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December 9, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of With This Bling by LB Gregg, book three in her Romano & Albright mystery/humour/romance series.

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Don’t Stop Believing by Gwen Hayes – B- This is a sweet and (a little bit but in a non-erotic way) sexy short about a grumpy recluse and the librarian he has been crushing on. When Adam’s car goes off the road in a snowstorm, Simon brings him home to his cabin to look after him and they finally have some conversation. The time frame is short and the grand gesture at the end a little treacly but I enjoyed the cast and the writing style. There was a bit of POV whiplash, for instance:

Simon groaned and took Adams lips. Sampling lightly, tasting, teasing. The kisses kept him off balance in the masculine cage Simon had made of his body. Was Simon holding back or was he just trying to drive Adam crazy? As the kisses veered away from Adam’s mouth to his cheek, his chin, Adam clenched. He wanted more. Needed more.

but I was able to follow the story and enjoy it anyway. Simon and Adam were pretty well drawn considering the short word count and I liked my 99c visit to the small Washington town of Silver Pines.

Plus, you gotta love a librarian book amirite?

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Review at Dear Author

November 26, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a thinky review of Unnatural by Joanna Chambers. An offshoot of the Enlightenment series, this is Captain Iain Sinclair’s story.

Review at Dear Author

October 31, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with Sirius today. We’re reviewing Skip Trace by Kelly Jensen and Jenn Burke. The first half was kind of meh for me but the action really picked up in the second half and saved the book from being a wash.

Review at Dear Author

October 29, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen. It was angsty and, in the end, a bit too sugary, but enjoyable.

Waiting for Clark by Annabeth Alpert

October 22, 2015 / Kaetrin

Why I read it: After the success of some of my other Love is an Open Road reads, I downloaded some other likely winners. This was one of them.

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) My friends and I love cosplay, and this year we’re going all out for our city’s con. Yup, we’re going to go as members of the Justice League. I’m going as Batman, but I can’t figure out who’s going as a Superman. My friends are being a little cagey. What’s going on? How did I go from not knowing who Superman is to making out with the guy?

What worked for me (and what didn’t): I was really charmed by this story, about two guys who had been best friends in college but had been estranged after a passionate kiss and a Rhodes scholarship (it’s complicated but it makes sense in the story!). Five years later, Bryce and his partners in the bar they own together, Gotham Coin, are setting up their own booth in Portland’s (fictional) PDX Comic Con. Bryce is dressed as Batman and other friends of his are in various other superhero costumes. To his shocked surprise, Superman turns out to be Clark Kenmore (I loved the name) – former BFF and the guy Bryce has been in love with since freshman year and has never quite gotten over.
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