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Summary: Wow! This book is HOT!
Review: I Love Bad Boys is a new Brava anthology featuring stories by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, and Donna Kauffman. For those of you who've not had the pleasure of reading these three talented authors, you're in for a definite treat! First up is Foster's Indulge Me. I must say that this one was my favorite of the three. It's the entertaining tale of shy Becky Harte and George Westin, the man who's had a featured role in Becky's dreams for the past 2 years, unbeknownst to him. Challenged by two of her pals, Becky enters an intimate shop, where she runs into George, and though mortified at being seen THERE by him, she does manage to survive the experience. Indeed, meeting there gives Becky and George a window into each other's deepest thoughts and desires. This story is VERY sexy and erotic. But it's more than that, too. It has elements of fun and humor as well as vulnerability. I also enjoyed the friendship that exists between Becky and her friends, Asia and Erica. For this story alone, I Love Bad Boys is more than worth the trip to the bookstore. But add in the other stories, and you've got quite a find! The second story in the anthology is Naughty by Night by Janelle Denison. This is a wonderful story about the romance of Chloe Anderson and Gabe Mackenzie, two people who've actually been in love for years but were kept apart by Gabe's stubborn pride. A poker game wager brings the two closer together, allowing them to indulge their wildest fantasies. The last story is Donna Kauffman's And When They Were Bad, which tells the story of Cameron James and Ally Walker, who meet at a private club called Intimacies where anything goes. Ally and Cam are both trying to find out more about themselves and what they want out of life, and in so doing they discover a lot about each other, too. If you like sexy stories (and I mean sexy), interesting men, and happy endings then I Love Bad Boys will be right up your alley.
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Summary: Loved This Book!
Review: I loved all three stories in this book. Each author did a superb job. Each story was different and interesting. Very sexy stories. Very sexy characters. A great, great read. Kudos to authors Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, and Donna Kauffman!! A job well done!!!
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Summary: an anthology not to be missed
Review: In my opinion, Brava picked out three great authors for this anthology. While Donna Kauffman takes you to a Carribbean island, Janelle Denison reunites two people during a game of poker. While I enjoyed both of these stories, Ms. Denison's heroine is too easily sacrificed by her older brothers in my opinion. The final story in this book belongs to Lori Foster. A sweet innocent surprises the experienced hero with the wish to explore bondage.
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Summary: WOW! A very sensual anthology!
Review: INDULGE ME by Lori Foster. This is the second of related stories about three friends that have made a pact involving a visit to
"Wild Honey" a new sex shop in a small and conservative town. Now, is the turn of Becky Harte. She is very shy and
inexperienced. When she is at the shop she mets George Westin, who is a supervisor at the factory where she works and is the
man of her dreams. George is a very atractive and experienced man and is atracted to Becky, but she has kept him at a distance,
hiding her own atraction to him. Now, Becky and George are going to live their fantasies and they are going to have a well
deserved happy ever after. This story involves a little bondage, and it is done with very good taste and with a funny twist.
My only complain is that the story ended too soon. NAUGHTY BY NIGHT by Janelle Denison. Gabe McKenzie had walked away from Chloe Anderson six years before, believing
he was doing the honorable thing by giving her the chance to find someone who could giv her everything he couldn't (a torn
ligament in his knee ended his career as a professional football player before it ever began). Now he return to recover her since he
never been able to forget her. Now a poker game and the high stakes they set give them four nights to try recover the lost time
and accept that they are made for each other. ...AND WHEN THEY WERE BAD by Donna Kauffman. Cameron James IV has spent his entire life being Mr. Nice Guy, now
for the next two days he just wants to have fun with a bad girl in a club named Intimacies located at a Caribbean island. However,
he is atracted to a nice girl, Allison Walker, who also is trying to find her inner wild side. Together they will be very bad and will
discover that they want a lifetime together. Unlike in most anthologies, here all the three stories are excellent. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Too much sex, too little story
Review: Like a couple of others who reviewed this book, I thought there was too much sex and too little story. The Lori Foster one was by far the best, and the one by Janelle Denison should have just been submitted to Penthouse Forum. This would have been a better trilogy if it had just been the three books from Foster's story of three friends who have a dare going about the sex shop across from their office.
