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adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person mostly from the hero and heroine, but also some brief perspective time from the hero’s betrothed and a side character’s mother.
Should I read in order?
This is the second book in Maxwell’s A Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series. I didn’t read book 1 and found it find picking up alone. The characters from book 1 do make an appearance here and have some page time. I’m not sure if either Ned or Gemma are developed in that book.
Basic plot:
After Gemma has lost almost everything, she claims a local tavern from her uncle and starts new in the English countryside. The only thing is, Ned has been using this tavern for his Logical Men’s Society meetings and isn’t ready to give it up.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency time period (1815)
- Country setting
- Working class romance – heroine is the daughter of a wealthy merchant and the hero is a country doctor (and an illegitimate child)
- Both mains are healers
- Small town feel – the town has a strong community and everyone is up in everyone else’s business, as well as caring and loving each other
- Enemies to lovers
- You like love triangle angst – the hero is betrothed to someone else most of the book
- Lower steam – I have this as a 1 but it’s possible I missed a second one towards the end? I listened to audio and don’t take as good of notes in that format. Either way the sex isn’t happening until 85%.
Ages:
- Hero is 27, I didn’t see the heroine mentioned but would guess mid 20s as well
My thoughts:
I really struggled with this one because the hero was SO unlikable in the beginning half of this story!
He is downright rude to women and it’s obvious he has not respect for them. Some of this is excused with his background but not all of it. He’s also unofficially engaged when we walk into this story – and still there at like 90% of the book. I have read quite a few of these recently, love triangles or where one of the mains is engaged to someone else and honestly I don’t love it. I don’t want to read a book where 90% of it is them connected to another love interest. It tends to taint any feelings I get for them together and it just feels wrong. So that was a big downer for me with this book.
Anyway back to the hero. He says things like ‘women are frivolous and cruel’, ‘without the intrusion of women’, and calls them jades and opportunists, and implies they aren’t intelligent. He was just plain unpleasant. I didn’t love him or even like him. I also felt like once the kiss happened (which was rather out of the blue), his total turn around of attraction just felt very instalust. But since it was 70% I ended up just frustrated. It didn’t give me any feels.
BUT the second half of this book did have a bit of a turn around for me and I generally enjoyed it more than the first half. I think many people aren’t as bothered by these things in novels and will enjoy this one!
<b>Content warnings:</b>
- Death of multiple family members (spouse, parents, friends)
- Death of infant
- Mention of the heroine’s dead husband cheating on her and dying in a duel over another woman
- Heroine was attacked and hit
- Mention of opium addiction
- There is a childbirth scene with some difficulty but works out okay
<b>Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:</b>
69% - kiss
85% - 🔥 kisses, her on top in a carriage
93% - kiss
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person mostly from the hero and heroine, but also some brief perspective time from the hero’s betrothed and a side character’s mother.
Should I read in order?
This is the second book in Maxwell’s A Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series. I didn’t read book 1 and found it find picking up alone. The characters from book 1 do make an appearance here and have some page time. I’m not sure if either Ned or Gemma are developed in that book.
Basic plot:
After Gemma has lost almost everything, she claims a local tavern from her uncle and starts new in the English countryside. The only thing is, Ned has been using this tavern for his Logical Men’s Society meetings and isn’t ready to give it up.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency time period (1815)
- Country setting
- Working class romance – heroine is the daughter of a wealthy merchant and the hero is a country doctor (and an illegitimate child)
- Both mains are healers
- Small town feel – the town has a strong community and everyone is up in everyone else’s business, as well as caring and loving each other
- Enemies to lovers
- You like love triangle angst – the hero is betrothed to someone else most of the book
- Lower steam – I have this as a 1 but it’s possible I missed a second one towards the end? I listened to audio and don’t take as good of notes in that format. Either way the sex isn’t happening until 85%.
Ages:
- Hero is 27, I didn’t see the heroine mentioned but would guess mid 20s as well
My thoughts:
I really struggled with this one because the hero was SO unlikable in the beginning half of this story!
He is downright rude to women and it’s obvious he has not respect for them. Some of this is excused with his background but not all of it. He’s also unofficially engaged when we walk into this story – and still there at like 90% of the book. I have read quite a few of these recently, love triangles or where one of the mains is engaged to someone else and honestly I don’t love it. I don’t want to read a book where 90% of it is them connected to another love interest. It tends to taint any feelings I get for them together and it just feels wrong. So that was a big downer for me with this book.
Anyway back to the hero. He says things like ‘women are frivolous and cruel’, ‘without the intrusion of women’, and calls them jades and opportunists, and implies they aren’t intelligent. He was just plain unpleasant. I didn’t love him or even like him. I also felt like once the kiss happened (which was rather out of the blue), his total turn around of attraction just felt very instalust. But since it was 70% I ended up just frustrated. It didn’t give me any feels.
BUT the second half of this book did have a bit of a turn around for me and I generally enjoyed it more than the first half. I think many people aren’t as bothered by these things in novels and will enjoy this one!
<b>Content warnings:</b>
- Death of multiple family members (spouse, parents, friends)
- Death of infant
- Mention of the heroine’s dead husband cheating on her and dying in a duel over another woman
- Heroine was attacked and hit
- Mention of opium addiction
- There is a childbirth scene with some difficulty but works out okay
<b>Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:</b>
69% - kiss
85% - 🔥 kisses, her on top in a carriage
93% - kiss
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (2 are extremely close together and might feel more like 1 long scene to others)
Humor: Not much
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled I Love the Earl. I’m not sure exactly how it ties into this series, I didn’t read it yet and this book was fine to pick up without it.
Basic plot:
Francesca is deprived of her lawyer when the new Duke of and his brothers have an emergency. She goes to Edward and strikes a bargain with him to help her get her niece in her custody.
Give this a try if you want:
- London setting
- touch of mystery
- bargain – the heroine goes to the hero and strikes a bargain with him for his help
- child in the story – much of the plot revolves around the heroine trying to get custody of her 7 year old niece (though the niece doesn’t have a ton of page time)
- experienced, widow heroine – she loved her husband but I don’t think their union was especially passionate?
- brief love triangle feels – heroine has a friend that is in love with her and the hero is also engaged at the beginning of the story
- medium steam – it’s all kind of squished close together but a solid 3-4 scenes depending how you count
- touch of class difference though it’s not really a plot point – heroine is a bastard and the hero is the son of a duke
My thoughts:
I struggled with this one a bit. The first half of the book was a touch dry and I was getting a little bored with things. There’s a bit of mystery within this story because Francesca’s niece and her step-mother go missing (purposefully).
Edward comes off as too cold and uninteresting to Francesca and she’s utterly uninterested in him at first. I did like the development of her feelings over getting to know him. Also, he is engaged at the beginning of the story (and wow I feel like I have been reading that a lot lately and I don’t really like it!) but it didn’t last too long.
I’m also not sold on the ending. It was not what I was thinking would happen, so that could be a plus but my own in law experiences are coloring my feelings here. The fact that Francesca didn’t get full custody after they were HIDING her niece from her and there’s plenty of proof and evidence that they talk badly about her to her niece – I just really wanted her removed from that environment.
The sex though was great! But it was kind of squished together and not enough for me to really boost it up to 4 stars.
Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:
He slid his palm down her belly to touch her. She sucked in a sharp breath but her hips rose against his and when he pushed his finger inside her, she was wet.
“To be... less... quiet,” she gasped. Her body began to undulate beneath him. Edward slid another finger inside her, still stroking the spot that made her tremble and gasp.
“You want me to scream?” he whispered against her mouth, “As I intend to make you scream?”
“Yes,” she moaned.
Content warnings:
- Death of parents, spouse, sister
- Possible bigamy of hero’s father
- Toxic family keeping heroine’s niece from her – there’s scenes of her being prevented from seeing her
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
52% - heroine kisses the hero when he’s berating her about her safety
59% - 🔥kisses, touches, dry humping against a wall, sex against a wall
61% - bent over a chaise lounge briefly remembered
63% - 🔥fingering for her, missionary
65% - 🔥breast play, bathing play, oral for her, blow job (incomplete), missionary (this one is REALLY close to the last scene with a small separation)
69% - kiss
78% - 🔥kisses in front of a mirror, fingering for her, she puts her hands on a table and he takes her from behind while looking in the mirror
89% - kisses, brief bath scene that’s too short and vague to count
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (2 are extremely close together and might feel more like 1 long scene to others)
Humor: Not much
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled I Love the Earl. I’m not sure exactly how it ties into this series, I didn’t read it yet and this book was fine to pick up without it.
