A is for Author by Brenna Jacobs

I know it's been forever, but I simply haven't had much time for reading. Yesterday I had a meltdown and decided I was done being an adult. So, I grabbed my kindle and hid on the back porch for hours to read. So, here we go!

From Goodreads:
Emma Lindsor writes beautiful books adored by literary critics, even if readers don’t exactly line up for them. Aidan Maxwell writes heart-pounding thrillers with explosions and car chases. And thanks to his handsome face, readers line up for blocks to buy his novels.

Aidan Maxwell stands for everything Emma loathes, and when professional circumstances throw them together, sparks fly—angry ones. But as their paths keep crossing, will they see past their own hardwired ideas to star in a love story all their own?


My Take:

This is my first book by this author. I read a snippet at the end of a different book and decided to buy it. I'm glad I did. There were great characters I could relate to, believable challenges, and of course a great payoff at the end.

This was a clean romance with great chemistry but nothing that should remain behind closed doors.

I'm giving this one a full 5 stars (which is rare for romance from me) because it was well edited, nothing jerked me out of the story, it was believable while still being sweet. Plus, I read it in a day.

1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no sex on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, sex is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to sex), more talk about sex, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but sex is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on-screen sex
R--swearing (F-bomb, on “screen” sex, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the sex and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always