Heat Factor: perfunctory and orgiastic
Character Chemistry: Logan is a superficial douchecanoe
Plot: What even is this?
Overall: This book was a hot mess, and I’m not even mad.
Review: The Virgin King by John Michael Curlovich (2020)
Tag: Artist Hero
Review: Under Locke by Mariana Zapata (2014)
Heat Factor: Well now I’m curious about penis piercings / I didn’t know MZ could write so much, so hot sex
Character Chemistry: All the butterflies
Plot: Jerky, ex-felon, tattoo artist biker with an anger management issue can’t keep his hands off his friend’s little sister who also happens to work in his shop
Overall: I can’t believe how much I liked this book
Review: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (2019)
The Brown Sisters, Book 1
Heat Factor: P-r-e-t-t-y steamy
Character Chemistry: They spend a ton of time together so it’s very good.
Plot: Near death experience triggers desire for living more fully; very good-looking super helps
Overall: I’m in squee territory
Review: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters (2019)
Heat Factor: Think Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn or Humphrey Bogart/Audrey Hepburn
Character Chemistry: Subtle but present
Plot: Woman makes a fool of herself repeatedly and then finds her voice
Overall: SO FUN
Review: The Blackmailed Bride by Chris Stevenson (2019)
Heat Factor: The heat comes from the plot…not the romance.
Character Chemistry: They just kind of weirdly click, but if I were their friend I’d be calling red flag after red flag.
Plot: Artist rescues a bride hiding in a tree on what was supposed to be her wedding day. Ex-bride is escaping a forced marriage to a dangerous mafia mobster man. She’s also a stripper and a health nut. Ex-bride-ex-stripper-health nut charms the pants right off of the unhappily married artist and they work together with artist’s friends to outsmart and escape the mafia mobster man and his goons.
Overall: I’ll be honest, the riveting plot did succeed in making me want to read more–but the book had some seriously sexist (and they weren’t subtle) undertones that were a little off-putting.
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