Faking It
The second Dempseys book is similarly filled with whip-smart dialogue but the story doesn’t quite land as well. It stands up just about as well as it did when I reviewed it a few years back.
Category: Romance
pool?
Welcome To Temptation
The first of the Dempsey books is an enjoyable read full of Crusie’s signature witty dialogue.
I reviewed this one a couple of years ago and most that entry still stands.
coop?
Lost and Found Sisters
Jill Shalvis writes very enjoyable romance novels. She rarely writes a dud and while they’re not particularly memorable they are so much fun while you’re reading them.
This particular story follows Quinn – still reeling from the loss of her sister Beth.
In swift succession she learns she’s adopted, that her birth mother has died from cancer and that she has a teenage sister.
It’s got great female relationships and a half-decent romance.
Definitely worth checking out if you’re into contemporary romance.
morland?
The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts
When her friend, mentor and boss dies Posy unexpectedly inherits the bookshop she’s worked in all her life.
Not a natural business person she still realizes that something has to change for the shop to remain open.
She decides to re-open the shop as a specialist in the genre she loves – romantic fiction. Unfortunately she has to deal with her boss’ rude grandson who is determined that the shop should be a specialist crime bookshop.
Inevitably after many stumbling blocks romance ensues.
I quite enjoyed this one and on balance more than the second book in the series even though the quality was roughly the same. Mainly because the characters in this novel aren’t as pointlessly dumb as in the follow up.
knife?
Miracle on 5th Avenue
The third member of the Urban Genie crew (see Sleepless in Manhattan) finds love.
Asked to decorate an author’s apartment over Christmas while he’s on retreat in Vermont sweet-natured Eva discovers that he’s not in Vermont at all.
Stuck in the flat with the attractive but brooding Lucas Blade sparks start to fly.
Of course it wouldn’t be a romance if there weren’t obstacles in their way.
Far more fun than the first book in the series I burned through this one over the course of New Years Eve. If you like a sweet predictable romance then this is one for you.
white?
Sleigh Bells In The Snow
Enjoyable christmas romance. I’ve reviewed this one before.
stuffy?
All or Nothing
Cancer survivor Jen Maitland brings a fake boyfriend to meet her mother in the hopes that a stuffy annoying lawyer type will stop the romantic inference for a while.
This being a romance things don’t quite go to plan.
This is a surprisingly enjoyable sweet natured contemporary romance. Well worth a shot if you like the fake dating trope.
stud?
One Dance With a Duke
In this slight historical romance shy, retiring Lady Amelia d’Orsay uncharacteristically pushes herself forward to dance with a moody and mysterious Duke in order to beg him to release her brother’s debt.
One thing leads to another and she quickly finds herself married to the selfsame Duke and involved various social intrigues.
genie?
Sleepless In Manhattan
When Paige and her friends are let go from their jobs they decide to start up their own business. Working closely with her childhood crush Jake as her first client Paige finds herself falling for him all over again.
Normally Sarah Morgan books are super quick reads with really enjoyable dialogue. This particular book took me months of slow grinding to complete. I don’t know if it was just this particular set of characters or something to do with my mindset but I struggled with this book from the off. Now that I’ve finished I can see that it’s a perfectly generic piece of contemporary romance. Nothing overly bad or particularly exciting about it.
bella?
The Total Package
Dani is a touchline TV reporter covering American Football. Tyson is a star quarterback – back on the top of the game after very public fall from grace. When she’s forced to go and work with his team will they be able to get past their history?
This is a perfectly compentent and completely predicable contemporary romance. I doubt I’ll remember any of it in a couple of days.