While the dual narrators for this short romance story were superb, I overall find myself struggling with the length of the Read Me Romance audiobooks. I always want just a little more meat and find the insta-love trope to not be to my taste.

That said, this is hot as hell on audio, but wasn't hitting my personal romance catnip.

Johnny is a rock god, he spies Hope in the crowd at his show and screws up for the first time ever. He gets her to come back stage, tries to sex her up in the dressing room until she tells him she's a virgin (no discussion of their previous partners or safe sex), and then they agree to slow down. He's in love, she's in love and a quick dark moment that is soon resolved make for a fun listen, but not one of my favorite of Tessa Bailey's.

Bonus points for reminding me a little of the film Ibiza.

I had a mighty struggle getting through this book. I found the alternating voices of the mother and sister of Olympian Gold Medalist Gwen Jorgensen distracting and often repetitive. Why not edit these narratives together into a cohesive memoir? I especially did not care for the sister's portions, as they were full of purple prose and unnecessary personal details.

But then again, who was the intended audience for this book? I as a non-Olympian, non-athlete found myself struggling through the jargon, the over abundant descriptions of watching Gwen's races, their thoughts about how sad it was that Gwen couldn't enjoy the family time they had because she was so consumed with her sport and competing.

Is this story helpful to actual athletes either? I'm not sure. Gwen as a person and competitor still feels like a stranger to me, the reader. Sure, her story can be seen as inspirational, but honestly the belief Gwen is just a "normal" person who succeeded even though she was "not exceptional" feels disingenuous. Gwen is a wealthy, white woman who was exceptional for her hard work ethic and privileged for the opportunities she was given the chance to take. Most people would not have the same chances.

I feel like this book is a project her family very much wanted to do, regardless of Gwen's feelings on the subject. There may be niche interest due to the upcoming 2020 Olympics but it isn't clear Jorgensen will even be competing. I checked today and she's not competing in the triathlon, has dropped out of the Olympic marathon, and is instead focusing on the 10,000k track event.

Basically, a family's vanity project with some casual insight in to being related to an Olympian athlete. I'd much rather have read Gwen's own memoir.

Good farm boy Mitch is riddled with grief, depression, and lingering effects of PTSD but manages to pull himself out of it not with therapy and help, but by throwing himself in to the Milwaukee Fire Department and playing white savior to the Black kids who live near his assignment in "the core."

I see what this author was trying to accomplish but I found parts perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Mitch, as a character, is not saying racist harmful things, but he is surrounded by other characters who are and do.

The audience of this story will be similar to those who are drawn to "feel good films" like The Blind Side or The Help, those who want to believe hard work and good will is all it takes to foster good "race relations."

As a romance reader, I also found the depiction of women in this story to be shallow and one-dimensional. Every woman that is not a kid or a granny is first described by her breast size and sexual interest in Mitch, god among men. There's a slight second-chance romance arc that truly doesn't pay off, as both Mitch's sweetheart from HS and the colleague he bangs and gets sexually harassed by WHILE ON THE CLOCK are one-note characters. The sex scenes are clumsy and I was bummed the only female firefighter on page was hyper-sexualized.

CW: Super violent and graphic, lots of on page death (children, pets, friends), and racist slurs.

He lost a bet. She needs a commission. They both definitely can't fall in love.

What a damn delight! I was expecting the laughs, which are many, but stayed for the emotion and the sexy sexy consent.

Short, but as they say, size doesn't matter when the writing's this fun!

Steamy and a quick read, definitely accomplishing the goals of the Harlequin DARE line, I wanted a bit more connection besides physical and sexual between the two love interests, but overall enjoyed the story. The ending was quite abrupt but those who enjoy the fashion business will appreciate those details.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC

Two members of a BDSM club have a sexually charge, yet antagonistic relationship, but because they are both tops see no future in any sort of relationship. But one night of wild passion opens up a world of possibilities but a world that is shut down when a big move pulls them apart.

A fun, quick, steamy read with a bit of a suspense plot that I personally didn't care about.

CW: a character's trust was taken advantage of in the past, leading her to not want to risk submissive behavior.

An advance copy was provided in exchange for a fair review.

Jenny Nordback narrates the audio book of SO WRONG IT'S RIGHT and what an absolute treat to have her sultry voice in my ears! I believe this is Norback's first venture in narration and with a little work on making character voices a little more distinct I hope she continues on in this line of work!

As for the story, this is a classic buttoned-up, secretly-jacked nerd who falls for the "woo woo" sparkle loving, glitter gel pen using, sunflower who despite her flashy style runs the local veterinarian clinic like a tight ship. The fake-dating scheme was funny and overall this was an enjoyably dirty romp.

Thank you to Jenny for providing the free audio book for review!

Tzipporah recently joined an Orthodox Jewish community, choosing to live her faith as closely to the rules as she can. She's also ready, five years after her divorce from her secular husband who also belittled her sexual needs, to find a husband. Her friend and the rabbi's wife leads her to consider the butcher, Elan, who is even more conservative than she is, and a widower.

They suit, and are quickly married, and find they share more than just their faith in common. What follows is an erotic and inspiration exploration of a love that grows through both BDSM and mutual respect.

Absolutely beautiful and stunning. I've never read a book like this before. Highly recommend.

*I won a copy from the author*

Teela is tired and grumpy, plus just lost her seat at the final gala for the conference her new company organized and ran due to a seating snafu, when she runs in to the actual Sexiest Man Alive (TM) on the balcony of the hotel. He's just as beautiful and charming in person as on screen, but maybe even more so because Haydn also seems genuinely interested in Teela, blistered feet and all.

Teela is happy to leave the party with a great story to share with her friends, but a fender bender leaves her stranded on the side of the road, in the pouring rain, until a limo pulls up next to her...

You've heard this romance story before, the beautiful rich actor, the fancy hotel suite, the lingerie gifts. BUT let me tell you this book will blow your expectations out of the water. I laughed, I got a little misty, I definitely had pants-feelings.

I devoured this entire book in one night because I could not get enough. I'm a total sucker for these super close quarters and tight time frame romances where our lovers are just inhale each other but are always thinking about the expiration date. Unf. Just ramps up that delicious tension. What a great story and I cannot wait for more.

Also, Haydn's delicious insistence of consent was so wonderfully and sexily wrought. This is how you do it.

CW discussion of wanting kids (Haydn has a vasectomy and there's a spoiler about that, just ask if needed - no babies in the book), drinking

Thank you to the author for the ARC!

Oh my goodness. Author Ainslie Paton based this delicious second chance romance off a VERY sexy video that is just NSFW enough I won't link to it here, but basically depicts a very handsome bearded man kissing his lover everywhere on her neck, shoulder, back, and face EXCEPT her lips and it is HOT HOT HOT.

Such is the premise of ONE KISS FROM THE KING OF ROCK, where Evie decides that yes she'll give her ex another spin in the sheets but no he absolutely cannot kiss her on the mouth. If he does, their sex pact is OFF. Jay is set to convince her that he's ready to give her everything, his whole heart, but he has his work cut out for him.

If you enjoy flaming hot chemistry and a much happier version of the film A STAR IS BORN, I absolutely recommend this one.

Thank you to the author for the advanced reading copy (and the video)!