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romancejunkie1025's review
3.0
Short, but intense, intriguing & very sexy... Looking forward to the rest of the series for sure.
curse_ratchet6tribe's review
2.0
The characters seemed to lack an emotional depth I was craving today and, as a result, found myself skipping ahead in the story. Although I technically finished the book, I'm putting this on my did-not-finish shelf because of how many chapters I skimmed. The story itself was ok, though not really race-against-time gripping for me as I wanted it to be, given the plot.
allingoodtime's review
4.0
The final star rating on this book is an average of the three stories and rounded up. Here is my review of each story:
Playing for Keeps
Cherry Adair is an author I see floating around often but haven’t had a chance to read any of her books. I really enjoyed this short story. It started off strong and quick. The heroine, Danica, is in no way trained to “fight bad guys”, but rolls with the punches when she’s put in difficult situations. Her soon-to-be ex-husband Jon Raven is trained and is, in fact, the owner of a security firm. So when Dani is put in danger he is right there to help her out. The ending was a bit clustered for me, but since it’s a short story it’s not like there’s time to go into a bunch of explanations. I got to gist of what was happening and that was good enough for me. 3.5 stars
Nothing to Lose
This was a super-fast paced novella by Jill Shalvis. She is one of my favorite contemporary romance authors and she did not disappoint. Warning: this story takes place all within 24 hours, so there is definite insta-romance. But it works! Jade is a much stronger heroine than she seems at the beginning. And Will is much softer hero than he had seemed. They are good together and bring out the best in each other. This story has heartbreak, suspense, violence, love, and steamy connections. It was great! 5 stars
Dare to Desire
I haven’t read or even heard of Julie Leto until this book. I enjoyed this book and it was a very quick read. Whether or not I would seek out her other books remains to be seen. I’m sure I’ll try at least one out if I have the time and chance. The anticipation of the romance was great, the end result wasn’t as great but was still good. 3 stars
3.8888 average rounded up to 4 stars
Although this book took me more than a week to read, each story took me far less than a day to read. I just didn't read them all in a row. Because these stories move so quickly this is a great book to read when you don't have a lot of time but need an escape.
Playing for Keeps
Cherry Adair is an author I see floating around often but haven’t had a chance to read any of her books. I really enjoyed this short story. It started off strong and quick. The heroine, Danica, is in no way trained to “fight bad guys”, but rolls with the punches when she’s put in difficult situations. Her soon-to-be ex-husband Jon Raven is trained and is, in fact, the owner of a security firm. So when Dani is put in danger he is right there to help her out. The ending was a bit clustered for me, but since it’s a short story it’s not like there’s time to go into a bunch of explanations. I got to gist of what was happening and that was good enough for me. 3.5 stars
Nothing to Lose
This was a super-fast paced novella by Jill Shalvis. She is one of my favorite contemporary romance authors and she did not disappoint. Warning: this story takes place all within 24 hours, so there is definite insta-romance. But it works! Jade is a much stronger heroine than she seems at the beginning. And Will is much softer hero than he had seemed. They are good together and bring out the best in each other. This story has heartbreak, suspense, violence, love, and steamy connections. It was great! 5 stars
Dare to Desire
I haven’t read or even heard of Julie Leto until this book. I enjoyed this book and it was a very quick read. Whether or not I would seek out her other books remains to be seen. I’m sure I’ll try at least one out if I have the time and chance. The anticipation of the romance was great, the end result wasn’t as great but was still good. 3 stars
3.8888 average rounded up to 4 stars
Although this book took me more than a week to read, each story took me far less than a day to read. I just didn't read them all in a row. Because these stories move so quickly this is a great book to read when you don't have a lot of time but need an escape.
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