This professionally edited, full novel sized collection of short stories and novellas contains *kisses* that range from contemporary, short and chaste to long, paranormal and spicy.
In A Peck on the Cheek: Hurricane Jason, a female private investigator searches for a two-timing husband, but lands in an hurricane shelter. Does she get her man?
In Cat Nips: Catastrophe, a crazy cat lady is evicted by her drunken landlord and the lives of her cats are at stake. Will she and her rescues wind up on the street? Or will a secret admirer find a better home for everyone?
In Hot Lips: Lake Placid Cure, a woman finds her husband in a compromising position--again. Looking to recover her dignity, she sets out for a medi-spa, encounters a murder mystery and discovers that miracles still happen in Lake Placid.
In French Kiss: Pigmalion, a speech pathology graduate student needs one more subject for her research project to graduate. She runs into a hot guy with a heavy accent and tries to recruit him into her study. Will she teach him the language of love?
In Sizzling Smooch: Bonded for Life, a Mexican artist runs for her life to hide in the little town where she graduated from high school. She's convinced no one will find her there. But a boy with a high school crush on her grew up to be a hunky cop--and he has her in his cross hairs.
In Delectable and Delicious: An Inn Decent Proposal, a chef and a hotelier join forces at a foreclosure auction on an old inn and outbid a small time hood. The thug doesn't like being on the losing end of the deal. Things heat up outside and in the bedroom. Can the couple make a go of it? Or will the hood destroy their dream?
In Release Your Inner Wild Women: Kiss of the Silver Wolf, a young woman searches for the truth about her brother's debilitating disease. An intriguing man with silver hair and a penchant for long night runs insists she's his life mate. How does this sexy man figure into her family secrets?
Amazon best-selling author Sharon Buchbinder has been writing stories since age 6--and receiving rejections. Her broad range of writing includes internationally best-selling textbooks and award-winning novels that tell haunting tales of love, family secrets, forgiveness, extraordinary abilities, truth, justice, and redemption. She believes happily ever afters are born through strengths developed in overcoming adversity in fiction and real life. If you enjoy authors Heather Graham, Christine Feehan, and Nalini Singh, you will probably enjoy Sharon's Western romance ghost stories, woven with supernatural, Native American paranormal suspense elements. Set in small towns in the American West with strong female heroines, sexy male heroes, secret government agencies, undercover agents, shape-shifters, werewolves, weretigers, ghosts, jinnis (genies), telekinesis, teleportation, remote viewing, these stories will make you wonder about those bumps in the night. For more information go to https://www.sharonbuchbinder.com/
KILLER KISSES by SHARON BUCHBINDER has a little of everything in it. This book contains seven stories ranging in length from very short story to novella. The heat level is anywhere from steaming hot to sweet and endearing. The sub-genres take you from Contemporary to Paranormal. There is literally something for everyone in this book. If you want a great sampling of several different romance sub-genres, KILLER KISSES is the perfect choice!
I love being swept up in a romance and I really enjoyed reading each story in KILLER KISSES. Without taking anything away from the rest of the stories because I really enjoyed them all, I've decided that the best way to review this book is to tell you a little about my favorite story in KILLER KISSES, Release Your Inner Wild Women: Kiss of the Silver Wolf. This is a novella length story that I couldn't wait to start. It is a beautifully written paranormal romance with some AMAZING steam. For all of you werewolf lovers out there, I highly recommend this story.
Charlene's parents are killed in a car crash while she is away at school. Her life will never be the same. She dedicates herself to giving her severely handicapped older brother the care and attention he needs. She finds herself broke, unable to keep up with the expense of her older brother's disabilities and relocates to her mother's home town of Eden where she uncovers secret after secret and finally has an answer to her brother's condition.
Zach, the soon-to-be leader of the pack, has had his eye on Charlene since he saw her picture. The first time they meet is at the funeral for Charlene's parents. Even though it is a terribly sad scene, the electricity between Zach and Charlene is unforgettable.
Ms. Buchbinder has several twists in KISS OF THE SILVER WOLF and introduces Charlene to some frighteningly dangerous creatures that has the reader holding their breath hoping that she's saved in time.
If you love romance, I highly recommend that you download the anthology KILLER KISSES by SHARON BUCHBINDER to have ready anytime you have a few spare moments to read. You won't be disappointed!
