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Blind Her with Bliss (Tilling Passions #1)

by Nina Pierce (Goodreads Author)

3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 · rating details · 463 ratings · 60 reviews

Uptight CPA, JULIE TILLING is tired of doing the right thing. When her friend from high school dies and Julie is the only one who believes he didn't commit suicide, she takes it upon herself to explore the circumstances surrounding his death. When the investigation takes her into a world of sexy nightclubs and a one night stand that has her heart melting, Julie finds a nau...more

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Published April 11th 2011 by Amazon Digital (first published May 10th 2008)

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Jun 11, 2011 Krystal rated it 4 of 5 stars

Want to read a steam romance? This novel will quickly become a favorite of Nina Pierce's readers. Damon and Julie are the main characters as well as each others love interests. Julie needs to relax and let loose and Damon thinks he is the perfect man to help her. The novel centers around the murder of Julie's friend as well as the romance between Julie and Damon-a reader who doesn't want romance to be the sole focus of the novel will still enjoy this book. Julie's friends death is declared a sui...more

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May 17, 2011 Miz Love rated it 5 of 5 stars

Julie Tilling is reeling from the death of her best friend. The police are calling it a suicide, but Julie isn't buying it. She knew Jason too well, knew he'd never take his own life, and sets off to prove it. But, in doing so, she'd have to shed the good, dependable, responsible daughter-and-sister persona that weighs her down and embrace the wild side she never knew exhisted. That's when she meets Damon, and his outragous, sexy alter ego, Demon Jones, Shock Jockey. Suddenly her sheltered, stab...more

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Aug 22, 2012 Jill Paige rated it 2 of 5 stars

I picked this up free from Amazon. An okay read, but a few issues with the story interfered with my overall enjoyment.

The external plot of Julie investigating her best friend's suicide felt tacked on as an excuse to get Julie and Damon (the hero) together. Julie appears to "forget" about this goal when she attends a night club to question the club owner about her friend's death. Instead, she focuses on letting loose from her normally conservative lifestyle and seduces the hero.

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Aug 04, 2011 Rhonda rated it 2 of 5 stars

Julie Tilling, a CPA who is dependable, organized, always available to her family whenever they need, to a fault, has just lost her lost her best friend. The police have ruled it a suicide, and there isn’t evidence to indicate otherwise, but Julie knows her friend, and knows he had much to live for. Julie is determined to find out what happened to her best friend Jason. So Julie dresses up in her slutty best, and ventures out to a night club that Jason frequented to try to find some answers.

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Julie Tilling, a CPA who is dependable, organized, always available to her family whenever they need, to a fault, has just lost her lost her best friend. The police have ruled it a suicide, and there isn’t evidence to indicate otherwise, but Julie knows her friend, and knows he had much to live for. Julie is determined to find out what happened to her best friend Jason. So Julie dresses up in her slutty best, and ventures out to a night club that Jason frequented to try to find some answers.

Turns out that the night club is no ordinary night club, there’s all kinds of sexually explicit activity going on. This is where “Demon Jones” the shock jock ( Damon ) comes into the story. While Julie is trying to get past security to see the owner of the club, Damon observes the confrontation and helps Julie out, but he has his own agenda for helping her. *eye waggle* Damon starts to see past her sex kitten façade, and sees that Julie is a bit naïve, starting with the Long Island iced tea. Her visit with the club owner ends up in a hot sexual encounter between Damon and Julie, and this is the beginning of feelings Damon the sworn bachelor thought he never wanted.

As Julie and Damon try to find answers to the death of her friend, they also find passion with each other they have never experienced. Julie also finds that she didn’t know Jason as well as she thought.

This was actually a pretty good read. I think the author definitely has potential. But I did have a few issues with the story and some of the words she chose to use. There’s a point in the story where something happens to Julie’s father, and she totally blamed Damon because he convinced her to leave her cell phone at home so her needy ass family couldn’t bother her on her date. I didn’t care for the way she turned on him so easily.
Also some of her descriptives for the human anatomy, such as “mushroom head” and the clincher, let me quote here for full effect:
“She lifted the furry sac and flicked wet kisses on the underside of his balls.”
Total mood kill!!!!

