Roxie Noir
Auteur de Enemies with Benefits
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Œuvres de Roxie Noir
Small Town Summer Nights — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
Dirty Sweet 2 exemplaires
Loveless Lockdown 1 exemplaire
Redneck Santa Saves Christmas 1 exemplaire
Gimme S'more 1 exemplaire
Christmas Eve with KXBZ 1 exemplaire
Rhythm 1 exemplaire
Short & Dirty 1 exemplaire
Sultry Summer Nights — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Almost Perfect 1 exemplaire
Riding the Road Crew (Short Sizzlers, #6) 1 exemplaire
Given to the Football Team (The Hotwife Diaries, #5) 1 exemplaire
Carmen Takes the Cartel (The Hotwife Diaries, #6) 1 exemplaire
Used by the Mafia (The Hotwife Diaries, #4) 1 exemplaire
Insatiable (The Erotic Adventures of Heraklea, #8) 1 exemplaire
On the Desk (Secretary's Surrender, #4) 1 exemplaire
The Dress Code (Secretary's Surrender, #3) 1 exemplaire
The Personal Assistant (Secretary's Surrender, #2) 1 exemplaire
Taken by Two Pirates (Short Sizzlers, #14) 1 exemplaire
Taken by Two Gladiators (Short Sizzlers, #11) 1 exemplaire
Double Bodyguard Love (Short Sizzlers, #8) 1 exemplaire
Seduced by Werewolves (Short Sizzlers, #5) 1 exemplaire
Double Lumberjack Love (Short Sizzlers, #2) 1 exemplaire
Protector (Copper Mesa Eagles #3) 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- West, Dakota
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- female
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 98
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 586
- Popularité
- #42,792
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 40
- ISBN
- 46
- Langues
- 1
Well, I should have trusted Roxie and read it sooner because it's actually about female empowerment within a toxic religious community. Recently-divorced Ruby is attempting to escape a fundamentalist Christian cult, but because she was homeschooled and then forced into marriage at 19, she has few life experiences, skills, or resources to make the leap without planning. While preparing to support herself without being allowed to support herself (a tricky conundrum where even the $50 bank account she made is a secret), she manages to attract a stalker, so her father recruits Gabriel, a disgraced Secret Service agent, to keep an eye out for danger... to her person and to her spiritual wellbeing. On probation, Gabriel assumes his protection assignment for the daughter of a notoriously prudish senator will be a shit assignment, and he's right, but wrong about why. He and Ruby are immediately attracted to each other, but it's a very convincing slow burn due to the high stakes of them even being seen or heard talking to each other about anything meaningful.
Ruby's journey insightfully dissects the problems with gender roles in the evangelical Christian church as well as the purity culture movement of the 2000s to early 2010s. Her emotional arc thoughtfully grapples with deconstructing a faith that's the only worldview she's ever known, as well as the more general trademarks of preparing leave an abusive situation: Ruby knows she will be cut off from everyone she loves and everything she knows since that will surely be the outcome of deviating from her father's will. Her situation is already precarious due to the church's position and her family's shared opinion that her failed marriage is indicative of her sinful character.
Throughout all this, Safekeeping somehow managed to remain a romantic comedy, which was not a deal breaker for me, but it was impressive how Roxie pulled it off even so. Lighthearted yet respectful handling of weighty topics is a tough balance to make, and Roxie Noir is incredibly skilled in this area.… (plus d'informations)