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Full Exposure

by Tracy Wolff

3.60 · rating details · 65 ratings · 17 reviews

Sex and suspense steam up the sultry bayou in a bold debut from a sizzling new voice in erotic fiction.

Closing herself off from a traumatic past, photographer Serena Macafee likes sex with no strings attached no commitment, just pure pleasure. Her new subject, sculptor Kevin Riley, is the perfect man to fulfill her hottest fantasies. Where better than the torrid wetlands...more

Trade Paperback, 273 pages

Published January 6th 2009 by HEAT

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Mar 16, 2009

Auntee rated it

Recommends it for: Fans of erotic romantic suspense

Shelves: erotic-romance, romantic-suspense, 2009_reads

Hmmm, what to say, what to say...? I think I may be suffering from erotic romance overload, but I hope I can give this book a fair review anyway. This book was actually a pretty hot erotic romantic suspense, and I loved the hero of the book, although to be honest, the heroine tried my patience a few times. High marks should be given to the wonderful hero who put up with all the heroine's quirks and neuroses--I'm not sure I would've had the patience to hang in there like he did.

Ser...moreHmmm, what to say, what to say...? I think I may be suffering from erotic romance overload, but I hope I can give this book a fair review anyway. This book was actually a pretty hot erotic romantic suspense, and I loved the hero of the book, although to be honest, the heroine tried my patience a few times. High marks should be given to the wonderful hero who put up with all the heroine's quirks and neuroses--I'm not sure I would've had the patience to hang in there like he did.

Serena Macafee is an up-and-coming photographer with a traumatic past. Because of her horrific past, she likes sex with no strings attached, no emotions given. She doesn't really 'do' relationships. Her current assignment is to photograph successful sculptor Kevin Riley at work at his Louisiana bayou studio. With his long black hair, heavily muscled 6'5" Greek-god body, intense blue eyes on his fallen angel's face, sexy Cajun accent, and his "fabulous a**", Hostess Twinkie-lovin' Kevin is a living breathing fantasy come to life. Serena sure would like to explore the intense attraction she has for this man. But there's one problem. Kevin doesn't seem to know that Serena's alive.

Not true. Kevin is well aware of Serena. In fact, he's noticed everything about her, from her pixie cut blonde hair to her serious brown eyes, to her curvy body and long legs. He's even noticed how she buttons her oxford shirts to right under her chin, which drives him absolutely crazy. But while lusting for Serena, he can't help but remember another artist-type woman like her who used him and abused him--his former girlfriend. Which makes Kevin a little gun-shy.

So, these two wary people have the hots for each other, but it doesn't take long before that attraction explodes into a very hot, intense affair. There's steamy encounter after steamy encounter. Kevin finds himself falling hard for Serena. But Serena, she's not sure what she feels. Kevin makes her feel and she doesn't want to feel. It's not safe for her to feel something for someone. She remembers all too well what happened to her twin sister when she let herself give all of herself to someone she loved. So Serena doesn't like how vulnerable Kevin makes her feel. But she finds herself needing him, wanting him with a passion that surprises her. She knows that she's messed up emotionally, with feelings of guilt about what happened to her sister, and thinks it would be best for Kevin if she just ended the affair, and let him get on with his life. But she's having a hard time giving him up.

Kevin knows that Serena is having trouble commiting to him totally, and he knows about her tragic past, and he's willing to give her time. If only she would trust him. But Serena is used to being on her own and relying on no one but herself. And when her past comes back to haunt her and she has a stalker after her, she tells no one. Not Kevin, nor the police. But when her stalker increases his threats, it's time for Serena to face her past once and for all, and allow someone to be there for her. Will facing her past and the threats to her life allow her to accept a future with Kevin?

Serena frustrated me big time! First of all, she has a stalker threatening her life and she does nothing. I realize that she doesn't trust the police because of what happened to her sister (to say more would be a spoiler), but come on--do something. Hire a private investigator, tells someone, anyone...take it seriously! It's not going to go away. Let someone help you. She's finally forced to tell Kevin because some threats on her life happen right in front of him. I'm not so sure she would have told him otherwise. Also, this girl needed a therapist big time. She knows she's messed up emotionally because of what happened to her sister (and her) but she shuts herself off from her past, just hoping to forget. It just doesn't work that way. So yeah, her attitude of 'I'm going to brave it alone' aggravated me sometimes.

