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The Lost Boys of Hell’s Kitchen, Book #3
Heat Factor: It’s got everything! I-think-you’re-a-hooker sex, hate sex, building-trust sex, AND love sex
Character Chemistry: Forced proximity and some sass turns mistrust to love
Plot: Natalia and Connor are forced to marry, plus a bunch of mafia shenanigans
Overall: I’m not gonna lie—I was apprehensive about reading this book, but I loved it
Heat Factor: Spicy hot. Memorably spicy hot. Hot, hot, hot.
Character Chemistry: There might be some couples that are more explosive than others, but they’re all deliciously meant-to-be.
Plot: This is a steamy series that revolves around tangentially related sports stars, agents, and related characters in NYC and LA.
Overall: I initially read Now or Never (Book 5) because I heard it was a really fantastic example of praise kink, and holy schmoly. All of them are slam dunks.
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Heat Factor: The last bit is a big ole sexathon. On a boat.
Character Chemistry: Instalust becomes instalove
Plot: Hattie goes on vacation and meets an Italian hottie
Overall: There were some gaps and I was left with…questions
Heat Factor: Once with the whole group, and then Taryn has a one-on-one interlude with each alien
Character Chemistry: They treat Taryn well, except for that whole lying to her thing
Plot: Taryn meets some really hot people and bangs it out with them…only to discover that they’re aliens who want her blood
Overall: Goes some unexpected places, which I liked, but the relationships could have been a tad more developed
Heat Factor: The narrator really can’t get over how huge this bigfoot’s weiner is
Character Chemistry: In true erotica fashion, the chemistry is all in the desire for the sexytimes
Plot: Man must save airplane by having sex with the bigfoot that balances out the wings
Overall: This is just pure “Whaaaaaat?” But the X-Files spoof bonus story killed us dead.
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