Look, if you like one of the Sullivan series, you will like them all.Hot women (who don't know they are hot), hot men (who know they are hot), rich men (even the blue collar guys), and fabulous locales and great friends.Competently written. I guess. I only listen to them. I shouldn't assume anything. And yes, I will keep listening to them because I bought them in a sale because they were the best thing ever according to the interwebz. So as a lesson to never do that again, yeah, I am making myself listen.The good news is if I miss something, I don't have to rewind. I just remind myself everybody is gorgeous, fabulous, and wealthy; and I go on with the show. Bella Andre says "my favourite romances have always been about families. I love following brothers and sisters and cousins from book to book" and I agree, many of my favourite easy read romances follow this theme. Bella Andre, in my opinion, has a similar style to Bernadette Marie and Melody Anne, and focuses on the Sullivan family from San Francisco. What makes series romances like this successful for me is the interaction between the brothers and sisters, the teasing and ribbing.Book 5 is about Zach Sullivan and Heather Linsey. Zach is lumbered with his niece's puppy Cuddles for 2 weeks and he's running around in circles after it. Heather is a dog trainer and steps in to help train Cuddles. Both of them have strong ideas about lasting relationships. Heather is scarred by the memory of her parent's marriage and Zach sees his similarities with his dad and worries he will suffer the same fate.It sounds a bit odd and quaint but the doggy friendship between Atlas and Cuddles was very cute and fun. Zach is a charmer without being smarmy and Heather is strong willed and plucky. The series is getting a bit samey, the characters are different and the story of how they get together varies but the rest is fairly similar between the books, including the rather dry sex scenes.
