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Her Billionaire Bargain (Kensington Square)by Taryn Quinn-review

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Her Billionaire Bargain(Kensington Square 3) by Taryn Quinn-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 15, 2023

•Hiring an interior designer to redo my McMansion led to me…falling in love with a total stranger?
And trying to figure out how to make her fall in love with me.

Shelby Wilde is a driven single mom who started an up-and-coming design firm, Designing Women, with three friends.

She is not looking for love. Or lust. Or my particular brand of chaos with a side of many happy moments while naked.

But in no time, I’m ready to give up my wild, freewheeling single days for her and her little girl.

She can still redesign my house. The only thing is, she needs to find a way to make herself and Berry part of the design.

Because I don’t want any home without her and the little girl I want to make my daughter.

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REVIEW: HER BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN is the third instalment in Taryn Quinn’s contemporary, adult KENSINGTON SQUARE erotic, romance series set in the author’s Crescent Cove world. This is interior designer/single mother Shelby Wilde, and billionaire attorney Dexter ‘Dex’ Shaw’s story line. HER BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives. (Dex and Shelby) HER BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN follows the building romance and relationship between our story line couple. Dexter Shaw is a successful divorce attorney whose lifestyle is questionable at best. As the sole owner of the family law firm, Dexter must keep up appearances and the first thing is to redesign the home in which he no longer feels welcome. Enter interior designer and the woman with whom Dexter will fall in love-single mother/interior designer Shelly Wilde. As Dexter struggles to keep his attraction to Shelby at bay, our heroine battles between head and heart with issues of trust as it pertains to our story line hero. What ensues is the building relationship between Dex and Shelby, as our couple learn to navigate a life of instant attraction, instant family and the frenetic pace of two people learning to control their impulses.

The world building focuses trust and acceptance. Shelby has struggled as a single mother with virtually no help from her ex, a father who wants nothing to do with his only daughter. Trust doesn’t come easy, and Shelby’s first introduction to Dex left much to be desired. Dexter Shaw knows he has to change his image beginning with his bachelor lifestyle, and a home more conducive to family and love.

The relationship between Dex and Shelby begins a a business arrangement when Shelby is hired to redesign and decorate Dex’s mansion but from the outset Shelby struggles with Dex’s frenetic pace and over the top behavior. As Dex pursues Shelby for something more, Shelby must come to term with possible changes at home. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense.

The interesting and entertaining secondary and supporting characters including Dexter’s brother attorney Preston Shaw, their father Isaac Shaw; attorney Bishop Stone, attorney Eli Turner, veterinarian Grant Thorne, Dexter’s assistant Isis Jenkins, Shelby’s parents, and her daughter Alice aka Berry, and Bob.

HER BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN is a story of family and friendships, trust and acceptance, determination and love. The slow building premise is impassioned; the romance is seductive; the characters are quirky and fun.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
His Temporary Assistant
My Boss’ Secret

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Reviewed by Sandy

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DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY (Kensington Square ) by Taryn Quinn

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DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY (Kensington Square/ Crescent Cove ) by Taryn Quinn-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 17, 2023

Looking to rent a pussy.

Say what?

I’d never seen an ad phrased quite like that before. Not only did it raise my eyebrows, but the late night attention it drew dangerously exceeded our kitten rescue’s bandwidth.

So I did my admin duty and sent the ad writer a warning message.

I didn’t have to send her personal messages.

Or have flirty chats on the phone.

I especially didn’t need to go to her place for late night…kitten calls.

I soon realized she might be exactly who I needed to get my matchmaking family off my back, if she would just attend an important event with me.

She told me over and over she wasn’t girlfriend material—fake or otherwise.

I didn’t listen.

And now I’m ready to put it all on the line to make sure my Kitty understands that our love is very real.

Let the fur fly.

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REVIEW: DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY is the fourth instalment in Taryn Quinn’s contemporary, adult KENSINGTON SQUARE erotic,romance series set in the author’s CRESCENT COVE world. This is veterinarian Dr. Clint Hauser, and twenty-five year old, romance story editor Katherine ‘Kitty Armor’ Armitage’s story line. DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Clint and Kitty) DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY follows in the wake of a series of online posts on the ‘Kitten Around’ kitten rescue site, looking to rent a ‘pussy’ by the hour. As the forum moderator Dr. Clint Hauser believes he has found a suspicious user, a user with whom he is about to fall in love. Enter Katherine ‘Kitty Armor’ Armitage. Katherine Armitage is a recluse; a book editor with challenging agoraphobia but a woman who has recently lost a beloved pet. Needing a plus one for her stay at home companion Princess Goldenrod, Katherine aka Kitty uses the local kitten forum to find a friend for her lonely cat but all does not go well when our heroine is suspected of procuring sexual favors, favors to be found on the local site. Kitty, believing she has been catfished, invites Dr. Clint Hauser over to meet her cat but quickly discovers her heart will be lost to our story line hero. What ensues is a quick building romance and relationship between Clint and Kitty, and the potential fall-out as extended family members and friends get worried for their eccentric loved ones.

