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Wilde Riders
Savannah Young Country Romance Heat Rating: 4
FOUR WILDE BROTHERS...ONE WILDE COUNTRY BAND WILDE RIDERS is the first novel in a spicy new contemporary romance series about four sexy brothers, their small-town bar and their local country band. WILDE RIDERS can be read as a STAND ALONE NOVEL or as part of the SERIES Review: A nice contemporary though it does take a little while to get into but all the characters were likeable. This is the first in a series about four brothers: Cooper Wilde, Hunter Wilde, Jake Wilde and Tucker Wilde. The first book deals with Cooper and Riley and introduces you to the rest of Cooper’s family and the family dramatics. When Riley comes to town to do business with the family, she doesn’t know she’s going to fall for Cooper. Especially, after her car gets hit by his brother Tucker. Each brother has his problems and some are a little jealous of the other. Cooper had left town and vowed never to return to the life he once led and opted to be a Wall-Streeter in the city instead. He just failed to mention it to Riley, wasn’t very happy when she found out about that little tidbit once she found out, but she got over it and they did make a good couple and if you want to find out some more about the brothers check out their stories when you get a chance. | Reviewer: Cassandra Graham |
Rock Star
Nan Comargue Contemporary Romance Heat Rating: 4
Hollywood lawyer Maggie Ward likes her client Finn Carter’s music but the sexy younger man is far too much trouble to actually get to know… Right? Maggie Ward is a Hollywood lawyer with a list of musician clients but none as famous as rock star Finn Carter. And he’s got the bad boy reputation to prove it. It’s no wonder every move he makes is dogged by paparazzi. So when he gets into an accident on his motorcycle and ends up in hospital, it’s splashed all over the tabloids that the car was driven by his ex-girlfriend’s new man. Finn’s manager wants him to lie low and the place he chooses is Maggie’s house. Finn’s habit of strutting around naked is more heat than Maggie can take and when she comes home one day to find him nude in her kitchen, she finally succumbs to her wicked fantasies. Afterwards, Maggie is more determined than ever to keep the relationship on a strictly physical level while Finn hints that he wants more. Can two such different people find more than sex in common? Review: Rock Star is an easy, sensible yet fun read, a perfect novelette. Romance novels are usually surreal with instant connection and insatiable infatuation but Nan Comargue smartly weaves a perfect love story in fewer than 70 pages. The decade long working relationship between Maggie and Finn, their snippy and sweet bickering and the bittersweet longing is too genuine and relatable. The “turning point” where Finn’s subtle manipulation partially overcomes Maggie’s wall could have been a little different. It goes from 0 to 100 in a split second. Especially Finn’s attitude about “I don’t want to wear a condom because I want children” was kinda weird. He might have been waiting for a decade but that’s not how you start a relationship and Maggie’s elation and hope over the comment was borderline menopausaldesperation. But it was refreshing to not read another testosterone driven baseless jealousy.
July/August 2014 | 45