Basic plot:
Francesca is deprived of her lawyer when the new Duke of and his brothers have an emergency. She goes to Edward and strikes a bargain with him to help her get her niece in her custody.
Give this a try if you want:
- London setting
- touch of mystery
- bargain – the heroine goes to the hero and strikes a bargain with him for his help
- child in the story – much of the plot revolves around the heroine trying to get custody of her 7 year old niece (though the niece doesn’t have a ton of page time)
- experienced, widow heroine – she loved her husband but I don’t think their union was especially passionate?
- brief love triangle feels – heroine has a friend that is in love with her and the hero is also engaged at the beginning of the story
- medium steam – it’s all kind of squished close together but a solid 3-4 scenes depending how you count
- touch of class difference though it’s not really a plot point – heroine is a bastard and the hero is the son of a duke
My thoughts:
I struggled with this one a bit. The first half of the book was a touch dry and I was getting a little bored with things. There’s a bit of mystery within this story because Francesca’s niece and her step-mother go missing (purposefully).
Edward comes off as too cold and uninteresting to Francesca and she’s utterly uninterested in him at first. I did like the development of her feelings over getting to know him. Also, he is engaged at the beginning of the story (and wow I feel like I have been reading that a lot lately and I don’t really like it!) but it didn’t last too long.
I’m also not sold on the ending. It was not what I was thinking would happen, so that could be a plus but my own in law experiences are coloring my feelings here.
The sex though was great! But it was kind of squished together and not enough for me to really boost it up to 4 stars.
Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:
He slid his palm down her belly to touch her. She sucked in a sharp breath but her hips rose against his and when he pushed his finger inside her, she was wet.
“To be... less... quiet,” she gasped. Her body began to undulate beneath him. Edward slid another finger inside her, still stroking the spot that made her tremble and gasp.
“You want me to scream?” he whispered against her mouth, “As I intend to make you scream?”
“Yes,” she moaned.
Content warnings:
- Death of parents, spouse, sister
- Possible bigamy of hero’s father
- Toxic family keeping heroine’s niece from her – there’s scenes of her being prevented from seeing her
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
52% - heroine kisses the hero when he’s berating her about her safety
59% - 🔥kisses, touches, dry humping against a wall, sex against a wall
61% - bent over a chaise lounge briefly remembered
63% - 🔥fingering for her, missionary
65% - 🔥breast play, bathing play, oral for her, blow job (incomplete), missionary (this one is REALLY close to the last scene with a small separation)
69% - kiss
78% - 🔥kisses in front of a mirror, fingering for her, she puts her hands on a table and he takes her from behind while looking in the mirror
89% - kisses, brief bath scene that’s too short and vague to count
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes!
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I didn’t and thought it was fine! There are some minor scenes with the characters from book 1. I’m not sure if our hero and heroine from this book are developed in book 1.
Basic plot:
Hannah is returning to Fox’s town for work and soon these just friends are rooming together and hanging out...and so much more.
Give this a try if you want:
- Contemporary romance
- Unrequited love
- Hero loves first
- King crab fisherman hero
- Production assistant heroine that is very interested in music (helps create the music for movies)
- Friends to lovers
- Celibate hero
- Hero is a bit of a delightful naughty talker
- Medium steam – 2 full scenes plus some hot partials and kisses-
Ages:
- Hero is 31, didn’t see heroine mentioned but would guess late 20s?
My thoughts:
I ended up really liking this one! I picked it up months ago and read the first half and was kind of into it but lost my library loan. Just recently decided to finish it and REALLY loved the second half of this novel.
Fox was an amazing hero. I loved his longing for Hannah (I am a SUCKER for unrequited love feelings lately!!) and I adored how close he held everything related to her to his chest. His pain of the assumptions about his character were heartbreaking and I felt for him. I loved how perfect Hannah was for him. I absolutely believed in their HEA!
Hannah was such a fun heroine too. I was a little iffy in the beginning since she had the crush on her boss, and I’m not usually into love triangles much, but thankfully she pretty quickly realized her feelings for her boss weren’t there. I adored how she saw Fox, saw him clearly and like no others were willing to look below the surface at him.
I don’t usually enjoy contemporary, but this one was definitely pleasant to me. I would try Tessa Baily again! It had a touch of a slower start to me, and I was able to stop reading it for months on end so I knocked a star off but still really enjoyable read to me.
A few other notes/quotes:
Text convos
H: Yes. My sister likes to tease me about pining for starving artists.
F: You like them dark and dramatic, huh?
H: Careful! You’re going to give me an orgasm.
F: If that was the plan, babe, you’d have had two already.
Love this
Before she could try a third time, Fox reached past her and opened it wit ha flick of his tan wrist. “You’re having a shit day, aren’t you?” he said for her ears alone.
She exhaled. “Yeah.”
He made a humming sound, tilted his head sympathetically. “Tell me which bag is yours and I’ll bring you back to my place.” Gently, he tugged on a strand of her hair. “Make it all better.”
Scenes of jealousy are my guilty romance pleasure
Oh yea, the guy was looking, all right.
This plan was already working.
He suddenly ached to bury his fist in the wall.
Content warnings:
- Mention of death of heroine’s father
- Some trauma the hero works through about being sexualized at a young age and has some relationship hang ups regarding that – he thinks he’s only a good time sexually
- Some talk of cheating in relationships with Fox’s past – he was considered someone’s ‘hall pass’
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
20% - kisses
37% - a really amazing partial scene with an almost heroine masturbation
44% - kisses
58% - kisses
67% - 🔥 kisses, oral for her against a car, missionary inside the back seat of the car
70% - alluded to remembrance of sex
81% - 🔥 her on top (some light spanking)
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes!
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I didn’t and thought it was fine! There are some minor scenes with the characters from book 1. I’m not sure if our hero and heroine from this book are developed in book 1.
Basic plot:
Hannah is returning to Fox’s town for work and soon these just friends are rooming together and hanging out...and so much more.
Give this a try if you want:
- Contemporary romance
- Unrequited love
- Hero loves first
- King crab fisherman hero
- Production assistant heroine that is very interested in music (helps create the music for movies)
- Friends to lovers
- Celibate hero
- Hero is a bit of a delightful naughty talker
- Medium steam – 2 full scenes plus some hot partials and kisses-
Ages:
- Hero is 31, didn’t see heroine mentioned but would guess late 20s?
My thoughts:
I ended up really liking this one! I picked it up months ago and read the first half and was kind of into it but lost my library loan. Just recently decided to finish it and REALLY loved the second half of this novel.
Fox was an amazing hero. I loved his longing for Hannah (I am a SUCKER for unrequited love feelings lately!!) and I adored how close he held everything related to her to his chest. His pain of the assumptions about his character were heartbreaking and I felt for him. I loved how perfect Hannah was for him. I absolutely believed in their HEA!
Hannah was such a fun heroine too. I was a little iffy in the beginning since she had the crush on her boss, and I’m not usually into love triangles much, but thankfully she pretty quickly realized her feelings for her boss weren’t there. I adored how she saw Fox, saw him clearly and like no others were willing to look below the surface at him.
I don’t usually enjoy contemporary, but this one was definitely pleasant to me. I would try Tessa Baily again! It had a touch of a slower start to me, and I was able to stop reading it for months on end so I knocked a star off but still really enjoyable read to me.
A few other notes/quotes:
Text convos
H: Yes. My sister likes to tease me about pining for starving artists.
F: You like them dark and dramatic, huh?
H: Careful! You’re going to give me an orgasm.
F: If that was the plan, babe, you’d have had two already.
Love this
Before she could try a third time, Fox reached past her and opened it wit ha flick of his tan wrist. “You’re having a shit day, aren’t you?” he said for her ears alone.
