You Sexy Thing!

Rating:
Summary: Recommended
Review: A book signing tour brings opposites Dylan Fairbanks and Grace Mattias together. Dylan's book advises that sex should remain between married partners, applying a logical, methodical approach to sexuality. Grace advises spontaneity and exploration before and after committing to a relationship. But when Dylan accidentally enters the wrong room, catching Grace in the shower, one look at her sexy body throws Dylan into a tale spin. While he might be a conservative stick in the mud, the eroticism Grace inspires has him ready to break out of all his self-imposed strictures.

Grace lives in fear that someone will discover that she is a fraud. While she carefully researched her book, drawing from the experience of many other couples, her book is based on exactly that - the experience of other people. She might not be a virgin, but she is not the wild and impetuous woman her appearance suggests. Indeed, her sexual comments are designed to elicit responses and to cover her own inadequacies. When she meets Dylan, however, Grace decided it is time to put her research to work. The chemistry between them is explosive. But the question remains if they can walk away after three weeks of intensity when the book signing ends, or if they can build something more than just sexual experience.

YOU SEXY THING by Tori Carrington sparkles with humor. Unfortunately, it lacks the flow that marks Carrington's best work. On one hand, the plot of moving from city to city each day breaks the narrative flow as these characters jump from one conflict to the next. Or perhaps the break neck speed of the plot doesn't allow the sincerity of their feelings for one another to truly develop as their sexual encounters escalate. I also find Dylan's hypocrisy troublesome. He says sex belongs inside marriage, yet plans to marry one woman while sleeping with another. I don't see the extreme wrestling of conscious I would expect from such a man; or single minded determination to reach his girlfriend quickly to resolve the situation. On the other hand, the secondary characterizations are marvelous with outrageous parents and a secondary love story that will keep the reader smiling. Recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Husband and wife writing duo set Blaze afire!
Review: Dr. Dylan Fairbanks is distracted. Frustrated that he can't get his card key to work on his hotel room door, he enlists the aid of a nearby housekeeper. Alas, there's a reason the key wouldn't work; its NOT his room. Instead, it belongs to one Dr. Grace Mattias, aka Dr. Hottie -- who just so happens to be taking a shower without the curtain closed. Dylan quickly exits before he swallows his tongue. The encounter doesn't bode well for his four-year state of celibacy. Neither does the fact that Dylan's PR person and Grace's PR person think it would be a hoot to pair these two up for their upcoming book tour. How ever will Dylan survive his gorgeous rival?

Dr. Grace Mattias is shocked to see that her co-speaker on a local talk show is the same peeping Tom who walked in on her showering earlier that day. But, Grace is a trooper and Dr. Dylan is the epitome of a hunk, even if he is set in his concept of marriage before sex. Grace is more of a free spirit and sets out to loosen up the stuffy Dr. Fairbanks.

These two sex therapists from different sides of the fence burn up the pages of YOU SEXY THING!. Free-spirited, communal living parents and a disaster of a first marriage turn Dylan Fairbanks into the serious, celibate person he is. His total opposite, Grace Mattias puts up a convincing front as the doctor who believes in free, albeit protected, sex, promoting it with a vengeance. Nobody needs to know that her information comes from some eight-hundred case studies instead of personal experience. Dylan's parents are hilarious, his mother more grounded than Dylan thought possible. Grace's parents are highly conservative and the scene where her mother approaches Grace for sexual advice is priceless.

YOU SEXY THING! is pure fun, flowing seamlessly from one conflict filled scene to the next. I laughed out loud at many of Dylan's inner thoughts about Grace and where they led. How on earth can he stick to his principles around Dr. Hottie?? Grace sure doesn't make it easy for him. Dialogue is filled with innuendo and sexual tension runs hot and heavy.

Be sure to have asbestos gloves, a bucket of ice water, and your significant other nearby as you race through the pages of this fast-paced , hotter than hot, highly entertaining book. This was my first read by Tori Carrington and certainly not my last!

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Summary: YOU SEXY THING!-Dylan and Gracie-SPOILERS
Review: favorite scene with gracie-
talk with her mom about her dad and her mom finally telling her how proud she is of her.

dylan-
talk with his mom during visit.

together-
fight they have after he proposes to her.

Rating:
Summary: Sexy and Fun!
Review: Finally, Harlequin publishing books that match the times. I love this book and the Blaze series. This book wasn't a "rushed written book", but one that contained wittiness, hot sex and lots of humour. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I subscribe to Harlequin Presents, but would definately join the Blaze Bandwagon. Thanks Harlequin for the release of these books and Ms. Carrington, looking forward to others.

Rating:
Summary: Stupid subplots stifle story
Review: This book is full of tradmark Blaze sexuality, deliberately heightened by the choice of 2 sex therapists as the protagonists. I won't repeat the plot, as other reviewers have done so quite well already. In a ostensible reversal of "traditional" roles, the male character, Dylan, is the conservative, repressed one while Gracie seems to be the freely sexual being. In reality, however, Dylan is the one who makes the physically-aggressive first move and Grace is nearly a "born-again virgin", so the characters are actually fairly traditional in their behavior. In addition to the bedroom gymnastics, we have too many subplots: a stalker, Gracie's parents are having sexual problems, Gracie and Dylan's personal assistants are having a romance of their own, Dylan has problems with his commune-living pseudo hippie parents -- all of which makes the book a little more complicated than the number of pages can support. I don't have a clue what the stalker subplot was supposed to add to the story, nor, frankly, the sexual problems of Gracie's parents or the PA's romance. Dylan's parents are idiots in my book, the kind of pseudo-typical "California" parents who provide their child with no guidance or structure and call that "progressive parenting"; his problems with that (and their nudity in front of others) are "his hangups." And yet, after providing him with no morals whatsoever, they are shocked when he is screwing Gracie while nearly engaged to another woman. The book would have been much stronger without the hippie parent subplot, which I just found aggravating. However, I could ignore these extraneous subplots until the "conflict" which prevents Gracie from accepting Dylan's proposal -- which seems to come from nowhere and is not supported fully by the rest of the story. If the author had ditched the subplots in favor of stronger character development the book would have rated much higher. I gave it 3 stars for the main characers' plot (minus the left-field, last minute conflict).

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Summary: Steamy & Hot!!!!!
Review: This book is made out for those who belive in true love and fantasy... Both Gracie and Dylan believe they know everything about forming a relationship... they are both sexologists...If had the chance to live in that book I would have loved to read both their books and follow up their steamy advice... I hope you enjoy this boom as much as I did...!