#14 Grave Matters by Lauren M. Roy

The second book is a set only a few months after the end of the first book and everyone is trying to deal with the changes and losses in their lives. Elly is working for the Stregi, the Boston group of vampires as they are dealing with a turf war. Cavale is tracking down a necromancer that has moved into the neighborhood. And both Elly and Cavale are tiptoeing around talking about their shared childhood, separation and how they will handle the future together as adults. Both story lines blend by the end of the book and bring everyone from the previous books together again and you also learn more about Sunny and Lia as well. Justin is adjusting to being a a vampire with a little extra in the mix of his making A good second book and a book that you can read without reading the first book since you are still finding so much out about these characters.

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#15 Rock Hard by Nalini Singh

 I’ve read her paranormal romances but not her regular romance books but after reading a sample on her website I requested to read the review copy of this book.  The setting is in modern day New Zealand with a shy records clerk that gets a sudden promotion to the new CEO’s personal assistant when he finds out the previous one has been dumping all her work on Charlotte.  Gabriel is a former rugby player now hardnosed businessman known for turning around failing companies.   Both are attracted to one another but Charlotte has almost a crippling fear of men due to her past and her current boyfriend falls squarely in the friend category instead of lover.  Gabriel is patient testing and prodding Charlotte to become more active and forthright at work hoping at some point she will become the self assured woman he can see hiding behind meekness.  True love wins in the end and even if this is the second book in the series you don’t have to read the first one to enjoy this one.  I liked this that not every problem with Charlotte’s past was solved with a kiss.  A nice HEA story.

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