She exhaled. “Yeah.”
He made a humming sound, tilted his head sympathetically. “Tell me which bag is yours and I’ll bring you back to my place.” Gently, he tugged on a strand of her hair. “Make it all better.”
Scenes of jealousy are my guilty romance pleasure
Oh yea, the guy was looking, all right.
This plan was already working.
He suddenly ached to bury his fist in the wall.
Content warnings:
- Mention of death of heroine’s father
- Some trauma the hero works through about being sexualized at a young age and has some relationship hang ups regarding that – he thinks he’s only a good time sexually
- Some talk of cheating in relationships with Fox’s past – he was considered someone’s ‘hall pass’
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
20% - kisses
37% - a really amazing partial scene with an almost heroine masturbation
44% - kisses
58% - kisses
67% - 🔥 kisses, oral for her against a car, missionary inside the back seat of the car
70% - alluded to remembrance of sex
81% - 🔥 her on top (some light spanking)
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Just a touch
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
This is the first novel in Frost’s Lords Love Curves series (what a great series name!!! I am so excited!!!!)
Basic plot:
After getting caught with a book of naughty etchings, Clara takes her friend’s father up on his offer to tutor her in the art of pleasure.
Give this a try if you want:
- Late Regency time period (1821)
- mostly country setting (the rest in London)
- Full figured heroine
- May-December pairing – heroine is the hero’s daughters age
- Lessons/tutor – heroine wants to learn about etchings she read in a book before she’s married to an elderly man
- Best friends…..father
- Hero feeds the heroine
- Leaves it open to a possible childless HEA
- Compromised heroine
Ages:
- Hero is “almost 20 years older than the heroine”, heroine is 22
My thoughts:
I really enjoyed this quick and steamy novella!
I haven’t read much age gap romance, but I enjoyed the taboo feeling here of getting involved with your friend’s dad. I also love anything resembling lessons or tutoring (it usually lends itself to lots of time spent together and touching, woohoo!) so this story was just super perfect for my mood.
Being short, it’s brief on the character development. I don’t think we end up really knowing much about Hugh, but you get a decent feel for Clara. I rather loved the epilogue. I’m definitely planning on continuing with the series.
Quotes/thoughts:
I love when the hero follows the heroine outside on the balcony!
This is dangerous. You can’t be alone with an unwed miss.
Yet that didn’t stop Hugh’s long legs from striding forward. Didn’t stop him from standing entirely too close to the off-limits woman.
---
You weren't a lady this morning while sucking my cock.
---
"Then spread these thick thighs wider. Make room for your wolf because I'm going to fuck this tight cunt until you're screaming my name, begging to come. And I'll give it to you, lamb."
Content warnings:
- Heroine is treated as a servant in her home and is her elderly parent’s caretaker
- There’s an almost 20 year age gap between these mains, and the heroine is friends with the hero’s daughters
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
29% - kiss
45% - 🔥 hero feeds the heroine, ties her to the table, some light food play, oral for her
66% - 🔥 frolicking in the woods that leads to a blow job
71% - 🔥 her on top
89% - kisses
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Just a touch
Perspective: Third person from the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
This is the first novel in Frost’s Lords Love Curves series (what a great series name!!! I am so excited!!!!)
Basic plot:
After getting caught with a book of naughty etchings, Clara takes her friend’s father up on his offer to tutor her in the art of pleasure.
Give this a try if you want:
- Late Regency time period (1821)
- mostly country setting (the rest in London)
- Full figured heroine
- May-December pairing – heroine is the hero’s daughters age
- Lessons/tutor – heroine wants to learn about etchings she read in a book before she’s married to an elderly man
- Best friends…..father
- Hero feeds the heroine
- Leaves it open to a possible childless HEA
- Compromised heroine
Ages:
- Hero is “almost 20 years older than the heroine”, heroine is 22
My thoughts:
I really enjoyed this quick and steamy novella!
I haven’t read much age gap romance, but I enjoyed the taboo feeling here of getting involved with your friend’s dad. I also love anything resembling lessons or tutoring (it usually lends itself to lots of time spent together and touching, woohoo!) so this story was just super perfect for my mood.
Being short, it’s brief on the character development. I don’t think we end up really knowing much about Hugh, but you get a decent feel for Clara. I rather loved the epilogue. I’m definitely planning on continuing with the series.
Quotes/thoughts:
I love when the hero follows the heroine outside on the balcony!
This is dangerous. You can’t be alone with an unwed miss.
Yet that didn’t stop Hugh’s long legs from striding forward. Didn’t stop him from standing entirely too close to the off-limits woman.
---
You weren't a lady this morning while sucking my cock.
---
"Then spread these thick thighs wider. Make room for your wolf because I'm going to fuck this tight cunt until you're screaming my name, begging to come. And I'll give it to you, lamb."
Content warnings:
- Heroine is treated as a servant in her home and is her elderly parent’s caretaker
- There’s an almost 20 year age gap between these mains, and the heroine is friends with the hero’s daughters
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
29% - kiss
45% - 🔥 hero feeds the heroine, ties her to the table, some light food play, oral for her
66% - 🔥 frolicking in the woods that leads to a blow job
71% - 🔥 her on top
89% - kisses
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes! It’s delightful!
Perspective: Third person from both the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
This is the first of Vasti’s Halifax Hellions series (and free when you sign up for her newsletter!
Basic plot:
Margo is on a mission to stop her twin from ruining her life, and convinces Henry to help her find them on the way to Gretna Green.
Give this a try if you want:
- Late Regency time period (around 1821)
- Mostly countryside setting on the way to Gretna Green
- Solicitor hero
- Unrequited love
- Brother’s best friend
- Delicious angst
- Opposites attract
- Hero loves first
- Novella length (goodreads has it about 90 pages)
- Virgin hero
- Road trip romance
- Left handed heroine!
- Bisexual heroine
- Medium steam – 2 full scenes within a short page count
Ages:
- Hero is 28 and heroine is 25
My thoughts:
Oh this novella was SUCH A DELIGHT! I really just fell right into it immediately and gobbled the whole thing up. Even being so short, I found it suffering from none of my complaints I sometimes have about shorter stories. It had humor! It had pining! It had angsty emotional pull that tugged my heart! All under 100 pages. It was amazing.
I am always a sucker for hero loves first and have really been loving unrequited love from the hero and it’s here in spades. Henry has loved Margo from afar for so long and seeing them come together really warmed my heart. Henry is a solicitor, a family friend, more stoic in personality, quiet. And Margo is the hurricane of chaos that has upended his life. I adored how opposite they were and how they came together so completely. The magnetic pull these two had had my heart singing and happy. And I still felt like we had a decent background on these characters even with it being so short. I just love them both so much.
Alexandra Vasti has solidified her place on my permanent TBR with this debut novel. So excited for Matilda’s novel coming out later this month!
Quotes/thoughts:
Our introduction to Matilda (Margo’s twin) and I knew I was in love already with the writing
Henry spotted Matilda first. It was difficult to miss her. She was sitting atop the pianoforte, swinging her legs in time to a lively Scottish reel being banged out by one of Spencer’s idiot Harrow friends. She had an unlit cigar clenched between two fingers, and she waved it at them as they entered.
---
Margo’s cloak lay in a wet heap on the floor, accusing him with its presence.
“No,” he said to the cloak, “don’t try to make me feel guilty. I didn’t make her run out into the rain without even your pitiful protection.”
Jesus. He was talking to a cloak.
---
He knew her, knew her blind loyalty as well as he knew the freckles that bracketed the curve of her mouth and her terrible left-handed penmanship.
---
That was Henry’s rigid abdomen she’d just encountered? For all she’d been weeping into his shirtfront not so very long ago, she hadn’t realized his torso was quite so...taut.
“God only knows how many men you’ve attempted to persuade to accompany you on this mad journey,” he said, “but yes, it’s me.”
---
He possessed a particular amount of restraint, and when he was around Margo, he used it liberally. He did not stand too close to her. He didn’t profess his undying love. He didn’t fantasize about peeling her out of her frock and discovering where exactly on her body her freckles stopped.
---
She pointed at cows out the window, and invented names for them. Repeatedly.
