{"id":4308,"date":"2013-04-30T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2020-05-08T07:32:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:32:25","slug":"its-complicated-maxis-place-2-by-literary-stud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4308","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Complicated (Maxi\u2019s Place #2) by Literary Stud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00B86ND7C\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;linkId=2b60474cc21862fcd49ebe075b856d49&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00B86ND7C&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US\" width=\"204\" height=\"304\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sistontheshel-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00B86ND7C\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><b>Publisher\/Date:<\/b>\u00a0 Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Jan. 2012<br \/>\n<b>Genre(s):<\/b>\u00a0 Romance, E-Short<br \/>\n<b>Pages:<\/b>\u00a0 50<br \/>\n<b>Website:<\/b>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/literarystud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/literarystud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><p><strong class=\"rating\">Rating:<\/strong>&nbsp;<img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"4\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"4\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"4\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/star.png\" alt=\"&#9733;\" title=\"4\/5\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/xavins-review-ratings\/default\/blank_star.png\" alt=\"&#9734;\" title=\"4\/5\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Plot:<\/b>\u00a0 What a difference 3 months makes in <b><i>IT\u2019S COMPLICATED<\/i><\/b>, the second installment of the <i>Maxi\u2019s Place<\/i> series. Author Literary Stud gave us an intriguing sample with <i>Rumor\u2019s Ring True<\/i>, but <i>It\u2019s Complicated<\/i> offers much more flavor. Maxi\u2019s Place owner, Cole, takes after her womanizing aunt for whom the restaurant is named after; her good friend and cook, Tasha, wonders why she can\u2019t get her stud to be as ambitious Cole. Taylor tries to leave her past behind, but it continues to follow the bartender. And finally, we\u2019re reacquainted with Bailey and Ava, still keeping their relationship under wraps, but soon realizing it\u2019s hard to hide secrets at Maxi\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Good:<\/b>\u00a0 Literary Stud does an excellent job introducing the new characters and sharing their issues, compared to the previous story that mostly focused on Bailey and Ava\u2019s blossoming romance. This second episode delves deeper into the lives of Maxi\u2019s Place workers and makes you wish for the next serving.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Not-So-Good:<\/b> The fact it leaves you hanging on.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Bottom Line:<\/b> <i>Maxi\u2019s Place<\/i> is a spot you\u2019ll want to revisit for the third time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Reviewed April 2013<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 Amazon Digital Services, Inc., Jan. 2012 Genre(s):\u00a0 Romance, E-Short Pages:\u00a0 50 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/twitter.com\/literarystud The Plot:\u00a0 What a difference 3 months makes in IT\u2019S COMPLICATED, the second installment of the Maxi\u2019s Place series. Author Literary Stud gave us an intriguing sample with Rumor\u2019s Ring True, but It\u2019s Complicated offers much more flavor. Maxi\u2019s Place owner, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[41,177,298,401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7256,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions\/7256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}