Genre: Contemporary

Review: Baiting the Boss – Coleen Kwan

Review: Baiting the Boss – Coleen Kwan

*I received a free ARC of Baiting the Boss from Entangled Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Baiting the Boss is a quick, sweet and very hot read! Grace is the young woman who works very hard, has specific goals and does what needs to be done to achieve them. Jack has been away from Sydney for three years, ever since his wife died in a car accident. Living on a secluded island, he is not exactly happy to see Grace arrive by boat, with demands from his grand father for him to come home and become CEO of the family company. The chemistry between Grace and Jack can be felt from the start of Baiting the […]

Posted 9 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Starry Night – Debbie Macomber

Review: Starry Night – Debbie Macomber

*I received a free ARC of Starry Night from Random House Publishing / Ballantine via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Starry Night is a breathtakingly beautiful story about Carrie and Finn. At the surface, there couldn’t be two more different people than these two. Finn is a secluded author who has never given an interview, and no one knows exactly who he is, or where to find him. Carrie is a journalist for the society pages in the Chicago Sun, but her boss promises her a different job if she can come back with Finn’s interview. After trying hard to find out where Finn is living, and deciding to forgo Thanksgiving with her family in order to make […]

Posted 8 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: Dirty Minds – T. A. Williams

Review: Dirty Minds – T. A. Williams

*I received a free ARC of Dirty Minds from Harlequin UK Limited / Carina UK via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.* Dirty Minds is a very funny story about a professor and writer, Tom, who is working through the different stages of grief after his wife died two years ago. He has written a medieval story that was pretty bleak and violent, and his therapist suggests that he finds something a little lighter and more fluffy to concentrate on for his next book. He has the idea that because Fifty Shades of Grey has so much success, he should write something erotic, and possible have it in a historical setting. But he is sure he needs to get […]

Posted 7 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Love Game (The Matchmaker #3) – Elise Sax

Review: Love Game (The Matchmaker #3) – Elise Sax

*I received a free ARC of Love Game from Random House Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Love Game is pretty silly and truly hilarious. It’s the third in the Mtachmaker series, but I still enjoyed it, and felt that the characters made sense. Of course, there are some references made to things that happened in prior books, but it did not make me feel confused. It did make me want to find out what happened to Gladie before the story in Love Game, though. In Love Game, there is a new matchmaker in town, and Zelda is afraid that all her perfect love matches will be destroyed by this strange interloper Luanda. Gladie is lusting after […]

Posted 6 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #4) – Cora Seton

Review: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #4) – Cora Seton

*I received a free ARC of The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire from One Acre Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire is even more humorous than the prior installments in the Chance Creek series! Bella is truly at the end of her rope, her pet shelter is tethering on the edge of bankruptcy when her friend Hannah informs her that she has been chosen for a reality TV show – Can You Beat a Billionaire – where she has a chance of winning 5 million dollars. Evan has signed up as well, even billionaires don’t always have everything they want and need. And in order to keep the reins of his company, he […]

Posted 2 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Cowboy Imports a Bride (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #3) – Cora Seton

Review: The Cowboy Imports a Bride (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #3) – Cora Seton

*I received a free ARC of The Cowboy Imports a Bride from One Acre Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Cowboy Imports a Bride is in the same vein as The Cowboy’s E-mail Order Bride, it’s hot, fun and has great descriptions of friendship as well as more romantic relationships. I loved getting to know Rob and Morgan, and the fact that even if they are different on many levels, they have struggled with feeling out of place during their whole lives as well. I felt especially sad when reading about Morgan – neither of her parents wanted her; they even hid her from their ‘real’ families and she was raised by her grandparents. I can’t […]

Posted 30 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Christmas at Cardwell Ranch (Cardwell Ranch #4) – B. J. Daniels

Review: Christmas at Cardwell Ranch (Cardwell Ranch #4) – B. J. Daniels

*I recieved a free ARC of Christmas at Cardwell Ranch from Harelquin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Christmas at Cardwell Ranch is a contemporary romance with some supsense / thriller elements as well. I thought the thriller part of the story was very well done. On Tag’s first night back in Montana, he sees a waitress leaving the bar, without a coat, and she seems drunk. She gets into a car and disappears into the night. And from that moment on, she’s missing. One of her female colleagues go missing as well, and those who could possibly shed some light on these disappearances are unwilling to share. Tag and Lily try to solve the mystery themselves, but […]

Posted 29 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Just One Year (Just One Day #2) – Gayle Forman

Review: Just One Year (Just One Day #2) – Gayle Forman

Just One Year was on my pre-ordered list from the moment it was possible to add it there, and when I (finally) received it last week, I was so happy! I’ve been looking forward to Willem’s story for all this time, because that one special day he spent in Paris with Lulu, and then his disappearance was so well done. And then, to see how Allyson aka Lulu kept trying to find him, while having no idea where to start made me even more curious as to how Willem lived with this separation after having Just One Day together. My curiosity was quickly quenched as I kept reading this whole year from Willem’s point of view. Just One Year shows […]

Posted 28 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Blogtour Review: Rekindled Dreams – Linda Carroll-Bradd

Blogtour Review: Rekindled Dreams – Linda Carroll-Bradd

*I received a free ARC of Rekindled Dreams from Entranced Publishing in exchange of an honest review* Welcome to my stop on the Rekindled Dreams blog tour. Rekindled Dreams is a quick read with both some humorous and some intense moments. It also has some things happening that could very well have been omitted in my opinion, as some scenes really did nothing to move the plot or the story forward. I did get a little frustrated with for example the things that happened between Vena and the Marshall, because it didn’t have anything to do with the overall story-arc, nor did it help me understand Vena. While I did quite enjoy Rekindled Dreams, I also found myself thinking that […]

Posted 26 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Snowbound with the CEO – Shannon Stacey

Review: Snowbound with the CEO – Shannon Stacey

*I received a free ARC of Snowbound with the CEO from Carina Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Snowbound with the CEO is a short but sweet romance, set between the CEO and his executive assistant. They have been lusting for each other for a long time, but neither of them wants to make a go for it, afraid things will become awkward at work if they do. Then, they are in New Hampshire for a very important meeting, but the meeting never happens. Because of the heavy snowfall, the client is stuck in Boston, an Adrian and Rachel are stuck in New Hampshire – all alone, with not much to do, apart from maybe acting out […]

Posted 24 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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