A Most Scandalous Proposal by Ashlyn Macnamara

A Most Scandalous Proposal
Grade-C
Hotness Level-Blaze
Kink Level-None
Genre-Historical Regency Romance
Reviewed by Kay

Julia St. Claire is twenty-two and has turned down many a suitor. She doesn’t want to love someone and always discourages the matches when the men seem to be besotted with her. She prefers a loveless marriage.

Benedict Revelstoke is the second son of an earl. He has been Julia’s lifelong friend and has loved her from afar.

Sophia St. Claire has pined for a man who has never showed her interest for five years. In her struggles to get this man’s notice, she has also turned down many marriage offers.

Rufus Highgate is an earl with a wicked scar and a scandalous past. It was said that he was responsible for his late wife’s accident. He hates the Ton and does his best to avoid it.

Julia and Sophia’s parents want to see their daughters settled. They will do whatever they have to, no matter what, to ensure this. Even to the point of not taking their daughters wishes into account. Julia is basically sold to a man to cover her father’s debts. What makes this worse, is that the man she’s sold to is the man Sophia wants.

Julia gets the man she never knew she wanted.

Benedict gets everything he has ever wanted.

Sophia gets a man she never expected.

Rufus gets a woman he never thought he deserved a chance with.

This novel was entertaining. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel with two heroes and two heroines. It was a nice change from the norm. All characters got what they deserved and it just happened to be what they wanted too. It didn’t get hot though until about 70% into the book and I didn’t like that at all.

Edge Of Dawn by Lara Adrian

Edge of Dawn (Midnight Breed, #11)
Grade-B
Hotness Level-Blaze
Kink Level-None
Series-Midnight Breed #11
Reviewed by Kay

Edge of Dawn is the latest installment of Lara Adrian’s very successful Midnight Breed series. It takes place 20 years after Darker than Midnight. Mira is the heroine and she was a child when we first met her. She’s a Breedmate (potential mate/wife) for any Breed male. She also has a special gift like all Breedmates. Hers is that anyone who looks into her eyes can see their future. What people see isn’t always pleasant and each time her eyesight weakens. She was taken in by the Order and raised by a warrior couple.

Kellen Archer is the hero and a Breed male. He and his grandfather were saved by the Order years ago after the rest of his family was slaughtered. He was a sullen and somber teen aged boy. He trained and became part of the Order. He and Mira were best friends and that grew into lovers. Kellen was on a mission where he died, although his body was never found.

Mira still grieves for him and sometimes it bleeds over into her missions. She’s had some reprimands and is stuck babysitting a human inventor and is to escort him to a conference at which he is to be honored. Mira and the human are abducted by a rebel group. Here is where the fun starts.

I love the Midnight Breed books. Lara Adrian has always been an auto read for me. It was interesting to catch up with past characters. Also it was fun to read about the dynamic of the two societies interacting. In previous novels, the humans are unaware of the Breed existence and now they are. I would like to read about the rest of the team members. I loved this book right up until the end. A certain plot twist left me a little confused and irritated. I would still recommend this series to anyone who loves a good paranormal series.

Down To You by M. Leighton

Down to You (The Bad Boys, #1)
Grade-D-
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series-The Bad Boys #1
Reviewed by Kay

This series came highly recommended to me. I was very excited to read start it. I was also a little intrigued since the blurb about it said it was a love triangle that really wasn’t one.

Olivia Townsend is a college student studying accounting with the hopes to help her dad with the family farm after graduation. She lives with her cousin, who she can’t stand and who is a total witch.

Nash Davenport is a law student and the boyfriend of Olivia’s cousin. He works with her cousin’s father also.

Cash Davenport is the owner of a successful nightclub and the black sheep.

This is the story of the relationships between these three characters. The twins aren’t real close to each other. Olivia is attracted to them both as they are to her. There is a secret that could put them all in danger.

This is not a good example of romance or romantic suspense either one. The romance was creepy and kind of gross. The heroine was slutty as were the twins. The secret was over the top to me as was the reason for the secret. I had a issue with the cheating, deceiving and a situation of questionable consent. This was an utter miss for me on all levels.