Best Book of the Year Awards ~ Best Romance Book!

I discovered a new blog, These Pretty Words (http://theseprettywords.com/) and over on their blog they were doing Best of 2013 Awards. I thought that this was a great idea and decided to do my own awards. I've come up with four awards and today's is: Best Romance of the Year!

 

Title: Taste the Heat (Love and Games #1)
Author: Rachel Harris
Release Date: July 8th, 2013
Published By: Entangled Bliss
Page Amount: 191 pages, e-book

I have been a fan of Rachel Harris for a while now and this is the first book by her that I have read. I don't read many books that are exclusively romance books. Usually, they aren't my favorite type of books but I found myself thoroughly enjoying this read. It didn't read like "formula-romance" to me and I found myself connecting with the characters. The fact that food was largely involved probably had something to do with that (I love to cook and one of the main characters is a chef). I also found the male protagonist to be a wonderful character. And seeing him as a father figure made him all the more wonderful. This romance also had a lot of heart which I thoroughly enjoyed. something else that I enjoyed was that there were real issues in this book. The characters weren't perfect but they were perfect for each other and you find yourself routing for them. I would highly recommend this to any romance fans and anyone who wants to give the romance genre a try! I gave this 4 stars and you can see my full review here: http://girlwithapenandadream.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-review-taste-heat-by-rachel-harris.html

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Heat-Games-Novel-Entangled-ebook/dp/B00DFFMYZ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1388168294&sr=1-1&keywords=taste+the+heat

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taste-the-heat-rachel-harris/1116060985?ean=9781622660940&itm=1&usri=taste+the+heat

Rachel's Harris' Website: http://www.rachelharriswrites.com/ 

<3 Amanda Leigh