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Sweet by Elizabeth Hunter

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 Thank you to Social Butterfly PR and Elizabeth Hunter for sending me an e-ARC of this book to read and review!   Daisy Rivera is small-town Metlin’s golden child,and she has the biggest crush on the mysterious former-gang member tattoo artist known as Spider. Spider’s past keeps him from putting down roots anywhere, but Daisy is ready to claim him as a member of the Metlin family… as long as his past doesn’t catch up to him first.  This book delivers exactly what the title promises - a sweet romance. But life isn’t all cherry pie and butterflies for these two. Total opposites, Spider and Daisy have a few roadblocks to overcome as they figure out what they want and what it will be worth.  I sped through this story!  Told in alternating point of views, I liked being able to know what was going on in the main character’s minds as they came to terms with their attraction, seeing the events that lead them together, and knowing their motives for the ultimate decisions they have to make.

A Certain Appeal by Vanessa King

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  Pride and Prejudice meets the burlesque scene in this entirely unique retelling. Elizabeth Bennet is a stage kitten for the burlesque performances at Meryton. On a memorable night at the club, she meets Charles and Darcy and life as she knows it is changed. With her friend and roommate Jane staking a claim on Charles, Bennet sees a lot more of Darcy than she would like… or maybe not enough of him. When things begin to look up, everything comes crashing down and Bennet must decide if she wants to be brave or if she’ll follow her past mistakes.   Photo from my bookstagram @ bookworminkayla I love the setting of this retelling!   I am a sucker for Pride and Prejudice in any form but this is definitely one of my favorite adaptions.   With burlesque being a focus, there are a lot of fun characters to fill out the cast, and the extra spice that the role gives Elizabeth’s character is fabulous.   But that is not all for Miss Bennet - she does interior design and has an admin job for a tech