The Last Beginning (Endings and Beginnings #1)
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“Nobody tells you how one moment, one decision, can change the course of your entire life.” Kit...
Contemporary MM Romance
A Brat for Kinkmas (Naughty or Nice Season Three)
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Can two men from different walks of life cross the barriers between them in order to find and keep...
Contemporary MM Romance Seasonal Mafia Daddy/boy
Awakened Desires (My Kinky Housemate #5)
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Seventeen years ago, my life fell apart. By attempting to protect me, my best friend, Rory,...
Contemporary MM Romance BDSM
Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Royals in Books
May 3, 2019
Interestingly, I’m torn now on whether to read the second book! Rachel Hawkins is a fantastic writer, so I have no doubt she’ll write a great second book, but the love interest in the next book, Princess Flora, did not make a great impression on me in this book. I was glad she only made a short appearance. It doesn’t sound like the next book is told from her point of view, though, so maybe it will be okay. The series definitely has a lot of potential, as there’s still several members of the Prince’s posse to tell stories about!
I do enjoy a good royal romance, and these are interesting in that they’re contemporary, so the royals are concerned with their reputation, and treated like massive celebrities, but have lost a lot of their intimidation factor and power when it comes to normal people. Daisy sees it more as an inconvenience than anything else, it seems.
One content warning – there was a scene with an unasked-for kiss that could have been called sexual assault if Daisy had been less charitable about it. It wasn’t malicious. But it was questionable. So beware if that’s something you want to avoid.
Country Nights
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From WSJ bestselling romance author Winter Renshaw comes an angsty small town romance with a twist...
Romance Contemporary
Cash (Ruthless Daddies #6)
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Cho “Brick” Brixton enjoys cooking, working in his yard, and binge-watching television while...
Contemporary MM Mafia Romance
His Rockstar Dom
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A singing sensation who steals hearts. The wannabe guitarist who worships him. Can true love survive...
Contemporary MM Rockstar Romance BDSM
Eleanor Luhar (47 KP) rated Billy and Me in Books
Jun 24, 2019
Despite the gooey topics, this book was easy to sit and read through. The writing was good, though some of the speech didn't feel particularly authentic. My main problem was how cliche this was. A young woman who loves classic literature andworks in a tea shop meets a movie star without realising who he is and falls in love... Yeah, it's kind of a stereotypical romance. I hate this sort of thing. It's tacky and just ugh. But there was more to it than just the romance, which was very good. Sophie had her own issues to deal with, stemming from childhood grief and caring for her mother. It even had a really tragic moment toward the end, that didn't involve the actor - Billy - much at all.
As I mentioned above, the language wasn't always particularly fluid. It sometimes felt like Fletcher was trying too hard to make it more romantic and emotional. Billy was pretty much 'perfect' and extremely romantic, probably extremely unrealistically so. He was likeable, still, just not very realistic.
Sophie herself was a bit... not annoying, but she's not my favourite protagonist ever. She was trying too hard to be unique and strong and independent and it just irritated me. I get what Fletcher was going for (I think) but I just didn't love Sophie that much at all.
Like most other contemporary novels (not that I've actually read many of them), Sophie's life comes together perfectly at the end. Well, not quite perfectly, but the ending was sickly sweet. But I'm a bit of a cynic. You might like this more than me.
Despite the genre and gross cutesy lovey stuff, I think this deserves 3.5 stars. The writing was good and I did actually enjoy reading it.
Drake (Twilight Falls #5)
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Roman Campbell. Wild Child. Rebel. Rockstar. Broken. At the age of twenty-eight, Roman Campbell...
Contemporary MM Romance Trigger Warning
Sweet Obsession (Nights Series #4)
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He is the one person I love more than life itself. The one person I will do my utmost to protect....
M_M Contemporary Romance