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Hell Breaks Loose is the second story in the Devil’s Rock series that features a group of convicts who find romance after years of imprisonment. I read and really enjoyed All Chained Up, the first book in the series which, interestingly, defied convention to set up the second story in an unusual way. Instead of…
Dirty For Me is the first story in Jackie Ashenden’s new Motor City Royals series, set on the gritty streets of Detroit. Zee escaped from his corrupt father, adopted his current name, and set out to support himself by picking up the mechanics trade. He works at a garage now with colleagues he calls his…
Narrated by Olivia Song with Deacon Lee Alice Clayton’s contemporary romance series have a few things in common – they’re funny, with sassy, self-confident heroines and they have a theme. The Cocktail series started with drinks: Cream of the Crop. Natalie Grayson is a Manhattan ad superstar, on her way up the ladder of success,…
I can’t believe I read this 150-pages-long book in one day. I never do that. So Roller Girl is definitely a page turner! Tina and Joe are both two very likeable and relatable characters. They meet because Tina’s washing machine floods her kitchen and Joe is the plumber who comes to the rescue. I’m not…
Margerie Croft is out of Henry VIII’s favor after she rejected his advances, but the king’s physician, Virgil Elton, finds her fascinating despite the scandal in her past. So they have a great deal of sex, for various reasons, throughout Elizabeth Moss’s Rose Bride. According to its blurb, this book is Fifty Shades meets Philippa…
Illusion Town is the latest in Ms. Castle’s Harmony series featuring the ancestors of earth residents who became trapped on the parallel world of Harmony. It has all the features I’ve come to expect from the series including an intelligent hero and heroine who respect each other, as well as a funny dust bunny. But…
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor Mary Balogh’s Simply series, in which the heroines are four teachers working at a select school for young ladies in Bath, was originally recorded in the mid-late 2000s, but has been unavailable for some years and was never – as far as I know – made available digitally. After years of…
Brady Connors had no intention of living the rest of his life in sleepy Hope, Oklahoma. After a family tragedy forces his hand, he sets up a temporary custom motorcycle shop and hopes to fly completely under the radar. Bakery owner Megan Lee is determined to foil his wallflower plan and tempts him into community…
Waking Up With a Billionaire is the final instalment in the Overnight Billionaires series by Katie Lane, which tells the stories of the owners of the French Kiss lingerie company and their happily ever afters. Grayson, the artist brother, gets his turn in this one as he struggles with a creative block. Chloe, the enigmatic…
AAR staffers Kristen Donnelly and E.B. Wittmann join forces to chat about Kelly Bowen’s latest book, A Duke to Remember. Elise deVries has a unique job for a lady in Regency England. An actress by night, and an investigator by day, Elise works for a secretive and highly-sought-after agency that solves problems for the…
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