Henry loved it, of course, because he was deranged.
---
He could see the freckles that dotted her neck and the brief expanse of skin above her bodice.
He wanted to kiss each one.
---
“I-” he said. “I-”
She grinned. She thought he might be blushing. He was mildly scandalized – what a delight he was – if only she could persuade him to come back! She nudged the sheet down her hip a little further, baring at least ten more freckles. He seemed to like them.
Content warnings:
- Carriage accident on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
45% - kisses, breast play, fingering for her, oral for her, missionary
68% - kisses, fingering for her, doggy style sex (outdoor!)
97% - alluded to sex
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: Yes! It’s delightful!
Perspective: Third person from both the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
This is the first of Vasti’s Halifax Hellions series (and free when you sign up for her newsletter!
Basic plot:
Margo is on a mission to stop her twin from ruining her life, and convinces Henry to help her find them on the way to Gretna Green.
Give this a try if you want:
- Late Regency time period (around 1821)
- Mostly countryside setting on the way to Gretna Green
- Solicitor hero
- Unrequited love
- Brother’s best friend
- Delicious angst
- Opposites attract
- Hero loves first
- Novella length (goodreads has it about 90 pages)
- Virgin hero
- Road trip romance
- Left handed heroine!
- Bisexual heroine
- Medium steam – 2 full scenes within a short page count
Ages:
- Hero is 28 and heroine is 25
My thoughts:
Oh this novella was SUCH A DELIGHT! I really just fell right into it immediately and gobbled the whole thing up. Even being so short, I found it suffering from none of my complaints I sometimes have about shorter stories. It had humor! It had pining! It had angsty emotional pull that tugged my heart! All under 100 pages. It was amazing.
I am always a sucker for hero loves first and have really been loving unrequited love from the hero and it’s here in spades. Henry has loved Margo from afar for so long and seeing them come together really warmed my heart. Henry is a solicitor, a family friend, more stoic in personality, quiet. And Margo is the hurricane of chaos that has upended his life. I adored how opposite they were and how they came together so completely. The magnetic pull these two had had my heart singing and happy. And I still felt like we had a decent background on these characters even with it being so short. I just love them both so much.
Alexandra Vasti has solidified her place on my permanent TBR with this debut novel. So excited for Matilda’s novel coming out later this month!
Quotes/thoughts:
Our introduction to Matilda (Margo’s twin) and I knew I was in love already with the writing
Henry spotted Matilda first. It was difficult to miss her. She was sitting atop the pianoforte, swinging her legs in time to a lively Scottish reel being banged out by one of Spencer’s idiot Harrow friends. She had an unlit cigar clenched between two fingers, and she waved it at them as they entered.
---
Margo’s cloak lay in a wet heap on the floor, accusing him with its presence.
“No,” he said to the cloak, “don’t try to make me feel guilty. I didn’t make her run out into the rain without even your pitiful protection.”
Jesus. He was talking to a cloak.
---
He knew her, knew her blind loyalty as well as he knew the freckles that bracketed the curve of her mouth and her terrible left-handed penmanship.
---
That was Henry’s rigid abdomen she’d just encountered? For all she’d been weeping into his shirtfront not so very long ago, she hadn’t realized his torso was quite so...taut.
“God only knows how many men you’ve attempted to persuade to accompany you on this mad journey,” he said, “but yes, it’s me.”
---
He possessed a particular amount of restraint, and when he was around Margo, he used it liberally. He did not stand too close to her. He didn’t profess his undying love. He didn’t fantasize about peeling her out of her frock and discovering where exactly on her body her freckles stopped.
---
She pointed at cows out the window, and invented names for them. Repeatedly.
Henry loved it, of course, because he was deranged.
---
He could see the freckles that dotted her neck and the brief expanse of skin above her bodice.
He wanted to kiss each one.
---
“I-” he said. “I-”
She grinned. She thought he might be blushing. He was mildly scandalized – what a delight he was – if only she could persuade him to come back! She nudged the sheet down her hip a little further, baring at least ten more freckles. He seemed to like them.
Content warnings:
- Carriage accident on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
45% - kisses, breast play, fingering for her, oral for her, missionary
68% - kisses, fingering for her, doggy style sex (outdoor!)
97% - alluded to sex
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funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from the heroine’s perspective
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Wynn’s Game Series
Basic plot:
August and Jack get snowed in together before the holiday break.
Give this a try if you want:
- Contemporary romance
- novella length
- snowed in
- lots of forced proximity
- kitten loving, southern accent speaking chef hero (also, he’s a bit of a naughty talker!)
- bristly, accountant heroine
- celibate heroine (it’s been 7 months)
- hero is described as a ‘himbo’
- established consent – hero is very into the heroine asking for what she wants
- higher steam – 4 full scenes with some good girl kink in a short page count
My thoughts:
I ended up REALLY enjoying this steamy holiday novella. I wasn’t sure how well it would work for me because I’m always a grump about contemporary and the heroine was on the prickly side at first. I wasn’t sure if I would warm up to her, but I did!
But Jack stole the show here. I loved him so much. With his love for kitties, his dirty mouth, and sweet personality I was head over heels. Loved the steam in this one and all the time they spent together (forced proximity is my favorite it! I just want them together all the time.)
I’ll definitely be trying more Cat Wynn in the future!
Quotes/thoughts:
He was looking her dead in the eye now. “Ask me to kiss you.”
“But why?”
“Because I like it when a woman tells me exactly what she wants.” He raised his chin. A challenge.
“I thought you were…” She searched hard trying to come up with words, too mesmerized by his closeness. “A nice guy.”
His other hand came to the back of her head fisting her hair at the root, her head jerking ever so slightly back from his grasp.
“I am a nice guy.” His voice vibrated against her. “But not all the time.”
---
“Good girl. You took the whole thing. You’re so good at taking this cock…”
---
“Good girl…” he murmured as he leaned in to kiss her, whispering words against her mouth. “You’re taking my dick so good...No one’s ever taken it so good before...”
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
34% - kisses, her on top groping, hand job for him
55% - hero goes down on the heroine from behind
74% - her on top
81% - remembrance of shower oral for her (not long enough to count)
92% - her on top
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from the heroine’s perspective
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Wynn’s Game Series
Basic plot:
August and Jack get snowed in together before the holiday break.
Give this a try if you want:
- Contemporary romance
- novella length
- snowed in
- lots of forced proximity
- kitten loving, southern accent speaking chef hero (also, he’s a bit of a naughty talker!)
- bristly, accountant heroine
- celibate heroine (it’s been 7 months)
- hero is described as a ‘himbo’
- established consent – hero is very into the heroine asking for what she wants
- higher steam – 4 full scenes with some good girl kink in a short page count
My thoughts:
I ended up REALLY enjoying this steamy holiday novella. I wasn’t sure how well it would work for me because I’m always a grump about contemporary and the heroine was on the prickly side at first. I wasn’t sure if I would warm up to her, but I did!
But Jack stole the show here. I loved him so much. With his love for kitties, his dirty mouth, and sweet personality I was head over heels. Loved the steam in this one and all the time they spent together (forced proximity is my favorite it! I just want them together all the time.)
I’ll definitely be trying more Cat Wynn in the future!
Quotes/thoughts:
He was looking her dead in the eye now. “Ask me to kiss you.”
“But why?”
“Because I like it when a woman tells me exactly what she wants.” He raised his chin. A challenge.
“I thought you were…” She searched hard trying to come up with words, too mesmerized by his closeness. “A nice guy.”
His other hand came to the back of her head fisting her hair at the root, her head jerking ever so slightly back from his grasp.
“I am a nice guy.” His voice vibrated against her. “But not all the time.”
---
“Good girl. You took the whole thing. You’re so good at taking this cock…”
---
“Good girl…” he murmured as he leaned in to kiss her, whispering words against her mouth. “You’re taking my dick so good...No one’s ever taken it so good before...”
