A spicy Formula One based romance with characters who spark off each other and an entertaining plot line that keeps the reader engaged throughout.

Love a good romance read, and this didn’t disappoint. Loved how the characters bounced off each other and a good bit of sex thrown into the story. Would recommend

Nice story that flowed really well and with immersive POV throughout. Premise is a tad over the top, but felt like a scandalous, juicy soap opera tidbit, so if that's your jam, you're going to love it! The heroine felt a little too perfect, to be honest, but that can be overlooked for this quick read. Really enjoyed Amanda Cinelli's writing style - she's definitely on my radar now

The Bump in their Forbidden Reunion by Amanda Cinelli 💜
Mills and Boon Arc
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If you’re looking for a spicy Formula 1 romance this book is for you!!! This was a super easy fast paced read filled with drama and spiciness.

From the beginning the tension between the two main characters was off the charts which made it extremely hard for me to put the book down. Throughout the book, especially in the beginning I did think there were some unrealistic things that occurred but as I read on it started to all make sense and turned into an extremely enjoyable read.

While reading this book I remember feeling all types of emotions; happiness, sadness, shock, sympathy and many more. For the author to be able to do this in less than 300 pages is extremely impressive and makes me wonder how maybe emotions I would be able to feel if I was to read a longer book by this author!

Overall, this book was a fast paced, tension filled Formula 1 romance with a wholesome ending and I would highly recommend if you like Formula 1, romance and the pregnancy trope⭐️💜

The bump in their forbidden reunion is a steamy romance novel by Amanda Cinelli.
I really enjoyed this romance novel. It was short enough to read in a day and had characters that had lots of chemistry. The story was easy to follow which made for easy reading. An enjoyable novel that I highly recommend.
❤️ Thank you to netgalley and Mills and Boon for my arc ebook copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

An unexpected start to a romance! Grayson running in to stop Isabel being inseminated with his sperm rather than her husband’s . This leads to a flare up of a tough relationship and then a bumpy ride as they work out what they want from each other. This is an intriguing way to find love although the emotions of the couple don’t shine out and I found it hard to wish for their happiness as they didn’t share themselves enough on the page to appeal to my heart strings.

As a whole I enjoyed this book, read it in one sitting. Love finally wins the race. At last a book which isn’t set in an imaginary kingdom with Prince, baby, marriage etc.
there could of have been more focus on the cultural diversity - it seemed rather forced.
I enjoyed that Isobel wasn’t immediately likeable as a character - not all people are and that made her more relatable to me. I also liked that it was Grayson who suggested they have a baby together. He seems to be a more thoughtful and introspective character who regrets not chasing Isobel the first time they kissed before she married his best friend.
If a writer is going to include diversity, culture or lgbtq characters please be all in and make it a decent part of the storyline or leave it out, otherwise it just seems like the publisher gave the author a tickbox they have to include.

I usually enjoy this author’s books, but I found this one less than enthralling. It was one of the most emotionally unsatisfying M&B books that I’ve read and not at all what I normally expect from this author.

What did I like?
1. The premise - this was an interesting twist to the classic fake engagement, and desperately wanted baby tropes, with the heroine about to be impregnated with hero’s sperm (unbeknownst to her.)

2. That it was t hero. Gray who proposed the joint begetting of the baby idea first.
3. Gray and exhibited tenderness, consideration and indulgence towards the heroine throughout. He was a lovely hero.

What did I dislike?
1. The heroine - sadly for almost 70% of the time I didn’t understand her, found her cold, distant and annoying and I could not empathise with her at all. I’m afraid Isabel came across to me as a strangely unreal and cold figure who had the most bizarre ideas and behaviours. . When she proposed they just get on with it the first time they had sex, I was startled. I know of no woman who would prefer a man to simply ‘get on with it’ rather than help prepare her for easy (if not orgasmic) sex. I did not understand why she banned sex during their trip to Singapore, when she was still intending they try to get pregnant. I became utterly bored with her inner monologuing about not being worthy, fitting in etc. I wasn’t shown why she felt like that - just told that she did.

2. The amount of text devoted to info dumping at the beginning of the story seems to be far too much. . I would have liked much more show rather than so much telling.

3. I really am getting fed up with the tick box approach to celebrating diversity. We have a gay female couple with a child mentioned frequently. What did they ad to the plot? . If they’d been integral to the plot or character arc, then it would have had more impact. Instead it felt like tokenism of the worst kind. Ditto the hint of cultural diversity which was never properly explored - again it felt tokenistic to me.

Sorry, I know how much work goes into writing a book so I hate being so critical. I didn’t feel this story matched the skills that I know this author has. I will continue to read her books but sadly this didn’t really work for me.