Take Me Back

A Give & Take Novella

DESIRE THAT CAN'T BE DENIED

Rachael DeSalvo is haunted by the past. She's come home to her beloved Turtle Tear Island, where she looks forward to happy days and bliss-filled nights in the arms of Merrick Rocha. But when she finds a trunk full of old photo albums and handwritten notes, Rachael soon realizes that the island has not given up all its secrets . . . 

For long before Rachael and Merrick made Turtle Tear Resort their home, this historic island was a haven for sensual, forbidden affairs. As Rachael and Merrick work to restore the grand hotel to its former glory, they will be caught in the perfect maelstrom of conflict and desire.

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Another hot book in the Give & Take Series!

This book was written in a different way it was written as Rachael was writing a story for Merrick- She was talking to him but he wasn't there at the moment- A bit difficult to explain but I hope you read it so you can see for yourself.

Rachael becomes quite obsessed with the history of Turtle Tear and more so about Ingrid because she most identifies with her (she was who Turtle Tear was originally built for). Her obsession is causing issues in her relationship that may not be fixable. I was pissed for Rachael when Merrick sent her away even know she way the right in it I thought she should be mad a bit longer lol.  A few hot sex scenes. A fabulous ending.

Rules of Entanglement

Seven days. And seven rules to break...

District Attorney Vanessa McGregor firmly believes that structure and order are the stuff that dreams are made of. Happiness can be planned - and it starts with seven rules she's laid out for her future. But as she's organizing her best friend's wedding in Hawaii, all of Vanessa's best-laid plans are about to meet their match in a wickedly hot MMA fighter...

Jackson "Jax" Maris is focused on surfing, training and fighting. That is, until he opens up his big mouth, and finds himself having to pretend he's engaged to his little sister's best friend, Vanessa. When they're force to share a romantic bungalow, however, their little charade suddenly takes a turn for the seriously sexy. And while Jax is definitely not part of Vanessa's long-term plan, he has seven days - and seven naughty nights - to turn her seven-rule plan upside down.

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I loved "Seducing Cinderella" and "Rules of Entanglement" was just as hot!

You don't have to read "Seducing Cinderella" first if you don't want to.

When Jacks and Vanessa first meet I was digging what a Bad Ass Vanessa was - knowing how Hot Jacks was she was not giving into his charm. Then after awhile I was getting annoyed a bit with Vanessa because she was fighting falling for Jacks so badly it is was ridiculous. Even know they seemed to be on track the way Jacks got her to spend time with him was breaking one of Vanessa rules. He has to make her see that her rules are meant to be broken for Love. Hot Hot Juicy Sex. Fabulous ending. 

Quotes:

"Shit, she needed to get something to eat before she tried to licking his eyeballs."

'Did Hawaiians have the saying "Save a surfboard, ride a surfer"? If not, she was totally starting it."

"Okay, so what's the problem? He not giving you the cunny quakes?"

" "Only yours." Two words. Three syllables. Nine Letters."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 4 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5

Taken By Storm

"Taken By Storm" is coming out May 7th, 2013

If you haven't read "Taken" & "No Take Backs" you need to get on it- It's a Hot Series you won't want to miss out on.

DECEPTION

Maddie Simcoe knows the devastation that comes from keeping secrets. Now, she's desperate to move on from the heartbreak that almost destroyed her -- trading wild passion that once made her knees weak for a life of comfortable stability. But before Maddie can start over, she must return home to put the past behind her once and for all...

PASSION

When Maddie blows back into MJ Rocha's life, nothing will stop him from proving to her that walking away from him was the biggest mistake of her life -- not even the engagement ring she wears. Her every look, every touch tells MJ that the fire that once raged between them still burns hot, and MJ won't give up until Maddie gives in to the inferno.

REDEMPTION

Trapped by a hurricane roaring through Turtle Tear Island, MJ and Maddie find shelter in each others' arms. While the lightning flashes, MJ and Maddie are helpless to fight bonds of desire that tie them together. But just as they're about to surrender to the torturous longing that consumes them both, the storm unleashes violent secrets from MJ's past...secrets that could wash away all MJ and Maddie's hopes of forever...

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I was in utter love with Taken so this book was highly anticipated by me (and a lot of others too!). I was not ready to be done with Merrick & Rachaels story after Taken but I was pleasantly surprised that I got my fill of them in this book as well. Wow this book had me on edge the whole time I was just waiting for things to break loose and sure enough they did! I wanted to be mad at Maddie for not giving into her love for MJ but after it came out and she explained things I truly understood where she was coming from and felt sorry for them both that they lost so much time with each other.  The hits just kept coming when the damn broke and everything came out it was beyond imaginable. Some hot steamy sex scenes. More deception is still lurk I feel - Like Merrick's sister Heidi & her husband Roger what is up with them? nothing good I imagine. Fabulous ending but I know there's another storm brewing!

Quotes:

"and if you see a blonde that looks like she stole Barbie's wardrobe, stay away. She's crazy as a shithouse rat."

"You've got way to much piss and vinegar in you, Son"

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 3 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  5 out of 5

Lana

Lana can’t remember a time when she wasn’t hopelessly in love with Akira. Even knowing that he viewed her as a kid sister had never helped to dampen her feelings. One night together only made it worse. After seducing Akira, it became apparent that their love affair was hopelessly one-sided, and heartbroken, Lana fled her beloved island paradise.
Eight years later, Lana finally returns home, planning to stay briefly, and only for business, but her plans go quickly awry when she runs into the man she could never get over. 


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Wow Author R.K. Lilley hit it out of the park with this book! 

