Reviews by Marina & Jackie: Roomies by Christina Lauren

Marriages of convenience are so…inconvenient.

Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a big-time musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until he admits his student visa has expired and he’s in the country illegally.

Holland impulsively offers to wed the Irishman to keep him in New York, her growing infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers, Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway. In the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting, what will it take for Holland and Calvin to realise that they both stopped pretending a long time ago? 

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Roomies is a really sweet read with characters that tug at your heart I really enjoyed reading the story about Holland and Calvin and the beautiful family dynamic in the book!! It was a very refreshing intriguing story that will have you wanting a happy ending!! Whilst working at her uncles theatre place and the various jobs she does there, her ability to scout for talent is found when she recommends a busker to join the show!!! Needless to say things are frought with complications due to Calvin not being American! The love, the bonds and the choices made will show you some people will so anything for those they love! I loved Calvin, his heart was beautiful, his talent amazing and his accent, swoon worthy! Sometimes things are meant to be and I think this story highlights that perhaps love can conquer all!! Roomies would have to be a favourite of 2018! Paperback copy received from Hachette Australia to review.

Christina Lauren are amongst my favourite authors and I really don’t think they are capable of giving us a bad book. 

Roomies is a sweet romantic read with great lovable characters. How far would you go to help your roommate out? If you love modern day love stories full of romance and laughter this is the book for you and I’m sure it will be a book you won’t be able to put down.

 A marriage of convenience has been done many times before but once this writing due puts their stamp on it the whole story jumps to another level, the chemistry is is sizzling and the banter was perfect. Great book that I couldn’t put down.

Paperback copy received from Hachette Australia to review.

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced fourteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 31+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)

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Reviews by Jackie & Marina: Beautiful Boys by Christina Lauren

Blurb:

Millions of readers worldwide have fallen for the sexy, hilarious love stories of Christina Lauren’s New York Times and #1 international best selling Beautiful series. Discover the first three novels—Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player—from the author duo Kirkus Reviews calls “the It Girls of Romance.”

Beautiful Bastard: Whip-smart, ambitious intern Chloe Mills is so tempting that her completely infuriating and utterly irresistible boss Bennett Ryan is willing to bend the office rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her—all over the office.

Beautiful Stranger: All of New York City knows Max Stella loves women. Despite pulling in plenty of lovers with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until finance whiz Sara Dillon—and the wild photos she lets him take of her—that the ex-pat Brit really thought of keeping someone around. Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.

Beautiful Player: Lectured by her brother for neglecting her social life in favor of grad school, bookish Hanna Bergstrom challenges her brother’s best friend, unapologetic playboy Will Sumner, to turn her into a sultry siren. It’s not long before the innocently seductive pupil is teaching the venture capitalist a thing or two he can’t forget. But now that Sara’s discovered the power of her own sex appeal, it’s up to Will to prove he’s the only man she’ll ever need. 

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If you love Christina Lauren you will want to read this book.

Beautiful Bastard: This is Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan's story, the intern and the boss who happens to be extremely hot, irresistible but infuriating. The office has rules but rules are meant to be broken, he will break every rule if it means he can have her ........

Beautiful Stranger: Wall Street bad boy Max Stella loves women and is used to getting what he wants, he is not ready to settle down that is until he takes some sexy photos of Sara Dillion a finance whiz but is Sara ready to let Max get close.....

Beautiful Player: Will Summer is the player many women have tried to tame but it's only when Hanna Bergstrom who happens to be his best friends sister challenges him to make her a sultry siren does he realise he has met his match. It's not long before the sexy pupil is teaching the venture capitalist a thing it too ....

The first three books in The Beautiful Series in one massive book, if you love powerful sexy men this is a must read. The characters are easy to fall in love with and I'm sure by the end you will find it hard to choose which of these guys will become your next book boyfriend. 

This is a hot must read series and what better way to start than with the first 3 books .

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Well what can I say about the Beautiful Boys…It’s a huge book!! 3 stories in one!! An amazing combination of books.

This series is so funny, sexy and entertaining that you will not want to put it down. You are put on a steamy, hilarious ride with the stuff that comes out of the character’s mouths, well off the pages really, lol. But you get what I mean, don’t you??!!

I thoroughly enjoyed the friendships formed, their banter, the excursions that will have you laugh out loud. I honestly want friends like them. Oh don’t forget about the accents……I mean….who could resist a hot English man……anyone??? bueller???

But in all honesty I have to say READ THEM. You are missing out on some rather interesting moments, sexy hot men that will have you panting for more.

Beautiful Bastard is Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan’s story, the introduction to the series and my oh my what a ride.

Beautiful Stranger is Max Stella and Sara Dillon’s story…Max has a special extra something that I wont tell you about plus his British accent….Swoonworthy right there….!!!

Beautiful Player: Love Will Sumner & Hanna Bergstrom, their hilarious banter about anything & everything made the book incredibly enjoyable! Another great instalment in this series! Put it on your TBR!!

MUST READ Unputdownable series!! 

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About the authors:

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced fourteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 31+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)

You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or at @seeCwrite (Christina), @LolaShoes (Lauren), or @ChristinaLauren on Twitter.

Reviews by Marina & Jackie: Beautiful by Christina Lauren

Featuring the entire BEAUTIFUL series cast for one final hurrah!

A FREE-SPIRITED GIRL IN NEED OF A BREAK.
A MAN WEIGHED DOWN BY RESPONSIBILITY.
A ROAD TRIP VACATION WHERE ALL BETS ARE OFF.
OH, AND A LOT OF WINE.

