The Wedding Date Bargain

This is not an problem with Jasmine Guillory. I really like her story-telling, and her characters, and her writing. I really like her messages of strong friendship, and feminism, and empowerment, and taking chances. This is absolutely a me problem.

She wasn't even a main character, but I wish Jessie's storyline hadn't been of a pregnant woman on bed-rest for pre-eclampsia. Every time she was mentioned, or anyone worried about the baby, or Carlos freaked out about her blood pressure, I felt mine go up too. Every time, I got upset and thought about whether I needed to put this down and DNF in order to be okay. I finally texted Steph to make sure everything was going to be okay for them, because I know this is a romance novel and they always end happily, but if something happened to this fictional baby ... I could not handle that. It made the book really hard to get through. Mom and baby are fine after emergency C-section at 34 weeks and short NICU stay. There is also mention of a different character's long-ago miscarriage.

I loved Nik and Carlos' relationship though, and that Drew and Alexa showed back up. This might have made me feel like maybe I could give sour cream another chance, because the sour-cream-as-salve-for-chili-pepper-burns thing was hilarious and adorable.

CW: emotional abuse, pregnancy problems, unrelated mention of miscarriage