Tessa became a runaway bride after she found her fiancee banging a chick with pink hair in the backdoor, minutes before walking down the aisle. She simply drove away, and ended up in Nowhere, California when she blew a tire. She walked into the bar, looking and feeling like a hot mess. And that's where she met Jason... // Jason had a blackened and charred soul that he channeled into a military career, becoming a Navy SEAL. His dispassionate style earned him the nickname "Tin Man"... because he doesn't have a heart. He should have walked away from this hot mess of a woman, still in her wedding gown, but he can't.
At 416 pages, this book is long, but I didn't feel there's much fat to trim. Tessa and Jason both felt complex and real, and Jason actually feels like a SEAL, where he doesn't talk about himself except in a self-deprecating way, not bragging (maybe a little bit of humblebrag). And Tessa, having been dealt a devastating blow, was struggling yet you can sort of see a bright-and-chipper self struggling to shine through. Some rough language didn't distract from the overall enjoyment. 5/5
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GRR Reviews Next to Me by Jodi Watters
Ali ran away from her abusive husband when he knived her though he had punched her or choked her plenty of other times. She got her husband put in jail, obtained a divorce, and when she got an inheritance, she planned for the day when her evil ex would find her. She needed someone to save her, and then she found Sam. Sam, an ex-army ranger scout/sniper, runs a security business, and his new neighbor is definitely mysterious, but oh so tempting. Ali knew that the law can't protect her... her ex is a lawyer with some... dark connections. And Ali's plan is to seduce the ex-soldier next door to scare away her ex. But when Ali and Sam developed real feelings, will Ali's secret motives destroy all they have built?
A good twist on the "protector/woman in peril" trope. Sam's temper and really hurtful words make him NOT that sweet after he found out. Made a lot more sense than "understanding" guy. The extended resolution, on the other hand, made a lot more sense.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 3.5/5 (rounded up to 4)
NOTE: Tropes are now in the "Labels" below.
A good twist on the "protector/woman in peril" trope. Sam's temper and really hurtful words make him NOT that sweet after he found out. Made a lot more sense than "understanding" guy. The extended resolution, on the other hand, made a lot more sense.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 3.5/5 (rounded up to 4)
NOTE: Tropes are now in the "Labels" below.
GRR Reviews Wrong then Right by Jodi Watters
Wrong then Right is deeper than one first suspect, even though the setup seems to be a bit weird and FMC was unwilling to compromise her principles to the point of suffering.
Hope Coleson is rich, but she left it all behind rather than submit to the controlling life that wealth demanded. Unfortunately, she's having a rather bad day. As wait staff at a hotel, she went to visit a guest in the off-hours, and had a very memorable night with a hot guy who doesn't talk... then was wrongfully terminated. Which lead to her being evicted from her dumpy apartment. Her savings account also mysterious vanished. She had no choice but to sleep in her car and take up waitressing a classy strip-joint. One morning, when she was parked near her favorite house she dreamed of buying one day on her own money, she was startled away by a knock on the window... It was that guy who bedded her! When he learned he sorta caused her losing her job, he offered up his guest-room... He had plenty of space, and she... needed a place to stay. Then he learned her surname... Same name as his boss. He just slept with his boss's step-sister. This is not going to end well, esp. when Beckett can't trust another woman after the previous one betrayed him. Not that he can allow the situation to continue...
While I admire the principles of the FMC in not taking ANY of the family money, it's also a bit masochistic. However, the multi-layered angst was quite good, as each has multiple reasons not to fall for each other.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Can a woman down on her luck but holding onto her principles fall for a guy who is not supposed to love her?
Tropes: fish out of water, resort, fling to a thing, protector, woman in peril, boss's relative
Overall Rating: 4/5
Hope Coleson is rich, but she left it all behind rather than submit to the controlling life that wealth demanded. Unfortunately, she's having a rather bad day. As wait staff at a hotel, she went to visit a guest in the off-hours, and had a very memorable night with a hot guy who doesn't talk... then was wrongfully terminated. Which lead to her being evicted from her dumpy apartment. Her savings account also mysterious vanished. She had no choice but to sleep in her car and take up waitressing a classy strip-joint. One morning, when she was parked near her favorite house she dreamed of buying one day on her own money, she was startled away by a knock on the window... It was that guy who bedded her! When he learned he sorta caused her losing her job, he offered up his guest-room... He had plenty of space, and she... needed a place to stay. Then he learned her surname... Same name as his boss. He just slept with his boss's step-sister. This is not going to end well, esp. when Beckett can't trust another woman after the previous one betrayed him. Not that he can allow the situation to continue...
While I admire the principles of the FMC in not taking ANY of the family money, it's also a bit masochistic. However, the multi-layered angst was quite good, as each has multiple reasons not to fall for each other.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Can a woman down on her luck but holding onto her principles fall for a guy who is not supposed to love her?
Tropes: fish out of water, resort, fling to a thing, protector, woman in peril, boss's relative
Overall Rating: 4/5
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