Category Archives: Grade B

Things we’ve deemed to be B+/B/B-.

Force My Hand

Case File #: 00025
The Perp: Brown, Em
The Crime: Force My Hand
Classification: Historical Erotica (novella)
The Weapons: Escalating sexual encounters, gambling debts, and escalating sexual encounters.
The Victims:

Darcy Sherwood: Is accustomed to dominating in the bedroom, is in serious debt, and bears a familiar sounding grudge against a powerful family.
Radcliff Barrington: Is excited about the dominating, worried [...]

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The Wicked West

Case File #: 00024
The Perp: Summer, Holly
The Crime: The Wicked West
Classification: Historical Erotica (novella)
The Weapons: Widows, sheriffs, erotic flagellation, submission and some moderately rough sex.
The Victims:

Mrs. Lily Anders: the demure English widow who moves to Wyoming because her recently deceased brother left her his home there. She really likes to be punished and she really [...]

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TWILIGHT!: the whole story

Series Profile#:00002
The Perp: Meyer, Stephenie
The Crimes: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn
Classification: Young Adult Romance
The Weapons:

Painfully slow plot progression (at times)

Alternating lethal doses of sickeningly sweet love and devastating, incurable heartbreak
The beauty of Edward’s cold, hard Being, with which we are endlessly bludgeoned
All-around ridiculousness

The Victims:

Bella, the reluctant human: we identify with her because [...]

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The Perils of Pursuing a Prince

Case File: 00020
The Perp: London, Julia
The Crime: The Perils of Pursuing a Prince
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Viking ruins, a mysterious white house , Welsh amulet, rumors, fish stews, and excessive cunnilingus.
The Victims:

Greer Fairchild: a young society woman, who, suddenly finding herself dependent on her evil stepfather, decides to find her long lost Welsh relatives in [...]

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Succubusted

Case File #: 00014
The Perp: Lavey, Inara
The Crime: Succubusted
Classification: Short Story Paranormal Erotica
The Weapons: Succubus (a female being that feeds off the life force of others during sex).
The Victims:

Lil: the narrator who’s part Succubus thanks to her grandmother. She can’t have a long-term relationship since her feeding on her boyfriend’s life force starts to drain [...]

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The Rogue Hunter

Case File #: 00012
The Perp: Sands, Lynsay
The Crime: The Rogue Hunter
Classification: Vampire Romance
The Weapons: Uh…hot alpha male vampires!
The Victims:

Samantha ‘Sam’ Willan: the career driven lawyer who’s on vacation with her sisters. She’s just out of a pretty bad break up and gets it in her head (thanks to her sisters) that a fling with [...]

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When the Duke Returns

Case File #: 00011
The Perp: James, Eloisa
The Crime: When the Duke Returns (Book 4 of James’ Desperate Duchesses sextet)
Classification: Historical Romance (Georgian)
The Weapons: Arranged marriage by proxy (11 years ago!), a feisty Italian wife and travel minded absentee husband. Oh and virginity, a whole lotta virginity.
The Victims:

Isidore Del’Fino, Duchess of Cosway: she’s rich, she gorgeous [...]

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The Two Dukes of Wyndham

Series Profile #: 00001

The Perp: Quinn, Juila
The Crimes:

The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

Classification: Regency Romance
The Weapons:

Highwaymen, under appreciated companions and lost heirs.
Identity crisis, under appreciated fiances and lost heirs.

The Victims:

Jack Audley and Grace Eversleigh: The highwayman who’s the heir to the dukedom and the companion to the Dowager Duchess of [...]

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Again The Magic

Case File #: 00005
The Perp: Kleypas, Lisa
The Crime: Again The Magic
Classification: Historical Romance
The Weapons: Revenge peppers a confection of body hang ups and class differences.
The Victims: Lady Aline Marsden and her hot ex servant err, McKenna
The Accessories:
Lady Livia Marsden- is the more experienced younger sister and social pariah.
Lord Adam Sandridge- A friendly homosexual! Oh the [...]

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At the Bride Hunt Ball

Case File #: 00003
The Perp: Parker, Olivia
The Crime: At the Bride Hunt Ball
Classification: Regency Romance
The Weapons: One clumsy gal with self esteem issues and one duke who isn’t looking to marry…ever.
The Victims:

Madelyn Haywood, the buxom red-head with an evil stepmother, a heart of gold and a penchant for making a fool of herself.
Gabriel [...]

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