Hot Mess by Lynn Raye Harris

Hot Mess by Lynn Raye Harris

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was a fun, quick read.  I liked the background set up for Georgeanne and Sam.  I'm a fan of the friends to lovers storyline.  I think if this was a full length book there would've been more suspense, but all that action took place outside of the book - but never fear, there was plenty going on between the sheets!

I liked both of the characters, they were well written and I thought the romance felt real and when the couple has history off book I can believe the "hello, hello, nice to meet you - wham bam, sexy times!"

Hot Mess has certainly wet my appetite for the Hostile Operations Team series, I'll be checking them out.



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Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen

Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book was equal parts awesome and frustrating!  And angsty. Hot damn it was angsty!

Lets start with Nova, I felt for her, she's had some shitty things happen in her life and for her the only way to cope is to count.  She counts her steps, the amount of time before she gets out of bed, things she sees.  This routine is what keeps her sane and able to exist - because lets be honest, she isn't 'living' and neither is Quinton.

Who is Quinton? - he's damaged goods, just as much as Nova.

Quinton, hmmm I wanna do bad things to him - I also want to smack him upside the head Gibbs style.  He also has gone through some bad stuff and only just come out alive.  For him life isn't worth living.  He uses drugs to cope with his life.  He's pretty much baked 24/7 and it's not till Nova that he seems to wake up and realise he's missing out.  And although he feels guilty about it, he's drawn to her.

So over the Summer Quinton and Nova get to know each other, opening up little by little.  And this is where I got annoyed, Nova starts using drugs and it just really pissed me off.  I got really frustrated that she felt that was the best option to deal with her situation.  I kept yelling in my head "drugs are bad mmmkay!"

As much as it did frustrate me, I thought it was well written and Sorensen has got me wanting more, there are I'm guessing at least two more in this series, so this ends with more of a HFN rather than a HEA.  I'm okay with this as I only have to wait until February 4th to find out what happens!

The only other thing I can say is...THE FEELS!!!  It made me feel them all.  You know when your heart hurts because of something that's happened??? I had that reading this.  I'm avoiding spoilers so this is vague, but there are quite a few of these moments, like I said - full of angst!




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*** I received ab ePUB of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Starry Night by Debbie Macomber

Starry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I adore me some Christmas stories, they’re quite often cheesy, soppy, everyone ends up happily ever after and they are make your teeth hurt sweet, but that’s why I like reading them.  And it’s no different with Starry Night Debbie Macomber.  Overall it was a win for me - I would’ve liked for the story to be a little longer; but if we’re lucky there may be more to come from Cassie and Finn.

Macomber has a number of series, which you can read as standalone, but for obvious reasons are more enjoyable as a series.  So it made a nice change to be able to read this book without having read another story.  I like both the characters, (I was imagining Henry Cavill at the start of Superman as Finn – how could you not! – with Finn being all manly and furry…there was swoonage ladies).  Cassie, while she enjoys her job, wishes for something more from it, she’s family orientated, which shows in the story and is another thing that shows through in Macomber’s novels – family is important, both to her and her readers.




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***Please Note: I was given an ebook version of this title in exchange for an honest review.

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