My stomach was in knots when Lana Akira see each other after not seeing one another or even speaking to each other for 8 long years! Lana was still in love with Akira- he was her one and only. Akira seemed to be holding back but then everyone (his sister and mother) seemed to know something Lana didn't. I just was hoping that Akira had the balls to tell Lana how he felt because even know he was showing her he needed to say it for her to believe it. They were having a lot of hot steamy juicy sex. It's a pretty quick read at approx. 100 pages but trust me you won't be able to put it down. 

Fabulous ending.

Quotes:

"How many times and how many ways , could my heart be broken by that man?"

"Most beautiful view I've ever had in my life."

"Cradled in Akira's arms, I knew that this was the closest to paradise I'd ever been."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 4 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  5 out of 5

Caribbean Casanova

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Holly Hansen has sacrificed too much to let anything—especially a man—get in the way of making her clothing line a success. When she arrives on the island of Anguilla, she zeroes in on the biggest threat to her make-or-break photo shoot. At six-and-a-half foot of sculpted Dutch muscle, Harmannus Prinsen is every inch the womanizer of Caribbean legend, but he will not be seducing any of her models. She knows exactly how to make sure of it. Make the girls think he’s taken. 

Harm is stunned when the curvaceous beauty greets him with a mind-numbing kiss. She’s the embodiment of every pin-up portrait he collected as a teen, with a sassy tongue and a body that begs for his touch. Sure, he’ll pretend to be her date…but only if they really date. 

Despite her best efforts to remain immune to his charms, Holly finds herself falling for the man behind the myth. She begins to wonder which island she belongs on…Manhattan or Anguilla.

Excerpt :

Holly stepped out on the lanai and held up her cell phone. She breathed a sigh of relief as the bars lit up on the display. Her interlude with Harm on the beach had put her behind schedule and she couldn’t afford to be without her phone. She dialed up her voicemail and turned to look at the house. 

Most of the lights were off, allowing the stars to reflect off the glass facade. But the upper corner glowed like a beacon. The sight drew her eye and her breath. Unaware of his audience stood Harm, enjoying a shower for the world to see. 

Not that there would be many looking. With the rocky outcroppings along his shoreline, no boats would get close enough, and his villa was higher than the house beside his or the collection of bungalows he owned. Right now she was the only one enjoying the view. 

What she wouldn’t give for a pair of binoculars so she could study his muscled physique. Water sluiced down his honed body, the showerheads attached to an interior wall. The muscles of his ass flexed as he moved, his back rippling as he pushed water from his hair. 

“Come on, turn around.” Holly blinked at the sound of her own voice, unaware she’d spoken. She slipped her phone into her pocket, then looked up to find Harm had done as she wished. 

“Oh my.” She pressed her hand to the base of her throat and stared.

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This was a quick read at 134 pages but it also was hard to put down.

Holly was resistant to Harm even after he seemed to prove himself that he wasn't just a panty chasing hunk of man. I know she was protecting herself but what about Harm's heart? I loved that Holly was a stick thin model but rather a curve sexy woman. This book also brought Celiac disease to light. Most romance books don't talk about stuff like that so that was new for me. Now Sassy which is Holly's best friend that chick is something else she just seems to be all about Sassy. Sassy and Harm fight and when the fight turns out to be about Holly well that forces Holly to choose. Now this part kind of pissed me off because Holly didn't talk to Sassy before she made her decision which was going to leave 2 people heart broken to save face with one. The ending was Spatular!

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 4 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5

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Taken (Give and Take)

ABDUCTION.

You steal me away to a deserted island, to the one place I’ve dreamed of being—the one place I can’t go.

SEDUCTION.

You’re used to buying whatever you want, but you can’t buy me...how do I resist the magnetism of your body, the longing ache deep inside me? I want you to take me—on my terms.

DESPERATION.

Every attempt you make to love me only hurts me. How can we go on like this?

This is the story of how I was TAKEN. 

Rachael DeSalvo cares for those she loves with no regard for what she needs from them in return. When her father dies, her mother’s emotional dependency becomes overbearing. Unable to leave her distressed mother, Rachael turns down her dream job with Rocha Enterprises. 

Billionaire real estate mogul, Merrick Rocha, knows what motivates people and what buttons to push to get what he wants. When the perfect project manager candidate turns down his job offer, it drives him mad. Three months of watching Rachael from afar has him more determined than ever to have her—for much, much more than an employee.

Merrick takes what he wants, but can he convince Rachael to give him what he needs?

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This is a quick read only 181 pages.

The writing style is nothing like I have ever read before. I really don't know how to explain it but it's all in Rachael's voice. When she talks about Merrick it's like she it telling their story to him. I know that doesn't make any sense but you will understand when you read it. It's not a bad thing just different.

I think I go Stockholm syndrome for Rachael at first I couldn't help but Love Merrick. He seemed lost and even know he didn't go about things the right way his heart was actually in the right place. Rachael has so many emotions going through her you really can feel all of them. The last straw that forces Rachael to leave well I think I was more pissed for her than she was- It had nothing to do with the act itself but the who and if Merrick even thought about Rachael he would have known that wasn't something she would have done at that time in their relationship- You have to read it to understand what I'm talking about I won't give it away.

Quotes:

" 'I haven't smiled this much in a long, long time.' 'And I haven't even kissed you yet.' "

"Right now I'm calling it The Forbidden Destination and trying like hell to find a map."

"Of course he's stupid. He's a man, They're all stupid. That's why we're here - women were put on the earth to smack some sense into them. They think with their dicks. We're their brains."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 3 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 2 out of 5

Overall Hotness: 3 out of 5