Sins & Needles by Karina Halle

Rating: A        Romance: 3/5       Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Con-artist returns home & is forced to face her past Ellie Watt has been on the move since she was a child. Born to grifter parents, she learned young how to pull cons. She returns home after a job turned sour […]

Fancy Free by Shelley Munro

Rating: C    Romance: 3/5   Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Condom heiress gets an education on her sexuality & ends up falling in love Alice Beasley’s grandmother leaves her a condom company in her will with a stipulation – if she sticks it out for a couple of months she’ll get some serious mula. If she […]

Baby You’re a Firework

Halfway through 2013. Can I get a WHAAAAAT??!? Here are a few of the top rated books so far in 2013 that really lit our fires here at The Raunch Dilettante: New Fiction: Addicted, Charlotte Stein Erotica writer ventures outside herself in order to spice up her writing and meets a man who lights her […]

Stand-In Star by Rachel Johns

  Rating: B Romance: 3.5/5      Raunch: 2/5 Redonk Nutshell: Opposites find they have more in common and attraction ensues Holly McCartney is heading to Hollywood to attend a ceremony where her deceased sister is up for a Best Supporting Actress award. Holly had a falling out with her sisters years ago and hasn’t actually spoken to […]

Night Resurrected by Joss Ware

Rating: C+ Romance: 3/5        Raunch: 2/5 Redonk Nutshell: Angsty crusaders against the rule team up to find themselves attracted to one another True story: I didn’t know jack squat about Joss Ware’s “Envy Chronicles” story arc when I picked up Night Resurrected. The good news is that I didn’t have any problem following along with what […]

Too Hot To Handle by Victoria Dahl

Rating: B Romance: 3/5         Raunch: 3/5 “There was nothing worse than being felt out when you really wanted to be felt up.” Redonk Nutshell: Cheerful nerd is at her wit’s end and accepts aid from a man who ends up being her arch nemesis Merry Kade has always been a bit flighty. […]

Making Him Sweat by Meg Maguire

Rating: B         Romance: 3.5/5          Raunch: 3.5/5 Redonk Nutshell: Woman falls for an associate of her disowned, deceased father Jenna Wilinski has inherited her father’s seedy boxing gym, and she has intentions to gradually close it and turn it into offices for her new business venture, a dating service. Her plan […]

Beyond Eden by Kele Moon

Rating: C Romance: 2/5            Raunch: 5/5 Redonk Nutshell: Long lost lovers reunite and discover new things about each other Eve Everton and Paul Mattling had a good thing in high school. They were crazy in love, but their paths took them different ways. Eve moved to New York to explore her artistic side […]

Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox

Rating: C+ Romance: 3.5/5        Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Security guard becomes attached to his stubborn charge Ellen Callahan is an entertainment lawyer who lives with her young son and works mostly from home with various musicians, including her superstar heartthrob brother, Jamie. When paparazzi threaten to overwhelm her quiet lifestyle, her brother takes it […]

Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

“If only he would keep his mouth shut he’d be perfect. A piece of duct tape would do the trick. I had some in my desk that I’d occasionally pull out and fondle, hoping someday I could put it to good use.” Redonk Nutshell: Two opposing forces ignite a fierce attraction Chloe Mills has worked […]

Wounded by Jasinda Wilder

He does not just fill my body, my womanhood. He fills me. My heart, my soul. He fills the horrible emptiness that has gaped inside me all my life. The moment that he slide into me, I knew. It has just taken me this long to understand the strange feeling flowing in my veins in place of blood: happiness. […]

My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper

I didn’t know if we really liked each other or if it was just our weird creative natures combined with the thrill of competition creating these intense situations. We had heat and chemistry, but so did most nuclear reactors, and I tired to stay away from those whenever possible. Redonk Nutshell: Sparks fly when a […]