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
34% - kisses, her on top groping, hand job for him
55% - hero goes down on the heroine from behind
74% - her on top
81% - remembrance of shower oral for her (not long enough to count)
92% - her on top
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (The scenes were a bit light with the explicitness)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person from hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled Loving Lieutenant Douglas: A Brethren of the Coast Novella that I didn't pick up before starting this (book 1) but I didn't feel like I missed anything
Basic plot:
Revenge drives Trevor to steal away Caroline onto his own ship, not knowing her true identity.
Give this a try if you want:
- Georgian time period (1810)
- half this book takes place in London, half on the ship
- Kidnapped heroine (Hero takes the heroine and keeps her aboard his ship)
- Forced proximity
- Compromised heroine
- Captain/Earl hero
- Revenge plot – the hero uses the heroine in his revenge
- Heroine nurses hero to health
- Surprise virgin
- Secret identity
- Medium steam (3-4 scenes though the explicitness is light)
My thoughts:
So I’ll admit this book wasn’t for me. I never warmed up to the hero and was ultimately disappointed in him right up until the end. I won’t reread this book – BUT this book had a number of things I really liked in romance and I will definitely try her again to see if I like another by Devlin more.
This book featured so many tropes I’m into – kidnapped (pretty much) heroine taken by a sea captain. Lots of time spent on the ship. Surprise virgin. Compromised heroine. Those are MY JAM. And I liked a lot of parts of this story, but kept wanting the hero to just….suck a little less and be worth the heroine.
I will say I immensely appreciated a super angsty, gut wrenching all is lost moment towards the end of the story that stems from a bit of secret keeping/miscommunication. I gosh, I loved it. I. LOVED. IT. It touched my heart so bad and kicked it around a bit which is what I always want in romance since I’ve been a bit deranged in this way since reading Judith McNaught when I was 12 haha. So I bumped it to a solid 3 for me.
I think if you like these tropes and are tolerant of heroes that definitely need to work there way to loving their heroine you might enjoy this one!
Quotes/thoughts:
I loooove when the hero orders the heroine to come to him.
“Come here.”
“No.” She shook her head.
“Come here.” He repeated in a low voice that dared her to defy it.
----
A small crimson stain on the sheets caught his attention.
“Perhaps you should clean yourself.”
I HATED the above scene. He fucks her and takes her virginity then orders her to clean herself??? After he’s been skating on thin ice with being a jerk so far in the book that was just another notch in the ‘hero sucks’ category.
---
“Good heavens.” Trevor wrinkled his nose. “What have you done with your hair? Is this a new fashion? Surely you have not cut it.”
“Do you not like it?”
“Well I suppose it will grow back.”
Ugh he’s just so unlikable.
---
“But I have never had trouble with doxies.” Trevor tugged at his shirt collar.
“You would equate your lady with a whore?”
He’s such an idiot.
---
After he comments on a flower to the heroine’s
“That is a lovely bloom you have there.” God help him. He was discussing flowers. Could anything be more humiliating for a man of the sea?
ohhhh you poor thing, big bad man of the sea lowering himself soooo far for this woman eyeroll
---
“You know I believe marriage might not be quite so tortuous after all.”
“What?” She sat back and cast him an irresistable pout. “Do you consider matrimony a punishment.
“Relax, darling.” He pinched her bottom and she humped. “No man in his right mind would confess to being happily leg shackled.”
And at 60% this hero’s attitude is still just depressing.
---
When they parted their bodies, she glanced down and froze.
“Oh.”
“Here, my dear.”
In a reflex action born of years of experience he withdrew his hankerchief and offered the lace trimmed square.
“Take this for your needs.”
WHY WON’T HE CLEAN HER OFF????
---
I seriously feel so bad for this heroine
“Do not fear.” In an attempt to calm, to soothe, Caroline set her palm to the flat of the blade and pushed it aside. She had to reassure him, had to dispel his palpable terror. “I will never leave you.”
“I beg your pardon.” Trevor threw his sword to the ground, stormed forward, clutched her shoulders, and shook her once. “You think to make me an emotional cripple. To bend me to your will like some addled fop from the school room.”
“No!” Realizing her mistake too late, that he misread her actions as manipulation, she framed his face in her hands. “I only want to be your wife.”
“Here me well.” He speared his fingers through her hair and their noses were mere inches apart. “I had a good life before I met you. And I do not need you.”
I appreciate this heart break, this angst. I do! I love this stuff. But this hero hasn’t endeared me to him and I’m not feeling his gut wrenching turmoil here I’m just feeling the heroine’s confusion and her constantly trying to assuage his fragile ego and make him believe he is in control of it all. It’s just so sad!
---
Trevor opened his mouth in a silent scream and froze.
Afterwards, he collapsed atop her.
Puzzled, aching from an as yet unfulfilled hunger, she tapped his shoulder. “My lord?”
“Mmm hmm?” He mumbled incoherently.
“Are you finished?” She gazed at the ceiling.
“For now.” With a chuckle, Trevor raised his head and stared at her. His smug expression and self-satisfied smile faltered. “Did you-”
“No.” And how she ached.
“Bloody hell.” He collapsed once more. “Sorry, love. I promise to do better if you will give me a few minutes to recover.”
Okay – we are almost 90% of the book and this is happening. I am ALL FOR bad sex occassionally. Eloisa James does it so well. But, I didn’t like this at all. This hero is so clueless and doesn’t even realize how bad the sex was for her?? He has an arrogant self satisfied smile?? Like the entire book so far, he’s selfish and just childish and not worthy of her. And then it kind of implies that he made it up to her but it’s not clear at all honestly and I’m convinced she had to go take care of it herself later.
Content warnings:
- Some sex shaming (view spoiler)
- There’s a scene where the hero spanks and shakes the heroine because she ‘put herself in danger’ aboard the ship
- Murder, violence and death on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
8% - kiss
11% - light body kiss
14% - kiss
20% - kiss
23% - 🔥 kisses that lead to fingering for her, oral for her, missionary, her on top (on the ship)
46% - kisses
48% - kisses
50% - kisses
59% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, sex in the orangery
69% - 🔥 oral for her, missionary
73% - alluded to sex
79% - kiss
87% - sex where she doesn’t finish – he does, I guess we could count it?? I don’t want to count it because I’m petty and don’t like him :P
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (The scenes were a bit light with the explicitness)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person from hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
There is a prequel novella titled Loving Lieutenant Douglas: A Brethren of the Coast Novella that I didn't pick up before starting this (book 1) but I didn't feel like I missed anything
Basic plot:
Revenge drives Trevor to steal away Caroline onto his own ship, not knowing her true identity.
Give this a try if you want:
- Georgian time period (1810)
- half this book takes place in London, half on the ship
- Kidnapped heroine (Hero takes the heroine and keeps her aboard his ship)
- Forced proximity
- Compromised heroine
- Captain/Earl hero
- Revenge plot – the hero uses the heroine in his revenge
- Heroine nurses hero to health
- Surprise virgin
- Secret identity
- Medium steam (3-4 scenes though the explicitness is light)
My thoughts:
So I’ll admit this book wasn’t for me. I never warmed up to the hero and was ultimately disappointed in him right up until the end. I won’t reread this book – BUT this book had a number of things I really liked in romance and I will definitely try her again to see if I like another by Devlin more.
This book featured so many tropes I’m into – kidnapped (pretty much) heroine taken by a sea captain. Lots of time spent on the ship. Surprise virgin. Compromised heroine. Those are MY JAM. And I liked a lot of parts of this story, but kept wanting the hero to just….suck a little less and be worth the heroine.
I will say I immensely appreciated a super angsty, gut wrenching all is lost moment towards the end of the story that stems from a bit of secret keeping/miscommunication. I gosh, I loved it. I. LOVED. IT. It touched my heart so bad and kicked it around a bit which is what I always want in romance since I’ve been a bit deranged in this way since reading Judith McNaught when I was 12 haha. So I bumped it to a solid 3 for me.
I think if you like these tropes and are tolerant of heroes that definitely need to work there way to loving their heroine you might enjoy this one!
Quotes/thoughts:
I loooove when the hero orders the heroine to come to him.
“Come here.”
“No.” She shook her head.
“Come here.” He repeated in a low voice that dared her to defy it.
----
A small crimson stain on the sheets caught his attention.
“Perhaps you should clean yourself.”
