Angeliques life is turned topsy-turvy when their newest client, one Lucien Durand, a.k.a.

Lord Bolt, arrives.

Angelique and Lucien are nursing past shame and a sense that theyre unworthy or undeserving of love.

October Romance Books

Credit: Piatkus; Harlequin Romantic Suspense; Carina Press; Trinkets and Tales LLC; Avon

The two are granted beautiful character growth, drawing each other out of their shells and inspiring healthy change.

While her inspiration might be Disney, Roberts books are anything but the stuff of childhood fantasy.

Those who write romance and erotic fiction have to endure claims that theyre writing mommy porn.

Angel in a Devil’s Arms

Avon

Yet, withLearn My Lesson,Robert throws that reductive nonsense out the window.

She understands and proves in spades that a story bursting with sex is never just about the sex.

In a world of soapy delight, she does the impossible by making the case for the real world.

Learn My Lesson

Trinkets and Tales LLC

Lopez has a knack for the steamier side of things, the eroticism explodes off the page.

Its more Tates story than it is exclusively a romance in the traditional sense.

Mello gives readers high stakes at a breakneck pace.

Lush Money

Carina Press

On the flip side, the central romance leaves something to be desired.

?Grade: B-

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