Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel: 2 (Hot and Hammered, 2)

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Bailey is known for her strong sexual scenes and those are definitely here but for this couple, I personally, wanted teeth gritting cognitive emotion. She decides they need some real help if they're going to make it work, so she moves out while they undergo some 'extreme marriage therapy', which is unconventional but a hoot. FashionablyEvil: I think my problem with Bailey is that, in her books, she sometimes conflates overbearing, controlling, boundary-less males with strong, powerful alpha males.

I adore Tessa Bailey's writing because her couples are always so passionate and fun, and there's so much heart in their love stories. Due to several instances that left me uncomfortable, I was not sold with Dominic as a romantic lead.not without its faults—pacing was stagnant in some parts and quite a bit where dialogue was lacking, but spoken and in the writing. I have enjoyed Tessa Bailey’s books in the past—particularly “Worked Up” as it’s maybe one of the few romance novels I’ve read where the hero isn’t completely shredded and muscular (he has a bit of a beer gut which I found refreshing after so many years of soaking up wish fulfillment). We have Rosie, who is biracial: Half African-American, half Argentinian and we have Dominic who is Puerto Rican and we get so much details about their culture.

I found it very unrealistic that their marriage had been so rocky for years, but yet they were still so attracted to each other. I didn't feel the chemistry between Rosie and Dominic that I was hoping to feel based off of the snippets of tension we see between them in Fix Her Up.It got to the point where every few pages I had to set the book down because I couldn't stop myself from rolling my eyes or inwardly cringing at one thing or another. I am specially thankful to her because this year so many good authors so far disappointed me with the romance releases. I figure in five to ten years they will start having kids, and with the first pregnancy their relationship will be in turmoil again.

Dominic and Rosie have this special place in my heart now because of the second journey that they both go throw and learn more about each other, things that through out the past ten years they both missed about each other.He done so many things for Rosie, little things that would have made her feel cherished and appreciated but he didn’t want to get credit for ‘doing his job' as her husband… It hurt my heart. I thought this would be a large part of their story and explain a lot of Dominic’s current behavior, unfortunately, this aspect wasn’t really explored in the book. The book relies a lot on the concept of “love languages,” the idea that people express and receive love in different ways.