Trope / Age of Protagonists
Follow the Money, Book #1
Heat Factor: Somehow the second time is more explicit and elaborate than the first time? (What?) But not by much – it’s very much a “just the highlights” situation
Character Chemistry: Did not work for me
Plot: Ben discovers a quarter million accounting error at his company, tells his boss, and then his boss gets murdered
Overall: The characterizations were so muddy I eventually got a headache
Heat Factor: Chapter 1: Glory Hole. Chapter 2: Phone sex. Chapter 3: Banging on his desk.
Character Chemistry: She takes care of him, he takes care of her.
Plot: Danielle uses anonymous sex as a stress release. Except this time, it wasn’t anonymous. It was her boss.
Overall: Very sexy with a nice message, but you must be prepared for a heroine with baggage to work through
BeWere My Heart, Book #3
(It doesn’t say it’s part of the series on Goodreads or NetGalley, but it is.)
Reviews of BeWere My Heart Book #1 and Book #2
Heat Factor: The slowest of horny slow burns, with hot fading to deep purple after 90%
Character Chemistry: I liked them for each other, but there was more focus on the banter and the danger than on the emotional development
Plot: A loner werebear with a checkered past finds a naked woman washed up on his island. Then she hops up and swims off, and he goes after her. Banter ensues.
Overall: I definitely laughed out loud.
Shore Leave, Book #2
Review of Short Leave, Book #1
Heat Factor: So tender! There’s not a lot of sex in this book, and it mostly occurs relatively early on.
Character Chemistry: “I don’t trust you, but you’re definitely hot, and we’re stuck together in this cabin.” → “OMG, feelings!”
Plot: Calder “wins” a cabin from Felix’s mean ex-husband, they end up stuck together there for a weekend, and why wouldn’t that result in a friends-with-benefits-but-actually-dating situationship?
Overall: If you are looking for Big Hug Energy in your romance, this whole relationship is that
Out of Uniform, Book #2
Heat Factor: It’s sexy – they get up to all kinds of things when they get some privacy – but it’s mostly yearning
Character Chemistry: Oh my word, the pining!
Plot: Widower is goaded (jealousy is such an instigator!) into helping out his bestie by letting the little brother room with his family over the summer in exchange for childcare.
Overall: This book was so charming but it was also delightfully thrilling
The Smut Report 