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Summary: A Real Treat
Review: None of the 3 stories in these books disappoint. Believe me. Its not like in some cases where one or two of the compilation stories are worth it, no, they all are. Foster, Denison and Kauffman all deliver highly sensual, entertaining stories. Go out and BUY it!!
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Summary: Denison does it again! Very highly recommended
Review: Six years ago Gabe Mackenzie foolishly left Chloe Anderson hanging both physically and emotionally. Now Gabe intends... Author Janelle Denison proves raging passion does not necessarily lend itself to control no matter how many years have lapsed in Naughty By Night. Chloe's bold statement, "For the next four nights you're mind to do with as I please," sets a highly erotic tone. Indeed, with her characteristic flair for capturing the emotional implications of erotic encounters, Denison creates a heated short story worthy of motivating readers to purchase this collection just for her sexy tale. I only had the privilage to provide an advance review of Denison's tale, although all these authors number among my favorites, and for her contribution alone, this book is worth the price! Bold, daring and endearing, Naughty By Night comes very highly recommended.
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Summary: Oh, yes we DO love Bad Boys!
Review: The I LOVE BAD BOYS Anthology is a hit! Filled with stories from three talented authors, it's a summer sizzler and sure to be a keeper for readers of romance and sexy characters. The first story is Lori Foster's INDULGE ME, with Becky Harte as the next victim to take the bet that she, Asia and Erica waged (Asia was the first, and her story is told in the ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Anthology, also by Kensington/Brava). Becky must go into the porn shop across the street from where the three women work, and she'll approach the first man to choose items that pertain to her secret fantasy. Becky is shy, but a bet's a bet...
George Westin has an ace in the hole: He knows of Becky's plans. Cameron was Asia's sexy interest when she had her turn, and he happens to be George's friend. Cam doesn't want to see Becky hurt, and George has wanted Becky for a long, long time. Thanks to Cameron, this is George's chance to get to know quiet, timid Becky.
One thing: The interest Becky shows in certain items in the shop leaves George marveling at her slightly kinky but definitely naughty side. Who knew?
Right from the word Go, both Becky and George make assumptions that are far from the reality of her fantasy. Will they each be able to set aside their expectations of their night of pleasure? It's a question of trust. And it's not a game; it's forever.
Lori Foster's gift for writing heroes that are at once both honorable and irresistible makes this a story of silly fun, with a bet that's taken further than any of the women imagined, but also serious in the emotions her characters harbor and discover in each other. I'm never disappointed when this author's name graces the cover of a book! Pure Entertainment! Next is Janelle Denison's story, NAUGHTY BY NIGHT, and the title fits the story to a T!
Chloe Anderson missed out on her chance with sexy Gabe Mackenzie when he left 6 years ago to make a new life for himself after his career as a pro football player is cut short by an injury.
Now Gabe's back. He kisses her in greeting in the privacy of her kitchen at her weekly poker game with her brothers, and things just keep getting hotter and hotter as the stakes get higher and higher.
Chloe brother's leave when the sexual tension between Gabe and their sister gets to be uncomfortable. They don't even want to know what the ante is when the two face each other across the cloth table.
Good thing too. As the see and raise, and finally call, Chloe is the victor, and because she convinces herself she wants revenge on Gabe for leaving her aroused and alone all those years ago, without fulfilling her more fervent wish: to have him; she makes Gabe her sex slave for the four short days he'll be in town; to carry out her fantasies, and indulge her every whim. Tough job that! Not really. Gabe's feelings for Chloe have remained the same regardless of the fact that he walked away from his dreams of ever having her for his own. Chloe certainly doesn't make it easy for him, but Gabe can appreciate the irony of having to wait for satisfaction
But as these two delve into a world filled with passion, restraint, need and satiation, Chloe and Gabe begin to communicate not only with their bodies, but also their hearts.
