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All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

All He Ever Needed (Kowalski Family, #4)

Grade-B+
Hotness Level-blaze
Kink Level- None
Series- Kowalski #4
Reviewed by Anne

I love Shannon Stacey’s Kowalski series and this is another solid entry.  Mitch Kowalski returns to the small town he grew up in.  His younger brother, who manages the family inn, broke his leg and needs some help.  On his way back in the town he sees the diner has been reopened and stops by and meets Paige, the new owner.  He isn’t thrilled to be back in his small home town where everyone knows everything he ever did.  He’s attracted to Paige and hoping she’ll be interested in a no strings attached fling.

 Paige is immediately attracted to Mitch, but she’s not ready to break her man-fast.  However, she’s heard ALL the rumors about Mitch.  All the women he’s left behind.  All the very satisfied women.  None of them are unhappy.  As he pursues her, she starts to think maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to be one of those women.  She’s not looking for a relationship, but that means Mitch is just the right man for her.

I love low conflict contemporary.  No one is trying to kill someone else.  There’s no villain.  It’s just two people finding their way to be together.  Paige and Mitch were a lot of fun.  The other inhabitants of the small town provided for a lot of humor.  My favorite thing throughout this book was meeting all the women Mitch had been with and hearing what local legend it had sparked.

The book does a nice job setting up the sequels.  I can’t wait! 

The Care and Feeding of an Alpha Male by Jessica Clare

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

Grade-A
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink-Level-Mild
Series-Bluebonnet #2
Reviewed by Kay

Let me start off by saying that this series is a whole lotta fun! I LOVE this series! It’s funny and blisteringly hot. I loved the first book in the series and this one lived up to the original. I love the characters and so hope she makes this a long series.

Beth Ann Williamson is Bluebonnet’s hometown sweetheart. Her family is well-to-do, her on again off again fiance is well-to-do and well thought of in the community. They have been together since high school. She recently opened her own salon and is trying to make a go of her life on her own terms. Her most recent and, according to her, final break from Allan Sundquist is difficult for the town to accept. She is constantly bombarded by townspeople who urge her to reconsider her break-up. She is also weighed down by familial obligations which leads her to a situation that involves someone from her past she’s not crazy about.

Cole Waggoner helps run a survivalists camp in the town of Bluebonnet. He grew up there but was referred to as a white-trash Waggoner. He can’t really get along with Beth Ann but is attracted to her, much to his own dismay. He is called into a situation with Beth Ann that he capitalizes on.

What ensues is a great ride on an emotional roller coaster. Touching, amusing and fiery. Everything I love is in this novel.  I slam dunked it in a day because I couldn’t put in down. So pick it up, I dare ya!

All Afternoon With A Scandalous Marquess by Alexandra Hawkins

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All Afternoon with a Scandalous Marquess (Lords of Vice, #5)
Grade-A-
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series: Lords of Vice #5
Reviewed by Kay

The is Saint’s book. His name is Simon Jefferes, the Marquess of Sainthill. He and his fellow Vice brothers have enjoyed lives of entitled gentlemen. Money, gambling and women. He’s a rake and a scoundrel to be sure but he has done something totally out of character. Saint has fallen in love, with a Madame of a brothel.

Madame Venna or Catherine Deverall, is a woman with a past. Not all of that her fault. A true victim of her circumstances as a child, she is forced to reinvent herself and in doing that loses the girl she used to be forever. She runs the brothel with as much compassion as is possible and it has made her a wealthy woman.

These two set fire to the pages in the love scenes. This book was HOT! I always love the Lords Of Vice and eagerly await the next book. All the Lords are heard from in this book and that’s always a plus. My only complaint is that it seemed to skip a part at the end of chapter thirty and pick up in the next chapter as if nothing happened. That was the only thing about this book that wasn’t perfect.

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