Review: reviewing as I read...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
I got this set for .99 so any way you look at it, I got a good deal.  I am going to review as I read so I will continue to update m review until I finish all 8 books.On Any Given Sundae.. The heroine is writing a cookbook using her friends recipes. She is a small town girl, never having left home, shy, introvert,and has a speech problem.  The hero is the typical Italian Stallion, quarterback, extrovert, leaves town to open a successful restaurant in Chicago.  These two are TOTAL opposites.  He comes back to town for a short period and they are thrown together.  I had a hard time with this one.  The characters seemed very immature to me, she is a 28 year old virgin.  I didn't pick up on any chemistry between the two.  She has an obscene crush on him but can't speak whenever he is around, she just stares at him.  Seems like after he finds out she is still a virgin then he gets the hots for her.  I just couldn't relate to any of these people so I quit reading.Finding the Right Girl.  I really liked this story.  The hero is a great guy and you really like him.  This story covers the disease of HD.  I didn't know about this disease so I learned a lot.  The heroine has had some hard knocks in her life and she certainly deserved this guy.  Good story.  She really should have lost her mother's phone number.  Good read.Sweet to You.  The heroine is divorced from a gay man that ran off with his boyfriend. She has forgiven him and is moving on.  Her best friend from childhood has suddenly got her attention and he is seeing her as more than a best friend.  Again, the hero is a good guy that you really like.  The heroine is some what of a nut job.  She is a very likable character but seems to have more problems with the voices in her head than she should for someone with her life.SPOILER...On this one I really got my dander up over a couple of things.  First the hero has kissed her sister once!!! So he is suddenly off-limits as boyfriend material.  WHAT?  Then at the first sign of trouble after she is madly in love with the hero she takes off without ever giving him a chance to say one thing.  And the thing he did was a year BEFORE he ever started dating her.  Unless it was murder, come on, give him a chance to explain.  Then his brother.  What a total jerk this guy is.  Judgmental is one of his better qualities.  He is still upset over the kiss since he is marrying the said sister. It wasn't clear to me but I don't think he was even dating the girl when his brother kissed her.  Found out later it had happened 10 years ago and he is still holding on to it.  A kiss, not sex, a Kiss.  And IF HE WAS dating her, then unless his brother held a gun to her head where is her responsibility in all of this???  NOW, a kiss is grounds for SIN, but to be trying for years to get pregnant and NOT MARRIED is no big deal. And these people are Catholic.  Something the church certainly would frown upon.  But the brother's actions and holier-than-thou attitude really turned me off.  What a big jerk.  Now, knowing the hero to be a womanizer, or so she thinks, she holds this against him at every turn.  But on the beach, with others not that far away, she strips naked, runs into the ocean and then has sex with him when he follows.  Doesn't sound like little Bo Peep, does it?  Funny, when I do something outrageous it isn't that big of a thing, I was drinking so not responsible, but when you do it?  Oh a whole new ballgame.  Let's pass judgment on you.  Nut job.  This girl needed to grow up.  Thank goodness her friend Dawn seems to have a brain.  Her sister also has a good head on her shoulders.  But Mr. high standards and High morals, judging everyone else doesn't seem to have any problems with having sex with his girl friend for years before he proposes.  Not a problem!  I did like the story and I do recommend it.  Just had a few problems with some events.  I don't like everyone ganging up on the Hero for something he did in his past that in no way effected any of them.  Good read.Unafraid. I did not get very far in this book.  The heroine is the town slut.  She calls it, and according to her thoughts regarding having sex because she is bored with just about anything willing is a bit much.  I have not met the hero as yet but I really don't like my hero getting the girl that every guy in town has had sex with.  I really don't care what her "issues" are, find another way to solve them.  Don't add STDs to the list of problems.  Couldn't finish.  Too depressing for me.  If these things don't bother you, then you will probably enjoy it.Love, Love -I believe I am too old to appreciate the lifestyle of the last 2 books.  The heroines have a mouths on them that would gag a toilet.  I'm sure it is probably very today but it turns my stomach.  I'm no prude, I love a good sexy scene between two consenting adults, etc.  But this is too much for me.Getting Out of Hand.  I really loved this hero.  You can't help but love him. The heroine was a good strong female but some what of a doormat.  The nerd in high school comes back as a wealthy, brilliant scientist.  The town wants his money and his land to open a mall.  Even a moron can see it is going to be a bust. Bad location, no traffic, etc.  But the town is pushing forward.  The mayor is the school's popular girl but a slut at the same time.  She has no problems using sex to get him to give in to her wishes.  He is way too smart for that plus he is instantly attracted to her assistant, the heroine!!  It was a good story and certainly holds your attention  They get their HEA but barely.SPOILER ALERT....remember my opinion and I am entitled to it.  I HATED his best friend, Lauren.  With a witch like this for a friend you certainly don't need any enemies.  She blows in to town to tell the heroine that SHE KNOWS what is best for this grown man and if the heroine cares for the world at all she will back off and force him to go back to his lab to solve the world's problems.  I don't think the "friend" was as concerned with the problems of the world as she was about losing her coat tail riding job working under him.  Without him, she is nothing.  She had no problems shoving him to the back when her love life was in concern but his has no importance what so ever.  Then she actually "hits" on his girl on the plane.  OH yeah, she did it to distract her from take off.  If a man had done that, would it have then been ok?  She could have just as easily poured a drink in her lap.  That would have distracted her as well.  OH, and when they get back to the lab and he is heartbroken because the love of his life cut him loose, what does his best friend say...?  well, she wasn't worthy of him because she did give him up.  She made the heroine look like a loser after SHE TALKED HER INTO doing what she did.  I absolutely HATED this woman and would have liked to have taken her out myself. She made me so mad I almost quit reading the book. I hate her!!!  She was willing to throw her best friend in the whole world to the dogs in order to get what she wanted and felt was best.  Who died and made her God?Tempting Love.  I loved this story.  The high school bad boy with a wild reputation for doing everything he shouldn't finds himself a single Dad and raising his 7 year old daughter on his own.  At 34 he has turned his life around and has become a responsible adult and father.  The heroine was in the 6th grade when he was in high school sowing his wild oats.  No matter, she had a super crush on him which as she grew up became love.  She went to college and returns to the hometown moving in across the street from him and his daughter.  I love the telling of their story.  He was one hottie!!!  WOW.  HEA but it takes them a while.  Good read