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Cruel Love (Hidden Valley Elite Book 6) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Maria Colon

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Cruel Love (Hidden Valley Elite #6)Cruel Love by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

First of all, what a plot twist!!!
I did not see that coming.

Book 6 brings us the twisted happily ever after of Phoenix and Aspen. He most definitely rose from the ashes to love Aspen and child.

We do see our friends from past books and are introduced to shall we presume new friends?

We learn about secrets from long ago. We learn some people in the family haven’t been very truthful or who they appear to be.

AND THEN WE GET BLINDSIDED YET AGAIN!
I can’t do this over and over and over. Ma’am: I flove your books but I’m going to have to restrain myself and wait until Shane’s story is finished before I can read it. My heart can’t go through this again! {wink, wink}.

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Love & Stilettos by Evelyn Lindell – Review by Maria Colon

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Love & StilettosLove & Stilettos by Evelyn Lindell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was misled by the title.

I went into this book thinking that it was going to be more of a “leave the shoes on” type of book and it was most definitely not.

While it is a good story, and I did enjoy it…there were a few times the plot threw me off because it didn’t match earlier context.

Mia was not the stiletto wearing heroine I thought she would be based on the title and blurb. She was a younger widow trying to figure out where she fit into this world. She’d lost herself somewhere along her journey.

Mitch was a stronger male hero, but they danced around one another so much that when you finally think there is going to be some spice, it’s more like a bell pepper and not even a jalapeño.

Granny, though…while a secondary character…she’s the one who kept the story going. She’s the one I identified with most because I could see and hear her in my head as she reminded me of some of my aunties. Granny was a gem.

Please don’t get me wrong, this was a good book…it could use a tweak here and there. I *believe* this is the author’s first novel and for that she gets all the stars…she stepped out of a comfort zone and put herself out there in romancelandia which can be a brutal place. It was a good story…just wasn’t what I was expecting based on the title. And hey, I am used to reading bully romance. This was a clean, contemporary romance book.

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Royally Complicated (The Crowned Hearts Series Book 1) by Gwyn McNamee and Christy Anderson – Review by Maria Colón

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Royally ComplicatedRoyally Complicated by Gwyn McNamee
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I tried to love this book…unfortunately, I read the second book first, so I pretty much knew the entire plot before reading this one and it just took away the joy of reading the plot from me.

It’s the classic American meets a foreign prince and falls in love. There is an uproar, and all is overcome. She’s a loveable person so she wins everyone over eventually.
Fyn and Bridget are likeable characters and have chemistry…. I just couldn’t get into the story. It was like watching a movie when the entire plot was revealed in the trailer.

*This does not mean I will not read another book by either author or them as collaborators; I just would have preferred to read this book first.

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