On the other hand, Kevin was so sweet, so loving, and way too patient with her sometimes. He fell hard and fast for her, and those sexy Cajun-accented French endearments he whispered to her..."bebe, cher, mon amour, mon coeur, Je t'aime..."--all swoon worthy. Why didn't Serena just tie him up and never let him get away? I kept wanting her to say "I love you too!"

Anyway, the author did a pretty nice job with the suspense aspect of the book. She tossed out a handful of possible suspects, and had me guessing for a bit, but I was pretty sure I knew who the psycho stalker was. The resolution of that plotline was pretty chilling, and I thought for sure after that harrowing episode that Serena would realize that she never wanted to be without Kevin and she would do anything to have a life with him. But true to form, Serena was her old stubborn self, and it took an eleventh hour revelation to get her on the right track. If I was Kevin, I'm not so sure I would totally believe in her. I'm guessing that there may be a few rocky times in their future.

To sum up, if you like hot, pretty explicit, romantic suspense, with a sexy to-die-for hero, a troubled, sometimes aggravating but mostly likable heroine, then this book is for you. I'm curious to see what else this author can come up with, and I'll certainly check out any future books. This was mostly a steamy, enjoyable read--4 stars!(less)

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May 18, 2009

Shawna rated it

Recommends it for: Fans of erotic romantic suspense

Recommended to Shawna by: Auntee's review

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4 ½ stars – Romantic Suspense/Erotica

Well written, explosive sex scenes, an eerie and disturbing psychotic stalker plot, passionate characters, and the steamy Louisiana bayou setting combine to make “Full Exposure” an intensely erotic and chilling romantic suspense read.

Serena Macafee is a photographer working in Baton Rouge, who’s on a two week assignment in the sultry swamps of the Louisiana bayou to shoot images of renowned, ascetic sculptor Kevin Riley for a book co...more4 ½ stars – Romantic Suspense/Erotica

Well written, explosive sex scenes, an eerie and disturbing psychotic stalker plot, passionate characters, and the steamy Louisiana bayou setting combine to make “Full Exposure” an intensely erotic and chilling romantic suspense read.

Serena Macafee is a photographer working in Baton Rouge, who’s on a two week assignment in the sultry swamps of the Louisiana bayou to shoot images of renowned, ascetic sculptor Kevin Riley for a book compilation. The chemistry between Serena and Kevin is electric from the start, and a power outage during a storm makes it impossible for them to deny the combustible attraction and lust that’s burning strong between them.

Complications arise because of the heroine’s struggle to overcome harrowing events from her past that continue to control her physically, mentally, and emotionally. Serena’s determined to keep an emotional distance from Kevin and to keep their “relationship” strictly sexual. Despite being burned in his past relationships and being leery of opening himself up and trusting another woman, Kevin falls fast and hard for Serena and resolves to make her his in every way possible. The hero has some alpha tendencies and moments of dominating and stubborn behavior, but overall he’s extremely tender, patient, sensitive, nurturing, and loving with Serena; and she honestly doesn’t give Kevin much in return besides hot sex. The hero’s tenacity in trying to win Serena’s heart was almost painful to endure, and although I empathized with the heroine’s struggle to heal from her tragic past, there were times that I wanted to hit her over the head with a common sense stick, especially when she blatantly ignores disturbing threats from a potential stalker. The hero and heroine are both emotional recluses in their own way, and although Kevin overcomes his initial wariness in trusting others and opens himself up enough to love Serena, I felt like she was in need of some serious therapy in order to truly heal from her traumatic past and to function in a healthy relationship with him in return. Still, I got wrapped up in the H/H and found myself rooting for them to find their HEA.

There’s a demented stalker after Serena that makes for some pretty frightening moments, and the author maintains the element of suspense and surprise while throwing out a few potential suspects. When the psycho stalker’s identity is finally revealed, it’s startling and believable. The sex scenes are explicit, blistering hot, very well written, and extremely sensual. Overall, “Full Exposure” is a lushly erotic, gripping romantic suspense thriller worthy of 4.5 stars...almost 5 stars!
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Sep 28, 2010

Jane Stewart rated it

Shelves: erotic-romantic-suspense

Hard to sympathize with a heroine making stupid decisions while being stalked.

