Heat Factor: So pure. Like, shy first kisses pure.
Character Chemistry: Off the charts.
Plot: Teen boy has no interest in dating, is dared by his peers to date anyone who asks. Other teen boy asks.
Overall: I am dying of the sweetness.
Heat Factor: There is sex once, but it doesn’t really stand out against everything else going on
Character Chemistry: They’re soulmates because they’re actually Lancelot and Arthur. Ish.
Plot: Really too much to summarize here
Overall: Whaaaaaat
Suncoast University, Book 3
Review of Suncoast University, Book 1; Book 2
Heat Factor: Nothing like having no privacy to stir up a nice, hot, slow burn
Character Chemistry: Allie Winters lights the ole fire under these two pretty much immediately, then dumps some cold water on everything, and then it’s a nice simmer until we all finally get what we want!
Plot: Evan is earnest and completely head over heels for Natalie — always has been, always will be. But then it’s like…too fast! Too slow!! Crazy ex! What’s going on!!
Overall: Allie Winters takes her fabulous series and kicks things up a notch by embracing some really deliciously messy people and stirring the pot…
Crown’s Spies, Book 3
Heat Factor: Initial consent is dubious at best, but after that both parties are all about it, and so am I.
Character Chemistry: That thing where a super alpha submits to a naive, innocent, young woman.
Plot: They were married as children. He kidnaps her to get some land. She convinces him that he loves her. And destroys his scary pirate ship with a parasol. In other words: Completely Bonkers.
Overall: If you are Bodice Ripper Curious, The Gift is not a bad place to start.
Heat Factor: Short and Steamy.
Character Chemistry: These guys were star-crossed hook-ups.
Plot: College student Danny comes home for Christmas to discover his father’s young colleague is staying for the holidays…and he’s a dreamboat
Overall: A sweet and sexy kind of coming of age short story that was perhaps just too short!
Hermosa Beach, Book #1
Heat Factor: Hot tub sex!
Character Chemistry: Yearning and burning.
Plot: Girl with nothing to lose moves across the country to visit a brother she’s never met, falls for his friend – but things are not quite what they seem.
Overall: I loathed the hero.
Suncoast University, Book #2
Review of Suncoast University, Book 1
Heat Factor: Watch your glasses folks, because this one’s steamy.
Character Chemistry: Drop of a hat, turn on a dime, didn’t know I had a one-track-mind type chemistry
Plot: Scrappy/independent Samantha has to scramble to find a living situation when she’s stuck on her own the summer before college starts. When she finds a room with Levi and his cousin, her problems may be solved – but he’s a barista/songwriter who cooks decadent Italian meals from scratch and he has a healthy relationship with his mom, so you tell ME if this stays platonic. (Nope!)
Overall: Believe me when I tell you that Allie Winters is going to be your new favorite.
