Heat Factor: Sex is frequent, detailed, and degrading. Ruby gets double-teamed a lot.
Character Chemistry: “You remind me of myself when I was younger. I will therefore put you in extremely uncomfortable positions so that I can mold you into your best self.”
Plot: Business school teacher seduces student.
Overall: A porno in book form.
Old School Romance, Book #1
Heat Factor: It’s that “I can’t resist anymore – wait, how did we end up plastered to your door with my skirt around my hips?” kind of thing.
Character Chemistry: On the one hand, they’re magnetic to each other; on the other hand, he doesn’t treat her well.
Plot: I saw my best friend naked and now I’m having all these FEELINGS.
Overall: It worked for me, but it definitely isn’t going to be for everyone.
Heat Factor: We open with fisting and go from there
Character Chemistry: Leah and Jordan are unfailingly kind and gentle with each other
Plot: Jordan has been suppressing her desires since forever, so her best friend gives her kink lessons
Overall: An object lesson in compassion
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.
Heat Factor: There is some not-very-explicit sex but the tone is quite chaste
Character Chemistry: Him: I need to resist you. Her: Why?
Plot: Twin boys wish for a mom for Christmas
Overall: Christmas special warm fuzzies in book format.
