GRR Reviews Marriage of Convenience by Katy Kaylee

Sara wants to get away from her controlling ex, despite her upbringing in a super-religious family. She went to the big city and started an internship, and falls for her boss Chase, but office romance is prohibited. Until he needed a fiancee to satisfy his own family... and she's the perfect candidate... Then her evil ex arrived...

Slightly over-the-top, with a religiously-tone-deaf almost-evil family, add a bit of Cinderella noticed by a prince. A lot of tropes, as Chase is the quintessential workaholic can't-ever-satisfy-my-father type guy, and Sara is the ingenue virgin. Even the plot is trope... with a TSTL moment leading to a kidnapping. 3.5/5

GRR Reviews Misunderstood by Katy Kaylee

Ryder Malloy was the star quarterback of his high school team, and best friend of Katie's brother, and practically second son of Katie's family. Until he wasn't. Katie gave up her V-card to him, only to learn later that Ryder had betrayed her brother, and apparently had sex with her brother's fiancee. Years later, Katie is now a PR agent, and her latest client is none other than the bad boy quarterback Ryder Malloy. Ryder apparently had a history of brawling and desperately needs an image makeover to land some endorsement deals. Katie found herself physically attracted to Ryder, but she can't reconcile the fact that Ryder betrayed her brother, and the Ryder she came to know... What if Ryder was simply... misunderstood?

While I like both characters, I have some problem empathizing with "stoic masochist" characters, i.e. the character who simply sit there, accept abuse s/he do not deserve, all the while staying silent, muttering "why fight, what's the point..."  And Ryder here is one such character. OTOH, the darkest hour and grand gesture are great. 4.5/5

GRR Reviews Say Yes by Katy Kaylee

Gwen is a divorcee chef and restauranteur who moved back home, needing a fresh start, after she caught her husband cheating. Ryan is her little brother's best friend, now all grown up, younger, but not by much... and a rising Hollywood star. And Ryan wants to bed her. It was incredibly flattering, and sex is out of this world... Until she got pregnant because she forgot to renew the hormone shots. But she's already well on the way to reopen the restaurant, and he's away for 4 months doing a movie shoot... and Ryan's friend (Gwen's brother) is being a total leech and brat hating on Gwen's "success" and attention for two decades... When Gwen's pregnancy was revealed, she panicked and told Ryan it wasn't his (when it totally was)... Can their love survive the lie?

The plot involving Gwen's brother seems a bit underbaked, and the darkest hour didn't seem that dark, which basically is Ryan throwing a hissy-fit.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 3.5/5

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