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Review: Borrowing a Bachelor by Karen Kendall

Someone borrowed is something newโ€ฆ

Nikki Fineโ€™s debut as an exotic dancer is also her closing act. Because the moment she pops out of the โ€œcakeโ€ at a bachelor party, Nikki manages to whack Adam Burke. Fortunately, he overlooks their collision, which leads to a very private โ€“ and satisfying โ€“ encounter.

But it seems this fling isnโ€™t meant to be. It turns out Adam is a conflict of interest at Nikkiโ€™s new day job โ€“ the one she canโ€™t afford to lose. Resisting him is easier said than done when he keeps turning up at the office. Maybe she can risk borrowing this bachelor one more timeโ€ฆ

All the Groomโ€™s Men: These guys are too hot to be left at the altar!

Title:Borrowing a Bachelor
Author:Karen Kendall
Series:All the Groom’s Men (Book 1)
Pages:218
Category / Genre(s):Harlequin / Mills & Boon (Blaze)
Trope(s):Office Romance
One Night Stand
Point of View:
Location:US
HEA:โœ”๏ธ
Release Date:20th December, 2011
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A truly terrible book

I’m always happy to read a Blaze romance and wasn’t put off by the unusual premise or how the characters meet in the beginning. Unfortunately, after reading the book I feel that these are the only positive things I can say about it.

Firstly – the characters. Adam was far too immature for my tastes right off the bat and not just because he was only 25. I prefer the male lead to be a strong, confident man but Adam was a juvenile, college boy. Nikki, however, just left me shaking my head in disgust. She too was young, immature and so whiney that I actually couldn’t stand her. The pair had no chemistry and the sex scenes were embarrassing to say the least. I want to read about men I want for my own and women that can inspire me – not two kids fumbling and groping about, playing at love and sex.

“I’m actually flabbergasted that this was a Blaze book and will be avoiding this author…”

The plot was flimsy and ridiculous and just didn’t interest me at all, I’m afraid. The language used was unbelievably unsophisticated and I just couldn’t believe how the characters acted and interacted.

Whenever I put this book down, which was often, I started thinking that perhaps I was being too harsh and that it couldn’t have been that bad. So I would pick it up to read again and find out that yes, it really was that bad.

Some books are so bad they are funny. This book didn’t even reach those heights. I’m actually flabbergasted that this was a Blaze book and will be avoiding this author from now on. I’m still shaking my head that I wasted so much of my time reading this book and I can’t recommend it by any stretch of the imagination. 1 star.

Karen Kendall is the author of many disasters and nine romantic comedies. She grew up in Austin, Texas, and credits her early interest in writing to several teachers and her mother, a professor of comparative literature.

A graduate of Smith College, Karen studied the mysteries of modern and contemporary art before enrolling in a masters program in Museum Education, with the aim of teaching children about art. She worked for several museums and galleries before following her lifelong dream and completing a novel.

Karen is still a big fan of children’s art, but she now writes full time and lives in Florida with her husband, Don, and attack-cat Boo, who turns up her nose at chicken and fish but adores asparagus and mint-chocolate-chip ice cream.

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