After walking in on her boyfriend shagging another girl in their place, Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for the States to go on a drunken road trip with Ruby Miller and some of her Beautiful friends.

Scaling the career ladder is the default way to deal with heartbreak—and to just deal—for Jensen Bergstrom. Absolutely buried by his drive and workload, he rarely takes time for himself. But when his sister Hanna convinces him to join the gang on a two-week wine tour, he has a rare moment of cutting loose. Of course, it’s only once he’s committed that he realizes the strange girl he met briefly on the plane is coming along, too. She might be too much for him…or he might realize his life has become too small and needs her to make it bigger, crazier.

With this circle of friends there’s always something going on: from Chloe and Sara’s unexpected personality swaps to Will’s new domestic side to Bennett’s text message barrage and George’s own happily-ever-after. In short, their adventures in love, friendship, and hilarity are nothing short of Beautiful.

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Beautiful was just Beautiful! I'm really kind of sad this is the last book in this incredible series! I don't want to say goodbye, I really don't!! I've grown to love all the characters with all their quirks and sexiness and this book is no different!! Jensen. Oh la la, that man is just without doubt an amazing beautiful man who wholeheartedly loves his family and friends and was dealt a blow that caused him to raise a shield on love! When Per chance he meets someone on the plane back from London, he's rather surprised to see her at his nieces birthday party! When a trip brings them closer together and brings out his past, things are rather funny and very interesting indeed! I loved the funny moments, the banter, the beautiful friendships they all have together and support! It's amazing and I want that personally!! What makes it even more Beautiful is the way Jensen is behind closed doors and I sighed and swooned a lot! He I could go on but you just HAVE to read it for yourself or you are really missing out! Christina Lauren write such wonderful, humorous and hot love stories!!

Paperback copy received from Simon & Schuster AU for review.

This is the last book in the Beautiful B series and although you can read this as a standalone, I think you would struggle with so many characters from previous books coming into this story. 

I have not read all the previous books and I did struggle to get into the story but I'm so glad I persevered, because Beautiful is just that, it's a beautiful story full of quirky characters and it will have you laughing out loud at their antics.
Pippa and Jensen meet on a transatlantic flight, two very different people he is a  workaholic on his way home she is and going on holiday to escape her cheating boyfriend. Things really heat up after the flight when they find themselves on the same road trip and the inevitable happens. Is it just a fling ..
The characters are all loveable and I will go back and read the rest of this series. You will laugh and you will cry and you will want more. Great read.

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced fourteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 31+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)

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Reviews by Marina & Jackie: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren

When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything can—and does—happen. Book Four in the New York Times Wild Seasons series that began with Sweet Filthy Boy (the Romantic Times book of the year that Sylvia Day called “a sexy, sweet treasure of a story”), Dirty Rowdy Thing, and Dark Wild Night.

For two people ambivalent about dating and love, they sure get naked around each other an awful lot . . .

London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan.

But when a wave knocks her for a loop one morning, then Luke Sutter’s flirtatious smile knocks her for another that evening, she veers slightly off course…and into his path. Sure, he’s a total player, but the Why not—it’s only one night is a persistent voice in her ear.

For his part, Luke’s been on hookup autopilot for so long that he rarely ever pauses to consider what he’s doing. But after an amazing time with London, he realizes that he hasn’t been moving on from a devastating heartbreak so much as he’s been drifting to wherever—and whomever—the current takes him. With London he wants more.

Every relationship involves two people…plus their pasts. And as much as she enjoys her fling with Luke, when London learns about his past—more specifically, who’s in it—everything becomes the brand of complicated she strives to avoid. It’s up to Luke then to change some things in order to try and ensure he’s not something she’ll outright avoid as well.

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It's been so long since I've read a Christina Lauren book and since I haven't read the other 3 books in this series I was a little concerned I may not get things! That couldn't be further from the truth! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as a standalone! I had a smile on my face throughout the whole book!! I absolutely loved it! The authors sense of humour, the flow of the words and the characters all made this a wonderful entertaining read! Being a player has its cons especially in regards to being friends with London, or even wanting more with her! Luke Sutter is hot, sexy and has a great group of friends! He doesn't seem to realize why London is off standing towards him until his sister says something! Their easy friendship with funny banter and their enjoying things comfortably together makes for a great time! I especially loved Luke's family, his Grams was an absolute hoot! I could have read so much more about them! We also get a few chapters at the end with Not Joe's story and I really can't wait to read more there too! Christina Lauren have done it yet again writing such an amazing book! I'd say they would have to be high on my list of must read authors! Paperback copy provided by Simon and Schuster Australia.

Christina Lauren is quite new to me and this is the first book I have read in this series but that did not stop me loving it. So I'm proof this book can be read as a standalone.

London is the sassy girl from California who is happy with her life, she is funny and smart and easy going.
Luke is the sexy hot player that wants London but he knows forcing himself on her is not an option, he needs to take his time and whilst he is doing just that we get inside his head and it turns out he may not have coped with a past breakup as well as he thought he had.
This series is about a group of friends who all have a great sense of humor and this book had me smiling throughout, it really is a entertaining story.

If you are looking for romance and humor with some soul searching this is the book for you.
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Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced twelve New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 28+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.) FACEBOOK TWITTER: @seeCwrite /  @lolashoes GOODREADS PINTEREST WATTPAD