Will we know what Gabe's wager was in that game that could change the lives they've carved out for themselves? Will it make a difference?
Janelle Denison is another author whose talents for spinning a yarn with characters that are appealing but sexy as sin have fans clamoring for more and more stories of naughtiness and lust, but always at the heart of it all is love. NAUGHTY BY NIGHT is a true statement in this story! Last, but certainly not least in this book of sensual delights is Donna Kauffman's ...AND WHEN THEY WERE BAD. Readers.... Let me just finish it: They were VERY bad!
Cameron James IV and Allison walker are strangers on an island resort but looking for the same thing: decadence and indulging in sexual pleasure that neither would ever admit to in the "real world".
Cam sees Allison at one of the bars at the ultra private club, being pawed by two men. While she tries valiantly to be assertive and brush them off politely, she is failing and Cam reluctantly becomes her Sir Galahad, disengaging her from the men's clutches but gets a scowl from her for his efforts. Because he's at the resort to be free of the responsibilities that are heaped on him in his real life, Cam's happy to let her walk away so he can pursue more...experienced prospects.
Chance has the two meeting up later on, and Allison is once again on the receiving end of more fun than she can handle. His feelings of chivalry have him jumping into the fray and Allison is once again less than appreciative. But to his annoyance, Allison's timidity intrigues him more than any of the most enthusiastic guests of the resort might.
Cam goes with his instincts and pursues Allison. The hot passion that flows like lava between them could make islanders believe a volcano is about to erupt!
The explicit games they witness stir their senses, but it's their private, more intimate play that sates their clawing hunger.
What will happen when they must leave the exclusive resort and go back to their own, separate lives? And can a night of lust and passion on a Fantasy Island turn to love and commitment in the harsh light of day?
Donna Kauffman pens an absolutely blazing tale of fantasies fulfilled in a break from reality. How they mesh together is why she has become a popular name among romance readers. A must read!
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Summary: Lori Foster's characterizations=too shallow for me
Review: This anthology definitely had some entertaining/sexy moments. My least favorite story was the first one "Indulge Me" by Lori Foster. The only character who wasn't painfully one-dimensional was Becky. I'd say she had about one and a half dimensions. The portrayal of Becky's supposedly closest friends was ridiculous. Asia and Erica existed as nothing more than cardboard cut-outs who walked on stage for some bad oneliners, and then walked off (literally still giggling at their un-witty repartee). Also, Erica continues flirting and making blatant sexual innuendos with the man Becky's building a relationship with--even after she sees how upset it's making Becky. Hello??! What kind of "best friend" is this? Yet as the reader, it's clear (because Foster beats us over the head with it relentlessly) that we're supposed to regard Erica as the tough-as-nails sassy modern woman. No, I call her a pathetically selfish, hurtful person. And I'm afraid no amount of un-funny oneliners can save her. But with the exception of Lori Foster's irritating and shallow tale, the other stories in this anthology did succeed as sexy, escapist fun.
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Summary: Lori Foster's characterizations=too shallow for me
Review: This anthology definitely had some entertaining/sexy moments. My least favorite story was the first one "Indulge Me" by Lori Foster. The only character who wasn't painfully one-dimensional was Becky. I'd say she had about one and a half dimensions. The portrayal of Becky's supposedly closest friends was ridiculous. Asia and Erica existed as nothing more than cardboard cut-outs who walked on stage for some bad oneliners, and then walked off (literally still giggling at their un-witty repartee). Also, Erica continues flirting and making blatant sexual innuendos with the man Becky's building a relationship with--even after she sees how upset it's making Becky. Hello??! What kind of "best friend" is this? Yet as the reader, it's clear (because Foster beats us over the head with it relentlessly) that we're supposed to regard Erica as the tough-as-nails sassy modern woman. No, I call her a pathetically selfish, hurtful person. And I'm afraid no amount of un-funny oneliners can save her. But with the exception of Lori Foster's irritating and shallow tale, the other stories in this anthology did succeed as sexy, escapist fun.
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