Genre: Contemporary

Review: Tough Love – Lori Foster

Review: Tough Love – Lori Foster

Hot, fun and with different kind of mystery playing out in the background, Tough Love really worked for me!! My Tough Love review: It’s no secret that I’m a huge Lori Foster fan, and that her Ultimate series is one I love very much. Tough Love is yet another fantastic installment in this series, where the hard, strong MMA fighters find their match in the woman they eventually learn to love. Stubborn characters, sizzling hot chemistry, strong friendships and family ties that won’t break no matter what, this story just had it all. Vanity entered the series when Yvette moved back, and several of the fighters noticed her from the get-go. She only ever wanted on man, though, and that […]

Posted 4 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 23 Comments
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Review: The Last Time We Say Goodbye – Cynthia Hand

Review: The Last Time We Say Goodbye – Cynthia Hand

Tissues! The Last Time We Say Goodbye is one of those books… and I just can’t stop crying right now. My The Last Time We Say Goodbye review: This is a pretty tough read, dealing with a difficult and heartbreaking subject. And it definitely should come with a trigger warning! At the very beginning of The Last Time We Say Goodbye, we learn that Lex’s brother Ty committed suicide, and Lex is seeing a therapist who first suggests that she be medicated, then when she vetoes that, he tells her she should write. The first and the last. Especially the last time she saw Ty happy. And Lex is numb. She goes through the motions, sharing flash-backs that seem so […]

Posted 3 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: In the Fast Lane – Audra North

Review: In the Fast Lane – Audra North

In the Fast Lane is definitely a very hot romance, and having the heroine being a race-car drive just made her all the more interesting. My In the Fast Lane review: This story almost started with a bang, but Kerri was a good enough driver to avoid the worst, and save both her car, herself, and the crazy guy running across the track during a trial run. Just after stopping her car, a new voice comes over her comm and she learns that Ranger Colt has bought most of her family’s business that has to do with the race team. Upset is too tame a word, because Kerri is a fire-cracker of a woman, and that is one of the […]

Posted 28 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: Wicked Fall – Sawyer Bennett

Review: Wicked Fall – Sawyer Bennett

Hot! Also darker and naughtier than Bennett’s usual stories, Wicked Fall was enticing and intriguing as hell! My Wicked Fall review: Wicked Fall is a naughty, hot and still quite romantic tale! Bennett managed to have me intrigued and very interested in both Woolf and Callie, and while I don’t see myself ever visiting any kind of sex club, I was quite pleased to be a secondary voyeur at The Wicked Horse! At first, Woolf definitely intimidated me, but he also really intrigued me, as he was both a very savvy business man and cowboy, and at the same time trying to build a kinky empire for those with the same wants and needs as himself and Bridger. I have […]

Posted 24 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: Ride Steady – Kristen Ashley

Review: Ride Steady – Kristen Ashley

Ride Steady was an amazing story! Ashley took me on a tender, tough, sweet, sad, funny, happy and very hot ride along with Carissa and Carson. My Ride Steady review: Ashley certainly has a knack for writing stories in which my emotions are fully invested, with characters that might be strong, but that are also utterly vulnerable. Where there has been (or still is) a lot of heartache, but hope is still important. Ride Steady gave me all I expected and more! Chaos is a series in which the characters seem very hard and unmoving, but underneath that tough exterior, there is so much love, loyalty and strong ties to family, friends and the club. Carissa and Joker both had […]

Posted 23 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments
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Review: Trouble on Tap – Avery Flynn

Review: Trouble on Tap – Avery Flynn

In Trouble on Tap we finally get to meet the third triplet, and the second chance trope that is prevalent made my heart happy. As with the first two installments in Sweet Salvation Brewery, I buddy-read Trouble on Tap with my friend Brandee @ Bookworm Brandee, and our e-mail exchange is basically my review. We had a lot of fun chatting about this, and it makes us feel like we didn’t live on opposite sides of the world when we read the same book at the same time – and then chat about it afterwards. My Trouble on Tap review / book chat with Brandee: Brandee: I finished this morning. I’ve already had an early morning cry. *sniff* I’m so […]

Posted 18 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: The Piano Man Project – Kat French

Review: The Piano Man Project – Kat French

Fun, flirty, but still pretty deep, The Piano Man Project was a very good story. My The Piano Man Project review: Honeysuckle (yes, that’s her name!!) has not had a lot of luck when it comes to men, and when she tells her best friends she’s never had an orgasm in her life, they decide to help her find a man – one who is good with his hands. And that’s how the piano man project was born, over drinks after a visit to a sex-shop. However, even with her friends’ intervention, and with her best interest at heart, Honey is so intrigued by her new neighbor Hal that any other man just seems kind of bland next to him […]

Posted 13 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: The Canterbury Sisters – Kim Wright

Review: The Canterbury Sisters – Kim Wright

The Canterbury Sisters is a tale of eight women, walking the Canterbury trail from London to the Cathedral in Canterbury, following in Chaucer’s steps, each sharing their stories, searching for redemption and a reason to keep on. My The Canterbury Sisters review: The Canterbury Sisters isn’t the first book about pilgrimage I have absolutely loved. I think that taking the time to go on a specific walk, think about our life, our choices, how to continue moving forward is something very special. And I would really like to do my own pilgrimage one day. Just to be away from the stress of daily life, away from electronics, one with myself and my thoughts and beliefs. It is something that definitely […]

Posted 8 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 13 Comments
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Review: Sworn to Protect – Katie Reus

Review: Sworn to Protect – Katie Reus

Sworn to Protect is a fast-paced contemporary romantic suspense, and the characters were quite enticing. My Sworn to Protect review: Sworn to Protect takes the readers back into Red Stone Security, with the hunky men and capable women who are a part of this universe. Athena was a great character to follow, strong-minded, smart and decisive, I enjoyed her both when it came to her work and her personal life. Quinn was seemingly the strong and quiet type, especially in the beginning. When he let up a little, he was pretty great too, though. The interactions between the friends and family working together at Red Stone Security were great, their easy camaraderie made me want to go work with them. […]

Posted 3 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 2 Comments
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Review: Fire Colour One – Jenny Valentine

Review: Fire Colour One – Jenny Valentine

Fire Colour One is a strange, sad and slightly twisted tale in which Iris finally meets her father, and her whole past kind of falls into place just at the moment when she needs it the most. My Fire Colour One review: Iris is a strange, remote character who has an uncanny ability to observe and see the see the essence of the other characters clearly, even when they think they show the world what the world wants to see. The prose is a little off-beat, but stunningly beautiful. The action in the present time of Fire Colour One takes place over a short time, maybe a few weeks at most. However, Iris brings the reader with her back to […]

Posted 1 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 3 Comments
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