Everything is more intense in the city of sin.In the Call My Bluff anthology you’ll meet a wide array of characters from conwomen, motorcycle club members, high rollers and many more. Haven’t you ever had the desire to live on the edge? Have you ever craved a bit of action?Have you ever wanted your deep forbidden desires to become your reality?Well, the good news is this is the anthology for you. … news is this is the anthology for you. Call My Bluff has a series of stories from Elizabeth Knox, Flora Burgos, Addison Jane, Sam St. James, KE Osborn, Barbara Nolan, Evan Grace, Courtney Lynn Rose, J. Lynn Lombard, Kathryn Kelly, Rae B. Lake, & H.J. Marshall.
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Elizabeth Knox..holy cow I need more Declan and Lola. What I great read I can’t wait for more and see how it all ends. K E Osborne… I need way more of Viper and Ember those two are perfect for each other and I can’t wait to see what kinda double gets stired up for the next generation of Defiance. Rae B. Lake Kaja and Sabina.. I need more I need to see what happens when Sabina reunites with her brother and where the 3 of them go from here. To all the other authors in Call My Bluff I truly enjoyed your stories.
There’s something in the boxset for everyone. Two authors I read regulary, Addison Jane and Elizabeth knox. Two great stories with surprises. J. Lynn Lombard a new author to me, loved your book. The other authors are new to me. Plenty of action, drama, heat, you name it it’s in here. All though one story left me hanging.
Wow! Wow! Wow! Love this anthology. There are eleven stories by eleven fantastic authors. The stories will melt your e reader. They are packed with action, steam, danger and more. This is a must have book! My favorite was Conned by Elizabeth Knox. There is a story in the anthology for everyone. I will be reading more from the authors I discovered by reading this book. I am voluntarily leaving my review after reading an advance reader copy from the author.
This anthology includes:
1. CONNED by ELIZABETH KNOX
Elizabeth Knox has introduced us to Declan and Charli, aka Lola. There’s a previous history of such deception with consequences left unresolved for ten years. When they come into contact for the second time, we begin to find out the backstory; the heartache, the circumstances, the deception, the danger, the angst, and the lies. But will we see a conclusion that will bring us a Happily Ever After? If you know anything about Elizabeth Knox’s writing style, then you know this is one you won’t want to miss. My hope is she will turn this into the beginning of what would be an outstanding series. I’ll definitely keep my eyes peeled to watch for it.
2. VENGEANCE by K. E. OSBORN
3. PLAYING WITH A MADE MAN by RAE B. LAKE
4. FIGHTING TOGETHER by J. LYNN LOMBARD
5. WHAT ARE THE ODDS by ADDISON JANE
6. NO WARNING by SAM ST. JAMES
7. ALTERED PERCEPTION by H. J. MARSHALL
8. THE PAYBACK by EVAN GRACE
9. LUCK OF THE DRAW by FLORA BURGOS
10. REDEEMED by BARBARA NOLAN
11. RED STILETTO by KATHRYN C. KELLY
My review is based on Elizabeth Knox’s book “Conned” since she is the only author at this point I’m familiar with. The others are all new to me but I’m truly excited to see what they have to offer if Ms. Knox’s caliber is anything to go by. I’ll continue to update the review as I finish each book.
This was one of the HOTTEST Anthologies I’ve read in a long time. 11 stories by 11 kick a$$ authors in one eReader melting book, heck yes!! There were 3 though that were my absolute favorites, Conned by Elizabeth Knox, Fighting Together by J. Lynn Lombard and Played With A Made Man by Rae B. Lake. HOLY SH!T!!
This is a fantastic collection of stories featuring sexy, alpha men who find their heart mates in these sexy, swoon-worthy tales. H.J. Marshall’s book, Altered Perception, stood out because this was a new author to me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it along with all the other stories. Each one featured people from a different walk of life, but with dominant and hot men meeting their special ladies.
Holy HADES is what I was thinking after I finished this anthology. I got a little of everything in this anthology. I loved it and need another anthology by these authors. We get some kick arse stories and some amazing characters. This is a one click for all you anthology lovers.
I have not finished the anthology as yet, but it is filled with great authors. With Elizabeth Knox’s name on this collection, I just had to have it. So my review is on “Conned” by Elizabeth Knox. Declan was swindled out of 80 million dollars by Lola, the love of his life 10 yrs. ago. He has finally found her, but how will things play out after ten years have gone by? The backstory of how they got to that point is front and center in this novella as we wait for more of Declan and Lola’s story. As always, Elizabeth Knox gives readers a compelling and page turning story. **As I finished other novellas, I plan to add to this review. Fun short reads, I was gifted “Call My Bluff” via Booksprout and leave my review voluntarily based on my reading** 5 Stars!
