Sons of Neptune, Book 1
Heat Factor: Sometimes you gotta bang on the kitchen floor
Character Chemistry: They are really mean to each other, but they seem to like it
Plot: Marcus breaks his ankle fixing Henrietta’s roof, and is stuck in her house while he heals. Plus there’s some light espionage action.
Overall: I had some problems with the writing style
Loveless Brothers, Book #3
Heat Factor: Back scratches give it all away
Character Chemistry: Yep. Yes.
Plot: Best friend’s sibling with a temporary timeline twist. Also tree murders.
Overall: This contemporary romance leveled up
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
Original Sinners, Book 2
Review of Original Sinners, Book 1
Heat Factor: There is a lot of sex, between a bunch of different people (separately and together).
Character Chemistry: Everyone is beautiful, and everyone wants to get laid.
Plot: There’s a submissive in training. There’s a priest under investigation. And there’s a writer trying to figure out the truth in her heart.
Overall: There are a lot of dyads here, and while one couple does get a HEA, others do not. I would place this firmly in the category of erotica, rather than romance.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, every Saturday in March we’re posting a top-six list of some of our favorite heroines. Since we’ve got history on the brain, books are in loose chronological order by setting. (Ok, fine, this week they’re almost all contemporaries. Sometimes that’s how it goes.)
This week: Writers. The current zeitgeist really emphasizes the awesomeness of STEM, but we’re all liberal arts word nerds, and think women who embrace the literary arts should also be celebrated.
