January 19th, 2010 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, ARC, Artist, Bastard, Contemporary, Doctor, J-L, Mistaken Identity, United States of America
Robin Kaye’s second book, Too Hot to Handle is witty and enchanting. Too Hot to Handle is the sequel to Romeo, Romeo. It follows Rosalie Ronaldi’s sister, Annabelle, on her tumultuous journey into love. Luckily for her, she has a sturdy cast of lively friends and a dog there to help her figure it all out. Her journey starts with this humorous first line: Ghosts don’t have sex, do they?
Of course the answer is no, but the distressingly dashing Doctor Mike Flynn looks almost exactly like her late boyfriend Chip Larsen. They could have been twins. Sure, his mouth is a little different, his nose broken and healed could have once been Chip’s nose, his eyes the same shape if different colors and his package is certainly better equipped… but other than that the similarities are shocking.
Annabelle’s past with Chip was rocky at best. Chip was not a very good boyfriend, even his sister thought so, but Annabelle never got the chance to really figure that out on her own. When the cancer came back, Chip refused to go through chemo again despite Annabelle’s and his family’s begging. Despite the heaviness of the emotional issues, this is still a romantic comedy.
Mike Flynn is working at a dead-end practice. His research though thorough wasn’t enough to prepare him for the realities. He’s going to be blackballed for bringing notice to a sloppy ill-informed partner. His only shot is to get out before it becomes common knowledge about his disagreements. Meanwhile his love life is pitiful, he’s tired of seeing the girls that Nick has let go, he wants a girl of his own and believes he struck gold with Annabelle who he met at her sister’s/his best friend’s wedding.
Mike’s background and Annabelle’s history will do their best to keep them apart. Life is messy, but with the help of a domestic god and busybody friends, family, and neighbors can it be cleaned up?
Rating: 3.5 - 4 Stars
Buy: Too Hot to Handle
Originally posted 2009-05-06 05:49:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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October 8th, 2009 — 4 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, Executive, Great Britain, Heiress, Mistaken Identity, P-R, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, Virgin Heroine
Every time I read the heroine’s name, which is Emilia Highhart, I wondered if it was a play on Amelia Earhart. Doesn't it sound like a play on words for you? Anyway, that's beside the point and doesn't have anything to do with the story. The story has to do with sibling rivalry and mistaken identity. They are the main plots of this novel.
The Duke of Grafton had two sons. They were twins. His heir, Phillip, was the important one. Devon was the spare. He was only worth something if Phillip got in trouble. Devon would take the punishment... he'd do anything for one scrap of his father's approval, but getting into a duel for an action he hadn't committed? Enough was enough!
Five years later Lord Phillip Kensington, Marquis of Huntley, is the soon to be Duke (of Buckingham? - weird title change at the end of the novel). His dying father kept talking about getting married, but Phillip wasn't interested.
Devon Kensington arrives in London at his father's request and as the man was dying he decided to come. He passed time idly in London as his brother and had a little run in with a young American girl. The gorgeous redhead turned his head and fueled his lust. One kiss from her was not enough...
Phillip was intrigued by the gossip of this little American, Emilia Highhart and how he had caught her at a ball he didn't remember attending. Upon learning she was the heiress of Diamond Shipping he was determined to claim her for his own.
Rating: 4 Stars
Buy: The Heir and the Spare
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May 18th, 2009 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Cursed Lead, Demon, Enemies, Headaches, Interracial, J-L, Magic Users, Paranormal, Runaway, Survival, United States of America, Warrior
Do you like paranormal romance? Did you at one point enjoy Anita Blake? Well, My Wicked Enemy
just pwned Anita Blake
, but don’t take my word for it see for yourself! I read this in a day, I couldn’t put it down!
Our heroine is a terrified (rightly so) woman who experiences intense migraines. She’s seen something she shouldn’t (a ritual sacrifice) and it on the run from her guardian (the bad guy). Carson took nothing with her, and that includes her medicine, in hopes to escape. Being in a hurry might seem like a disadvantage now, with a pulsing multi-colored migraine rearing its ugly head and a man who’s stalking her through the streets, but it will in fact be a blessing in disguise.
Nikodemus is a warlord, a fiend with natural leadership, and he is the one stalking the pretty and petite Carson Philips through the streets. Killing her is on his to-do list, just below mage Magellan. He can’t believe how easy it is to track the witch. Her magic is fluctuating all over the place. One minute it’s there and the next it’s almost as if she were a human. When he corners her, Nikodemus asks just one question, “Why shouldn’t I kill you?”
The answer leads them through a dangerous adventure that spins out of control as they face mageheld fiends, evil mages, skitterish warlords, blood twins and more! The book starts out like it ends, by taking your breath away.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Marked interracial because the heroine is a witch and the hero is a fiend.
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