The author actually put together a good story with the plot and characterization, and the sex scenes were pretty hot. This is what I do like to see in an erotic personally. (less)

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Aug 10, 2012 Paola Patti rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-fic, free-ebook, i-own

I downloaded this free from the knindle store so I didn't think that this was going to be anything fantastic and I can't say that was something that absolutely blew my mind but I was hooked on reading it (it's a relatively short read, maybe 3-4 hours worth) until I finished it.
The only thing that I didn't like was the abrupt ending of the chapter and the exchange between the two leads, it was very 'quick let's wrap this up! I'll brush aside your residual feelings from the very intense scene tha...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Alisha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Quick Take: A sweet and hot tale with likable protagonists. The mystery that drove the plot was a bit on the weak side, but the developing connection between the two main characters was enough to satisfy cravings for intrigue.

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I can tell you from the get-go that the following review is not likely to be a great one. There are books that can incite strong reactions, either positive or negative. And then there are those that are pretty nice, but don't leave a lasting impression. This book, I...more Quick Take: A sweet and hot tale with likable protagonists. The mystery that drove the plot was a bit on the weak side, but the developing connection between the two main characters was enough to satisfy cravings for intrigue.

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I can tell you from the get-go that the following review is not likely to be a great one. There are books that can incite strong reactions, either positive or negative. And then there are those that are pretty nice, but don't leave a lasting impression. This book, I must say, turned out to be the latter for me. It was enjoyable overall, had a lot of sizzle…but after finishing I wasn't struck by much.

The title of this book is apt in many ways (I love it when a book's title has lots of depth!). The most obvious is that of the hero and heroine of the story, who are introduced to each other under fairly false pretenses. They spend much of the story learning more about what's behind all of the superficial layers. It's that particular aspect of the book that drew me in the most. The responsible, somewhat repressed Julie Tilling has a number of cute and daring interactions with the nominally outrageous (but inwardly sweet) Damon Corey…resulting in both steamy hot and delightfully charming moments. Both characters were interesting individually, which certainly cannot be said of most romances.

I'm not going to lie…I was a bit underwhelmed by the element of the book involving the suspected murder of Julie Tilling's childhood friend. To me, it felt more like a plot device that was just there to give the two protagonists a reason to interact. The book is not very long to begin with, but I felt like the scenes and developments related to the initial premise (a one-woman investigation of a suicide that might not be what it seems) were in the background. Even the resolution of this thread seemed jumbled. This is perhaps not a book that one would read for its mystery elements.

I'm hoping that the next books, which feature the remaining siblings in the Tilling family, are successful in making sisters Meghan and Dierdre more sympathetic. As it stands, those ladies are…well, they're kind of selfish jerks. ^_^ But that's just my personal prejudice, and has little to do with the quality of the book. As it stands, I do plan on reading on to find out what romantic adventures find their way to the Tilling sisters. And I would indeed recommend it to others.(less)

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Dec 22, 2012 Diana Hockley rated it 4 of 5 stars

This story is everything it's cracked up to be - a hot, steamy fun read with likeable main characters.

Intent on finding out if her best friend has been murdered when the police have written his death off as suicide, Julie braces herself to attend a sleazy nightclub where the "hot" people have fun.

Needless to say, there she meets Damon, DJ extraordinaire. Things go uphill - or downhill - depending on the perception of the reader - from there.

The author has managed to find a different angle on the...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Gayle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Got this one free from Smashwords. Looking forward to reading this book after checking out reviews of others that have already read it.

I really enjoyed this book. It was sensual, not sexual, with wonderful story. It is the first book in a series called "Tilling Passions" about the stories of three different Tilling sisters and how they find the love of their lives in unexpected places.

The book was very well written, with little to no grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors. This is a big p...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Sapphyria rated it 4 of 5 stars

When Julie Tilling loses her best friend, Jason McCarthy, she questions his death. The rumors circulating about Jason's lifestyle, and then death by his own hand, don't sit well with her. This wasn't the Jason she knew and loved. And she was determined to find out the truth...

...Even if it takes into a seedy club owned by Elvis, and acquaintance of Jason's.

Demon Jones is drawn to the sexy vixen in the club as soon as she finds her way to the dance floor. When he finds her trying to get past secu...more When Julie Tilling loses her best friend, Jason McCarthy, she questions his death. The rumors circulating about Jason's lifestyle, and then death by his own hand, don't sit well with her. This wasn't the Jason she knew and loved. And she was determined to find out the truth...

