Swans Book Review

This book was, how should I put this, neat and tidy.  It had not conflict, it had no heat, it was just a bunch of words on a page.  Plus, the cover reminds me of Cupcake and Crushes by Keri Ford. Jesse Oliver had had a rough time his entire life.  Being a medic in Afghanistan has thought Jesse to be alert at all times and his training came in handy when the pipes in his apartment  suddenly burst, flooding the entire apartment. It seemed that not only Jesse's apartment was the only unlucky one.  All the pipes in every apartment exploded, including his hot neighbor who lives above him. Due to the pipes bursting, everyone in the apartment must now find a tempory place to stay until the landlord can do repairs, the only thing is, Jesse has no other option than to sleep in his car. Luck is finally on his side when a buddy of his who was also a medic in Afghanistan gave him permission to stay at his lake house in exchange to fixing the place up a bit. ...

Hmmm, The Dukes of war book 0.5?  Yeah I know, it's weird to read a book marked as 0.5 in a series, yet it has intrigued me. Lady Amelia Pembroke is what you would call a control freak, but in a good way.  She does not rub her knowledge in your face and make you feel inadequate.  She just goes to her memory pantry (yes you heard me right) and predict things that would happen and put things in place to help. Everyone loves and adores her. Including her younger brother who Amelia suspects has not taken a wife because of her.  So in order to remedy that, she knows that she must marry first.  The best way to meet all of her candidates is at the Sheffield's annual Christmas Ball. The only problem with this plan is that there is not going to be a ball this year since the building to host the even was struck by lightning and burned down. Not the one to have such trivial things stand in the way of her plans, Amelia takes it upon herself to safe the party, wh...