{"id":2057,"date":"2018-08-29T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2019-04-03T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:58:28","slug":"review-unconventional-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-unconventional-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Review &#8211; An Unconventional Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41083897-an-unconventional-affair-a-cheshire-love-story\"><em>An Unconventional Affair<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Mollie Blake<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2061 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aua.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An Unconventional Affair\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aua.jpg?w=231&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/aua.jpg?resize=116%2C150&amp;ssl=1 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>Series:\u00a0<\/strong>A Cheshire Love Story, Book 1<br \/>\n<strong>Genres: <\/strong>Contemporary Romance, Suspense, Adult<br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> August 25, 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> ~194<br \/>\n<strong>Purchase from:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unconventional-Affair-Book-Cheshire-Story-ebook\/dp\/B07FPB4P6C\/\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/an-unconventional-affair-mollie-blake\/1129245546\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>My Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606<\/p>\n<p>Tranquility \u201cTee\u201d Hammond is head of a law firm. Having escaped a violent husband, with a son she was really too young to have had, her life revolved around her work. There was little time for anything else and she didn\u2019t need anything else. When she was inclined to treat herself to a little sexual pleasure, she engaged the services of Email Indulgence&#8211;an exclusive club&#8211;one email for one night of sex with a man she didn\u2019t know and didn\u2019t need to care about again. For her, it was enough. But her life was about to be changed by a friend of Tee\u2019s son at university, Barrington Stone, fifteen years her junior who is determined to woo her into an unconventional affair.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>I have mixed feelings about\u00a0<em>An Unconventional Affair<\/em>. On one hand, it&#8217;s well-written, has no errors (that I found), and would almost certainly appeal to plenty of people.<\/p>\n<p>On the other, I didn&#8217;t really care for it. It didn&#8217;t suck me in, there were a couple annoying clich\u00e9s, and both Tee and Barrington made some stupid decisions that seemed out of character. I was also surprised by the more suspenseful elements of the story, as there is no hint of them in the synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>I do wonder if perhaps\u00a0<em>An Unconventional Affair<\/em> suffered by comparison after I read a few amazing books. I try not to judge unrelated books against each other, but I&#8217;m sure when I read a fabulous book, then an OK book, the OK book seems a bit blah by comparison.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, if the general theme of\u00a0<em>An Unconventional Affair<\/em> sounds good to you, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy it.\u00a0<em>An Unconventional Affair<\/em> just wasn&#8217;t to my particular taste at this particular moment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Giveaway!<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"rcwidget_imclqba8\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/33c69494125\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"33c69494125\" data-theme=\"classic\" data-template=\"\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2060\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2060\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MollieBlake.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MollieBlake.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MollieBlake.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mollie Blake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mollie Blake is a published author of contemporary romance. A lover of reading sexy stories, Mollie decided to go one step further and write her own. Her romances are filled with danger and peppered with hot sexy scenes. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and UK Romantic Novelists Association.<\/p>\n<p>Author links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollieblake.com\/\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mollie.blake.54\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mollieblake.author\/\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/mollieblakeauth\/\">Pinterest<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollieBlake0\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This review is based on a complimentary eBook I received from Rachel&#8217;s Random Resources. The complimentary receipt of this book has in no way affected my review or rating.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rachelsrandomresources.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1747 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=300%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rachel's Random Resources\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?resize=150%2C103&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rachelsRandomResources.png?w=408&amp;ssl=1 408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out my review of An Unconventional Affair, book 1 of A Cheshire Love Story series by Mollie Blake. And don&#8217;t miss the giveaway!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-unconventional-affair\/\">Keep Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Review &#8211; An Unconventional Affair<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[90,105,71,39,151,112,140],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-blogger","tag-3star","tag-adult","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-rachels-random-resources","tag-suspense","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-xb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3953,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/review-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":2057,"position":0},"title":"Review &#8211; Tower","author":"Rachel","date":"February 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Read my review for *Towers*, book 2 of the Ever After series by Measha Stone.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Blogger&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book Blogger","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/category\/book-blogger\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tower","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tower.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7755,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/series-review-unconventional\/","url_meta":{"origin":2057,"position":1},"title":"Series Review &#8211; Unconventional","author":"Rachel","date":"August 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my last Sydney Salier review post, featuring the Unconventional series. 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