GRR Reviews The Harrisons Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Alexa Bloom

The Harrisons Box Set 1 by Alexa Bloom is a decent collection of three novels. I'll review each separately:

Once In a Big Dream: Joe Harrison is getting out of jail after serving five years. He's just working as a ranch hand until Rose came to visit the ranch as a photographer. Rose is a pampered girl but she hated her mother's endless snobby society lunches and events. She wanted to be a photographer, not a society wife like her intended fiancee Geoffrey wanted. Her visit to the ranch and the chance encounter with the handsome ranch hand made her mind wander about the possibilities. But such a match is not possible, even as Joe had to deal with the reason he went to jail in the first place...

The problem with Alexa Bloom's evil characters is they are utterly irredeemable, which makes them a bit flat. They don't give a **** who they screw over or how many people they hurt as long as they get ahead. This novel has so many douchebags around the ONLY decent people seem to be the couple. It's a part of her writing style, and it works. 4 out of 5.

Once In a Blue Kentucky Moon: Tatum fled for her life after a disastrous marriage... so bad she dared tell no one. She worked as a horse handler and ended up on Lockwood Farm, once famous for rearing champion racehorses, but with no derby winners in recent years, it is heading steadily downhill. Blake Harrison, the current owner, is barely holding on, and even the new colt is not enough to raise his spirits. So why was he so drawn to the new stablehand with haunted doe-eyes? Tatum's web of shameful secrets started to unravel, even as Blake was forced into a terrible choice: can he save the family legacy... or the woman he loved?

This one still has evil, but the choices don't quite seem as acute, but the woman really made no sense. TELL SOMEBODY, darn it! She's clearly not handling the situation! I still don't get what the f*** does this no good husband of hers actually do, besides trying to pimp her out or something. She has the sense to flee, but she doesn't have any sense of self-preservation otherwise! It's almost exasperating to read. 3/5

Once in a New York Minute: Laura Harrison's conniving ex-husband ruined her by emptying her account just before her spring fashion show. She sulked for a bit on the family farm, then decided to head back and start her own show again. A chance meeting with an old friend Marcus, a single parent, lead to a temporary living arrangement when her condo association kicked her out (because her ex also stole all her furniture and damaged the walls). Laura developed feeling for Marcus, but Marcus is a fashion photographer and deals with supermodels weekly, and Laura can't complete. But when fashion sharks started to circle again, and can Laura deal with the worst betrayal of all?

While reading it the scenario really sounds dire. However, upon reflection, the scenario makes ZERO sense.

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The scenario was her evil ex sets up a rival studio and recruited a spy to steal all of Laura's designs, and somehow managed to do a fashion show 1 day ahead of Laura's studio. The fashion industry called Laura "copycat". This makes no sense. How does this bogus studio make any money? What was the "endgame"? The evil is "only there" to mess with the heroine, and serves no other purpose! That makes no sense! 2/5

Combine them together, it's 3/5

Category: Contemporary / Collection

Primary Plot: N/A, three novel collection of mixed plot, complicating the love of the couple in question, some are good, some are not

Tropes: different worlds, triangle, cowboy, ranch, evil ex, conspiracy, betrayal

Overall Rating:  3/5