GRR Reviews Lawfully Yours by Stacy Hoff

Jordan, one of the partners in a major Connecticut lawfirm, needs an associate lawyer fast. What he got is Susan "Sue", barely out of law school. What's worse, Sue had previously spilled hot coffee on him (unintentionally, of course). Despite the frosty beginnings, Jordan found Sue to be a very competent worker. But Jordan's divorce (leaving him with only 1 day a week visit with his 5-year old daughter) means he can't get involved, with any woman, much one that works under him. Even worse, he had been accused of sexual harassment before... falsely, by another associate who wanted him... very badly. As Sue came into her own with Jordan's guidance, she couldn't help to fall for him... But can they ever admit it to each other, esp. when ex's, clients, and other interested suitors are all around them?

I like the relatively complex scenario, as there never is a dull moment, but it also results in a somewhat scatter-shot plot and a large cast of characters that may be a little hard to keep track. Still, it's pretty good. 4/5

GRR Reviews The Virgin Club by Kayley Wood

Emma and her besties vowed to keep their virginity "for the one". Emma dare not hope for the best, for in her experience, "what goes up, must come down". When her besties both found love, Emma was left alone. After a meltdown fueled by ice cream and alcohol (consumed solo)  Emma declared on her anon blog that she intends to lose her virginity by her 24th birthday, which is a month away. And that's when her blog went viral. Her besties knew Emma had a crush on Logan, the new guy at work, who somehow figured out Emma's the virgin of the blog through experience, so they engineered a blog entry to create a fake "competitor" to Logan to force Logan's hand. The fake competitor was based on Emma's temporary boss, Alex, who's also extremely hot... and VERY VERY rich... AND hates Logan's guts. At first, the plan seems to be working. Logan's interested... but then Emma's curse struck... And this time, Emma may lose a lot more...

This romcom certainly had a couple twists and turns I didn't seem coming, and that's good. You'll have an explanation for everything, including why Alex is hot and cold.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 5/5

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GRR Reviews Thirty Dates Later by Caterina Passarelli

Claire is a CEO of her own publishing company and has a dedicated team out to empower women... But her own love life is... bare. She broke up with her ten-year boyfriend because he's a total man-child, preferring parties and video games to work, and hates her for "wearing the pants" in the relationship. Forced into dating again, she survives disaster after disaster in speed dating, online dating, and outright blind dating. Then her mother commented: why not make it a column in your magazine: Thirty first dates in thirty days? As she survives even more dating duds, she knew there is one guy she wanted... Alex, a CEO that invested in her magazine... but there is no mixing business with pleasure... It makes for a VERY awkward business later... But the dating duds are wearing her down... Maybe Alex can be a change of pace...

Good mix of tropes, combining "no mixing work and pleasure" with "everyone but you". Add the man-child ex, and dating disasters, and you got a good story. I think the "jealousy" angle could have been handled better though.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 4/5

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