I HATED the above scene. He fucks her and takes her virginity then orders her to clean herself??? After he’s been skating on thin ice with being a jerk so far in the book that was just another notch in the ‘hero sucks’ category.
---
“Good heavens.” Trevor wrinkled his nose. “What have you done with your hair? Is this a new fashion? Surely you have not cut it.”
“Do you not like it?”
“Well I suppose it will grow back.”
Ugh he’s just so unlikable.
---
“But I have never had trouble with doxies.” Trevor tugged at his shirt collar.
“You would equate your lady with a whore?”
He’s such an idiot.
---
After he comments on a flower to the heroine’s
“That is a lovely bloom you have there.” God help him. He was discussing flowers. Could anything be more humiliating for a man of the sea?
ohhhh you poor thing, big bad man of the sea lowering himself soooo far for this woman eyeroll
---
“You know I believe marriage might not be quite so tortuous after all.”
“What?” She sat back and cast him an irresistable pout. “Do you consider matrimony a punishment.
“Relax, darling.” He pinched her bottom and she humped. “No man in his right mind would confess to being happily leg shackled.”
And at 60% this hero’s attitude is still just depressing.
---
When they parted their bodies, she glanced down and froze.
“Oh.”
“Here, my dear.”
In a reflex action born of years of experience he withdrew his hankerchief and offered the lace trimmed square.
“Take this for your needs.”
WHY WON’T HE CLEAN HER OFF????
---
I seriously feel so bad for this heroine
“Do not fear.” In an attempt to calm, to soothe, Caroline set her palm to the flat of the blade and pushed it aside. She had to reassure him, had to dispel his palpable terror. “I will never leave you.”
“I beg your pardon.” Trevor threw his sword to the ground, stormed forward, clutched her shoulders, and shook her once. “You think to make me an emotional cripple. To bend me to your will like some addled fop from the school room.”
“No!” Realizing her mistake too late, that he misread her actions as manipulation, she framed his face in her hands. “I only want to be your wife.”
“Here me well.” He speared his fingers through her hair and their noses were mere inches apart. “I had a good life before I met you. And I do not need you.”
I appreciate this heart break, this angst. I do! I love this stuff. But this hero hasn’t endeared me to him and I’m not feeling his gut wrenching turmoil here I’m just feeling the heroine’s confusion and her constantly trying to assuage his fragile ego and make him believe he is in control of it all. It’s just so sad!
---
Trevor opened his mouth in a silent scream and froze.
Afterwards, he collapsed atop her.
Puzzled, aching from an as yet unfulfilled hunger, she tapped his shoulder. “My lord?”
“Mmm hmm?” He mumbled incoherently.
“Are you finished?” She gazed at the ceiling.
“For now.” With a chuckle, Trevor raised his head and stared at her. His smug expression and self-satisfied smile faltered. “Did you-”
“No.” And how she ached.
“Bloody hell.” He collapsed once more. “Sorry, love. I promise to do better if you will give me a few minutes to recover.”
Okay – we are almost 90% of the book and this is happening. I am ALL FOR bad sex occassionally. Eloisa James does it so well. But, I didn’t like this at all. This hero is so clueless and doesn’t even realize how bad the sex was for her?? He has an arrogant self satisfied smile?? Like the entire book so far, he’s selfish and just childish and not worthy of her. And then it kind of implies that he made it up to her but it’s not clear at all honestly and I’m convinced she had to go take care of it herself later.
Content warnings:
- Some sex shaming (view spoiler)
- There’s a scene where the hero spanks and shakes the heroine because she ‘put herself in danger’ aboard the ship
- Murder, violence and death on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
8% - kiss
11% - light body kiss
14% - kiss
20% - kiss
23% - 🔥 kisses that lead to fingering for her, oral for her, missionary, her on top (on the ship)
46% - kisses
48% - kisses
50% - kisses
59% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, sex in the orangery
69% - 🔥 oral for her, missionary
73% - alluded to sex
79% - kiss
87% - sex where she doesn’t finish – he does, I guess we could count it?? I don’t want to count it because I’m petty and don’t like him :P
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
World Building: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥 (I think? Honestly I was kind of lazy with note taking in this one but it should be AT LEAST a 3)
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from primarily the hero and heroine, but also the villain’s son, the heroine from book 1, the heroine from book 3...
Should I read in order?
Ideally, yes. There’s a lot going on and character overlap that I think would be best in order.
Basic plot:
Sophia is adjusting to her twin sister being mated to a Kindred and living away from Earth. But now she is being hunted, and the only one that can protect her is her new brother-in-law. Too bad he’s a Blood Kindred and Sophia is terrified of his fangs.
Give this a try if you want:
- Science fiction romance
- Alien hero/human heroine
- Road trip romance feel – friends wedding, survival in the woods on Earth, alien planet...
- Touch of enemies to lovers
- Lots of pining and bit of unrequited love for the hero
- Forced proximity
- Medium to higher steam -
- Plenty of danger, suspense, and action scenes along with the romance
- Love triangle
My thoughts:
I liked quite a bit about this one but also found a few things tedious.
Honestly, I think I am struggling a bit with the length of these books. They just feel long! And sometimes I feel like we’re having the same conversation a bit too much (I felt the same thing in book 1), and also there’s a lot of time taken up by giving multiple other characters page time and time in their heads. This usually bothers me because I prefer just main couple focus, so I don’t think these things will bother most people. There’s quite a bit of page time in this one for Kat, Lock and Deep – their book being next I think their story is starting to be set up here.
I really did like both characters. I loved the tension between them, I loved how gentle Sylvan is and how he takes his time with Sophia. Sophia is really sweet and I liked her personality a lot. I was more into the book when they were on Earth and it had that road trip feel. When we travel to Sylvan’s planet about halfway through the book, I did get irritated with the other woman drama. It’s just not a favorite trope for me to have.
Overall, I did like this one. The sex is great, her scenes are so developed and emotional as well as explicit and I really, really appreciate that. I think her world building and character developing is really amazing too. I am so, so curious about the next book which is MFM and really eager to try that one. I’m taking a little bit of a break from her though and hoping when I come back I will be prepared for the longer page count haha.
Cock/Hero Stats:
Hero is a blood kindred and has a double set of fangs on each side of his mouth. They bite during lovemaking and bonding sex and inject their mates with a substance that is euphoric and healing.
The kindred also have scent glands around their mouths and cocks and have a strong sense of smell. They can tell when females have been bonded to someone or are aroused. Dry humping and oral can mask the scents of the heroine, but full sex with lots of SEMEN is what really does the job...
Content warnings:
- Lots of animal usage – animal eating, talk of eating worms that are killed by a sauce directly before eating, using animals as servants and clothes while they are alive.
- Mention of heroine’s parents dying in a car crash from a drunk driver
- Heroine recalls a rape in detail on page
- Punishment of the rapist
- Violence on page
- Hero’s crying is presented as weakness
- The word ‘exotic’ is used A LOT when the heroine travels to another planet.
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Chapter 3 – kisses
Chapter 4 – kisses
Chapter 5 – sex scene between Olivia and Baird (I’m not counting it in my official steam count for the book, personally)
Chapter 8 – breast play and kisses
Chapter 14 – 🔥 scent marking that leads to oral for her
Chapter 20 - 🔥 heroine masturbation that leads to scent marking by dry humping (her on top) and oral for her
Chapter 34 – a scene with Deep and Lock searching with Kat for her friend – sexual overtones between them all
Chapter 37 – 🔥oral for her and missionary
World Building: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥 (I think? Honestly I was kind of lazy with note taking in this one but it should be AT LEAST a 3)
Humor: Yes
Perspective: Third person from primarily the hero and heroine, but also the villain’s son, the heroine from book 1, the heroine from book 3...
Should I read in order?
Ideally, yes. There’s a lot going on and character overlap that I think would be best in order.
Basic plot:
Sophia is adjusting to her twin sister being mated to a Kindred and living away from Earth. But now she is being hunted, and the only one that can protect her is her new brother-in-law. Too bad he’s a Blood Kindred and Sophia is terrified of his fangs.