E KNOX ConnedThis one had a twist i wasnt expecting! Heck of a whirlwind Declan was taken for everything once…Lola needs help. Declan might just be the answer. Soooo looking forward to the next part.
KE OSBORN Vengeance Viper runs the MC. His brother is stirring a pot that shouldn’t be stirred. Lets head to Vegas for the next part of this story. Viper meets Ember, they click and he crashes. Is Ember the answer he’s been looking for.
RAE B. LAKE Played With A Made Man
Sabina is paying off her brother’s debt…not a good existence. She tips off a player and he repays her by taking her out of the field. Kaja has a tough life, but as a Made Man, its better than most. Love the click between these two.
J. LYNN LOMBARD Fighting Together Wow, you never really know what someone else is going through. Ky owns a hotel and arranged for an MMA match to be held. Spencer is an up and coming fighter who is completely taken by Ky even before he meets her. Trouble comes calling from people close to them both.
ADDISON JANE What Arethe OddsCora is surprised when her estranged dad comes to see her at work. What happens next will draw you further down the rabbit hole!
SAM ST. JAMES No Warning Honor is hired to protect Grace. Sawyer , her Dad wants her stalker found and dealt with. So much is going on with the opening of the casino and trying to keep Grace safe.
H.J. MARSHALL Altered Perception What a miserable life Alex had. She has pulled herself up and created a strong working woman. Gideon, feels a pull to her that he can’t explain.
EVAN GRACE The Payback Not everyone is as they appear. Lara has a goal and she’s going to get back at the man who hurt her all those years ago. Braxton is a successful casino owner, who sees a beautiful woman who intrigues him. Attraction is mad hot and there’s an interesting ending!
FLORA BURGOS Luck of the Draw Everyone deserves happiness. Harlow was working on it but she’d had a rough go initially alomg with her brother. Thankfully they found Rico, and Harlow worked for the man who was more family to her. Nick waltzed into Harlow’s life and they didn’t look back.
BARBARA NOLAN Redeemed Joker and Daisy met in a clusterf… in Miami. Now Joker wants to take care of business and then ride off with Daisy. Daisy is head over heels with Joker and will do What it takes to help him get it sorted.
KATHRYN C. KELLY Red Stiletto
Seeing your husband rarely isn’t ideal. Worrying about him while he’s gone is the norm for Grell. Devin is undercover and the operation is dragging and his marriage is suffering. Things start to go really wrong when Grell is pulled into Devin’s other world.
These were all amazing stories and I can’t wait to read more!
4 Alpha Filled Stars!!!
I have such a love/hate relationship with anthologies lol. I get a glimpse of what my favorite authors like Addison Jane and KE Osborn are working on and can check out a new author or two when I get a little bit of time.
What Are The Odds by Addison Jane.
Being that this is a novella I’d hate to give anything away. This story might become a standalone or the start of a new series OR Addison’s going to work it into her Phoenix Club Girls Series bc Coralie is Huntsman’s niece. Yes!!!! So you know bid bad Uncle Huntsman is totally going to be on guard.
Coralie works at the Brothers by Blood MC at the bar and also at their club Empire so you def see past people from Addison’s Club Girls Series’s .
When Alexander Prescott shows up at Empire looking for her she’s floored. He’s her father. Her parents had an affair and then came Coralie. She hasn’t seen her father in years bc her stepmother forced her out of the picture.
But, Alexander is her telling her he’s gotten divorced and getting remarried and he wants her to come meet his fiancé and her kids. Coralie flips rightfully so and wants nothing to do with him until her mom forced her to go.
Coralie can’t believe how different his fiancé is compared to what he was married too. She meets her new soon-to-be-stepsister Eden and she pushes Coralie to go to a party. Where she can show off her new stepsister.
While at the party she meets Striker and he stops her right in her tracks. She’s never seen anybody like him. After a stroll on the beach one thing leads to another. Then the rug gets pulled right out below her when Eden informs Coralie how her and Striker connected and Coralie’s not sure if she just heard Eden correctly.
I’m dying for more. Striker was somebody I need more of. I want his POV bc OMG!! Coralie that poor girl can’t catch a break. With Huntsman being her uncle/bodyguard no guy in the state will look at her bc if he’s not around the guys from Brothers by Blood and Exiled Eight MCs are watching. The one guy she does catch and kaboom!!!
Can’t wait for more of this couple.
