JensQuickAndDirtyRev

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Seduce Me at Sunrise (The Hathaways, #2)

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JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jul 01, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5

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It took me a few chapters to get back into the Ali Hazelwood style of writing, which features characters with some neurodivergence. Here we have the rom-com, bouncy stylings of Maya’s inner monologue. Once Maya has someone else to actually TALK to, the reading flows more easily. It’s tougher to follow when she’s alone with her own thoughts (and you are, too). ✔️ Single POV (Maya) ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (3.5/5🌶️) ✔️ Set in Italy ✔️ Tropes: Brother’s best friend; Age gap romance

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Problematic Summer Romance

Ali Hazelwood

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists. When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.

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Empire of Seduction (New York State of Mafia, #2)

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Jun 29, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

Vito from the yacht bacchanalia got a perfect redemption! AND IT’S SO HOT! Mila Finelli writes top-tier mafia romance. ✔️ Dual POVs (Vito x Maggie) ✔️ Set in upstate New York ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (5/5🌶️) ✔️ Tropes: Mafia romance; Secret Identity; Workplace romance (ish)

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Empire of Seduction (New York State of Mafia, #2)

Mila Finelli

Maggie I’ve made a terrible mistake. I just needed a small break from running the family winery with my brother, a few days of fun for myself. So I went on a weekend trip and slept with a gorgeous stranger. Happens all the time, no big deal. Except now I learn this stranger is a mob boss. And worse, this mob boss has won my family's winery from my brother in a poker game. This can’t be happening. I won’t allow it. Vito D’Agostino may be smart and powerful and super hot, but he’s no match for me. Vito When I met Maggie Fiorentino I thought she was cute. A woman up for anything, no strings attached. We didn’t even exchange more than our first names during our one and only night together. I certainly never planned to see her again. But fate has thrown me into her path once more, our futures destined to be entwined. I want her winery. And I want her. One thing to know about me? I always get what I want.

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Seduce Me at Sunrise (The Hathaways, #2)

Lisa Kleypas

He'd tried so hard to forget her. Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins—and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation . . . and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate. Can she remember the man he once was? Then, Win returns to England—only to find that Kev has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his sights on Win. It’s now or never for Kev to make his move. But first, he must confront a dangerous secret about his destiny—or risk losing the only woman he has lived for . . .

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JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jun 26, 2025

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.5

I usually LOVE all these components, yet this didn’t quite come together for me. Maybe it’s a “right book, wrong time” scenario, but the auction action was awkwardly wedged into the plot to set up the other books. There also was a lot of exposition to provide backstories for the rest of the characters, which is a first-in-a-series problem. ✔️ Single POV (Ruby) ✔️ Set in fictional Carver City (urban town ruled by mafia families) ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (5/5🌶️) ✔️ Tropes: Mafia romance; secret identity; auction

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JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jun 23, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5

This was a barn burner of a book where it’s all horrible, then fine, then the fire starts again. I was hooked! ✔️ Dual POVs (Clayton x Veronica) ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (3.5/5🌶️) ✔️ Set in Dallas, Texas ✔️ Tropes: Daddy issues; secrets and lies

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The Tycoon (King Family, #1)

Molly O'Keefe

The cruel and beautiful man who ruined my life has everything he wants—everything except me. Five years ago, Clayton Rorick loved me. Or so I thought. Turned out he only wanted to get his hands on my daddy’s company. Heartbroken, I ran away with nothing but the clothes on my back. Like a twisted Cinderella. When my father dies, leaving my sisters in a desperate situation, it’s up to me to help them. I’ll have to beg the man who broke my heart to save us. But Clayton hasn’t forgotten me and what he wants in exchange for his help is…my body, my heart and my soul.

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JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jun 22, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

Inside this “himbo romance” is some of the best writing about men I’ve ever read. ✔️ Dual POVs (Dean x Ashley) ✔️ Set in Australia ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (4/5 🌶️) ✔️ Tropes: Age gap romance; “I want to have a baby: romance ⚠️ CW: Childbirth complications (on page); childhood abuse (off page)

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Open Hearts (Bennett Sisters #2)

Eve Dangerfield

Dean Sherwood is the sweetest, kindest, most ditzy Himbo you’ll ever meet. So why does the girl of his dreams keep insisting he’s not ‘the one?’ “Romantic comedy gold with the added bonus of being f**k hot.” New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey Ashley Bennett knows what she wants. No more dating disasters, no more wannabe Prince Charmings. No, she’s ready to start her family and if she can’t find a respectable, self-sufficient man to do it with then she’ll just do it by herself. “Well, Eve Dangerfield did it again! Kept me up until 2am and in bed till midday reading Open Hearts. Laughed and cried. Awesome Talent.” USA Today bestselling author Amy Andrews Nothing is going to stop Ash from getting what she wants. Definitely not the hot guy crashing with her sister Julia while he ‘sorts some things out.’ But maybe she can still have a little fun until she finds a donor. If only it was that easy... Open Hearts is a full-length contemporary novel by critically acclaimed author Eve Dangerfield. It's the second book in the Bennett Sisters Series.

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JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jun 21, 2025

2.0

Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 2.0Characters: 1.5Plot: 1.5

Practically no tension or relationship building. Even the multiple spicy scenes felt perfunctory. Maybe just not for me? I’m sure fans of Rina Kent, the Butcher and Blackbird series, and Hooked will enjoy this. ✔️ Single POV (Iris) ✔️ Set in generic U.S. location ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (5/5 🌶️) ✔️ Tropes: Dark romance; mafia romance (ish); poly romance; age gap

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Four (Black Hearts, #1)

Sara Cate

A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. They say family is a circle of strength. But when mine is ripped away from me at the hands of a monster, My strength is all that’s left. I’ll give my last breath before they take anything else from me. Even if I’m the one they wanted all along. Find Silas Black. Those were my father’s last words. So I did. Only, I found so much more than just a man who was prepared to help me get my revenge. I found a tortured soul who in return gave me hope. But I also found his broken sons. One hates me. One desires me. And Silas wants to save me. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but If I keep getting caught up in the heat of the moment, I’ll be my own demise.

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Twisted Emotions (The Camorra Chronicles, #2)

JensQuickAndDirtyRev

Jun 19, 2025

2.5

Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5

One of the main problems with having a sociopath as a main character — and several chapters in his POV — is that the emotion of the story is deadened. Kiara has a horrible, traumatic past (on page!) that sucks the sexiness out of the story. Those factors combined made this a slog. ✔️ Dual POV (Nino x Kiara) ✔️ Set in Las Vegas ✔️ Open-door contemporary romance (3.5/5🌶️) ✔️ Tropes: Mafia romance; arranged marriage; healing from a traumatic past ⚠️ CW: SA on page, childhood trauma (flashback)

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