Give this a try if you want:
- Science fiction romance
- Alien hero/human heroine
- Road trip romance feel – friends wedding, survival in the woods on Earth, alien planet...
- Touch of enemies to lovers
- Lots of pining and bit of unrequited love for the hero
- Forced proximity
- Medium to higher steam -
- Plenty of danger, suspense, and action scenes along with the romance
- Love triangle
My thoughts:
I liked quite a bit about this one but also found a few things tedious.
Honestly, I think I am struggling a bit with the length of these books. They just feel long! And sometimes I feel like we’re having the same conversation a bit too much (I felt the same thing in book 1), and also there’s a lot of time taken up by giving multiple other characters page time and time in their heads. This usually bothers me because I prefer just main couple focus, so I don’t think these things will bother most people. There’s quite a bit of page time in this one for Kat, Lock and Deep – their book being next I think their story is starting to be set up here.
I really did like both characters. I loved the tension between them, I loved how gentle Sylvan is and how he takes his time with Sophia. Sophia is really sweet and I liked her personality a lot. I was more into the book when they were on Earth and it had that road trip feel. When we travel to Sylvan’s planet about halfway through the book, I did get irritated with the other woman drama. It’s just not a favorite trope for me to have.
Overall, I did like this one. The sex is great, her scenes are so developed and emotional as well as explicit and I really, really appreciate that. I think her world building and character developing is really amazing too. I am so, so curious about the next book which is MFM and really eager to try that one. I’m taking a little bit of a break from her though and hoping when I come back I will be prepared for the longer page count haha.
Cock/Hero Stats:
Hero is a blood kindred and has a double set of fangs on each side of his mouth. They bite during lovemaking and bonding sex and inject their mates with a substance that is euphoric and healing.
The kindred also have scent glands around their mouths and cocks and have a strong sense of smell. They can tell when females have been bonded to someone or are aroused. Dry humping and oral can mask the scents of the heroine, but full sex with lots of SEMEN is what really does the job...
Content warnings:
- Lots of animal usage – animal eating, talk of eating worms that are killed by a sauce directly before eating, using animals as servants and clothes while they are alive.
- Mention of heroine’s parents dying in a car crash from a drunk driver
- Heroine recalls a rape in detail on page
- Punishment of the rapist
- Violence on page
- Hero’s crying is presented as weakness
- The word ‘exotic’ is used A LOT when the heroine travels to another planet.
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Chapter 3 – kisses
Chapter 4 – kisses
Chapter 5 – sex scene between Olivia and Baird (I’m not counting it in my official steam count for the book, personally)
Chapter 8 – breast play and kisses
Chapter 14 – 🔥 scent marking that leads to oral for her
Chapter 20 - 🔥 heroine masturbation that leads to scent marking by dry humping (her on top) and oral for her
Chapter 34 – a scene with Deep and Lock searching with Kat for her friend – sexual overtones between them all
Chapter 37 – 🔥oral for her and missionary
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (Bennett’s scenes are a touch on the poetic and emotional side versus explicit)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (some are on the lighter side but I counted them all)
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
You’ll get more enjoyment of the series in order, but I don’t think it’s necessary here. There’s some minor mention of Hazel and her husband, the characters from book 1, and Poppy has some minor page time in that book but nothing you would be missing if you picked this one up alone!
Basic plot:
When Poppy finds a man washed up on her beach that thinks he’s a duke, she’s thinking he hit his head a bit too hard. But they strike a bargain and band together to solve a mystery.
Give this a try if you want:
- Beach side country setting in England – Get out of London!
- Fisherwoman heroine
- Duke hero
- Bargain – the hero is willing to pay the heroine an obscene amount of money to shelter him and hide his identity while he tries to figure out who attempted to do him in
- Masquerade
- One bed
- The couple working together to solve a bit of a mystery
- Low angst
- Protective hero that’s all in from the beginning
Ages:
- Heroine is 23, didn’’t see hero but would guess late 20s to early 30s
My thoughts:
This story has so much sweetness in it and I liked it more than the first book in the series.
Our hero, Keane, is very dependable and protective. He’s all in for the heroine basically upon meeting her and I really loved that aspect to it. I enjoyed the two of them working together to solve the mystery of who is trying to hurt Keane.
But, somehow this book was super low on the feels for me. That might be because I love angst and this was lacking that a bit. It also had some villain activity and I’m just bored with villains. I want only romance all the time. Of course this won’t bother most people and is nothing wrong with the book.
Quotes/thoughts:
“Keane.” He recognized the sensuously husky, slightly irritated voice at once and pried one eye open. She stood a yard away, holding a lantern in the space between them. The thick auburn braid that hung over her shoulder glowed like a gemstone, and her simple cotton dress was the color of springtime grass.
“Let me guess,” he said wryly. “This is your beach too.”
“No.” She tossed a scuffed, water-logged boot onto the ground beside him. “But I found this tangled in my net. I thought you might need it.
“How’d you know where to find me?”
“It was hard to miss your trail. It looks as though someone dragged you across the beach by your hair.”
---
“Precisely,” he said frowning. “The question is, how do we determine his whereabouts on the night I was attacked?”
Poppy gaped at him. “I thought you had a plan.”
“I did. My plan was to come here, with you, and figure out what to do.”
---
Heat crept up her neck, and she resisted the impulse to look away. “What am I, Keane?”
He gazed at her and rubbed his chin, as though he was seriously pondering the question. “You,” he said at last, “are a beam of sunlight. A breath of air. A force of nature.”
---
I found this so refreshing in a hero!!!!
“You trust her?”
“Absolutely,” she said, emphatic.
“Then I trust her, too.”
---
Yaaaaaay I always love a hero protecting the heroine!
And then, the earl was suddenly yanked backward. Someone grabbed him by the jacket and spun him around.
“Hawking?” Tottenshire spat.
“In the flesh,” Keane said, seething.
Content warnings:
- Remembered scenes and on page scenes of attempted murder of the hero
- Mention of the hero’s father dying at the age of 50 (they did not have a good relationship) two years ago
- Mention of the hero losing his nanny when she died in childbirth (and lost the baby too)
- The hero is taken advantage of by a woman that pretends to be her sister the hero had feelings for. She initiates a sexual relationship with him even though she’s married to someone else
- Heroine and her family has grief over the loss of her mom
- Sexual and physical harassment of the heroine by a villain
- Suicide risk of a side characterr
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
34% - kisses
46% - 🔥 hero bathes the heroine, kisses, oral for her, followed by a hand job for him
56% - 🔥 kisses, missionary sex on the beach
80% - 🔥 kisses, blow job (incomplete and brief), her on top
96% - 🔥 kisses, laying spooning in bed sex (it’s pretty short)
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (Bennett’s scenes are a touch on the poetic and emotional side versus explicit)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (some are on the lighter side but I counted them all)
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
You’ll get more enjoyment of the series in order, but I don’t think it’s necessary here. There’s some minor mention of Hazel and her husband, the characters from book 1, and Poppy has some minor page time in that book but nothing you would be missing if you picked this one up alone!
Basic plot:
When Poppy finds a man washed up on her beach that thinks he’s a duke, she’s thinking he hit his head a bit too hard. But they strike a bargain and band together to solve a mystery.
Give this a try if you want:
- Beach side country setting in England – Get out of London!
- Fisherwoman heroine
- Duke hero
- Bargain – the hero is willing to pay the heroine an obscene amount of money to shelter him and hide his identity while he tries to figure out who attempted to do him in
- Masquerade
- One bed
- The couple working together to solve a bit of a mystery
- Low angst
- Protective hero that’s all in from the beginning
Ages:
- Heroine is 23, didn’’t see hero but would guess late 20s to early 30s
My thoughts:
This story has so much sweetness in it and I liked it more than the first book in the series.
Our hero, Keane, is very dependable and protective. He’s all in for the heroine basically upon meeting her and I really loved that aspect to it. I enjoyed the two of them working together to solve the mystery of who is trying to hurt Keane.
But, somehow this book was super low on the feels for me. That might be because I love angst and this was lacking that a bit. It also had some villain activity and I’m just bored with villains. I want only romance all the time. Of course this won’t bother most people and is nothing wrong with the book.
