My Temptation (Kingston Lane #1) by T.L. Swan

I am not proud that I read this book. It is not high literature. It is not even really a good romance. But I also watched Melrose Place. Not everything that is tasty is nutritious. Not everything that is entertaining is enlightening. What ever this was…I just flew through it and I’ve already forgotten most of what happened but it was…diverting.

Our heroine is a nurse but only in the most abstract sense. I can say this with 100% authority because I am -in fact - a nurse myself. Somehow she managed to get the nursing job where you bring people towels and leave them on the bed. Huh. Who knew?

Our hero is OCD, has anger management issues, has a ton of money and gives “good dick”. That’s all you really need to know about him.

There is a few scenes where they have some pretty witty banter. But there are also some really painful scenes where T.L. tries for humor and fails with major cringe.

T.L. also overuses the the phrase “rolled his lips”. It’s in almost every chapter. Sometimes as an expression of thoughtfulness, sometimes to hide a smile, sometimes to demonstrate frustration. Who edited this book? How did you not catch that.

The final sin? The word creamy.

No. Just no.

Why three stars? T.L. nailed the pacing and the tension and release which is 70% of what I open a romance novel for. If it was terrible I would have hate read it. But it wasn’t. I just wasn’t great.

Final thoughts: Never creamy. Just never.