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This was nice, but nothing I’m likely to remember in a month or two

September 10, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Bailey Moore was given the all clear from the cancer which dominated every aspect of her life since she was sixteen, and now has a sort of reverse bucket list. While she was sick, she didn’t really imagine much of a future for herself, but now there are just so many things she’d like to do. One of her first items is skiing in the Rocky Mountains, so she goes to the Cedar Ridge skiing resort, but mis-reads the map and ends up […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Cedar Ridge, Contemporary Romance, Jill Shalvis, Malin, My Kind of Wonderful, small town life

Malin's CBR9 Review No:81 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Cedar Ridge, Contemporary Romance, Jill Shalvis, Malin, My Kind of Wonderful, small town life ·
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A divorce attorney, her ex-husband and a cute dog go on a road trip

September 10, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

While others may describe divorce attorney Harper James as somewhat bitter, cynical and decidedly unromantic, she herself claims that she is realistic and practical and her job allows her to help her clients, usually in miserable relationships have the best possible lives after their divorces. Her mother packed up and left Harper and her father on Harper’s thirteenth birthday, and Harper’s own marriage didn’t even last six months, but she doesn’t really feel that those things in any way influenced the woman she is today. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Kristan Higgins, Malin, My One and Only, road trip

Malin's CBR9 Review No:78 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Kristan Higgins, Malin, My One and Only, road trip ·
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No, It’s Okay, He’s Really a Good Guy

Stay by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

September 8, 2017 by Mrs. Julien 4 Comments

I swear that Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy are writing romances inspired by the hashtag notallmen, though I’m not sure even that’s correct since the men in this series, and a lot of Bowen’s solo work, often behave in a way that is unacceptable, but is supposedly meant to be forgivable because they are good guys. As my romance twin, Beth-Ellen, said, it’s as though they are defending men and, she added, who is the audience they are doing that for? Stay was a mostly […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Elle Kennedy, hockey romance, Sarina Bowen, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, Wags Series

Mrs. Julien's CBR9 Review No:24 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Elle Kennedy, hockey romance, Sarina Bowen, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, Wags Series ·
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Make No Mistake, It’s Awful

September 7, 2017 by Mrs. Julien 4 Comments

Sometimes I just can’t resist finding out how bad awful sounding romances can be. Taken by Two did not let me down. It’s terrible and not (just) because of the ridiculous love scenes. It’s a Cinemax movie from the 1980s with more graphic sex. I’ll let Amazon fill you in: Taken by two enigmatic men, Penelope Sedgewick overcomes demons from the past to learn to thrive in a thrilling new dangerous world. When the missing billionaire Nathaniel Slater reappears from oblivion and kidnaps her, she’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, erotic romance, Sam J.D. Hunt

Mrs. Julien's CBR9 Review No:23 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, erotic romance, Sam J.D. Hunt ·
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I’ve Read Every Book in This Guilty Pleasure Series

September 6, 2017 by Mrs. Julien 3 Comments

The last in a series of ten books and novellas, Beautiful serves as a standalone-ish contemporary romance from writing duo Christina Lauren, as well as providing visits with the five other couples in the group and wrapping all the threads up with a bow. Usually landing on the erotic end of the romance spectrum, Beautiful was pretty tame by Lauren standards, but still in keeping with the authors’ style. Pippa is visiting Boston to see her best friend, Ruby, and take a two-week road trip […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beautiful Series, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance

Mrs. Julien's CBR9 Review No:22 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beautiful Series, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance ·
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Regular People Falling in Love? How Unusual!

September 4, 2017 by Mrs. Julien 2 Comments

Last year, I read Mariana Zapata’s classic Kulti and both I and my kissing book cohorts have been working through her catalogue looking for more gems. It’s unreasonable to expect a classic every time, but I really enjoyed Wait for It and have returned to my favourite parts of the story more than once. No one is titled, famous, or a billionaire. Wait for It is just a really good contemporary romance that takes its time with two “ordinary” people finding love and building a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Mariana Zapata, Prolixity Julien

Mrs. Julien's CBR9 Review No:20 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Mariana Zapata, Prolixity Julien ·
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