Waking Up Married

Kindle Romance 

Title - Waking Up Married
Author - Mira Lyn Kelly
Stars - 4

Waking Up Married:

Daylight after her cousin's party and Megan wakes up with the worst hangover of her life. Ashamed of her behaviour, she finds she’s in a stranger's apartment… who turns out to be her new, witty, egotistical, sexy…husband.

Up until now, unearthing even a boyfriend had seemed impossible. Yet, a few martinis with Connor and she's gone from first meeting to marriage in one night.

Megan wants a lawyer. However, Connor has a surprise for her… he doesn’t want a divorce.

Waking Up Married:
The main protagonists of Waking Up Married, although not entirely believable, are agreeable. The wit in the story is dry and well-presented, the passion believable. Waking Up Married is not a long novel so things are perhaps not as thoroughly developed as some stories. But having said that this is an undemanding and  enjoyable read.

Break Me Slowly

Kindle Romance 

Title      Break Me Slowly
Author  Joya Ryan
Stars    4

Break Me Slowly:

Katelyn is set for her first day of assistant teaching when she is nearly hit by a car. She is surprised to find it isn’t the bad experience that causes her heart to pound, but the sexy man behind the wheel.

Adam is wealthy, attractive, a powerful businessman, and the first man to kindle emotions inside of her other than fear.
Adam is used to getting his own way, and he wants Katelyn naked. He obstinately wants to possess Kate, only to discover that it is she who possesses him.
However, Kate discovers that Adam has secrets dark enough to break the walls that she keeps so firmly in place.
Adam’s commanding nature  triggers a desire so strong, it destroys Kate’s demons. However, when desire turns to obsession, Kate fears that it will rage too hot, and destroy her sanity.

Break Me Slowly has just the right level of excitement, spectacle, and crisis without the central characters going too far. Joya Ryan manages to suspend disbelief without giving you brain surgery.  Break Me Slowly ends up with the right mix of cuteness, torment, and sexiness, to be a good read. Enjoy!

Be my Valentine

Kindle Romance

Title - Valentine's Day Box Set
Author - Ellie Jones
Stars - 5

Be my Valentine
An ensemble of adult romances put together by Ellie Jones to give you a Valentine's Day rush of emotion.

Valentine's Day Box Set





Stories published in the box set are: Betrayed, Scent of Woman, and Arousing Caitlyn

Reach for the tissues ladies... Each of the stories in Valentine's Day Box Set is an emotive and explicit romance in its own right, but as a collective, your legs might just give way…

Valentine's Day Box Set is well worth a read - especially when you realise you save $1.57 by going for it. I always look for box sets from my favourite authors. They are so much better value for money.

Her Heart for the Asking

Kindle Romance

Title     - Her Heart for the Asking

Author - Lisa Mondello

Stars   - 3.5

Her Heart for the Asking

Mandy insists she will never return to Texas after Beau ditches her in favour of the rodeo circuit. However, her uncle develops heart disease, and she flies back to convince him to take surgery to save his life. The first thing she sees when she steps off the plane is her biggest nightmare...the man she not once stopped loving.

Beau Gentry is in love with two things: the rodeo and Mandy, but loving Mandy is thwarted by his father's feud with her uncle. This leads him to make the hardest decision of his life and he still recalls the hurt on Mandy's face. He believes Mandy has put him out of her mind because she moves far away. However, she has returned to Texas, and he's going to do all he can to win back her love.

Her Heart for the Asking is a light-weight read. The story is pleasant, slips away the time and permits a dreamless sleep.
No work or concentration is required in reading. The central characters know what they feel like, and try to obtain it in an undiluted approach.

An okay book, no great shakes, no great problems.

It's In His Kiss

Kindle Romance Book Review


Author - Mallory Kane
Title     - It's In His Kiss
Stars   - 3.5

It's In His Kiss

Cat and her fiancé finish on a sour note and she is out of a place to live. As usual, her friend Michael is there to help her through it and pick up the pieces. He and Cat have been friends most of their lives, and it seems only natural for Michael to suggest that Cat stay in his apartment until she finds a place of her own. Neither one of them is primed for the fire that ignites between them.

Cat is afraid that if she falls for Michael, she'll screw it up like she always does. Michael is fearful she'll never love him as much as he loves her.

It's In His Kiss is an okay book, but I felt like Cat bleated too much. While the story is acceptable, for me, the book failed to get something vital going, giving an impression that there is insufficient strength in the detail. There are a few minor editing errors, which need to be ironed. Sex scenes are thin and not raunchy.

However, if you enjoy a light read with a happily ever after, then It's In His Kiss might be for you.

Dane

Kindle Romance

Title     - Dane

Author - Liliana Hart

Stars   - 3 

Dane: 

Dane returns to his hometown. It is ten years since he left the woman he loved to make a name for himself, but now he’s resolved to claim her once and for all.

Charlotte has no intention of welcoming him back into her life. Her resentment of Dane’s treachery runs deep, and she has no plans to let him hurt her again, especially since she’s trying to protect the son that Dane doesn’t even know exists.

 

The writing is reasonable, and the characters have potential. The problem is the plot moves too fast for comfort.  The story has promise, but for me, it is too short to care about the characters. These things take time to develop. Too much was left unexpressed and not all problems were addressed. 

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Intimate Strangers

Kindle Romance

Author - Laura Taylor
Title - Intimate Strangers
Stars - 4

Intimate Strangers:

School teacher and advocate of abused children, Hannah enters a private retreat in the Nevada backwoods. Disregarding No Trespassing signs and the property's angry owner, she scorns his warnings and insists that he divulge her missing brother's location.

Nicholas, ex-mercenary and former CIA operative, believes she is yet another enemy, intent on taking destructive reprisal for his past.

He is intent on defending the sanctuary and those he vowed to safeguard. However, as Hannah breaks through his isolation, and exhaustion, she is increasingly attracted to the sensual, veteran and the dark secrets of his past.

  

Laura Taylor has a talent for creating tear jerking romance. Intimate Strangers takes us into a wonderful love story as Hannah's affectionate temperament gradually breaks down the barrier Nicholas has erected around his heart, as he helps her find her brother.

Intimate Strangers is good reading and good entertainment.