Filthy Rich series – Cannonball Read 17

A Soaptastic Ending to a Soaptastic Series

Serving Sin by Angelina M. Lopez

May 6, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I have really enjoyed Angelina M. Lopez’s spectacularly soapy Filthy Rich series. The series has the melodrama and glamour of a 1980’s nighttime soap, but with a lot less misogyny. Lopez centers the stories around strong women who fight to be on top in their chosen profession. The stories sprawl across time and continents, but (mostly) stay focused on the romance. Serving Sin tightens up some of the excesses of Hate Crush. One of the joys of a romance series is knowing that interesting side characters are […]

Soap Operatic

Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

June 22, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Angelina Lopez bowled me over with her debut novel, Lush Money. Hate Crush, is a worthy sequel. When I started reading romance, I didn’t like contemporary romance because it all seemed to be Judith Krantz and Danielle Steele – ridiculously beautiful people, at least one of whom was incredibly wealthy, with high glamour problems and preposterous plots. If I was going to read that I wanted it to be set in the past. In the last 30 years, contemporary romance has become less focused on the […]

It’s a perfect story, how mommy saved daddy

Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez

August 31, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Lush Money is a very promising debut from an author I’m looking forward to seeing more from. Recently, I’ve been drawn to low drama romances with characters whose lives are imaginable. Lush Money is high drama and features a self made billionaire and the heir to a small European Kingdom. I loved it. Roxanne Medina is a self made billionaire. She wants a child, wants the child to have a father, but doesn’t want to put in the effort a romance would require. Mateo Esperanza […]

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