Hero – Duke or heir of duke if being the heir is a big point in the story
Maiden Lane, #10
Heat Factor: Val shows off his splendid physique
Character Chemistry: Even though there is a *serious* power imbalance between these two, it doesn’t *feel* like there is.
Plot: Val is the literal worst. Bridget is his housekeeper.
Overall: I finally understand the appeal of morality chain romances, because I loved every single minute of this book.
Heat Factor: There’s a lot of sexual inneundo, and then they get busy on a ballroom terrace. And also in a closet.
Character Chemistry: They love/hate each other, so they torment each other.
Plot: Sarani’s on the run after her father’s murder, and ends up on the ship of her first love, who now wants revenge
Overall: Eh. I found the romance lacking.
Fallen, Book #3
Heat Factor: Sex first, emotions later.
Character Chemistry: He lifts the weight from her shoulders, and she does the same for him.
Plot: Duke has existential crisis. Runs away. Meets lady farmer. Has sexy rumpus, realizes it’s love. And then works on her dairy farm for a year to prove himself.
Overall: I liked it, but I didn’t LOVE it.
The Wildes of Lindow Castle, Book #5
Review of the Wildes of Lindow Castle, Book #4
Heat Factor: They get married at about 70% and have a ton of really polite sex
Character Chemistry: I like the sparring partners thing they have going on. I am not excited about polite sex.
Plot: Shy young lady decides to woo proper vicar away from his terrible fiancée and intrigues the disdainful duke, who is clearly perfect for her, in the process
Overall: I put this book in timeout for a week because I was really worried about the black moment, but I needn’t have been
The Unobtainables, Book 1
Heat Factor: There’s one very lengthy but also vanilla interlude after 60%
Character Chemistry: It took a long time to put them together and he remained largely opaque
Plot: She’s a lot and he’s humorless and there’s just a TON of other stuff going on
Overall: At the end of the day I think this one tried to do a little too much
The Smut Report 