Review: The Arrangement - Miranda Rijks - August 2020 I have been reading a lot of romance and fantasy lately and felt like a change of direction so I opened my Kindle and began to scroll until I came across a title by Miranda Rijks. I have enjoyed a few of her psychological thrillers in the past and figured this one would be no different. As I open the book we are presented with the murder in the first chapter as we meet a young girl stabbed on the rocks. The book then jumps to the next chapter where the young girl's parents get a knock on their door. Abi has been found stabbed in South Africa and alone, this doesn't make sense to Grace as her daughter was supposed to be staying with friends Becky and Ethan. Grace is about to have her eyes wide open and learn that her daughter has a secret life that she never imagined. Readers will learn that Abi through her diary entries became a sugar baby and that she also had a boyfriend whom she fell in love with and pregnant with. As Gra...

The Billionaire’s Arrangement Amélie S. Duncan (The Kept Trilogy, #1) Publication date: December 11th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Paul Crane is rich, brilliant, and powerful. And I belong to him, body and soul… I came to New York City to study design and build a life for myself. I was young, naive, and the last thing I was looking for was love. I needed money for my family and the medical bills that threatened us into poverty. I didn’t have time to worry about my loneliness, to fill that cold empty spot in my heart… At first, it seemed like Paul was the answer to all my problems. But after he rescued me from a desperate situation, I soon discovered Paul had demons of his own. Paul wasn’t looking for a lover… He wanted a companion, a kept woman. And I was captivated by his charm, lavish gifts, and trips to Paris. And his touch awakened my desires, passions I had never dreamed of. But the closer we get, the more I begin to wonder. What happens when our arra...

The Business Engagement Kasi Blake (Boss of Seduction) Publication date: May 22nd 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance One engagement can save two reputations… if they can keep their hands off each other. When claustrophobic Anna gets trapped in an elevator with hunky Skylar, the last thing she expects is to exit an engaged woman. But Skylar insists tongues will stop wagging when people realize she is marrying him and not sleeping with her boss. Skylar’s father (her boss) invites her to spend Thanksgiving weekend with his entire family in Vermont, and he won’t take no for an answer. She has no clue how she will get through four days under the same roof with the sexy, arrogant Skylar. Then she discovers they expect her to share a room with her fiancé. Now what? With her job on the line, will she also be willing to risk her heart? This book is a little STEAMY. if you don’t like that, you can skip those scenes and still enjoy the book. It isn’t erotica, so there isn’t mu...

Review: First Comes Like - Book #3 Modern Love Series - Alisha Rai - February 2021 Remember Jia Ahmed - Katrina and Rhiannon's roommate? Book #3 of Modern Love is Jia's story and how she found love though it turned out to be a bumpy and chaotic ride. Jia for the past year has been talking online through DM's with Bollywood actor Dev Naik and now she has found out that he is coming to the US and will be right in her town promoting a new Hollywood movie. Jia sees this as an opportunity to meet up with the guy behind all the romantic messages. Unfortunately, Dev starts to ghost Jia and she wants to know why and why this wonderful guy just stopped talking to her. She finds out the location and as she is an influencer and beauty vlogger, she gets an invite to the launch party. She goes up to Dev but he has no idea who she is. This leads to Jia's heartbreaking slowly as she discovers she was catfished. The thing though is Dev has an idea who was behind it and wants to make it...

The Prince’s Bride J.J. McAvoy (The Prince’s Bride, #1) Publication date: October 29th 2020 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance He is a spoiled playboy prince whose family is in desperate need of money. She’s an American heiress who can only get her inheritance through marriage. According to their families they are a perfect match. According to each other, arranged marriages have no place in modern times and this could not possibly work. But Prince Galahad “Gale” of Ersovia is bound by duty to obey the crown anyway. Odette Wyntor doesn’t give a damn, she doesn’t want to get married. Can he change her mind? Can she even handle what it means to be royal, if he did? The Prince’s Bride is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 2 arrives a month later. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: “Oh, right, I bet you have a lot of exes that would try to destroy me or something.” Damn. “You do!” She pointed at me, grinning like she’d won the...

Her Billionaire Daddy Allison West (Western Daddy Doms, #1) Publication date: October 13th 2020 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance He owns the hottest lifestyle club in all of New York City. It’s secretive, exclusive, and caters to Daddy Doms. Romance author, Samantha Bellamy, is shocked when she attends a book signing and runs into her high school crush, Martin Taylor. He’s a billionaire with a secret. He’s owner of an exclusive club for Daddy Doms and littles to openly explore the lifestyle. He’s also notorious for his playboy personality, bedding a new woman every night. There’s a deal to be made worth potentially billions and Martin can’t let it get away. The only problem is the board of directors doesn’t like his playboy persona. He offers Samantha the deal of a lifetime. Marry him for eighteen months and receive two million dollars for her trouble. The only catch, no sex. Oh, and she has to call him Daddy! Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks /...

Review: Lush Money - Book #1 Filthy Rich Series - Angelina M. Lopez - October 2019 I wasn't 100% sure what I was getting with this book as I hadn't read into the blurb and when I started reading it, I was like oh yep - arranged marriage contracts which I normally love this sort of story and then when I saw the male lead was a part of the royal family - my interests spiked higher and then they were burst as I did not like the main female lead in Lush Money. Normally these sorts of books, it's the guy that takes control and is the alpha male and it works but when the female tries it, she just comes off looking like an ice-cold queen and heartless female. She frustrated me and I did not like her one bit which made this read a borderline 3 star for me as I just couldn't connect with her. Even when Mateo tried to warm up to her and put the ball in his court, she was like one of those nasty bulldogs and I get that she had to act tough as she made her wa...

    Review: Arranged Wedding Fears - Roxanne Amour- February 2017 This book starts off with two girls needing to escape their lives and they meet randomly on the train and take each other's places. Grace is set to inherit her fortune when she hits 21 years old but her guardian wants to make sure he marries her and takes the money whereas Lily's ex-boyfriend is bad news and she needs to disappear and lay low. The pair switch places to help one another out and this is how Grace ends up working for the Alexander family as a companion and carer to their son's fiancee Charlotte who was in an accident that her fiance Noah blames himself for. The pair are busy planning their wedding, but as soon as Noah meets Grace under the pseudonym of Lily, he finally realizes the saying of love at first sight as there is something about her that he is drawn too. Grace knowing he is getting married tries her hardest to stay away but she too finds herself drawn to him. Whe...