Sub-Genre
Heat Factor: They start so shy but it doesn’t take long for the waistcoats to come way, way off
Character Chemistry: It’s all shy and tender
Plot: Richard loses his job right before Christmas and goes to stay with Tobias, his best friend who he’s never met in person
Overall: It’s a super soft one, folks
Touch of Taboo, Book #2
Review of Touch of Taboo, Book #1
Heat Factor: This book is pictured next to the definition of “one-handed read”
Character Chemistry: Mostly developed off page prior to this book, but it works
Plot: Let’s just play out this fantasy. It’ll be fiiiiine.
Overall: If you’re only in it for the sexy sex, this will absolutely work, but Robert actually also does some interesting things here
Heartbreaker Bay, Book #6
Heat Factor: There’s innuendo and sexy kissing in the first 90 pages
Character Chemistry: Eh
Plot: Bad Santa, Alpha Male Posturing, and some other stuff
Overall: DNF
Moose Springs, Alaska, Book #2
Review of Moose Springs Alaska, Book #1
Heat Factor: It was extremely ambiguous until they finally did go all the way because they were constantly fooling around but then the door closed
Character Chemistry: 🌲🌲🌲 (that’s pining, FYI)
Plot: Lana wants to save Moose Springs but ultimately answers to her family’s conglomerate. Rick is a local business owner trying to make ends meet with an uncomfortable crush on his new landlord.
Overall: aww
Holidays with the Wongs, Book #3
Review of Holidays with the Wongs, Book #1
Heat Factor: Oops! We kissed in the ice skating forest, so now we should probably also have all the sex…just to get it out of our system, of course
Character Chemistry: Apparently I’m a sucker for the best friends-but-one’s-secretly-in-love trope
Plot: Zach and Jo bonded over beers and broken engagements four years ago and have been friends ever since. After Zach’s family set up him and his siblings on dates at Thanksgiving, he won’t put it past them to do something wild at Chinese New Year, so he asks Jo to be his fake girlfriend.
Overall: It’s like a warm hug
