nicoleness's review
3.0
Wow. Talk about HOT, LOL. These authors threw together some firey little stories here. I usually don't really read short stories, but I made an exception for this book. =)
quinn_0611's review
3.0
“Some Like It Hot” is a VERY short story by Lori Foster found in Perfect for the Beach, an anthology of 6 different short stories. “Some Like It Hot” is only around 50 pages, so I can’t say that it’s amazing. I mean, often a novella (around 100 pages, usually) is difficult to pull off, so a 50 pages romance . . . well, I can’t say that it totally works here. But, that said, I didn’t hate it either.
“Some Like It Hot” is about family doctor Cary Rupert who has been pretty much in love with Nora Chilton who works at Cary’s best friend doctor’s office. But every time Cary asks Nora out, she turns him down. Cary tries to convince Nora that they’d be good together. I really did like both Cary and Nora. I can’t say that I formed strong bonds to either because there really wasn’t that much time. The conflict was a little bit out there, but still, I did enjoy reading this. It’s good for when you’re in a reading slump.
“Playing Doctor” by Lori Foster is a novella found in When Good Things Happen to Bad Boys, another collection of novellas. “Playing Doctor” is around 100 pages which is nice since “Some Like It Hot” was half that.
“Playing Doctor” focuses on Cary’s friend Axel who is an OB/GYN doctor. He’s a ladies’ man. Anyway, he attends this head honcho’s party and runs into Libby Preston. They are both super attracted to each other right away, and start fooling around. But when Axel (seriously that name!) discovers Libby hasn’t had sex before, he freaks out, and totally pisses Libby off. But they do get together.
Libby and Axel do get together very quickly, which is typical in the novella department. Their age difference is pretty big, and that does make me a bit uncomfortable. But still, I enjoyed this. I think Lori Foster has a way with novellas, even if this isn’t her best.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook
“Some Like It Hot” is about family doctor Cary Rupert who has been pretty much in love with Nora Chilton who works at Cary’s best friend doctor’s office. But every time Cary asks Nora out, she turns him down. Cary tries to convince Nora that they’d be good together. I really did like both Cary and Nora. I can’t say that I formed strong bonds to either because there really wasn’t that much time. The conflict was a little bit out there, but still, I did enjoy reading this. It’s good for when you’re in a reading slump.
“Playing Doctor” by Lori Foster is a novella found in When Good Things Happen to Bad Boys, another collection of novellas. “Playing Doctor” is around 100 pages which is nice since “Some Like It Hot” was half that.
“Playing Doctor” focuses on Cary’s friend Axel who is an OB/GYN doctor. He’s a ladies’ man. Anyway, he attends this head honcho’s party and runs into Libby Preston. They are both super attracted to each other right away, and start fooling around. But when Axel (seriously that name!) discovers Libby hasn’t had sex before, he freaks out, and totally pisses Libby off. But they do get together.
Libby and Axel do get together very quickly, which is typical in the novella department. Their age difference is pretty big, and that does make me a bit uncomfortable. But still, I enjoyed this. I think Lori Foster has a way with novellas, even if this isn’t her best.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook
sarahconnor89757's review
2.0
This book was just not for me. I don't see the sun let alone the beach...that should have been my first clue.
writerlibrarian's review
1.0
I read the short novella "One Wilde Week-end" which is #6 in Janelle Denison's Wilde Series. What a waste. This was the ultimate jumble of clichés that I find boring, uninteresting. Bottom line it's boring, very boring, 43 pages of boring, uninspired, badly written sex scenes (2, one in a commercial airplane), how to turn a somewhat interesting lead male character into a boring, I will "cure" you of your emotional insecurities (in 2 days no less) through submissive sex (complete with bondage and blindfold). A female lead character that just fold like a house of cards.
This was embarrassingly boring and not up to the Denison's talent. Poor Alex got the short end of the stick, end of the barrel in the Wilde series so far.
This was embarrassingly boring and not up to the Denison's talent. Poor Alex got the short end of the stick, end of the barrel in the Wilde series so far.
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