But Phoebe Garrison isn't giving up, and she's got an enticing deal: the coveted deed to property his company needs in exchange for one hot week in her bed. It's an offer even the brooding Rand can't refuse.
Now, as every hunger is explored, every secret revealed, Rand knows he'll need more than one week to indulge his fantasies with this amazing woman With these bad boys, you may kiss the bride is only the beginning What you won't find What you will find Some vignettes are a mere breath as she peeks in and answers the question, "What are they doing now?
Some are sexy, some are not. All answer that question readers have asked her so often, "What happened after the HEA? It is a gift to the readers who get so caught up in the characters' lives, they can't help wondering, "Did they have a boy or a girl?
Are they still happy ten years, fifteen years, twenty years on? How could the stable, workaholic Colton have married such an unpredictable force of nature, a woman as likely to throw pottery as a kiss?
But when it comes to tender love-and erotic war-Colton's discovering that all is Fayre He's supposed to be rooting out a corporate spy, not rehashing an old love affair--with the woman who sold out the company they both used to work for and then took off without so much as a kiss goodbye.
All the clues point to Ronnie as the firm's newest mole, which means he'll have to spend time with the stubbornly reticent woman he hasn't been able to forget, and uncover every last thing she has to hide.
It's just Ronnie's luck. The one man she'd hoped never to see again is suddenly everywhere she looks--and taking up a starring role in her daydreams, too. Remembering the passion she and Marcus once shared certainly isn't going to help, though, not when she has so many secrets, and no explanation for the way she left him eighteen months ago--or at least not one he'll want to hear.
The problem is, when Marcus is around, all her good intentions go up in smoke. Not even Deborah's mega-watt smile can convince him. But although he arouses feelings in virginal Zoe that no other man ever has, as her best friend he's strictly a no-go zone Grant wants Zoe badly, but knows he can't have her. When they're forced to live together the temptation is too much, and so Grant imposes some rules-no kissing, and definitely no sex.
Gentlemen can be quite dense, I have observed. But are they really what they present to the world? This is when a mystery is introduced and our leads are forced away from their proper reputations. Is their bond enough or will the past tear them apart? This book gets 3 stars because : 1 Lucy Monroe's writing.
He spun to face her, looking bewildered but still quite dangerous. I will not allow you to mislead me in this fashion again. Everyone believes you to be such a saint, but I know differently. You're a… a…" She couldn't think of what to call him and then it came to her. Yes, you are. Leading me to behave in a perfectly wanton manner and then rejecting me for succumbing to your charms. This book loses 2 stars because : 1 Seriously toxic parents who are weak and cruel.
View 2 comments. Mar 21, Booklover rated it it was amazing Shelves: emotional-tear-jerker , love , forced-proxy-marriage , parents.
Tempt Me has wonderful character development. This book had everything you need to create a good romance: a dashing hero, a beautiful heroine, a person who always seems to interfere with the hero and heroine, and, most of all Tempt Me is wonderfully written with just the right emotional touches.
Recommend it Jun 24, Netanella rated it it was ok Shelves: historical-romance , did-not-finish. Wow - so slow! Slow pacing, lots of internal dialogue, not a whole of action. Definitely not the Lucy Monroe I'm used to!
Lucas is Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Upright and Uptight, and Irisa is just plain stupid, concocting hair-brained schemes rather than coming out with whatever's her mind. If the characters just spoke to communicate with each other, this book would have been over in 50 pages.
As it was, it seemed like an eternity. Sep 10, Jane Stewart rated it did not like it Shelves: regency-romance.
Boring and a waste of time. Iris loves Lucas but tries to break their engagement because she believes she has a bad reputation that will hurt him. He doesn't care but she still tries to leave him. Too many conflicts occur due to innacurate assumptions between Irisa and Lucas, and neither one of them clarifies for the other.
Too many boring conversations. The author spends too much time with the thoughts of the characters going back and forth about what to do or what to think.
