Sugar Girl is the ARe Cafe top pick in contemporary romance for February.

While book smart Candy Dillon went to college and embarked on an engineering career, Jeremiah Lange became a rodeo champion and country music icon. Their differences have kept these childhood friends apart until finally, the twists and turns in their individual paths lead them right back where they belong.

I loved Candy and Jeremiah! The story starts out as a really sweet and fun reunion story as Jeremiah encourages Candy to do the things she wants to do. Then they hit the bedroom and holey moley does the heat level jump, and again I loved it! Jeremiah is suddenly an incredibly alpha man with a dominant streak that Candy just keeps encouraging. To me, this wasn’t a bad thing at all, but some people might see this book listed as BDSM and expect a bit more than there is. It’s really more of a spanking and light dominance story. Now I’m off to find more books by Ms. Austin! ( )