The past week has been anything but normal. After flying back to Texas to finish up the semester, I caught the mother-of-all head colds that knocked me off of my feet for a couple of days — and greatly screwed up my regular routine. While sitting in my apartment out of an abundance of caution, I did manage to do a little reading. By the end of the week, I felt well enough (and safe enough) to make the drive back to Arkansas to spend the holidays with my parents. That journey was also accompanied by an audio book. Here are my brief reviews of both of these romances.
#36: The Sexy One (Lauren Blakely) – As we have already established earlier this year, reading romance novels is a guilty pleasure for me. Especially when I am not feeling well….or overwhelmed. The Sexy One was a fun story about a nanny who has developed an enormous crush on the successful, sexy single dad that employs her. That’s the gist of the book. It was funny at times and also heartwarming. The romance was definitely on the mature side — so be warned!
#37: Maybe This Christmas (Jennifer Snow) – This audio book reminded me why I generally don’t listen to romance novels. Some of them can sound much racier than they might appear on the page. Maybe This Christmas was set in Colorado and featured a physical therapist whose best friend is a successful NHL athlete. When he suffers an injury that keeps him off the ice and at his childhood home for a few weeks, things between the two begin to heat up. While the romance was definitely something that would melt the ice while reading, I found the story extremely compelling and well developed. Quite well written…with a side of explicit scenes.
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