Showing posts with label Inara Scott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inara Scott. Show all posts

Friday, November 21, 2014

ARC Review: Seducing the Girl Next Door by Inara Scott

Title: Seducing the Girl Next Door
Author: Inara Scott
Source: Entangled Indulgence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novella
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 3
Sexual - 3

When Jenna Kellington was fourteen, her first high school boyfriend—her first love
—moved away. Now the years have passed. Jenna has been married, a mother of three, and divorced. But it took a business trip to Beijing, China where Jenna finally reunites with Simon Hastings...finding a pleasure she never dreamed existed.

Billionaire venture capitalist Simon Hastings swore he would never be like his father, moving from place to place and never settling down. Still, he's never forgotten Jenna, or that spark they once had that's grown into very adult desire. With every touch, every caress, Simon shows Jenna how to let go. How to feel pleasure. How to own her own sensuality. But Simon will never settle down, or take the risk of love.

And now it's too late. For Jenna has broken her own rule, and fallen fast—and hard—for the man she can never have...
The title of this one is just a tad misleading.  While Simon does teach Jenna a lot about the more physical aspects of love, in the long run she is the one that does the lifelong seduction of Simon's heart.   They are both facing issues from their past that are making it difficult for them to connect fully with each other and how they feel.

As childhood sweethearts, they have a history - but it didn't end well and now they are both living lives that just aren't quite full.  While Simon wants to get her out of his system so he can continue, Jenna realizes that maybe they could have more.  This is a quick and fun read, but there were a few parts that were a little repetitive, but overall this was quite fun.

*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*


Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Review: Bencher Family Bundle by Inara Scott

Title: Bencher Family Bundle (Rules of Negotiation, The Boss's Fake Fiance, and Falling for Mr. Wrong
Author: Inara Scott
Source: Entangled - Indulgence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novella Bundle
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 5
Sexual - 3

Rules of Negotiation
In a no-strings attached fling, NYC’s most eligible bachelor, Brit Bencher, vows to make a high-powered corporate attorney, Tori Anderson, feel like a woman. But what will she do when he decides he won’t take “one night stand” for an answer?

The Boss's Fake Fiance
No relationships, that’s billionaire Garth Solen’s rule—especially not with a woman like his new employee Melissa Bencher, who thinks with her heart and not her head. But all bets are off when Melissa tries to make her jerk ex-boyfriend jealous by suggesting that she’s dating her gorgeous boss. The game is clear: for one month, they play the part of an engaged couple, and then they part ways. No emotions. No entanglements. But when it comes to matters of the heart, Melissa’s never been good at following the rules…

Falling for Mr. Wrong
Kelsey is as far from Ross Bencher's ideal as a woman can get, but she continues to bewitch him at every turn. As a single father of three, Ross knows the kind of woman he needs: someone predictable, reliable, and safe; someone who can give his kids the security they deserve. Someone completely different from Kelsey, his temporary nanny, who only has the Himalayan climbing expedition on her mind. She knows that she can't afford any second-guessing, attachments, or distractions, but try telling that to her heart when Ross's blue eyes and strong hands leave her gasping... and questioning everything she's ever known about love.
Rules of Negotiation:
Meet Sam and Brit - I can't figure out which one I loved the most at the end of the book.  Sam is a workaholic that puts in 80 plus hours a week trying to make partner at her law firm.  She's an amazing lawyer and that's how she runs into Brit.  He's buying her clients company - but he has something else he wants as well, and plans to seduce her to get it (the big jerk face).  But it all comes back to kick him in the butt when he falls for her and she figures out what he's done.

Now I don't normally like romances that start with a bunch of lies - but something about Brit really won me over.  In this book we get to meet Brit's family - which star in the next novels in the bundle and it really sets the stage well for their stories to begin.

The Boss's Fake Fiance
Melissa is Brit's little sister.  She's a technology genius and has landed her dream job with Garth Soren's company.  One small problem, she's got a crush on the boss.  When she tells an itty bitty fib to get back at her cheating bastard of an ex-boyfriend things get really out of control.

Garth is a private man - a man that doesn't like his emotions or personal life to be anything but personal.  So when the papers announce that he has a fiance he didn't know about he's pissed.  His punishment is to make Melissa play along for awhile.  Their plan leads to some very interesting things.  I loved Melissa for her personality and I loved Garth for his awkwardness.  They made such a cute couple, even if it was fake...but the ending...the ending had me almost in tears.

Fall for Mr. Wrong
On the surface Ross and Kelsey are all wrong for each other. Ross wants a stable, reliable, and safe woman. Kelsey is far from that. She hikes deadly mountians and risks her life, no challenge is too big for her. So why can't they seem to keep away from each other when Kelsey takes a temporary position as the nanny for his three kids (I loved all three of them by the end). As they grow closer and closer they both realize that neither one of them really knows what they want out of life. But Kelsey is about to leave to attempt the most dangerous summit in the world, and they are running out of time to figure it out. This was a fantastic book, with just the tiniest hint of danger on the horizon. Kelsey was so very relatable - while appearing perfect at first, I grew to love each and every one of her flaws as they showed up.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Review: Reforming the Playboy by Inara Scott

Title: Reforming the Playboy (Passion Creek #1)
Author: Inara Scott
Source: Entangled Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novella
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 4
Sexual - 3


Five years ago, she left without a word…

Internationally-renowned artist Max Estin is as well known for his million dollar commissions as he is his partying and clubbing. But Max is hiding a secret—for almost a year he’s been completely blocked. Unable to paint. And to unlock his art, and save his career, he’s going to need the one woman he never wanted to see again.

Now, he’s determined to make her pay…

Kira Estin never told Max exactly why she left, or what secrets forced her to return home to Passion Creek so abruptly. So when a chance reunion turns to seduction, Kira is more than a little suspicious. She knows better than to trust Max, but can’t fight the fire that he lights in her body—or her heart. But when everyone is hiding a secret, can even the hottest passion survive?
The characters in the novella really shined for me.  And not just the two leading roles - Inara Scott has created a town that is a family with even the clerks at the store coming alive with personality.   This created such a great atmosphere that it was hard not to absolutely love Max and Kira as much as everyone else did.  Max and Kira are both great artists in their own way - and both have the tortured soul and history to go along with it, but the good thing is that while that was part of them, it wasn't all of them.  They both had a depth that I love and I've found that Inara Scott is great at delivering.

While I'm normally not a huge fan of the "I love him/her, but I just can't be with them" storyline, this one really saved itself when they realized just how stupid they were being about it.  The story centered more on the two of them exploring their history and realizing just who they were and why they were so great together (with some really hot sex thrown in to keep it all super interesting).  This was a fantastic and emotional read with a good dose of humor to mix it up.