Vengeance by KE Osborne
WOOHOO!!!! If you’ve read The Defiance MC Series strap up bc we’ve got a new President and VP.
Torque and Trax have stepped down. Viper is the new President and his cousin Vex the new VP as well as a bunch of others you’ll definitely recognize their parents.
Viper’s only been President for a month and they’ve already got a problem. His cousin Vex. Definitely a wildcard like his dad.
Vex has fallen in love with a girl named Isabella. The issue is she’s promised to Nio Andretti and they’re scheduled to get married. Vex and Isabella decide to elope to Vegas.
The guys including Vex’s twin sister Grace and parents Trax and Sparx. While on the elevator Viper sees Ember whose a blackjack dealer.
With Vex and Isabella madly in love and insisting they get married the guys must hope it happens before Torque can come to an agreement with Nio’s mom. He decides to wait it out playing blackjack at Ember’s table.
But, that only ends up with both of them in trouble as well as the club getting brought into it. Ember does something to Viper he’s never thought he’d have.
Their time is almost up bc he’s going back to Chicago unless Ember goes too. The club has to worry about the Andretti’s and Isabella’s family. Things aren’t close to being over.
I’m so addicted to the new Chicago Defiance generation already!!!! Hope Viper and Ember’s story continues. I also hope Grace gets a book bc she definitely is Old Lady material. I’m dying to see where KE Osborn takes her too!!
This box set of books are well worth reading! Each book is written by a unique author and will keep you engaged from start to finish. Loved reading from my favorite authors and new to me authors
This is an anthology featuring all types of characters based in Las Vegas. The variety of stories is great for finding new to you authors. I really enjoyed all the stories in this set.
I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am leaving a review.
This has got to be one of my favorite anthologies. Eleven fantastic author and their hot as sin alpha men and the ladies they fall for. There is action, suspense, and some hot as hell chemistry. These authors did a fantastic job with these stories and I hope to see some more of the characters I’ve met. You will get hooked on these stories and want more. My favorites were Conned by Elizabeth Knox, Played With a Made Man by Rae B. Lake and Fighting Together by j. Lynn Lombard. This is the City of Sin, that includes mafia, cons, high rollers, MC, MMA fighters and more. Snatch this up and settle in with something to drink, and be taken to Vegas.
I love anthologies that actually give you a complete story by an author you’ve not read before. I rather hate anthologies that draw you into a story, only to leave you hanging at the “end” because it isn’t the end of the story, only a huge cliffhanger. In some cases, not telling you if the entire book has been released, or if it hasn’t, when it will be. These type of books make me so frustrated. So maybe a better name for this type of book is “The Big Book of Teasers”, because that’s what you get. I would have appreciated knowing that before I said I would read and I would not have wasted my time. Grrrrr….
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved this anthology. There are eleven authors who contributed to this book. Each of these authors are very well known and each story they wrote to contribute were excellent stories. There is not one that I don’t like. I could not put this book down. It didn’t matter which story I was reading. Now I have a list of authors to follow so I know when they release a new book that is related. Some was new series and some were continuing in with an existing series. I was introduced to some new authors but for the most part I knew them (well…downloaded their books and was hoping to start them soon). Although the anthology had a common theme of taking place in Vegas and gambling in some form for the most part there were different tropes (example…some were MC related and some were Mafia related. No matter the trope they were all very excellent stories and I hope to see the characters again and get more stories surrounding the stories told here. I highly recommend this book!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
4.5 stars – New generation MC.
This review is for K.E. Osborn’s “Vengeance”.
So you don’t have to be a fan of K.E. Osborn’s Chicago Defiance MC books to enjoy this story, but it is great to see the new generation of boys take over.
This is a quick read that introduces them, but we are going to want to see more – especially of Viper and Ember and Grace, Vex, and the rest of the gang.
I can’t divulge who ends up with whom, but it’s a quick, wild ride in Sin City!
I voluntarily requested and read an advance reader copy.
