Too Hot To Handle by Robin Kaye

Title : Too Hot To Handle
Author : Robin Kaye
Genre : Contemporary Romance
Pages : 448
Series : Book #2, Domestic Gods
Publish Date : May 01, 2009
Publisher : Sourcebook Casablanca
Started Reading : March 16, 2011
Completed Reading : March 16, 2011
Book Rating : 4/5

He sure would love to have someone to take care of...

Dr. Mike Flynn's single mom taught him early how to cook and clean, and there's nothing like vacuuming or doing dishes to help a guy relax. Annabelle Ronaldi is an artist without a domestic bone in her body. Since her fiance's death, she can't paint, and life looks hopeless.

Until the day after her sister's wedding, when she wakes up with Mike next to her in bed, and then she's really beside herself - because the handsome stranger is a dead ringer for her dead fiance.

After their mind-blowing one night stand, Mike is sure this is the woman he wants to take care of forever, but she acts like she's seen a ghost. While Mike sets to work wooing Annabelle, she sets to work sniffing out the truth of the convoluted family secret that turns everybody's lives upside down.

*****

I'm still debating with myself if this is my favorite or Yours for the Taking. Hahaha... I loved the story and I guess I was able to connect with the main characters. By now, I know the rest of the secondary characters and I guess I now feel more comfortable in their world. It's nice finally knowing how these two got together (since of course in Book 3 - Breakfast In Bed, they are already married). I think the side story is kinda nice too - the one about Becky and her dad, and her dad's past. And who wouldn't want a hunkababe doctor for a hero? I think I've been watching too much Grey's! hahahha :)

I can't wait for a new Robin Kaye book very soon! I hope she releases one :)

Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye

Title : Yours For The Taking
Author : Robin Kaye
Genre : Contemporary Romance
Pages : 384
Series : Domestic Gods
Publish Date : November 30, 2008
Publisher : Sourcebook Casablanca
Started Reading : March 15, 2011
Completed Reading : March 16, 2011
Book Rating : 3.5/5

Rosalie Ronaldi doesn't have a domestic bone in her body ...

All she cares about is her career, so she survives on take-out and dirty martinis, keeps her shoes under the dining room table, her bras on the shower curtain rod, and her clothes on the couch ...

Nick Romeo is every woman's fantasy - tall, dark, handsome, rich, really good in bed, AND he loves to cook and clean ...

He says he wants an independent woman, but when he meets Rosalie, all he wants to do is take care of her. Before too long, he's cleaned up her apartment, stocked her refrigerator, and adopted her dog ...

So what's the problem? Just a little matter of mistaken identity, corporate theft, a hidden past in juvenile detention and one big nosy Italian family too close for comfort ...

*****

Robin Kaye's debut book and my 3rd read. The same as the first 2, I also enjoyed this one. Though I have to admit that it's not my favorite. Nonetheless, it was really a good read. As always, I get to see the rest of the characters.. have a glimpse on who they are and it's always kind of nice reading series and sort of get this feeling that, hey, I know this one and that one... they're featured in book... etc etc.. I saw the kick-ass Gina, playing as Rosalie's bestfriend, of course the rest of the Ronaldi siblings, Nick''s family and of course, Rosalie's neighbors - Wayne and Henry. I enjoyed Rosalie and Nick's chemistry.. and I love their dog, Dave! A really nice one to start the series.

Yours For The Taking by Robin Kaye

Title : Yours For The Taking
Author : Robin Kaye
Genre : Contemporary Romance
Pages : 384
Publish Date : January 01, 2011
Publisher : Sourcebook Casablanca
Started Reading : March 13, 2011
Completed Reading : March 14, 2011
Book Rating : 4/5

Gina is convinced that he is either gay... or her perfect match

He might be too good to be true...

Ben Walsh should be single. Handsome and wealthy, Ben is equally at home in Idaho where he grew up and in Manhattan where he's now an art dealer. Suave and successful with impeccable taste, he normally has women beating down his door. But the one woman he wants can't be convinced that he's for real...

And she doesn't have the luxury of believing in fairy tales...

Gina Reyez has fought for every bit of her success, and it's about time for things to start going her way. So when Ben makes a proposal that will allow her to take care of her family the way she wants to, she agrees. Besides, a guy this perfect would never be interested in her...right?

By the time Gina figures out that she's read Ben all wrong, their lives have become intertwined, and seriously complicated...

*****

I really loved this book. Gina was kick-ass :). I find her cute and sassy and strong. Ben Walsh is gorgeous, sweet and so-not gay! haha.. :) I enjoyed how they got together. And as always, I enjoy not just the main characters but also the rest as well. I love Ben's family (I wonder if the upcoming books of R. Kaye would feature them?.. hope so!). I love Ben's grandfather as well.

This is really one entertaining book. I really hope I get to see R. Kaye's books in our local bookstores! I definitely would love a hardcopy of them :)

Breakfast In Bed by Robin Kaye

Title : Breakfast In Bed
Author : Robin Kaye
Genre : Contemporary Romance
Pages : 384
Publish Date : December 01, 2009
Publisher : Sourcebook Casablanca
Started Reading : March 10, 2011
Completed Reading : March 10, 2011
Book Rating : 4/5

He'd be Mr. Perfect if he wasn't a perfect mess…

Rich Ronaldi is almost the complete package-smart, sexy, great job-but when his girlfriend dumps him, Rich swears he'll learn to cook and clean just to win her back…

She'll be happy to make him over, but not for another woman…

Rich is the only guy Becca Larsen's ever met who hasn't tried to change her. She's glad to help him master the domestic arts, but she'll be damned if he'll start cooking in another woman's kitchen-or bedroom…

*****

Of the new authors that I've tried for the past week, this is probably my favorite. I was only at the beginning and I know that I like the book. I enjoyed Rich and Becca. I love their bickering, their exchanges. I love the other secondary characters as it also built up the story. And this is what I like about the male lead wherein we found out early on that he loves her but he doesn't become sappy. =p

And now, I'm looking for Robin Kaye's other books ;)