Katherine ‘Kitty’ Armitage is lonely but her loneliness is complicated by agoraphobia, and a job that keeps her inside, most of the time. Her unconventional and often erratic behavior is questionable at best but meeting Dr. Clint Hauser give hopes to an otherwise lonely existence. Clint Hauser is a former romance cover model/turned veterinarian who is over worked, and stressed due to the inordinate amount of heart breaking work and volunteer hours but Clint needs a plus one for the upcoming holidays, and believes Kitty is the perfect foil to keep his family at bay. Believing ‘Kitty’ is soliciting for $ex on the kitten forum, Clint demands proof of our heroine’s ‘lies’. Finding himself pulled into the craziness that is Kitty Armor, Clint discovers his mind and his body relax in the company of our story line heroine.

The relationship between Clint and Kitty is one of immediate but curious attraction. Kitty has been alone for so long she is willing to invite a stranger into her life, and Clint needs a well deserved vacation, even if only for a few hours at a time. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and idiosyncratic secondary and supporting characters including Kitty’s father, and her agent Magnus; Clint’s sisters Emmaline , Felicia and Melodie, and his father Clintondale Hauser Jr.

DESPERATELY SEEKING KITTY is a wild romantic comedy focusing on real-life situations that aren’t supposed to be funny but the over the top, actions and idiosyncratic behaviors of our story line heroine bring out the crazy in everyone including family and friends. At times wild, comedic and frenetic but often overwhelming, the story line premise is entertaining and captivating; the romance is provocative and steamy; the characters are lively and spirited.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
His Temporary Assistant
My Boss’s Secret

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Reviewed by Sandy

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His Temporary Assistant (Kensington Square) byTaryn Quinn-review

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His Temporary Assistant (HAPPY ACRES 1/ Kensington Square) byTaryn Quinn-review

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 25, 2021

To whom it may concern: I quit.

Preston Michael Shaw.

PMS, as I like to call him.

I don’t need his job. I don’t need his fancy designer suits or his arrogance or his claims that I put a hex on him, because of course a strong, empowered woman needs to put a spell on a man.

As if I want him.

Pfft. He should be so lucky.

I definitely don’t need his irritating demands for caramel-coconut coffee or his fixation on being on time.

Spoiler—I’m not, ever.

I certainly don’t appreciate how his touch singes my skin. Literally.

I need to stop obsessing about him. It’s just hormones.

One roll in the silk sheets and I’ll be over him.

But we can’t sleep together until my best friend—his real assistant—comes back from vacation.

Damn his admirable morals and my flaming panties.

And now I’ve been cursed, because I can’t resist the hottest, most annoying man I’ve ever known…

Author’s note: His Temporary Assistant is a standalone office romantic comedy set in our small town Kensington Square, which is near Crescent Cove. It has a happily-ever-after ending and no cliffhanger.

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REVIEW:HIS TEMPORARY ASSISTANT is the first instalment in Taryn Quinn’s contemporary, adult KENSINGTON SQUARE erotic, romance series set in the authors’ Crescent Cove world. This is podcaster. artist and Tarot reader Ryan Moon, and divorce attorney Preston Michael Shaw’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Preston and Ryan) HIS TEMPORARY ASSISTANT follows the building romance and relationship between podcaster, artist and Tarot reader Ryan Moon, and divorce attorney Preston Michael Shaw. Preston Shaw’s assistant April was taking a week of unscheduled vacation and hired her best friend Ryan to take her place but to Preston’s shock, Ryan Moon, was a feisty, otherworldly, woman with no legal experience but a woman who stirred something deep within our story line hero. Five days together would quickly turn into something more but their rapidly building relationship would have Ryan faltering with what the Tarot cards had to say, and the possibility that she was falling in love with a man who was only a temporary stop in her life. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Preston and Ryan, and the potential fall- out as Preston struggles with both his personal and professional future, and Ryan battles between head and heart as it pertains to our story line hero.

Preston Shaw likes order in his life but the surprise announcement of his assistant’s vacation pushed Preston Shaw over the proverbial edge. From the outset his first encounter with Ryan was acrimonious at best but something about Ryan drew our hero like a moth to a flame. Ryan Moon never expected to fall for her best friend’s boss, knowing he had always been a consummate professional with April but Ryan was never one to tow the line, and in this, our heroine began to push all of Preston’s proverbial buttons.

The relationship between Ryan and Preston begins as a temporary position for our story line heroine but her dependency upon the Tarot cards meant Ryan struggled with the continuing results. Believing Preston to be her future, Ryan is willing to step out of her comfort zone pulling Preston along for the ride. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic, language and text.

We are introduced to Ryan’s best friend and Preston’s PA April; her mother Rainbow Moon; Preston’s brother Dexter, their parents; and veterinarian Grant Thorne.

HIS TEMPORARY ASSISTANT is story of revelations, acceptance, relationships and love; a story of family, denial, and changes. The premise is engaging and captivating ; the characters are fun and flirty; the romance is seductive and hot.

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reviewed by Sandy

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