4.4 stars
Welcome to Vegas baby with this anthology and remember what happens here stays here. In the first book, Conned, Declan and Lola were in a relationship until she did the unforgivable. Fast forward ten years, and Lola is back. Will Declan succumb to her charms again? I cannot wait for the rest of this story. The second book, Vengeance, Viper the new president of the MC travels to Vegas and bumps into Ember. These two are from completely different worlds but can they make something work? In the third book, Played with a Made Man, like the name implies is a mafia storyline. Kaja is a made man tasked with looking into an illegal gambling situation when he meets Sabina. She is there as payment for a debt. Watch out for the steam. The fourth book, Fighting Together, Kyanna runs a hotel where MMA fighter, Spencer, is scheduled to fight. There is just something about these two that will keep readers engaged and transfixed. This is one story that I did not want to end. In the fifth book, What Are The Odds, prepare for a taboo storyline in the form of a stepbrother. Coralie is in for a shock when her estranged father asks to see her and upends her world when she meets her almost stepbrother, Striker. This one will have you hooked from beginning to end. The sixth book, No Warning, is a second chance love story. Honor is a powerful woman who owns her own security agency. Sawyer is looking for protection for his daughter Grace. When the two meet, their chemistry is off the charts and they know that they are meant for each other. Will they be able to get over their respective pasts to be more than just friends? The seventh book, Altered Perception, brings readers Gideon and Alexandria. Each one has been on a journey to create their new life after having surmounted the past. The chemistry between them is incendiary. In the eighth book, The Payback, Lara is seeking revenge against Braxton, her former boyfriend. Can they rekindle the feelings that they once had? How will Braxton react when he finds out the secret that Lara kept? The ninth book, Luck of the Draw, will make you smile. Harper is an escort who is looking to make a life change. Nick is the man who enters her life to help her. The chemistry between them is like a live wire and just adds to the feeling that these two must wind up together. In the tenth book, Redeemed, it is another MC story about Joker and Daisy. Daisy is working to help get justice for Joker’s family member. He is the epitome of what a member of an MC is and she is the vixen who loves him. The final book, Red Stiletto is about a married couple with issues. Devin works undercover and it is taking a toll on his relationship. Will these two be able to work out their problems? Overall, this is one absorbing anthology that I really enjoyed reading and I look forward to more from these authors. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Sin City Anthology……….Roll the dice and win big with Call My Bluff
Call My Bluff is an anthology of 11 stories by 11 different and very talented authors. Each story has a different couple, different story-line and different feel. But all of the stories are based in and around Las Vegas so Sin City is one of the characters. Some of these authors I have read an enjoyed before while others are new to me, so I was excited to explore new author’s writing and storytelling styles.
This anthology definitely delivers on a lot of levels – suspense, steamy hotness, crackling chemistry, interesting stories, great characters, emotions and so much more. I am not going to lie as with any multi-author anthology there are always a couple that are excellent, a couple that you not so good and the rest land somewhere between the two. Such is the case with Call My Bluff, but I am not going to tell you which land where. Instead you will have to discover that for yourself.
I received a copy of this book for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
How very exciting that this anthology was put together. I love Elizabeth Knox, which how I came across this collection of stories but what I found when I read all the stories was that each and every author in this anthology is super talented. There are many I will definitely read more of. Each story is packed full of wonderful characters, storylines and drama. I was captivated by all the stories for all different reasons.
Elizabeth Knox’s story Conned, I loved the characters, Declan and Lola and cannot wait to read their full story. In Vengeance by KE Osborn, I loved the heat between the characters, it was off the charts. Fighting together by J. Lynn Lombard hit a topic I love to read about and that is MMA fighting, it was so well done. Sam St. James’ story No Warning was about two strong beings fighting to overcome their past to give it a second chance at love. I am not a big Mafia fan but Played with a Made Man by Rae B. Lake wrote a very intriguing story that kept my attention and was packed full of heat. What are the odds by Addison Jane was a very different taboo read for me and I was definitely pulled into the storyline. The Payback by Evan Grace really hit home with this story of revenge and it hooked me right from the start. I want to read more from this author. H.J. Marshall’s altered Perception was one of those stories that hit deep and you felt many emotions reading this story. Redeemed by Barbara Nolan was packed full of amazing characters that were bold and sensational. I loved their story. Flora Burgos was a feel good read that makes you think pretty women, and I was so happy while reading their journey. The last but definitely not least of the anthology is Red Stiletto by Kathryn C. Kelly and the title alone had me curious, such a great title. This one was a story that hit home as marriages are always tough to survive and they love each other so much you want nothing but for a HEA for them.
Such a wonderful anthology, something for everyone and a definite must read!!! Well done!!!
Excellent anthology, at least for this reader. Not only did I love all the stories but I found several new authors that I am more than anxious to read more of.
The novellas in this anthology featured some bad boys, bikers, MMA fighters,married couples, and so much more. The storylines ranged from revenge, mafia, MC club action, finding the woman of the hero’s dreams and other everyday occurrences. Some of the stories were led into series that I am certainly looking forward to and others ended in plain ole cliffies. But all of them were great reads that I highly recommend.
2 Thumbs Up and 5 Stars for a great anthology.