Heat Factor: Oh no! There’s only ONE BED! (Too bad we forgot to bring lube.)
Character Chemistry: I completely bought both the immediate sexual attraction and the slowly burgeoning friendship.
Plot: We must stop this elopement!
Overall: This is the perfect book.
Final Hour Series, Prequel
Heat Factor: Shower sex after a very dangerous river dunking
Character Chemistry: I was slightly distracted by constant emotional turmoil
Plot: CIA agent doesn’t follow orders, everything that can possibly go sideways does
Overall: It’s the prequel to set up the series, and it does that very well
Heat Factor: Many chili pepper emojis
Character Chemistry: They spend a lot of time getting off anonymously via the interweb
Plot: Number one fan writes fan mail to sexy romantic erotica writer’s pen name. After some time going back and forth, they meet up for IRL and explosions commence.
Overall: It’s a wild romp, and a fun read.
New Beginnings, Book 2
Heat Factor: “…if I were reading into my countenance on a purely superficial level I’d attribute it to getting stellar pipe as the sun rose…”
Character Chemistry: When you know what you want, you know what you want.
Plot: Shocked by a personal loss, a young woman decides to shake things up. The man she made a marriage pact with during a vacation years ago lets her know he’d like to collect.
Overall: I was looking for a soccer romance, and this is not that, but it was totally sweet.
Home to Milford College, Prequel
Heat Factor: Not a “hot” book – more of a tender book.
Character Chemistry: Kind of an “us against the world” type love.
Plot: Realie is tantalizingly close to freedom in Canada, but is accidentally shot when she attempts to steal a horse. Lawrence, an upstanding Miami Indian/Negro man and aspiring laywer, is determined to heal and help Realie after accidentally shooting her. These two sacrifice and take great chances to build a life together, and it’s both heartbreaking and beautiful as they strive for their dreams.
Overall: This is a remarkably balanced historical romance. Huguley somehow manages to hold to the truth of history and weave a story of love and commitment between Realie and Lawrence, which is perhaps easier said than done when “happily ever after” can’t ever mean truly “free” for Realie.
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