KILLER KISSES has something for everyone. Short stories for a quick read, some longer stories for a nice, relaxing afternoon on the sofa, and a variety of genres that will please everyone. Sharon Buchbinder's heroines are strong and resourceful, the heroes are hot and buff, and the stories will keep readers on the edge of their seats. A little steamy romance, a taste of paranormal, and some breathtaking suspense. All wrapped in one killer cover. Highly recommend.
Killer Kisses is a collection of seven short stories with one thing in common, you guessed it, killer kisses.
A Kiss On the Cheek: Hurricane Jason
The shortest of all the stories, six pages on my Kindle, this is a story of a hurricane shelter, drunken shrimpers and two people with the same goal. This was my least favorite story, too short with an abrupt ending that caused me to go back twice to double check that I wasn’t missing any pages. I give it 2.5**'Stars.
Cat Nips: Catastrophe
Another quick story, eleven pages on my Kindle, this tells the story of two cat lovers and one cat hating landlord. Another one of my least favorites. There seemed to be unanswered questions in this one that left me a little unfulfilled. I give it 3***Stars.
Hot Lips: The Lake Placid Cure
Slightly longer than the first two, twenty-five pages on my Kindle, this is a story of one woman’s attempt at an escape from a marriage gone wrong, and how she cures not only herself but a damaged young girl and a hunky sheriff. This story touches on some sensitive issues such as mental illness and marital affairs. I give it 3.5***'Stars.
French Kiss: Pigmalion
Again a mid-length story, twenty-seven pages on my Kindle, the title of this story pretty much says it all. This is a cute twist on the old Pygmalion story with the twist of the professor being played by a woman, the student a man and with the addition of a truly hateful villain. I could have done without the story line involving the villain, but I did enjoy this story. I give it 3.5***'Stars
A Sizzling Smooch: Bonded for Life
This one has some meat on it, fifty-one pages on my Kindle; there was just enough going on to keep one interested. There are all the elements of a good tale here, a beautiful Latin woman, a hunky law enforcement officer, drug cartels, high school reunions, the high school bully and his cheerleader wife with just a tad of humor thrown in for good measure. This may have been my favorite story; I actually would have liked to have seen it beefed up with one after it for a full length book. I give it 4.5****'Stars.
Delectable and Delicious: An Inn Decent Proposal
Set in the same place and (I think) a little before the previous story, this is almost a novelette length, sixty eight pages on my Kindle. While along the same theme as the story before, this one didn’t appeal to me quite as much. It tells the story of a reformed gambler, an up and coming chef, a mobster, and what happens when they all want the same falling down Inn. There were one or two little plot issues that I had with this one that brought it down slightly in my opinion, I still enjoyed it but not as much as the one before. I did think it might have made more sense to put this one first in reading order. I give it 4****Stars
Release Your Inner Wild Woman: Kiss of the Silver Wolf
The longest of all the stories, 82 pages on my Kindle, I believe this one was actually previously released as a novelette of its own. The title pretty much tells you what this story is about, werewolves. Set in a small southern mountain community, there are your usual werewolves but we do get a slight twist in this story – The Others. I won’t give away what they are, but suffice to say, it is different. This story gives us, werewolves, The Others, special government agents and a few hot scenes to tie it all up in a bow. I enjoyed this story and give it 4****Stars.
Review for the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team
Killer Kisses is a collection of Sharon Buchbinder's tales, ranging from contemporary, short and chaste to paranormal, long and spicy.
I am a LONG Novel type reader. Short stories for me are like a sip of wine, not a glass. But for those of you who enjoy a sip… Killer Kisses will be right up your alley.
A Kiss on the Cheek-Hurricane Jason
Laurel Canyon’s job was getting pictures of a cheater. She arrives in Punta Gorda and was almost hit by a flying lawn chair. She is herded off to the School Gym for safety as she is in the middle of a hurricane. A handsome man sits down next to her. His name is Jason Spode. He has saved her from the Local Shrimpers oolgling her. This so far has great potential, but ended to abruptly for me. Less than a sip… oh my I feel cheated.
Cat Nips- Catastrophe
This is another short story, with Polly Briggs being evicted by an evil landlord because he hated her and her 22 cats. A neighbor Simon tries to intercede. We learn Polly thinks a good deal about Simon. There was so much going on and so little depth I found this was my least favorite.
Hot Lips- The Lake Placid Cure
Sandra Radcliffe married to Lawyer ‘Big’ Jim Radcliffe couldn’t sleep with the big trial they had coming up in the morning. He was defending a man whose wife had been murdered while her young daughter was home. She was fearful the child would fall to pieces during the cross examination and wanted to go over the case one more time. To her shock, she found her cheating husband in his office, wrapped in the arms of a very pregnant young lady. The sensitive story is Sandra saving herself, a young girl, and gaining a new lease on life. I liked this one a lot.
