This book has a great first line. I was hooked from the start. Cassie decided to go against her parent’s wishes and drop out of medical school. They decided to cut her off. In need of money to fund her graduate studies, she takes on work watching children. Brooke runs her affluent family’s business while […]
Uncomfortable dissonance. One of the characters uses that description to describe the state of a friendship over time. I couldn’t help but think that it actually fairly describes the entire book. Not in a negative way, by any means. This is going to be hard to explain, but I felt a little off kilter for […]
Amy is a small town surgeon looking for a little no-strings action. She agrees to meet a woman at a hotel one Thursday afternoon. There she spends some time with Ellen (*Ellis), a beautiful woman that looks like an actress from the television show ‘Nashville.’ Since they get along so well, they agree to meet […]
Three spicy short stories. The novellas each contain an ice queen that needs to be thawed. Thus the title ‘Hot Ice.’ Ice on Wheels by Aurora Rey Riley slams into Brooke during a roller derby championship and the move secures her team’s victory. It also securely places her at the top of Brooke’s hate list. […]
Forbidden attraction. Iris returns to her work footy team to find that there is a new player. Cameron joined to fill the vacancy while Iris was away. Iris is immediately taken by Cameron but is very quickly informed that the fit beauty is a recent transplant from America and lives with her fiance, Ryan. The […]
Dystopian Inspired Cat. This Christmas novella begins with Jess ending a 6-month relationship with a cheating girlfriend. She is distracted by a stray cat outside her window who later happens to find its way to her doorstep. She takes it in, determined to provide it shelter from the elements until she can find its rightful […]
Halflings Beware. In The Grim Assistant, we were introduced to Sam. A young mail person. She had a nephew, a sister, and a crush on Lauren, a woman on her daily route. She runs into some trouble surfing. That trouble was named ‘Margo,’ a Grim that helps souls cross to the other side. In this […]
This was a short and sweet Christmas novella about a mall cop grump who becomes enamored with a boy and his mother. This story covers 3 points of times in their lives within about a 2 year period. Surprisingly, Jae was able to deliver the feeling of a deeper relationship despite the number of pages. […]
I had been holding off on reading this series because I think I liked the idea of having more Brayden books out there that I had not read yet. Well, that was just stupid. I punished myself for no reason whatsoever. This was too good to pass up and am kicking myself for not reading […]
Was this supposed to be funny? I truly just giggled most of the time. Hope’s friend and CEO of Ambereye, Inc.(Andre) has convinced her to go back to work early. She had been out on medical leave. She used to be his PA but her peer was put into that role while she was out, […]