Red Velvet Moon by Theodora Lane

Anthony Lobos is the youngest of three brothers, all of whom are werewolves. They work in their family’s dry cleaners and Anthony does the books. Both his brothers have found their mates, and the pressure is on Anthony. He has his heart set on one of their customers. She’s everything he lusts after; beautiful, round, and bursting with life. But he’s been too shy to ask her out.

Daphne Raine has everything she’d hoped for; a thriving restaurant business, a quaint house in a small town, but she’s lacking one thing. A husband. And not just any man--one who will accept her just as she is: big and beautiful. She’s been crushing on Anthony since she moved to the town of Sleeping Dog, but she’s never had any indication he would be interested in her.

When Daphne brings in a red velvet dress stained with blood, can Tony find out the truth about where the blood come from and if he does, will he have to turn his mate in to the police?

Publisher's Note: This book was previously published but has been reedited and revised for this edition.

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Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
This is the third book of the series and tells the story of Tony and Daphne. Each has lusted after the other since their first meeting but neither one has acted on their urges. Until the day that Daphne brought in her red velvet dress with blood stains on the front.

Seeing the blood on the dress, Tony's wolf tried to surface. Though he denied the wolf, Tony couldn't deny any longer that he wanted Daphne. Making his move, he asked Daphne out and couldn't believe it when she agreed.

I really enjoyed reading this story. To me, it had more of the werewolf/shapeshifter element that the others lacked.

Theodora Lane was born in the south, raised by her grandmother who taught her the the backhanded compliment, how to make sweet tea, and that you can never have too many husbands, just not at the same time.

By day, Theodora lives an unassuming life, having lunch with the ladies, attending baby showers and playing refined card games. By night, she writes wickedly sexy and funny stories, hangs out in bars, and gathers ideas for her next book.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Red Velvet Moon (Lucky in Red #3) by Theodora Lane to read and review.

Dos Lunas by Belinda McBride

He’s a successful businessman, has a hot girlfriend and drives a nice truck. But all the trappings of a good life are little more than a lie. Underneath, there’s a void big enough to drive his truck right through. Something’s broken inside Diego until Victoria Talbot walks into Tres Lobos dry cleaners, bearing a gorgeous dress and a dominant attitude.

Victoria isn’t quite what she seems. Her icy blond appearance masks the heart of a skilled Domme. Her job at the library hides the true reason she’s in Sleeping Dog, Texas. In a move that will either make or break her flagging career, Victoria is chasing down rumors of werewolves in town, and she’s pretty sure those rumors are true.

Unfortunately, all the clues lead to roguish Diego Lobos. Everything about the man puts him firmly off limits, but somehow, he captures her with his wild nature and titillates her with hints of a submissive streak that’s just too alluring to ignore.

A night of play is a bad idea, but it’s just too good to resist. Because sometimes the bad ideas turn out to be the best ideas of all.

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Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
Femme Domme stories like this are few and far between. Mutual respect for the male and female are a must for any story, and even more importantly in my opinion, where there is a female Dominant and a male Submissive.

Dos Lunas tells the story of Diego and Victoria. Diego doesn't know that he is submissive, only that there is something missing in his life. He was instantly attracted to Victoria when she first moved to town, sensing something about her, in her, that pulled to him and his wolf.

Taking a chance and going to a Munch in Dallas, he scents something – someone familiar and makes the decision to attend the club later that night. Seeing the Lady in Red stokes a need inside him, a willingness to do the things that She tells him to do, to bask in the pleasure he knows only She can give him.

Victoria is the Lady in Red, but after being hurt several years ago, she left her home and changed her name to begin again in small town Texas. She has lusted after Diego from afar and only after giving him a command in a purely vanilla fashion and watching him obey does she believe that they might find mutual pleasure in each other.

Diego doesn't know that Victoria has been sent to Sleeping Dog to search out information on werewolves or that she is hiding from those who would take revenge for past sins.

Once the facts come to light, only time will tell if Victoria and Diego will make things work.

Heat Level: Extremely hot


Rachael – ☆☆☆☆
I was excited to see a domme book as there aren't a whole lot out there it seems. I loved that it added in the whole shifter dynamic as well making it even more unique.

The story itself was quite interesting and I loved the few surprises that we found along the way. However, I did wish that we'd have gotten to see more of Victoria acting as a domme more than just speak of her being one and more of Diego being a shifter. However, there were a few of each so I suppose I was happy enough about it.

I have to say there were a few extremely surprising twists that I loved and shocked me which was nice.

Overall, well written and sexy to boot.

Belinda was born in Inglewood, California, but grew up far to the north in the shadow of Mt. Shasta. While her upbringing seemed pretty normal to her, she was surrounded by a fascinating array of friends and family, including a polyamorous grandmother, a grandfather who is a Native American icon, and various cowboys, hippies, scoundrels and saints.

She has a degree in history and cultural anthropology, but in 2006 made the life-changing decision to quit her job as a public health paraprofessional and stay at home fulltime to care for her severely disabled, autistic niece. This difficult decision gave Belinda the gift of time, which allowed her to return to writing fiction, which she’d abandoned years before.

Belinda’s hobbies include soap making, collecting gemstones, travel, and martial arts. She has two daughters, six Siberian Huskies and an array of wild birds that visit the feeders in the front yard.

She supports no-kill animal shelters, and donates platelets twice monthly at her local blood center.

As an author, Belinda loves crossing genres, kicking taboos to the curb, and pulling from world mythology and folklore for inspiration. She is committed to taking her readers on an emotional journey and never forgets that at the end of the day, she’s writing about love.

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Dark Chocolate Side of the Moon by Jianne Carlo

Sleeping Dog, Texas has its share of secrets and the three Lobos brothers own the biggest of them all. They’re werewolves who own a dry cleaning business. But when a woman steps into each man’s life, each with her own badly stained red dress, fantasies will be fulfilled, barriers broken and secrets told.

Werewolf Maximillian Lobos likes his women overripe, luscious and curvy, and spitting-fire passionate. Prim and proper Candi Wagner is so not his type, yet when he discovers she wears chocolate body paint, his testosterone levels careen off the planet.

Trouble is Candi doesn’t understand what being claimed means, doesn’t get that weres mate for life, doesn’t believe weres even exist. Lucky for Max she’s natural sub and he soon has her handled. Or does he?

Publisher's Note: This story was previously released by another publisher, and has been re-edited and revised for this edition.

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Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
I really enjoyed this book. The six month long foreplay between the characters took place before Chapter 1 and we saw the culmination of the heat that had built up between them.

Candi is new to Sleeping Dog, Texas and has maintained her prim and proper mannerisms during her stay in town. The one thing that Candi can't seem to get out of her head is visions of Max and the way he looks. Max is having the same problem, even though Candi isn't his type.

Max can feel that something is about to change. When Ms. C. Wagner walks into this shop that day with a chocolate stain on her dress, it hits him all at once. She was his mate and she had tried to turn to someone else to see to her pleasure.

Very good book and I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

Award winning, author Jianne Carlo’s motto is simple: Alpha Me Please.

While strong heroines, exotic locations, and cultural differences are her forte, she goes weak in the knees and salivates for warriors of any type – rebels, SEALs, Vikings, and bad-ass mercenaries. Send her a man with an attitude and she’ll find the right woman to tame him.

Jianne’s writing career began in 2008, and since then she’s been lucky enough to have over twenty books published. Most of her books are TOP PICKs and several have been nominated for and won numerous awards and prizes.

Nothing makes Jianne’s day more than an email from someone who’s read one of her books. So far, she’s received emails from almost every continent on the planet. Almost…

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