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Nights at the Mahal, Book #2
Heat Factor: Not super explicit
Character Chemistry: Instalove, but I bought it
Plot: Ethan crashes the wrong wedding, but the bride runs away with him anyways
Overall: Delightful
Tang Dynasty, Book #4
Heat Factor: A bit of sizzle.
Character Chemistry: Literal sparring partners. Like, with swords.
Plot: Le Fing is a bandit. Han is a thief-catcher. He’s chasing her around China after she was maybe involved in stealing some jade. Then they team up because there is something bigger afoot.
Overall: I gobbled this one up. Nom nom nom.
The Queen’s Guard, Book 1
Heat Factor: 🍆🍆 ← that’s two sexy rumpuses
Character Chemistry: It gets better
Plot: She gets forcibly married to the king and then makes the best of it. It’s good to be queen!
Overall: The opening is extremely YIKES but the second half is excellent
Texas Cattleman’s Club: Rags to Riches, #4
Heat Factor: Deliciously steamy and well written
Character Chemistry: He’s the only one who supports her
Plot: Soapy nonsense
Overall: I would say your enjoyment of this book is pretty dependent on your tolerance for messy protagonists.
Heirs of Hansol, Book 2.
Review of Heirs of Hansol, Book 1
Heat Factor: Pretty steamy.
Character Chemistry: Since it started in childhood it’s had a long time to build.
Plot: Adelaide is desperate to regain her family’s respect, in no small part because she’s driven to work for the family company. To regain their respect, she ropes her brother’s best friend, Michael, into helping her pull off an event that will put her back on the map. But then…stuff happens.
Overall: This was a steamy, fun read but I definitely think it needs to be read as a series.
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