Two treats, two reads

Hi book buddies :-) By now, you know that I will always read any book by Whitney G. Even a thriller! Which is one of the two books that she has graced us with this week. Here they are for our pleasure.

PRETTY CRUEL LOVE

 

An intense and intoxicating thriller with a sensual twist.

Sadie Pretty has spent the last several years of her life behind bars, wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder. Upon being considered for parole, she's sent to an experimental program with esteemed Doctor Ethan Weiss.

Two weeks in a secluded cabin is all he needs to determine if she's a risk to society, but every minute spent with her makes him question his own morals, and before he knows it, he's crossing the line in more ways than one...

MY TOTALLY UNFAIR DEAL

Eliza Hart doesn't do heels, small talk, or sitting still—especially not for some uptight finance bro in a three-piece suit. But when her brother ropes her into a crash course in “ladylike behavior” to help land the deals that could save their crumbling family business, she finds herself stuck in Manhattan with the cockiest bastard on earth: Harrison Jones. Polished, smug, and irritatingly hot, Harrison owes her brother a favor—and apparently, that favor includes turning Eliza into Manhattan's newest social darling.

 

But in between champagne toasts, disastrous dinner parties, and one very memorable wardrobe malfunction, their love-hate banter turns into heat neither of them can ignore. And in Harrison's sleek Manhattan penthouse, the only thing more dangerous than the high heels… is the sexual tension.

 

Eight weeks. One uptight gentleman. One hot mess.
What could possibly go wrong?

Whitney G. is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author. Her books are currently published in over a dozen languages.She lives deep in the Tennessee woods and spends most of her time drinking coffee while penning dirty-talking alpha males.

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Now that I've read both books, here are my opinons :-)

PRETTY CRUEL LOVE 

A psychological thriller with the author's twisty, snarky stamp. I pretty liked it. Darker than what I'm used to from this writer, it's still highly engaging and full of mind games.

It seems the main character is a female convict accused of notorious crimes and sentenced to prison who is accepted for an experimental and controversial medical programme. From the start, the reader never knows if Sadie is innocent or not despite the insurmountable evidence against her. I know I rooted for her because she is a victim of the system and the cruelty of men. However, the enigma surrounding the crimes and her attitude towards interrogations, media and the medical programme is intriguing. 

Is Doctor Weiss trying to analyse her mind for his own pleasure or is he genuinely striving to help her? Sadie harbours more secrets than she lets on and her days in the medical facility are filled with strange methods, intense surveillance and the allure of an increasingly unethical doctor. The excitement is served.

Quick, mysterious and engaging. I love how boundaries are crossed, the naughty heat between the characters and the dark truth behind the events in the past and how they bleed into the current plot. Interesting turn for this author's writing. I wouldn't mind reading more of the kind.

MY TOTALLY UNFAIR DEAL

A modern version of My Fair Lady, this entertaining romance is fun and well-thought out.

Ill-tempered Eliza is free and wild in her family farm. However, her days of foul-mouthed persecution of unfairness are over when her brother coerces her into a rehabilitation programme to curate her manners, language and attitude in the hands of cold, handsome city man Harrison. She's all fire and untamed beauty, and he's icy efficiency and distance. Of course, frontal collision between the two provoke funny encounters, challenging dialogues and melting bedsheets galore.

Even though the poor girl suffers quite a lot with this pruning system, the whole process is highly entertaining and she comes out victorious. From strong duckling to successful swan, Eliza takes Manhattan by storm and it's so fun to watch. I enjoyed the beauty sessions for the dreamy transformation they symbolise and I think everything related to the farm business and plans are very interesting. 

On the other hand, the romance is quick and hot as it usually is with this writer. There's a point where perhaps I'd have made Harrison explain his harsh behaviour better. I'm not saying he didn't suffer for his own mistakes, but sometimes their communication faltered :-D Despite that, I found all the characters and their stories interesting, and perhaps we could have someone else's story too. That farm is a good scenario for more romances.

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Keep calm and read on.