Shooting Scars by Karina Halle
Rating: B+       Raunch: 3.5/5      Romance: 3.5/5 Redonk Nutshell: Lovers battle through cartel to find each other & themselves If I had to pick one word to describe book two in The Artists Trilogy it would be transformation. First, if you haven’t read the 1st in the series, Sins & […]
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
 Rating: B     Romance: 4/5      Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Two unlikely people hiding in plain sight fall in love I always enjoy whatever Courtney Milan has to offer up, and The Heiress Effect was no different. That said, I had a hard time finding my words in describing this installment […]
Spinning Gold by Vivi Andrews
Rating: B Â Â Â Romance: 2/5 Â Â Â Raunch: 3/5 Redonk Nutshell: Rumpelstiltskin gets a new spin <-see what I did there? Juliana Ravel is seeking desperate measures to save her brother from the Prince’s executioner. She seeks to make an appeal, and as a last ditch effort to woo the Prince to […]
Stand-In Star by Rachel Johns
Rating:Â B Romance:Â 3.5/5 Â Â Â Raunch:Â 2/5 Redonk Nutshell: Opposites find they have more in common and attraction ensues Holly McCartney is heading to Hollywood to attend a ceremony where her deceased sister is up for a Best Supporting Actress award. Holly had a falling out with her sisters years ago and hasn’t actually spoken to […]
Too Hot To Handle by Victoria Dahl
Rating: B Romance:Â 3/5 Â Â Â Â Raunch: 3/5 “There was nothing worse than being felt out when you really wanted to be felt up.” Redonk Nutshell: Cheerful nerd is at her wit’s end and accepts aid from a man who ends up being her arch nemesis Merry Kade has always been a bit flighty. […]
Making Him Sweat by Meg Maguire
Rating:Â B Â Â Â Â Â Romance: 3.5/5 Â Â Â Â Â Raunch:Â 3.5/5 Redonk Nutshell: Woman falls for an associate of her disowned, deceased father Jenna Wilinski has inherited her father’s seedy boxing gym, and she has intentions to gradually close it and turn it into offices for her new business venture, a dating service. Her plan […]
A Most Scandalous Proposal by Ashlyn Macnamara
Redonk Nutshell: Man & woman go from best friends to lovers This was a sweet and somewhat traditional tale. Julia St. Claire isn’t sure how she feels about being pursued by an earl, especially the same earl that her sister has been crushing on for a long time. What Julia doesn’t know is that the earl […]
The Lass Wore Black by Karen Ranney
You’ll hold her when she cries, and try like hell to understand why she’s angry. You’ll coax her and reason with her, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her. You better damn well like her, my boy, because love is ninety percent like and ten percent passion. Redonk Nutshell: Recovering woman finds solace in her physician Catriona […]
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean
No, there was nothing at ll to suggest that Lady Philippa Marbury, daughter of one of the most powerful peers in Britain, was anything other than a perfectly ordinary young woman. Nothing, that was, until she opened her mouth and said things like, ‘bipedal locomotion’. And ‘coitus’. Redonk Nutshell: Woman asks notorious gentleman to help […]
My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper
I didn’t know if we really liked each other or if it was just our weird creative natures combined with the thrill of competition creating these intense situations. We had heat and chemistry, but so did most nuclear reactors, and I tired to stay away from those whenever possible. Redonk Nutshell: Sparks fly when a […]
How to Tame a Willful Wife by Christy English
“I am your husband. Never speak to him or to any strange man without my express permission.” The idiotic high-handedness of that statement brought Caroline up short. Redonk Nutshell: Misogynist marries an independent woman and enters a war of wills It’s tempting within the first few chapters to give up on this book. It’s hero, Anthony Carrington, […]
Sacrifice by Cayla Kluver
Redonk Nutshell: Conquered country’s queen must play a game of politics while keeping her love a secret The third book in Cluver’s fantasy series, Sacrifice, is the story of Alera, the queen, trying to find a way to rule her people while pleasing their new overlords, AND while keeping her own heart’s content with her love. […]