one couple series

Naked by Raine Miller

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Naked (The Blackstone Affair, #1)
Grade-B
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series-The Blackstone Affair #1

Ethan Blackstone is British and this novel takes place in London. He runs his security company and is very wealthy. He is also ex-Special Forces. This novel starts for him at an art show where he sees a nude art piece of the a young woman. He seems to become very interested in it.

Brynne Bennett is an American in London  for school, studying art. She poses for her friend to help make ends meet. She has no real family in London or England for that matter. She’s also here to escape her past.

Their eyes connect across the art gallery and….here we go. The chemistry is wonderful and I liked the characters. Can’t wait to hear about the pasts. You don’t get closure about that in this book. Still a very good and engaging read. The revelation at the end of this book was a doozy and can’t wait for that to play out. This is one of those 50 Shadesque books but like Sylvia Day’s Crossfire Series, I think I like this better. A friend of mine suggested this series and I’m so very glad she did.

Reflected In You by Syvia Day

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Reflected in You (Crossfire, #2)
Grade-A
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-Low
Series- Crossfire Series #2
Reviewed by Kay

Book two starts where book one left off. I’d like to tell you a bunch of things happened in this book but they really don’t. Don’t get me wrong, we get some answers but not all I was hoping for. I just want some long term happiness for these two supremely screwed up individuals. They seem to be enablers to and for each other’s misery but you root for them just the same.

Gideon’s obsession with Eva’s whereabouts and her body are sometimes as disturbing to me as the “stalker” that you’re waiting for to appear. Eva’s desperation is at times pathetic. Through it all, Ms. Day makes you like and yeah, love  these characters. I am enjoying this series but I’m pretty upset about having to wait until May for the next one.

Bared To You by Sylvia Day

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Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
Grade-A-
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level- Low
Series- Crossfire #1
Reviewed by Kay

Gideon Cross is extremely wealthy, gorgeous and severely scarred on the inside. Eva Tramell is wealthy, beautiful and extremely scarred on the inside as well. The moment they met, sparks flew. They do everything passionately, from arguing to making love. Reading the first part of their story was a pretty good way to spend a couple of days and I enjoyed it, a lot.

The market seems to be flooding with 50 Shades-ish books. This is along those lines and quite similar. I have to say I enjoyed this premise better. The hero and heroine both have terrible emotional scars and watching them stumble through their love life was not only hot but emotional. I as usual don’t want to give too much away so I can’t say much more. Well except read this series.