I skimmed several pa Boring and a waste of time. I skimmed several parts of the book to get through the tediousness. It was a waste of time. I wish I had never read it. Sexual content: strong. Setting: England. Copyright: Genre: regency romance. Copyright And Able. Tempt Me. Deal With This. The male character was so bent on being propler, it started to read as a christian romance. Sice he tried to be so distant in seriouslt the first pages, I never liked him.
My low rating is due to the lack of character connection. By the time things started rolling, It was too late to like them. Irisa wanted something physical from Lucas he would not give, and then after his angry show of what he wanted, she was being blackmailed into not marrying him, so then more back and forth with the characters began.
Always pulling away in a frigid story to begin with makes an irritating read you set down several times to take breaks. I will say some of the other novels There are a ouple others I will still read. It was this book that bugged me, not the author. Jun 30, Issa rated it did not like it Shelves: zchallenge , m-f , historical. Ugh, so tedious I don't know how to begin. The pacing is so over the map and the dialogue so dull. Irisa starts out as a strong character than quickly turned into a ninny.
Lucas is so uptight and full of himself I just wanted to smack him. The basic plot had promise but the execution ridiculous. My first Lucy Monroe book and I'm not sure I care for reading another. Nov 30, Yona rated it it was ok Shelves: romance. I can't say that I liked this book. Irisa annoyed the hell out of me. If I was in Lucas place I would have strangled her a long time ago. I don't know how anyone can stand her she is acting like a 8 year old all the time Jan 14, MJ rated it liked it.
I loved the first book in this trilogy, Touch Me, and I had to force myself to finish this book. I did not enjoy the MCs. Lucas was a stick in the mud, stodgy, and conservative hero. Irissa was impulsive, flighty, and irrational. May 25, Elizabeth Mckernan rated it it was amazing. I like this series this was a good book. Jul 15, Melissa rated it liked it.
This book started off slow but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Mar 14, Tracy rated it really liked it. A good read, seeing how the Langley family continue, this time Irisa and lucas. Jul 02, Sandy M rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical.
I actually had to laugh at these times because Lucas would become so frustrated not understanding the female gender, though he was at fault a few times himself and did not help the situation at hand.
Of course, the misunderstanding comes to light too late, causing Irisa to once again take the blame on herself and try to give everyone an out to save their reputations at the expense of her own. Irisa made sure she was biddable on everything except the choice of a husband. So turnabout is fair play, she blackmails her parents into refusing inappropriate suitors. That is until Lucas makes his request for her. And still he chooses to stay with her instead of walking away.
Even with the misunderstandings, I enjoyed these characters together. Jun 30, Viona rated it liked it Shelves: already-read. I Loved the book,that's a must for Lucy's books. Irisa's is a sweet girl,untamed and she meets gorgeous, Lord Ashton- The saint.
With the reputation he has of being a saint, Lucas asks for lady Irisa's hand in marriage. Who in the world will ask for your hand in marriage and not simply show any affection? Irisa's feelings are allover this book. Her conflicting emotions about whether to marry him or not, specially when he finds out shes illegitimate. But the fires wild and gusty aroused by Lucas I Loved the book,that's a must for Lucy's books.
But the fires wild and gusty aroused by Lucas Ashton cannot be shunned by just mare gossips and she fights through them all- her fears and the gossips. Apr 13, Bridget rated it liked it Shelves: historical , hot , romance-normal. Second in this series. Irisa Langley is the third childof her father's and only of her mother.
Her twin siblings, Thea and Jared, where separated at birth when Lord Langley removed the first child, Jared, not realizing his wife carried twins. She kept Thea secret from him and removed her from England to protect her. Langley later remarried, assuming incorrectly that his first wife was deceased.
Irisa falls in love with Lucas Ashton, but there is murkiness in her family that may jeopardize thei Second in this series. Irisa falls in love with Lucas Ashton, but there is murkiness in her family that may jeopardize their happiness.
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