Heroine – includes pastry chefs and bakers
Eastside Brewery, Book #2
Heat Factor: It’s hot friends. SUPER hot.
Character Chemistry: Very much based on sexual chemistry
Plot: Eddie’s bad decisions impact his life all over the place, but he’s having some difficulty extracting himself from them
Overall: I enjoyed this much more for Eddie’s growth arc than for the romance
Chances Limited, Book 2
Heat Factor: Lots of foreplay, minimal penetration. Still steamy.
Character Chemistry: Elizabeth and Sidney treat each other really well and it’s very sweet.
Plot: For a book called “Trouble and Strife”, this novella was remarkably low-key. There was very little tension or conflict or drama.
Overall: I inhaled this book and wished it were longer.
Happily Ever Austen, Book 2
Heat Factor: The sex scenes come late, but I was legit fanning myself.
Character Chemistry: Believable best friends with confusing pants feelings.
Plot: Gender swapped Sense and Sensibility. But only the Marianne / Willoughby / Colonel Brandon bit.
Overall: The Official Austen Retelling Expert at The Smut Report Approves.
Heat Factor: They have a one night stand and then several weeks of the most severely comical sex interruptions.
Character Chemistry: Instalust.
Plot: It’s a lot.
Overall: More like: A Hot Mess.
Handymen, Book 1
Heat Factor: Steamy, but also very vulnerable and sweet
Character Chemistry: “Hello, I’m–SO INTO YOU”
Plot: Handyman/DIY Reality Star Michael almost immediately pegs his new featured couple as being half repulsive/shady and half his future wife. But while Emily leans on Michael to recover from the dumpster fire that was her ex, Michael ends up struggling with a secret trauma that threatens to torch his life and budding relationship.
Overall: This book was really, really awesome. I love a couple who knows how to take care of one another when they’re vulnerable!
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