Review: Stranded With The Scottish Earl by Anna Campbell #HelenReviews

Stranded With The Scottish Earl by Anna Campbell
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What Helen Read #3: June 2016

Another month, another bunch of books read. I gotta say, these are one of my favorite posts to put together. I love seeing all the pretty covers in one place and what has been read for the month. It makes my book loving heart giddy with joy to see all these books.

Here's what Helen read for the month of June.

An Honorable Thief

Smolder

Scorch

Fatal Scandal

Books I have not finished in 2016 #2

Every now and then there's a book that doesn't work for me. Here are a few that have been like that in the last few months.

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Review: A Devilish Slumber (The Rue Alliance #1) by Shereen Vedam

I was gifted this book by the author for an honest review, and honestly, I didn't like it. I tried and tried but I could not get into it. I feel terrible about it because when I get asked to review a book, I sincerely hope to like it. I gave this my best shot.

Why didn't it work for me, you ask?

Well, I felt it had a lot of telling instead of showing.

Review: One Lucky Hero (Men In Uniform #1) by Codi Gary #MoniqueReviews

One Lucky Hero (Men In Uniform #1) by Codi Gary
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Review: Gift Wrapped In Her Wedding Dress (Sydney Brides #1) by Kandy Shepherd

Gift Wrapped In Her Wedding Dress (Sydney Brides #1) by Kandy Shepherd
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Review: Hands On (Hands On #1) by Cathryn Fox

Hands On (Hands On #1) by Cathryn Fox
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Let me get first get this out of the way - this is a serial. It is the first of three parts. It also ends in a slight cliffhanger, though not a big one, but a cliffhanger nonetheless. You have been warned! Oh yeah, and it's also an erotic romance. :-)

I have to admit the beginning of the story did not start off well for me. Danielle needs someone to teach her about sex because she needs to teach a sex therapy course at the university where she works. She's being egged on by her best friend to find someone to teach her and according to her best friend "any guy will do". That whole advice from her best friend this was very cringe-worthy and left me thinking, one - I do not want a best friend like that and two - I should not be taking such bad advice.

The object of Danielle's desire is Jack. And the next cringe-worthy part which turns clumsy and awkward is her attempt at asking him for sex. I was uncomfortable reading it, which is probably kudos to Ms Fox's writing skill in making me feel that way.
Let's face it, Danielle is naive, innocent and in way over her head. She's also in reality a really sweet girl. She just needed to go about this whole seduction / sex thing in a very different way, which was basically not pretend to be someone she was not. That did not sit well with me and I kept wanting her to come clean with Jack.

Jack, on the other hand, is a great guy. Poor thing, of course, is all confused by the mixed signals he's getting from Danielle but once he figures her out and gets her to fess up about what's going on, he takes charge and it's great from then on. Jack is one hot, sexy guy!! And he's also got a dirty, filthy mouth on him, along with a dominant, control streak. Yum!

If the initial discomfort and awkwardness puts you off, don't worry, it gets much better once Jack takes charge. In fact, it gets super hot.

Now that we're over the initial bumbling around by Danielle, I think I'm going to enjoy the next installments of the serial as Jack continues Danielle's education.

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Review: Cat Called by Claire Grayling

Cat Called by Claire Grayling
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