Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
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Book Review at a Glance
Heroine Rating: Charlotte
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑
Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Hero Rating: Gabriel
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: McSteamy!
Bridget: Mc FUCKING STEAMY.
Classy to Nasty:
Vanilla but with a dominant edge. Aside from the fact that she’s recovering from an attack.
Romance at a Glance Reviews Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
AKA The businessman and the assistant who pushes back
T-rex Gabriel Bishop vs his mouse assistant Charlotte Baird in this review of the modern romance novel Rock Hard. Listen to see if this classic boss/assistant romantic trope works well for us, and hopefully for you.
From best-selling author Nalini Singh’s “Rock Kiss” series, this one is modern romance and sizzles on the page.
We debate the falling in love with your boss trope, as well as our thoughts about having characters who have had sexual violence in their past. We also talk a bit about best-selling author Nalini Singh and her wide range of excellent books.
On this podcast each week, we’ll discuss all things romance novels, as well as get into the nitty-gritty of real-life romance, relationships, and sex... while cracking each other up. Expect some random songs, funny antidotes, honest reviews, and naughty language.
Quick Guide Review of the Book and Notes
Book Title: Rock Hard
Author: Nalini Singh
Audio Narrator: Justine O. Keef
Part of a Series: Yes - Rock Kiss
Genre: Modern Romance
Synopsis:
Wealthy businessman Gabriel Bishop rules the boardroom with the same determination and ruthlessness that made him a rock star on the rugby field. He knows what he wants, and he’ll go after it no-holds-barred.
And what he wants is Charlotte Baird.
Charlotte knows she’s a mouse. Emotionally scarred and painfully shy, she just wants to do her job and remain as invisible as possible. But the new CEO—a brilliant, broad-shouldered T-Rex of a man who growls and storms through the office, leaving carnage in his wake—clearly has other plans. Plans that may be equal parts business and bedroom.
If Charlotte intends to survive this battle of wits and hearts, the mouse will have to learn to wrangle the T-Rex. Game on.
Heroine Rating: Charlotte
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑
Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑 | I like Charlotte. I really liked the journey of her coming out of her shell and recognizing her power and that the fighting with “T-Rex” helped her overcome some of her darkest fears and stand up for herself in business and her personal life.
Hero Rating: Gabriel
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆 | HOT HOT HOT
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 | Hot damn. Muscles, brains and alpha tendencies… yum. But also love that he is aware that she is shy and not ready for his affections or aggressive tendencies and that he pushes her verbally to stand up for herself, but doesn’t push her sexually before she’s ready. She makes her choice.
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: McSteamy!
Bridget: Mc FUCKING STEAMY.
Classy to Nasty:
Vanilla but with a dominant edge. Aside from the fact that she’s recovering from an attack.
Favorite Lines in the Book:
Favorite Review:
Bridget’s from Goodreads:
✰♊ Angie ♊✰ rated it really liked it
I thought it was great!
Fantastically written, hot rugby player, tons of possessive alpha male growling, dirty talk and loads of spice, insanely hot rugby player, emotionally damaged characters who truly fought to overcome their issues, super flippin' hot rugby player. I mean, what's not to love?
Cover Art:
Bridget: Hot man in a suit that is open and a rugby ball… I’m into it. But prob coulda lost the shirt :)
Worth the Read?
Shani: Yes
Bridget: YES!
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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.
As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance’s biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo in order to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.
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