Quotes/thoughts:
“Keane.” He recognized the sensuously husky, slightly irritated voice at once and pried one eye open. She stood a yard away, holding a lantern in the space between them. The thick auburn braid that hung over her shoulder glowed like a gemstone, and her simple cotton dress was the color of springtime grass.
“Let me guess,” he said wryly. “This is your beach too.”
“No.” She tossed a scuffed, water-logged boot onto the ground beside him. “But I found this tangled in my net. I thought you might need it.
“How’d you know where to find me?”
“It was hard to miss your trail. It looks as though someone dragged you across the beach by your hair.”
---
“Precisely,” he said frowning. “The question is, how do we determine his whereabouts on the night I was attacked?”
Poppy gaped at him. “I thought you had a plan.”
“I did. My plan was to come here, with you, and figure out what to do.”
---
Heat crept up her neck, and she resisted the impulse to look away. “What am I, Keane?”
He gazed at her and rubbed his chin, as though he was seriously pondering the question. “You,” he said at last, “are a beam of sunlight. A breath of air. A force of nature.”
---
I found this so refreshing in a hero!!!!
“You trust her?”
“Absolutely,” she said, emphatic.
“Then I trust her, too.”
---
Yaaaaaay I always love a hero protecting the heroine!
And then, the earl was suddenly yanked backward. Someone grabbed him by the jacket and spun him around.
“Hawking?” Tottenshire spat.
“In the flesh,” Keane said, seething.
Content warnings:
- Remembered scenes and on page scenes of attempted murder of the hero
- Mention of the hero’s father dying at the age of 50 (they did not have a good relationship) two years ago
- Mention of the hero losing his nanny when she died in childbirth (and lost the baby too)
- The hero is taken advantage of by a woman that pretends to be her sister the hero had feelings for. She initiates a sexual relationship with him even though she’s married to someone else
- Heroine and her family has grief over the loss of her mom
- Sexual and physical harassment of the heroine by a villain
- Suicide risk of a side characterr
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
34% - kisses
46% - 🔥 hero bathes the heroine, kisses, oral for her, followed by a hand job for him
56% - 🔥 kisses, missionary sex on the beach
80% - 🔥 kisses, blow job (incomplete and brief), her on top
96% - 🔥 kisses, laying spooning in bed sex (it’s pretty short)
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person from both the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
Ideally yes! Heath’s series can wind together and this book is a direct relation to the ending of her Sins for All Seasons series. The first part of this novel takes place prior to Beauty Temps the Beast (book 6 of Sins for All Seasons series) so I would at least read that one first.
Basic plot:
Kathryn must marry a titled gentleman to get her cottage inheritance. Too bad her friend she is attracted to is only the spare.
Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian time period (1873 for the first part, and 1874 for the second part)
- London setting
- Best friends brother
- Unrequited love (especially from the hero but a bit from both)
- Heroine nurses hero back to the health
- Losing nobility status
- Huge hero, tiny heroine (heroine barely reaches hero’s shoulders)
- Medium steam – 3 full scenes
Ages:
- Hero is 27, heroine 24
My thoughts:
There is so much sweetness in this book!!!! Seriously if unrequited love is your jam, Griffith will have your heart. He is just so, so sweet. He remembers what Kathryn is wearing the first time they meet. He steals her hair ribbon and keeps it forever. He is SO IN LOVE with her.
I really enjoyed Kathryn through this book. She is rather quiet, but strong, and I like how she doesn’t let anyone lead her astray from what she wants in life.
Something did prevent me from loving this book the whole way through. Maybe it was the bit of separation? I’m not too sure, but when we got to part II, I was getting a little bored with some things. We have to wait for a lot of the steam too which maybe wasn’t right for my mood at the time. Overall this was a super sweet, adorable book with plenty of romance that I appreciated. I’m not sure if I would reread it though.
Also there’s a bit of a love triangle with Kathryn trying to marry a lord to get her cottage property. I feel like a number of Heath’s books Ive read have some kind of love triangle thing going on and honestly it’s not for me. That usually ends up driving me bonkers. Though it wasn’t too bad here, probably because I know the other love interest will get his own story in the next book. (which is on my TBR!)
Quotes/thoughts:
I looooove that he wants this.
She signed, heavily. “What do you want?”
Reaching behind her, he took hold of her plaited hair, and draped it over her shoulder. The one nearest to him.
“Your hair. Unraveled. Like Rapunzel.”
The fact that Griff wrote basically a love letter to her in the form of an application to be the bride of another man, was just giving me goosebumps!
“A quick wit, a biting tongue, and a sharp mind. Her mere presence will cause a man to yearn the intimacy of her htoughts. Her secret desires. Her touch. Like the finest of wines, she is bold, full bodied and tantalizing. Never disappointing yet never the same. Always offering another aspect to be discovered. A lifetime in her company will never be long enough.”
Content warnings:
- Mention of treason and hero’s father being sentenced to death and hung
- Cheroot smoking/lessons
- Brief scenes of danger and death
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
33% - kiss
39% - brief kiss with another man
45% - kiss
57% - kiss
68% - 🔥 kisses, fingering for her, breast play, oral for her
85% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
96% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, blow job (incomplete), her on top (in a cove on the beach)
99% - kiss and implied sex
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person from both the hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
Ideally yes! Heath’s series can wind together and this book is a direct relation to the ending of her Sins for All Seasons series. The first part of this novel takes place prior to Beauty Temps the Beast (book 6 of Sins for All Seasons series) so I would at least read that one first.
Basic plot:
Kathryn must marry a titled gentleman to get her cottage inheritance. Too bad her friend she is attracted to is only the spare.
Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian time period (1873 for the first part, and 1874 for the second part)
- London setting
- Best friends brother
- Unrequited love (especially from the hero but a bit from both)
- Heroine nurses hero back to the health
- Losing nobility status
- Huge hero, tiny heroine (heroine barely reaches hero’s shoulders)
- Medium steam – 3 full scenes
Ages:
- Hero is 27, heroine 24
My thoughts:
There is so much sweetness in this book!!!! Seriously if unrequited love is your jam, Griffith will have your heart. He is just so, so sweet. He remembers what Kathryn is wearing the first time they meet. He steals her hair ribbon and keeps it forever. He is SO IN LOVE with her.
I really enjoyed Kathryn through this book. She is rather quiet, but strong, and I like how she doesn’t let anyone lead her astray from what she wants in life.
Something did prevent me from loving this book the whole way through. Maybe it was the bit of separation? I’m not too sure, but when we got to part II, I was getting a little bored with some things. We have to wait for a lot of the steam too which maybe wasn’t right for my mood at the time. Overall this was a super sweet, adorable book with plenty of romance that I appreciated. I’m not sure if I would reread it though.
Also there’s a bit of a love triangle with Kathryn trying to marry a lord to get her cottage property. I feel like a number of Heath’s books Ive read have some kind of love triangle thing going on and honestly it’s not for me. That usually ends up driving me bonkers. Though it wasn’t too bad here, probably because I know the other love interest will get his own story in the next book. (which is on my TBR!)
Quotes/thoughts:
I looooove that he wants this.
She signed, heavily. “What do you want?”
Reaching behind her, he took hold of her plaited hair, and draped it over her shoulder. The one nearest to him.
“Your hair. Unraveled. Like Rapunzel.”
The fact that Griff wrote basically a love letter to her in the form of an application to be the bride of another man, was just giving me goosebumps!
“A quick wit, a biting tongue, and a sharp mind. Her mere presence will cause a man to yearn the intimacy of her htoughts. Her secret desires. Her touch. Like the finest of wines, she is bold, full bodied and tantalizing. Never disappointing yet never the same. Always offering another aspect to be discovered. A lifetime in her company will never be long enough.”
Content warnings:
- Mention of treason and hero’s father being sentenced to death and hung
- Cheroot smoking/lessons
- Brief scenes of danger and death
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
33% - kiss
39% - brief kiss with another man
45% - kiss
57% - kiss
68% - 🔥 kisses, fingering for her, breast play, oral for her
85% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
96% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, blow job (incomplete), her on top (in a cove on the beach)
99% - kiss and implied sex