The quick-witted romantic comedy Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score stumbles in a few different ways. The characters suffer from severe cases of emotionally arrested growth, which prevent this one from shooting to a high grade. They are also occasionally a little too mannered and over-the-top. It’s one of those small-town romances that, in many…
Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score starts with hometown hero Luke Garrison, a National Guard, prepared to deploy again. He’s attractive, charming, and strong; he doesn’t want a relationship. But he soon discovers that Harper, who is breathtakingly gorgeous, is the ideal ruse. A fictitious girlfriend to keep his family at bay while he’s out…
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score starts with a rugged, bearded barber Knox would rather spend his life alone. Waylon, his basset hound, is not included in this. Drama is unacceptable to Knox, even if it resembles a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn’t merely fleeing her nuptials. She was traveling to Knockemout, Virginia,…
Have you ever been pulled to a series’ supporting cast more often than the main characters when reading it? This is me with Lucian and Sloane from Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score. I swear to you, when I looked back at all the passages from the first two novels on my Kindle that…
Sabotage by Shantel Tessier: Synopsis COLTON My stepsister Raylee Lexington Adams is the only lady in the world who has the power to raise my blood pressure. She is incredibly beautiful, incredibly wild, and vengeful. With the exception of when she’s pleading with me to use her as a personal toy, I detest everything about…
The Sinner by Shantel Tessier is a dark erotic romance set in the same universe as its predecessor, The Ritual. Growing up, Elli and Sin were close friends whose families belonged to the upper class society that included initiated Lords and their selected Ladies. However, Sin had underestimated the depths of this society, particularly in…
The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier: Synopsis After graduating from Barrington University, an exclusive college for the wealthy, a Lord will tie the knot. Helping him blend in with a society that is ignorant of his hidden society is the role of a lady. Who the Lord spends the remainder of his life with is not…
Synopsis The Ritual tells the story of the Lords who are a secret group based at Barrington University that demands their blood as payment. Above all, they are the world’s most powerful men. To get authority, they commit violent acts throughout their lives. And in their senior year, they receive an offer from a selected…
Nightwork by Nora Roberts is a typical love story about a man who, due to circumstances, goes astray but ultimately finds forgiveness and makes changes for the better. Harry Booth began thieving at an early age. His nimble hands had proven to be magical enough to help keep the debt collectors at bay as his…
Identity by Nora Roberts is a romance-cum-mystery as it has elements of both genres. Why does a person become a monster? Or is it something they choose to be? Is it possible for it to be both? Morgan Albright, a former Army brat, works hard at two jobs as a barman in order to save…