Troubled boy in the foster system meets beautiful blonde rich girl after she gets in trouble at a drag race. They fall in love but various troubles continue to threaten their relationship and safety. A bit overblown on the drama for, this is not my favorite McGarry novel. I like my ladies a little more bad ass.

I basically (and secretly) adore this series, and Parker Brown is my fav. She's got it together, she runs a kick ass business, and she finally meets her match in hot mechanic Malcolm. Too fun.

Meh. I got really tired of the constant drama based on lies, misperception, and lack of standing up for oneself. The story just lagged along and I didn't really care either way how it would end up.

Sexy mountain man meets up tight big city doctor who grows to love both the mountain village and the man. Great Shalvis fair.

Gruen's latest, set in WWII era Scotland, is predictable and often unbelievable, but hot damn I did enjoy reading it. Her prose is beautiful, the Scottish setting hit all the right notes for my current state of mind (post-Scotland holiday depression), and I ended up caring about poor little Maddie and wanted her to get her happy. Go girl. Oh yeah, and there may or may not be a Loch Ness monster. Just saying.

Beautiful former child star Olivia (who is hiding out under a name new in Lucky Harbor) falls for hot, can fix-it-all handyman/local business owner Cole after she "rescues" him from the ocean when he falls off his charter boat. She keeps her past hidden, and he deals with his own past issues. A cute story, but not one of my favorites. I may have finally tapped my guilty thirst for Shalvis novels for a time.

Ridiculous, yet fun romp in the Scottish Highlands that is Beauty and the Beast-esque. I enjoyed Gwendolyn the "pudgy" virgin who is "sacrificed" to the "dragon" of the castle and found her charming and witty, but the overall story lost a bit of steam at the end for me. I chose this for the "re-telling" square on my 2015 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.

Friday Nights flavored college New Adult romance. I much preferred Cora Carmack's previous series, as I felt this one lost some balance with the attempts to imbue it with football lessons. I did enjoy the characters; both were strong and while there was tension and drama, it wasn't unrealistic or overblown.

Meh. This was ok for me. I enjoyed the chemistry between Silas and Dylan, but as compared to other Carmack books I've read their back-stories didn't catch my interest. The football lesson given to Dylan was especially snooze worthy, and the last minute shock to a peripheral character felt unnecessary to the main story.

Typical "New Adult" novel with a tortured soul of a young woman repressing a troubled past and a hot, domineering jerky rich guy, but this time set in Scotland! Same story, different setting, and the Scottish setting really had no impact on the story whatsoever. However, in defense of this story, I did have an iota more of respect for Joss then I normally do for most of the female leads in these novels. She had some good quips, but alas her love interest was basically a controlling asshole.

Read for the "guilty pleasure" square of the Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge.