so patient? What I haven’t figured out yet, though, is what led you to put your heart in a vault. But I will get to the bottom of it.” He turned his head to the side and regarded her with a clarity that stunned and terrified her. “I’m going to tear all your defenses away, Charlotte.”

“A tear slipped from between her eyelids but she closed her eyes so he wouldn’t see it. She nodded, once again made mute by his words and actions. What was this travesty of sensation inside her? Why did it run so deeply? She didn’t understand”

“Buddha and Zeus didn’t cause her eyelashes to go aflutter the way they did when Bart grinned at her.”

“To love someone so much…that you’d die if you lost him.”

“I feel like a fever is raging inside me. I’ve never felt anything so…profound. It’s as if I can’t breathe if I’m not touching you. If I can’t see your face, it’s as if someone turned off the sun.”

Knocked this one OFF the island! Rosanna Leo is one of the most talented authors I have ever had the pleasure of reading! Gemini Island is an amazing little world that has love, yumminess, drama, danger, and carnivorous delight!

Charlotte and Bart have been fighting each other for so long! They define sexual tension!

Charles refuses to give up her dreams she really believes she can't be the wolf Bart needs!

Bart may be a fierce wolf but when it comes to Charlie he's a tongue tied pup. How long can that go on! Read it and find out!

This author has no problem sucking you into any world she lays before us. I look forward to what's next on this island!

The writing is spectacular, the Charchters are sexy and hilarious, the whole story is just fabulous!

FIVE WOLF FAIRIES