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Pride and Pleasure by Sylvia Day

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

Pride and Pleasure
Grade-D
Hotness Level- Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series- None
Reviewed by Kay

Eliza is an heiress but one with a brain. After being pursued for five Seasons, she is looking forward to getting the sixth over with as well. If she doesn’t find a man to settle down with, she will be allowed to take her inheritance and live her life as she wants.

Jasper is a thief-taker, which I thought of as a person who skirted the law. He has revenge on his mind and nothing will stop him from achieving it. He agrees to work for Eliza so he can keep her safe and an eye on one of her prospective suitors.

Both of these characters have secrets in their past. I did enjoy that part of this story but honestly that was about it. I have read Sylvia Day’s historical novels before and never been a fan, but a friend suggested it to me. I thought I’d try it for her. She had used the word epic in her description of this book. Let me explain something, I love historical romance. Not just a little but an enormous amount. I believe my favorite genre is contemporary but I crave historical in a way that I don’t contemporary. When I salivate over a possible epic historical, like I did this one, I worry. Worry about heightened expectations and possibilities of disappointment. I got that here in spades.

I love Mrs. Day’s Crossfire Series and highly recommend it but not this book.

Nauti Temptress by Lora Leigh

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

Nauti Temptress (Nauti Girls, #1)
Grade-C
Hotness Level- Inferno
Kink Level- Low
Series-Nauti Girls#1 (tied to the Nauti Boys series)
Reviewed By Kay

This novel starts with a twist to the male dominated Mackay family. Dawg’s family line to be exact. He finds out out he has four half sisters courtesy of his father. He takes them and their mother in and provides for the family.

Then the story jumps ahead several years to Eve, the oldest of Dawg’s siblings. She is in love with Brogan Campbell, a suspected traitor. Well obviously he’s not and thus starts their story. It was a little sweet, a whole lotta heat and vintage Leigh writing.

I have enjoyed Lora Leigh’s writing for several years and she’ll always have a special place in my heart. She introduced me to steamy contemporary romance and I consider her the queen of that genre. I have felt the last several books she’s had, I haven’t connected with. Regardless, I will always hold out hope and read anything she writes because when she’s on, she’s on fire! See Wild Card that sees a love story to it’s full fruition, Maverick that shows us that sometimes the perfection comes to the most scared and deserving of us. Nauti Night and Nauti Dreams that made me fall in love with the Mackays. Nauti Intentions that introduced me to Alex Jansen which is one of the HOTTEST books I’ve ever read and Only Pleasure that touched me in ways I never expected.

Keep writing Lora and we’ll keep reading.

A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

A Fool's Gold Christmas (Fool's Gold, #10)
Grade-C
Hotness Level-Ember
Kink Level-None
Series- Fool’s Gold #10
Reviewed By Kay

This is the story of Evie Stryker and Dante Jefferson. Evie is the lone female sibling in the male dominated family of Strykers. She has been on her own since the age of seventeen with no real sense of family. Dante is her brother’s business partner with no real sense of family either. The difference is that Dante at one time had it and Evie never has.

I have waited for this book and I have to say I was disappointed. The story was Susan Mallery’s usual effort and I was engaged with both characters but on a hotness level, nothing! No on screen sex? What’s going on Susan? Reading about them falling in love and their individual healing was good but simply not enough for this smut reader.