French Kiss- Pigmalion
This is a cute story. Levisa Harris is at college and is an expert on accents. She helps people lose them, yanno those pesky sounds we make y’all in our speech. She meets Sam and insists she can help him lose his Baltimore Pigtown accent claiming, he can get a better job by not having it. She has a Speech – Language Pathology Masters Research Project and has four months to clean up his speech. Found the love story charming.
A Sizzling Smooch- Bonded for Life
This story is where Ms Buchbinder is at her best. Remembering her book Desire and Deception, this has all the elements of a good story. There is intrigue, a mystery woman in Mexico escaping barely with her life, gangsters, drugs, a small town sheriff. I loved this one and wanted more!!!
Delectable and Delicious- An Inn Decent Proposal
This story is the same setting as the last Novella, only a few months before. The class reunion is all that is on the mind of this small town. The (class bully) who is the sheriff, and his real estate wife (the class cheerleader), are in a venture to auction off a run down Inn. The players are a mobster bidding for his Bosses, wanting to make it a casino, A female chef who wants her own kitchen, and a reformed gambler wanting a place in the town he grew up in. Fun story.
Release your Inner Wild Woman- Kiss of the Silver Wolf
This story was left for last, and was the only paranormal romance. The story is about werewolves (of the good kind). Our heroine had so much to overcome; parents death, sick brother and the lure of her inner wild woman. I like it - many twists and left you content.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
I’m a big fan of buffets. There’s plenty of variety, and you can sample things you’ve never had before without committing to a full course of the stuff. That’s why I like Sharon Buchbinder’s, KILLER KISSES - A Short Story Anthology. From short to novella length, from sweet to sexy paranormal, there’s something for everyone inside the covers of this single author contemporary romance anthology. Ms. Buchbinder has amassed a wonderfully varied body of work that drew me in from the very beginning with a short story set in the midst of a hurricane evacuation. Yeah, I know. Not your usual setting for romance, but the author pulled it off, giving me enough of a taste to keep me turning pages to see what else she had to offer. If there is a common thread in all the stories, besides kisses of one sort or another (duh!), it’s a strong heroine. Ms. Buchbinder’s female characters are strong and capable. Life occasionally gives them a kick in the gut, but they get right back up and fight for what they want and need. Now that’s my kind of woman! Subtly woven through the stories, the subtext of morality adds to the depth of the characters. It’s easy to like these people. I especially liked Sandra in THE LAKE PLACID CURE. She’s got a world of issues of her own to solve, but when she sees something that doesn’t look right to her trained eye, she’ll move heaven and earth to set it right. A SIZZLING SMOOCH: BONDED FOR LIFE, sets up the characters later found in Ms. Buchbinder’s full-length romantic suspense novel, DESIRE AND DECEPTION, as well as the fictional town of Summerville, New York, whose inhabitants make an encore appearance in the next story, a novella – DELECTABLE AND DELICIOUS: AN INN DECENT PROPOSAL. BONDED FOR LIFE takes us into the dangerous world of international drug trafficking. When Lola, a one-time resident, tries to sneak back into town, bringing trouble with her. An old high school friend, now a police officer, is there to serve and protect! And, he does both very well. In AN INN DECENT PROPOSAL, we’re back in Summerville where two former residents, both looking for a new start in familiar surroundings, find themselves after the same thing – the old Summerville Inn. This is a much sweeter story than BONDED FOR LIFE, but the characters are deliciously flawed, lending a depth not often found in stories this sweet. The anchor piece, KISS OF THE SILVER WOLF is perfectly capable of standing on its own, and adds a paranormal element to the author’s repertoire, with shape shifters living amongst us normal folk. Look close for the underlying messages about accepting ourselves for who we are and persecution of people and groups different from us. This story works on many levels, not the least of which is the theme of love conquers all. I’ve purposely skipped a few stories, just so you’ll still have a few surprises waiting for you. Over all, I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It’s refreshing to find so much variety in one place as well as stories that stimulate your brain and bring a smile to your lips. Pucker up. KILLER KISSES is a fantastic read from start to finish.
I didn't read all the stories... the ones in the middle just couldn't keep me in it. My favourite from this book is the last one. Enough lengh and really nice. But overall the book... just wasn't really my thing.