Helpful Score: 3
I've read all three in this series... Talk Me Down, Start Me Up, and this one (Lead Me On). It is hard to choose a favorite... I loved them all. This one has a good story line which involves getting over things from the past- it was well done, although I do agree that the heroine does seem to hesitate for quite a long time about making a commitment! I really like Victoria Dahl's contemporaries... she has an easy-to-read writing style, and her characters are very likable. Her books are steamy without being "over-the-top descriptive", and I like how her characters' passion seems believable. Her books are definitely not for someone who likes a "chaste" romance, but if you like a little heat, you'll like her books! I will definitely look for anything new she comes out with, and I'm going to have to check out her Regency-style romances now.
Helpful Score: 2
This book was a fun read. There were many times I was smiling or frowning rolling my eyes. As one other review said, there are times when you want to kick the main character Jane but owns her opinions, right or wrong and while she has her reasons, she doesn't make excuses. She was an appropriate man and while I don't share her issues with tattoos she is certainly not alone in her bias opinions (in the book or the real world). It was a quick read and hard to put down.
Helpful Score: 1
Hot read about a quiet, prim and proper Jane Morgan. Jane is torn between keeping her image and showing her true bad girl side especially after she meets the very yummy Chase. The third book revolving around people in the area of Tumble Creek, Colorado.
Helpful Score: 1
Summary:
Raw, animal magnetismâ¦
â¦is a big red flag to prim and proper office manager Jane Morgan. After a rough childhood with a mother who liked her men in prison-jumpsuit orange, Jane changed her name, her look and her taste for bad boys. So why is she lusting for William Chase with his tattoo-covered biceps and steel-toed boots? The man blows things up for a living!
She gives herself one explosive, fantasy-filled night with Chase. The next day it's back to plain Jane and safe men.
But when her beloved brother becomes a murder suspect, it's Chase who comes to her rescue. And Jane discovers that a man who's been around the block knows a thing or two about uncovering the truthâ¦.
First things first, *head meet table*. I am kicking myself utterly for not reading anything of Victoria Dahl's before. I have her other two novels 'Talk Me Down' and 'Start Me Up' but I just hadn't gotten around to reading them, I am an idiot. Now, this books is HOT, like volcanic hot, nuclear hot, just dang hot. While reading this book I felt like I was curled up on the couch watching my favorite go-to film; I felt like I knew the characters and the place, it was wonderful. Chase is SUPER sexy, I wish he lived here and I could steal him away from Jane. *fans self*. I adored this book from page one and will absolutely buy any and everything else Victoria Dahl writes. This book was awesome! I am just in utter awe of Ms. Dahl's ability to turn a story into something so perfect, and I usually don't even read contemporary romance. Still in shock....*runs to bookshelf for more*
Received from: Received one copy from Netgalley and the other I purchased
For more information or for purchasing visit Victoria Dahl's webpage.
Raw, animal magnetismâ¦
â¦is a big red flag to prim and proper office manager Jane Morgan. After a rough childhood with a mother who liked her men in prison-jumpsuit orange, Jane changed her name, her look and her taste for bad boys. So why is she lusting for William Chase with his tattoo-covered biceps and steel-toed boots? The man blows things up for a living!
She gives herself one explosive, fantasy-filled night with Chase. The next day it's back to plain Jane and safe men.
But when her beloved brother becomes a murder suspect, it's Chase who comes to her rescue. And Jane discovers that a man who's been around the block knows a thing or two about uncovering the truthâ¦.
First things first, *head meet table*. I am kicking myself utterly for not reading anything of Victoria Dahl's before. I have her other two novels 'Talk Me Down' and 'Start Me Up' but I just hadn't gotten around to reading them, I am an idiot. Now, this books is HOT, like volcanic hot, nuclear hot, just dang hot. While reading this book I felt like I was curled up on the couch watching my favorite go-to film; I felt like I knew the characters and the place, it was wonderful. Chase is SUPER sexy, I wish he lived here and I could steal him away from Jane. *fans self*. I adored this book from page one and will absolutely buy any and everything else Victoria Dahl writes. This book was awesome! I am just in utter awe of Ms. Dahl's ability to turn a story into something so perfect, and I usually don't even read contemporary romance. Still in shock....*runs to bookshelf for more*
Received from: Received one copy from Netgalley and the other I purchased
For more information or for purchasing visit Victoria Dahl's webpage.
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed all 3 in this series and it's tough to say which is my fave. I did start to get a bit weary of Jane's hesitancy with Chase, but in the end, it was an enjoyable read.
