Heat Factor: Oliver has some stern daddy energy, and I am here đź‘Ź for đź‘Ź it! đź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź
Character Chemistry: These two beautiful wrecks gave me butterflies
Plot: “My life is a bit of a mess, and a fake relationship will possibly help me fix it. Or complicate it. Or make it so much better.”Â
Overall: I stayed up until 4 a.m. to finish this book and didn’t even realize it. And I wish I could both devour it again and slowly savor it.
Heat Factor: Almost but not quite fade to black
Character Chemistry: They actually had pretty good sparring partners chemistry
Plot: You’ve Got Mail meets Cyrano de Bergerac plus other stuff going on
Overall: Fun-with-a-lot-of-caveats
Bergman Brothers, Book 1
Heat Factor: They’re not virgins but it’s pretty first love type stuff
Character Chemistry: Solidly “I’m going to antagonize you because that’s how we demonstrate our affection instead of being vulnerable”
Plot: A pair of 21-year-olds with baggage try to figure out how to adult
Overall: Heart eyes
Gilded Age Girls’ Club, Book 3
Review of Gilded Age Girls’ Club, Book 2
Heat Factor: They may think they’re each meeting fire with fire but really they’re just one big sexy inferno
Character Chemistry: I wanted them to get there so, so badly and audibly said “YES!” when they did.
Plot: Two unstoppable titans of business come head to head across the street from one another — he, the self-made man determined to destroy her family’s business and she, the wiser, stronger, natural-born leader of her family’s empire.
Overall: If you want to walk away from a steamy romance standing taller and looking deeply satisfied, you should definitely read this.
New York Sabers Football, Book 1
Heat Factor: It’s got kitchen heat, athlete heat, and sexy heat!
Character Chemistry: They’re well-matched from the first witty clash
Plot: A book reviewer/writer pans a famous football player’s book and puts his new restaurant venture at risk – both are in the middle of critical shifts in their careers. If they can team up to help one another, they’ll both benefit…but only if they can keep their sizzling romance under control.
Overall: Loved the chemistry and characters, but the climactic moment was a little sudden and unexplained for me
