I adored two of the novellas here (Sarah MacLean and Sierra Simone of course) but was a little more meh on the others. It was still a good read with a nice little thread holding them together, and I was glad that I took my time and didn’t read all of them in one fell swoop. ( )

I received an ARC of this book to read through a Review Crew. All opinions are my own. Naughty Brits is a contemporary romance anthology by Sarah Maclean, Sophie Jordan, Louisa Edwards, Tessa Gratton and Sierra Simone. The stories all take place in England (and Wales) have one British and one American protagonist, include a scene at a fancy fundraiser held at the British Museum, all of the heroes are marvellously endowed, and all of the tales are super steamy. Sarah’s story A Duke Worth Falling For is the story of Rupert Maximillian Arden, Fourteenth Duke of Weston who, when he realizes celebrity photographer Lilah Rose doesn’t know who he is, takes a chance to be just Max and not the Duke for once in his life, realizing too late that he’s fallen in love and that Lilah’s not going to forgive him for his deception. Better With You by Sophie Jordan is about V M Mathers, an author who’s publisher has decided that after an incident at a reading of her book Self Love that a bodyguard will be necessary for her time in England. Used to being on her own and looking after herself, Vee is not quite sure that handsome Luca Moretti is not going to be more trouble than he’s worth. Not A Bad Boy by Louisa Edwards is the story of a plus-size non-fiction author Mallory Pritchard and a scorching movie star Ian Hale (think Tom Hardy). They meet in the park while walking their dogs, not quite able to believe that he really wants her Mallory is going to have to learn to swim with the sharks if she wants this to work. SongBird by Tessa Gratton is the story of Elspeth Gwenlan, who had been studying Opera when her father became ill and she came home to run the family pub. She’s at a crossroads trying to decide if she should accept an offer for the pub from a large corporation or stay in her village and run the pub that’s been in her family for generations. Daniel Kelly’s family business made the offer to buy the pub, and he’s been sent to make sure things go smoothly, wanting to check out the lay of the land before announcing why he’s there, he waits too long, and it will cost him dearly. Supplicant by Sierra Simone begins with a prologue four years earlier when Charlotte Tenpenny is left at the altar by her fiancé, who’s also her professor James Church Carson, only to come home to find her father has abandoned both her and her 12-year-old brother and taken all the money she had saved for rent and school. Working two jobs and raising her brother takes all of Charley’s energy, so when she sees Church at the fundraiser, she’s working as a waitress at, murder may be too good for him.
I enjoyed reading these stories immensely and highly recommend reading the book. Steam Level: Extremely Steamy … hot hot hot. Publishing Date: September 15, 2020. #NaughtyBrits #SarahMacLean #SophieJordan #LouisaEdwards #TessaGratton #SierraSimone #ContemporaryRomance #RomanceAnthology #SweriouslySteamy #bookstagram #Bookstagramer #EscapeRead ( )