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The Story Guy by Mary Ann Rivers

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Every once in a while we read a book that we love so much that we decide we need to put up a review of it immediately, even though the review calendar is full.  This is one of those books.  Kay and Anne highly recommend you read The Story Guy.

The Story Guy
Grade-A
Hotness Level-Blaze
Kink level-No Kink
Genre-Contemporary
Reviewed by Kay
131 pages

This is the most beautiful book I’ve ever read. So much more than a romance. Powerful, moving, sweet, loving and sometimes even funny. It starts with the placement of personal ad and takes you on the journey of two people that so desperately needed each other. The desire to love and be loved is never more profound.

Brian places an ad for one day a week, to meet with someone for nothing more than kissing. No relationship, no extensive touching and no sex. Just kissing. He doesn’t have the time for anything more. He lives with his sister and works as an attorney.

Carrie is a librarian who answers his ad because of how it’s worded. She had no idea what she would be getting. Her confusion over the situation is understandable and frustrating. But growing to love someone is never easy. I really can’t tell you much more because I don’t want to give anything away.

I ended up open mouthed sobbing because the emotional pull of this story is huge.

                     

Ravenous by Eden Summers

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Ravenous

Grade-C
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-No Kink
Genre-Contemporary
Reviewed by Kay
56 pages

Back in high school, Jesse and Erin were a couple. They were in love as only teenagers can be. After school, Jesse left their hometown and Erin for the big city and bright lights of Sydney. He became a chef and a success. Erin became a caterer and nursed a broken heart. She gets a visit from Jesse, who is home for a visit with his folks. He asks her to cater his mother’s birthday party. Erin is shocked to see him and discovers she’s still in love with him. Jesse has never forgotten Erin either.

This is a cute, short read about the power of a love that never dies, even after years of separation. The premise is one of my personal favorites but the story never fully hooked me. It wasn’t bad but it left me wanting more.

The Demon Lovers Boxed Set by Kate Douglas

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Demon Lovers Boxed Set (Demon Lovers, #1-5)

Grade: D
Hotness Level: Inferno
Kink Level: Moderate Kink (sex with a demon, rape)
Genre: Paranormal, menage, polyamory
Series: Demon Lovers #1-5
Reviewed by Anne
238 pages (5 stand alone novellas about the same characters)
Addie was a normal human being until a bite on the neck turned into one part of a three part demon hunting team.  Along with Locan and Jett Addie will take on demons intent on hurting humans.  
So, this was part wack-a-doodle fun and part WFT? Ultimately this read a lot more like erotica than it did erotic romance.  I enjoy erotic romance (with a story and character development) more than erotica (sex for the sake of sex).  This was my second time reading a Kate Douglas book. I liked the first one I read (Dark Wolf) enough to read her again, but this set of novellas didn’t work for me.

I think I could have handled the over the top wackiness, but the relationship just wasn’t really there.  There were also some inconsistencies of plot that bugged me.  By then end there were other elements (infidelity, kidnapping, rape, addition of a fourth to the relationship and team with absolutely no discussion about it) that just were too much for me.

I’ll read more Kate Douglas, but I’ll probably stick to her full length stories.