Double Exposure: A F/NBi Enemies to Lovers Romantic Suspense

This book is so good that I actually had to make sure I slowed down while I was reading it so that I could savor the vibes. The construction of the plot was brilliant and had my mind working to connect the dots. As always, my favorite part of any book is the characters themselves, and this book is no different. Jillian and Sloane both gave such strong personalities and voices and I love that you get to hear from both of them through all the tension.

Who doesn’t love a good art heist? This was a fun quick read; full of espionage, humor, and enough sexual tension to cut with a knife! I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A hospital bed isn't probably where one would think to be reading a heated romance novel but I needed something to take my mind off where I was and keep me awake And I can report it did both those things to the max and them some! Like yeah hot DAMN i was definitely awake to drive myself home PHEW. Exceeded all my expectations with flying colors, I cannot tell you the last time I was GIDDY smiling ear to ear as I drank in and ate up all the good enemies to lovers vibes. The plot is concise but the characters and history have heft to them, like you really are just peeking through a window of time to this moment of their lives. It also keeps up a good pace and never felt like it was dragging on. I would've finished the book quicker if I didn't have to keep putting it down to yell internally and make memes. Always looking forward to what the author is writing next, whole heartedly recommend any of their works if the genre grabs your interest!

I wanted to like this book--exes to lovers, art theft, a heist gone wrong! It seemed tailor made for ME. But I wasn't sold on the romance, the heist occurred off screen, and the villain was introduced and wrapped up in one chapter, with a hyper contrived motive and no character to speak of... In short, unfortunately disappointing. The pros: - wonderful prose - great sex scene - quick dialogue - some interesting character work around the 70% mark The cons: - didn't enjoy the romance or the heist in a romance heist book - the pacing was simultaneously too fast and too slow - the stakes never felt real

Rival art thieves with a messy past affair find themselves trying to heist the same set of long lost, scandalous photos—connected to a potential murder—from the Chicago Art Institute. Lots of sexy hostility, expensive suits, high art, blueprints, climbing harnesses, charity galas, and lies. This is a ton of fun and very stylish. The sexual tension is as delicious as the dramatic irony, and the book feels as well researched as the heist. I love that the problem in the romance is that each world-class thief thinks the other is too good at their craft to ever make a mistake.

hey this book went so crazy hard. this book went so crazy hard. i’m losing my whole stupid marbles. really really well-done miscommunication trope; this book took me a few weeks to read because i’m on the tail end of a bad breakup and some of it was a little rough to read for those reasons, but WOW i’m glad i pushed through. it’s a miscommunication that makes sense, a miscommunication that reveals a lot about both characters, and one that they both talk about effectively throughout and after the sort of “snap” where it gets communicated. and the REVEAL?????????? incredible. spectacular. monumental. those last 50 pages run by in a flash, it’s all set up EXTREMELY well and the payoff really pays the hell off. i also really loved the fact that it FELT very much like this book was written by a trans person or someone very close to a trans person. we were given absolutely no insight into the nonbinary character’s assigned sex at birth or their current setup until the open door scene at the end, and that was AWESOME. they explicitly neither identify with manhood or womanhood, which also allows for a lot of flex in how other characters feel or don’t-feel attracted to them, and i think that’s really really cool. i never felt like their identity was treated with flippancy or the very common clumsiness that people will often use when discussing nonbinary characters. basically any book where i sent a screenshot of dialogue exchange to a friend server with only the caption “i am THROWING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” gets five stars. i was sitting here excited stimming in my car instead of driving home. rien gray you ruined my after-work schedule and i’m buying you dinner for it

Well written, great characters, enemies to lovers rouge romp that I blazed through. I feel like I learned quiet a bit about the theives craft along the way. Enough to know I’d be caught in a heartbeat if I ever attempted grand larceny.

A transgender (not lesbian) romance with an interesting story line.

As always, Rien Gray is the best author of F/NBi romance with always a fresh and sexy take. Their prose and characters are great there's nothing you won't love in this one

I liked Gray's previous books better, but the heist plot and competition between the two MCs is fun and I recommend giving it a read.

I've been in a reading slump for a really long time now, and this is the fastest I've finished a book in a while. The story was engaging and the characters interesting. I will be checking out the rest of the authors work immediately

I had so much fun with this story! I’m just lowkey mad at myself that it took me so long to start. Rien Gray is one of my favorite sapphic authors and I love how they tell a story.