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
Review: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis (2018)
Tag: San Francisco Bay Area
Location
Review: Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (2006)
Psy-Changeling, Book #1
Heat Factor: They both think they’re having sex dreams about each other, but it’s actually real
Character Chemistry: It’s always fun when the protagonist knows fated mates is a thing but has no idea how that manifests and it takes a while for everyone to figure it out
Plot: She’s trying to avoid being lobotomized because she has feelings, he’s trying to hunt down a serial killer, they’re fated mates
Overall: Nalini Singh is a queen, and I shouldn’t start a 19 book series right now, but I’m hooked
Review: Their Nerd by Allyson Lindt (2017)
Two Plus One, Book #1
Heat Factor: Definitely steamy, but not over the top
Character Chemistry: I was most invested in the relationship between Justin and Antonio, but Emily building relationships with the two men was probably actually better constructed
Plot: Silicon Valley + Let’s figure out this menage thing
Overall: Come for the menage, stay for the romance
Review: Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev (2020)
The Rajes, Book 2
Review of The Rajes, Book 1
Heat Factor: Fade to black
Character Chemistry: Swoon-worthy
Plot: Ashna enters a cooking competition in a bid to save her floundering restaurant, only to discover that her competition partner is her high school boyfriend slash love of her life.
Overall: If you can power through the angst, the payoff is so worth it
Review: Some Like it Plaid by Angela Quarles (2019)
Heat Factor: It’s cold in Iron Age Scotland in February. Gotta do something to keep warm!
Character Chemistry: Him: “I need a woman so my village doesn’t die out. You’ll do.” Her: “Look at those yummy biceps! Did you say something?”
Plot: Druid magic sends Connall to San Francisco, where he places a Craigslist ad for a wife. Ashley answers because her current life suuuucks and ends up in 2nd century Scotland.
Overall: This book is ridiculous and I was utterly tickled.
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