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Predilections Schmedilections – A Contemporary Romance

February 13, 2016 by Mrs. Julien 19 Comments

Another contemporary quote erotic unquote romance in which the hero specifically talks about “violating” the heroine. From Amazon: When reserved flight attendant Bianca gets one look at billionaire hotel owner James Cavendish, she loses all of her hard-won composure. For a girl who can easily juggle a tray of champagne flutes at 35,000 feet in three inch heels, she finds herself shockingly weak-kneed from their first encounter. The normally unruffled Bianca can’t seem to look away from his electrifying turquoise gaze. They hold a challenge, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, erotic romance, Mrs. Julien, R.K. Lilley

Mrs. Julien's CBR8 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, erotic romance, Mrs. Julien, R.K. Lilley ·
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The beauty and the basketball player

February 6, 2016 by Malin 1 Comment

Katie Vickery is a sorority pledge and there is no way she can show up to a party without a date. Having just broken up with her jerky football player boyfriend, she’s at a bit of a loss, until her roommate Scarlet sets her up with a childhood friend, Andrew Baschnagel. While Katie normally dates football players, at least Andy is an athlete and an upperclassman, even if the sport is basketball. Of course, Katie pretty much wants to eat worms than go to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Blonde Date, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, novella, Sarina Bowen, sportsball, The Ivy Years

Malin's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Blonde Date, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, novella, Sarina Bowen, sportsball, The Ivy Years ·
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A college romance with truly monumental amounts of angst

February 6, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

Having spent the previous year pretty much focused on hockey and dating as many different women as possible, Bridger Macaulley’s life drastically changes when he realises that his dead-beat mother isn’t just doing drugs anymore, but that she’s now part of a gang that actually cooks meths at home. He takes his seven-year-old little sister Lucy out of there and hides her in his dorm room, while spending every available moment while she’s at school taking a double course load so he can graduate faster […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: angst, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Ivy Years, The Year We Hid Away

Malin's CBR8 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: angst, CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Ivy Years, The Year We Hid Away ·
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Horse Puckey – A Historical Romance

January 27, 2016 by Mrs. Julien 7 Comments

Lovehating Jennifer Ashley’s books continues to be my romance reading pleasurannoyance. This entry into her Victorian Mackenzie series (listed below) isn’t even a kissing book, A Mackenzie Clan Gathering is a story about her most popular hero as the writer cashes in on the success of her novels. I don’t begrudge her that, a woman’s got to eat. HOWEVER, right off the top, I am saying it: I don’t believe that Jennifer Ashley wrote this book. I think it was ghostwritten. There were telltale stylistic […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: CBR8, historical romance, Jennifer Ashley, Mackenzie series, Mrs. Julien, Victorian romance

Mrs. Julien's CBR8 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: CBR8, historical romance, Jennifer Ashley, Mackenzie series, Mrs. Julien, Victorian romance ·
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Ladies, if your vagina is magical enough, you can make him want to change.

January 14, 2016 by Emmalita 21 Comments

In the past few months, I’ve read more about collegiate sports than I could have ever imagined, given my total lack of interest in sports. But thanks to Elle Kennedy, Kristin Callihan and Sarina Bowen, I know more about hockey and football than I would like, and I have some sports playing fictional boyfriends. The Score is the third book in Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series. The series explores the lives and loves of four college hockey players, who share a house – off campus. Elle […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Elle Kennedy, Mrs. Julien, New Adult Romance, Off Campus series

Emmalita's CBR8 Review No:3 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Elle Kennedy, Mrs. Julien, New Adult Romance, Off Campus series ·
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Here be dragons

December 26, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

Once again I want to thank the lovely Mrs. Julien, whose generous gift of an Amazon voucher made it possible for me to buy this book. NFL player Ethan “Dex” Dexter is known to his friends and team mates as “the Wise One”. He’s quiet, observant, focused on his career and not really concerned with dating, or really all that bothered about the fact that he’s still a virgin at 24. The only woman he’s interested in is the bubbly and vivacious Fiona Mackenzie, sister-in-law […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Game Plan

Malin's CBR7 Review No:149 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Contemporary Romance, football, Game On, Kristen Callihan, Malin, Mrs. Julien, New Adult, The Game Plan ·
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