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Retro [HH] Review: So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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Hi friends! So, you may or may not know, but I was a blogger for Heroes and Heartbreakers. I was with them since pre-launch … but then they booted us, so I went and nabbed my posts before all the content was removed, and I figured … why not revive it, right?! Also, I’m the review quoted on Rebekah’s site. 😀 <3 So we’re starting out with a story that made me really happy. (And there’s more to it… but we’ll get there. Anyway I also get to correct the errors/typos/messes where I was edited and it was kinda choppy or unfinished.)

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Contemporary romance released by Rebekah Weatherspoon on September 29, 2015

So Sweet CoverDesperate times call for desperate measures…

And desperate is the only way to describe Kayla Davis’s current situation. Out of work and almost out of money to cover her bills, Kayla finally caves to her roommate’s nagging and follows her to Arrangements, an online dating site that matches pretty young women with older men of a certain tax bracket.

Convinced this “make-rent-quick” scheme will surely fail—or saddle her with an 80 year old boyfriend—Kayla is shocked when Michael Bradbury, Internet billionaire and stone-cold salt and pepper fox, offers her a solution to all her financial troubles.
It’s hard enough for Kayla to accept his generosity, but what’s a girl to do when the wealthiest man she’s ever met is a dream in and outside of the bedroom?

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon is just so cute. It’s a fun story that will leave you feeling good after you’ve finished it. Although So Sweet is a novella, Weatherspoon balances things nicely—there’s just enough realism to let you believe this totally unbelievable situation maybe might could happen. Really. There’s a refreshing frankness to Kayla, and the tone of the story that makes it almost—almost—tongue-in-cheek. It’s just a grand jaunt and you’ll want to be along for the ride. Continue reading →

Review: Playing with Fire by Kate Meader

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Mary’s Review of Playing with Fire (Hot In Chicago Series Book 3) by Kate Meader
Contemporary Romance released by Pocket Books September 29, 2015

As the only female firefighter at Engine Co. 6, Alexandra Dempsey gets it from all sides: the male coworkers who think she can’t do the job, the wives and girlfriends who see her as a threat to their firefighter men, and her overprotective foster brothers who want to shelter their baby sister at all costs. So when she single-handedly saves the life of Eli Cooper, Chicago’s devastatingly handsome mayor, she assumes the respect she’s longed for will finally come her way. But it seems Mr. Mayor has other ideas…

Eli Cooper’s mayoral ratings are plummeting, his chances at reelection dead in the water. When a sexy, curvaceous firefighter gives him the kiss of life, she does more than bring him back to the land of the living—she also breathes vitality into his campaign. Riding the wave of their feel-good story might prop up Eli’s flagging political fortunes, but the sizzling attraction between them can go nowhere; he’s her boss, and there are rules that must be obeyed. But you know what they say about rules: they’re made to be broken…

Enemies-to-lover’s is a trope I can never get enough of. It’s also one that’s difficult to pull off well. This book (sadly) has been languishing in my TBR pile for months and months. Had I known how good it was, I would have read it much sooner! Continue reading →