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    <body><![CDATA[There is a <em>reason</em> why <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1294984.Beth_Kery" title="Beth Kery">Beth Kery</a> books get “auto-buy/rush to the store/hound my local bookseller” treatment.  Her erotic romance books are first-rate, expertly crafted with the right amount of character development, chemistry and emotion turmoil to make you care and boiling hot sex scenes to make...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55367416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I <em>finally</em> finished this one, and I'm kind of bummed that it was just an okay read.  But it seems to me that Beth Kery is becoming a hit or miss for me.  I loved <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3011919.Wicked_Burn" title="Wicked Burn by Beth Kery">Wicked Burn</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5968007.Daring_Time" title="Daring Time by Beth Kery">Daring Time</a>, but <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5968004.Sweet_Restraint" title="Sweet Restraint by Beth Kery">Sweet Restraint</a> was so-so for me and unfortunately, so was <em>Paradise Rules</em>.  There were some good things ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55255462">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The background story on the main characters was really good and well thought out. The love scenes were intense and mind-blowing, but they never admit their feelings for each other, despite admitting them to themselves. That's really the only problem I had with the book. I don't know if I'll read it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76975510">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can never warm up to BK's heros.  They always come across as total jerks.  Jason's dominating attitude became old really fast.]]></body>
    
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