...Even if it takes into a seedy club owned by Elvis, and acquaintance of Jason's.

Demon Jones is drawn to the sexy vixen in the club as soon as she finds her way to the dance floor. When he finds her trying to get past security into the private part of Elvis' club, he discovers that she isn't at all who she says she is, or seems to be. Then again...Demon Jones isn't exactly who he is, or seems to be. But Damon Corey doesn't have the same ring as Demon Jones.

Demon has the pick of the women at the club - and he takes advantage of it but after a while soon tires of the game. Wishing he could end the cycle and settle down, he comes face-to-face with the beauty that captures his full attention. Jewel has met her match in Demon. Just looking at him turns her from uptight, "always do the right thing," Julie Tilling, into a seductress who just can't help herself.

Believing that their steamy encounter in the club is a one-night-stand, Julie goes back to her normal, low-key life, and Damon goes back to being Demon. Except neither one can get the other out of their mind.

In the meantime, Elvis gives Julie a small box of momentos in hopes that she can glean something from them that will help figure out #1) if Jason killed himself and why; or #2) if Jason was murdered, what was the reason behind it and, of course, who did it.

"Blind Her With Bliss" combines a sexy romance with a suspenseful mystery, and for the most part, pulls off both genres pretty seamlessly. This is a short novella but in that length manages to introduce, develop, and pull together intense sexual moments, sweet romantic touches, and figure out what really happened to Jason McCarthy. Both Demon/Damon and Jewel/Julie are fantastic protagonists that work pretty well together, especially since they really haven't know each other long at any point in the novella. The secondary characters bring out sides in both Damon and Julie that help develop their personalities and tell the readers exactly who they are.

And the ending contains a plot twist that was somewhat of a shock. Everything in the story comes full circle and was satisfactory. The author's writing is clear and consistent and the dialogue is easy to follow and understand. The emotional parts of the book will easily evoke feelings within the reader.

Very nice start to a new series.

(Book Provided by author in exchange for an honest review).(less)

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Jul 15, 2011 The TBR Pile *Book review site* rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This is a modern day tale of sleeping beauty with kink. CPA Julie has spent her life taking care of everyone else until the death of her best friend sends her on a solo mission to uncover the truth. She dons a disguise and persona that awakens a slumbering beast inside her. Beast, thy name is Sensuality. Her libido is thrown into overdrive when her mission takes her to a club where exhibition and sex go hand in hand. When s...more

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Sep 07, 2008 Lynda Warnock rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, romantic-suspense

Blind Love is the first of a three part series entitled Tilling Passions, it is about three sisters and the trials and tribulations they go through on their quest for love – with a suspenseful plot woven throughout.

Julie is the oldest of the Tilling sisters and basically everyone’s “go-to” person. Having virtually no life of her own, and emotionally distraught over the supposed suicide of her best friend, she decides to take matters in to her own hands. Dressed to kill (not literally) she goes t...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Tia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nina captured a part of what many feel, when related to family. Julie's consumed by her familial responsibility and loses site of who she is, while Damon's lack of good family connections and fake persona, creates a magnetic pull toward... more. All the while, she is trying to learn the truth about her best friend's death. This story is touching, believable, and a great read. Nina's characters are realistic and many readers will be able connect them with people they know.

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Sep 03, 2012 Laurie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really liked the story line, but near the end it seemed as if the author hurried through to meet a deadline or something. It just appeared to coalesce too quickly. This is a story of Julia (a CPA who has unfulfilled aspirations), a shock jock with the moniker of "Demon Jones" (a man who settled for a job that paid his bills and put food on the table) and a suicide (or was it) of a best friend. Read the book to find out what happens.

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Feb 15, 2013 Kjen rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars...Hot love scenes that are well done and an overall pleasing book. The 'mystery' plot had a disjointed resolution at the end that was more for form than anything. Julie's sisters were so very irritating and her 'doormat of the family' persona was a tired stereotype. With all that, it was still a decent read and not a letdown. I liked Damon's character a lot. This was a free Kindle download.

