Heat Factor: It’s a slow and scorching burn
Character Chemistry: It comes on slow and then BAM
Plot: Megan and Scarlett were BEST friends but had a falling out. When their old friend begs them to attend her wedding in Quebec, they agree to pool resources in order to roadtrip there. And boom goes the dynamite.
Overall: This book had me up until 2 am and I wasn’t even mad about it.
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Heat Factor: It’s not ‘hot’, but don’t let it deter you.
Character Chemistry: You hope she’ll fall for the hero but there’s so much else going on it’s not a sole focus.
Plot: Louise Archer gets jilted by her unseen suitor at the last possible moment by telegram and decides to hop on the train as planned anyway so she can convince him to change his mind. But when she lies to a US Marshal and ends up in a dismal little town in desperate need of saving, Louise can’t help but jump right in…
Overall: This is not a steamy, relationship-driven romance but it’s darn good and it sticks with you.
Scottish Bookshop, Book #3
Heat Factor: They’re not even in the same place until the very end of the book (seriously, 96%), so no
Character Chemistry: Weirdly, the chemistry worked for me, and I’m still trying to figure out how
Plot: Two nurses do an exchange program
Overall: It’s a lot and scanty at the same time
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!
Heat Factor: It’s a slow burn and it’s HOT
Character Chemistry: These two are 100% meant to be together and I needed them in my life
Plot: Desta, a humanitarian aid worker, finally returns to Ethiopia after having lived there with his parents as a small child. He soon meets Elias, who is studying psychology and works for the same humanitarian aid agency. Basically, they become this beautiful, sexy thing that will haunt me for years to come.
Overall: This book knocked me straight on my hiney in all the best ways, and you have to read it.
