Lately I have been reading the Leather and Lattes series by Katherine McIntyre.

Set in the same world as her Dungeons and Dating series, each book features a different employee who works at Whipped, a cafe and kink club. What I love about the series is it’s diversity, both in the kinks that are represented and in the pairings. The first book, Immersion Play, features Micah, new to kink, and Parker, a Daddy Dom. Both come with emotional baggage that they must sort out to find their happily ever after. The later books mix up the pairings with the second book (Extraction Play) featuring a FF pairing, then a MMM pairing in the third book (Percolation Play), and a MX pairing in the fourth (Filtration Play). The fifth book, Concentration Play, takes us back to an MM pairing and rounds out the last of the main casts of characters.

“But he’s definitely a brat-in-waiting.”

“Oh good,” Sloan said. “We haven’t collected one of those yet.”

“Kinkster Pokemon?” Parker said, a grin rising to his lips. “Gotta catch ’em all?”

While the books feature sexy, kinky romps in bed (and other places) and numerous play party scenes, they don’t lack for plot and conflict. The books are hard to put down once started. The characters really suck you into their lives and the happenings at Whipped. The found family aspect is strong throughout the whole series and really helps to tie the books together.

If you like some kink with your romance, go and check out the series. You won’t be disappointed.

My latest read is Rope Me Down by N. Slater, a MMMMM Rancher novel.

Abandoned by the side of the highway by his boyfriend, Ash is rescued by his boyfriend’s father, Boone, and taken back to the ranch where most of the family lives. Ash can’t deny his attraction to Boone and his boyfriend’s three brothers, something he has been trying to suppress for months. Offered two weeks of being taken care of, in every sense, by the four men, Ash can’t say no. A wild sex filled two weeks wait for him, but at the end, will he stay?

“Tell me I’ve been imagining this for two years and I’ll say goodnight and we never talk about it again.”

N. Slater has some gorgeous writing in this one. I could definitely feel the emotions of the characters coming through. The sex scenes are numerous, but varied enough to keep things fresh. What I loved about this book is that no matter how kinky the sex got consent, and enthusiastic consent, was king. This book is about a character getting out of a string of shitty relationships and finding out what real love looks like. Ash is made not to feel smaller, but to feel welcomed and encouraged to take up space in the lives of the others.

Definitely check it out.

The latest in Sherwood’s Fated Mates series, this paranormal romance follows the vampire Andre as he tries to seduce the guy he is attached, Ian. For those unfamiliar with this series, the world features fated mates, humans who are so compatible with vampires that they feel no pain (and in fact feel quite a bit of pleasure) when a vampire feeds from them and can be partially turned to have extended life. They are the perfect partners for vampires, and therefore highly sought after. Though it is best to read the series in order, these books can stand alone.

Fated Mates and How to Seduce Them is a low angst, fluffy romance that features soulmates, love at first site, stubborn to lovers, vampire romance. It features Sherwood’s typical brand of humor that makes her books so enjoyable. The book has spicy sex scenes and sweet romantic scenes.

Like a cat, Andre had taken one look at him and said “mine” and refused to let go.

I would definitely recommend this whole series. The books are one of my go to comfort reads when I want something humorous with low stakes.

I recently read Mary Calmes’s House of Maedoc series: His Consort, His Prince, and His Realm. The series follows Jason, a human, as he is thrust into the world of the supernatural. In His Consort, Jason encounters vampyr while helping to save a man that looks like a teenager but is actually a high ranking member of the vampyr Prince’s court. This encounter leads to Jason meeting Prince Varic, his mate. Set mainly in New Orleans, Calmes paints a rich picture of the French Quarter. Her worldbuilding is excellent as she introduces the reader to the world of vampyrs, the political rivalries among the New Orleans vampyrs, and the larger realm of the vampyr monarchy.

His Prince, continues to expand the world by introducing the reader to the vampyr court and the larger world of the vampyrs. It features the twists and turns of court intrigue while Jason, Varic, and their friends try to find who is conspiring to get Jason out of the way. His Realm explores the wider world that the court controls as well as a self-contained realm in Greenland.

Overall, the series was engaging and the worldbuilding is fantastic. I was really drawn into the world as I learned about it alongside Jason. The second book introduces a lot of characters and I had a bit of trouble keeping who’s who separated. I ended up drawing a family tree to visualize it, which is going to stay tucked away in the book for my next read, which is bound to happen. I would definitely read this series again.