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Mar 28, 2012 Linda Lonetto rated it 5 of 5 stars

i loved it! i never read this author and got it as a "free"e-book/i'm hooked with the great charecters that i truly like(some)with a great mystery and steamy sex. what more can you ask for?she will certainly become a "must have"author. cannot wait to read julie's sisters stories although they were not so likable in julie/damon's story.linda

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Sep 06, 2012 Crystal Jewell rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-romance, books-i-own, free-amazon-book, kindle-books

For a free book from Amazon this was actually a pretty good little story. I thought the writing was pretty good, and the story definitely kept my attention. This book was actually classified under erotica on Amazon. It was in my opinion on the lighter side of Erotica. It wasn't very graphic and the love scenes where artfully written.

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Aug 14, 2012 Danielle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Got this book as a kindle freebie and I really enjoyed it! Julie and damons relationship is set on a fast track! They meet while Julie is searching for answers about her best friends death. There's a little mystery and steamy romance in this page Turner! Worth the read! Looking forward to reading julies sisters story in the next book!

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Jan 18, 2013 Denise rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: great-book-to-read

This was the first book I have read from this author
and It was free as well . It was Awesome book
It's about two people who while looking into a death
found their self's falling in love and discovering
who and what they want to be ... did I mention free
it really is a great book .. And I will be getting
book two in series ..Thank you Nina

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Sep 18, 2012 Jean rated it 2 of 5 stars

Julie Tilling is investigating the death of a close friend when she meets Damon Corey. Thus begins her journey into a world of adult nightclubs and intrigue. Damon not only brings some realities to Julie about herself, but also becomes a very special person in her life.

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Aug 22, 2012 Sherrie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a free read from kindle and I didn't think it would be good…. Boy was I wrong this was a great read steamy sexy romance with a little naughty wild twist to it. Definitely worth your time. Now I am going to get the second book Deceive Her with Desire!

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May 28, 2012 Katherine O'Grady rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

This was a kindle freebie.

Just a "meh" for me. The heroine's family was nicely portrayed: close-knit and sometime suffocating. Her "struggle" was overwrought for my tastes. The buildup to the first love scene was slow and sexy. So yeah, it was ok.

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Apr 05, 2012 Vichy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: amazon-freebie, romance

Contemporary adult romance pepper-salted with mild detective expectations. I definitely preferred the first half of the book than the second. The first half had the different style that intrigues but the second half balanced to the usual romance.

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Feb 09, 2013 Devin Lind rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle

While I rooted for the main characters to get together, I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

Some of the things they did just felt so unbelievable. And why does het romance more often than not involve lots of sex with ridiculous terminology?

The story, especially the ending, felt too rushed, and there were some editing misses that bugged me. 2.5 stars.

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Oct 18, 2012 Bethany rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought this was a good quick read. Had all the things to keep me interested, a strong leading lady, steamy sex and mystery! I got it free on my kindle, so what's not to like about it!

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Aug 03, 2012 Tabatha rated it 4 of 5 stars

really enjoyed reading this one, and looking forward to reading more of Nina's books. She incorporated excitement, mystery, love and sex in this book; all the makings of a great read.

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Aug 25, 2012 Cristina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: lovers-of-para-summer-challenge, on-kindle, freebie-challenge

This one felt a little rushed to me in terms of the mystery in the story, but overall it was a good read. It is the first in a series. The first is offered free at Amazon for Kindle.

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Aug 31, 2012 Lacey Norberg rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-electronic

Nice short book, easy read. The only thing I didn't like was how the main character, Julie, was so naive at the beginning that she didn't even know what a Long Island Ice Tea was. I'm an accountant myself, studied my ass off in college, and graduated with honors too, but I was no where near that naive. Maybe I'm being overly critical on a small point, but that really bothered me, brought me right out of the story.

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Nov 28, 2011 Jesse Kimmel-Freeman rated it 4 of 5 stars

Nina Pierce has masterly created a book that is both hot and steamy, while being fun to read. The story doesn't get lost to the romantic scenes. The characters are believable and honest. I felt for Julie as I was reading about her family dynamics- it was something that could have been in any family. I absolutely love Damon, everyone needs a good bad boy sometimes. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat as you race along with Julie and Damon, while Julie tries to figure out just what happen...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Pamela rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Aug 30, 2012 Jessica rated it 2 of 5 stars

I would characterize this as bipolar prudishly-smutty and judgemental. This book is confused with itself.

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Award-winning romance author, Nina Pierce, grew up in a house full of readers. So becoming enamored with books was only natural. She discovered romance stories in her early teens, falling hopelessly in love with knights in shining armor and the damsels who saved them.

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