STORY BRIEF:
Damien stabbed Sandra to death and then stabbed her twin sister Serena who survived. He was in jail for ten years. Damien’s family is powerful and used their influence to get him a light sentence. He is being released. Someone has been stalking Serena and making threatening phone calls. The reader believes it may be Damien. Serena is a photographer who has been commissioned to do a p...moreHard to sympathize with a heroine making stupid decisions while being stalked.

STORY BRIEF:
Damien stabbed Sandra to death and then stabbed her twin sister Serena who survived. He was in jail for ten years. Damien’s family is powerful and used their influence to get him a light sentence. He is being released. Someone has been stalking Serena and making threatening phone calls. The reader believes it may be Damien. Serena is a photographer who has been commissioned to do a photographic book about the popular sculptor Kevin. She stays at his home/studio in the swamp area near Baton Rouge for a few weeks to take pictures. They fall in lust/love with each other. The stalker starts doing more than phone calls. Serena doesn’t tell anyone about the phone calls, and she believes the stalker’s other harmful activities are coincidental accidents.

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It seems that most of the story consists of sex scenes between Serena and Kevin. Some of these scenes felt mechanical and were a little boring. However, my major problem was Serena. She doesn’t want to fall in love with anyone because she fears she might be hurt in the future if she loses him. She resists Kevin because she feels bad luck follows her, and therefore she will be bad for him. She is hot to him one minute and cold the next, telling him to back off. When she is in trouble, she never calls anyone for help, not even the police. Even when she is physically attacked, she doesn’t call anyone to help her because she doesn’t want anyone else to be in danger. I had trouble feeling sympathy for her – too stupid to do reasonable things to help herself. Kevin is the kind of guy we all like, but I had one minor problem with him. When he is fighting the stalker, Kevin does something stupid and almost gets himself killed because of it. On balance, too many things bothered me to be able to recommend it.

Examples of Serena’s logic (which bothered me) follows. Page 266: “She was afraid of losing control and having all of her past, all of the darkness inside of her, boil up and onto Kevin…. She was so afraid that she would absorb Kevin into her, destroying him for all time….(she ran away) because it was best for him.” Page 272 Serena tells Kevin: “I didn’t think that I deserved you, didn’t think that I could really make you happy. Not with all my fears and my baggage and my incredibly boring blandness.” Some readers may be ok with this, I wasn’t.

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Story length: 273 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 13. Total number of sex scene pages: 67. Setting: current day Baton Rouge, Louisiana area, and San Diego. California. Copyright: 2009. Genre: erotic romantic suspense.(less)

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Apr 15, 2010

Lea rated it

Shelves: read-in-2010

Serena Macaffee is a gifted photographer whose career is about to take off. She is working on a photo-shoot for a book that will showcase talented, brilliant and temperamental artist Kevin Riley’s work. Serena however finds herself attracted to Kevin for more than his art, and what woman wouldn’t be?

Enjoying the quite and solitude, Kevin makes his home in an isolated spot on the Louisiana Bayou, where he has constructed his house and studio. I have a real weakness for Cajun men in a...moreSerena Macaffee is a gifted photographer whose career is about to take off. She is working on a photo-shoot for a book that will showcase talented, brilliant and temperamental artist Kevin Riley’s work. Serena however finds herself attracted to Kevin for more than his art, and what woman wouldn’t be?

Enjoying the quite and solitude, Kevin makes his home in an isolated spot on the Louisiana Bayou, where he has constructed his house and studio. I have a real weakness for Cajun men in a romance novel, I think it’s their accents, often the penchant for speaking Cajun French and their charisma. Kevin Riley epitomizes this as a strong, dominant, charismatic, Alpha who communicates his deepest feelings and emotions through his art. He doesn’t enjoy the socializing and “schmoozing” required by the Art world to patronize his work. In fact, he barely tolerates it. After being used by a previous girlfriend for his fame, Kevin does have commitment issues with respect to women. Then, at the insistence of his agent, Serena enters his life.

I know I’ve used this phrase in the past to describe heroes or heroines with tragic pasts but I can’t think of a more apt adage for Serena than to say she is one of humanity’s ‘walking wounded’, for good reason. Serena witnessed the brutal murder of her twin sister Sandra 11 years previous to the opening of the story. The circumstances surrounding her sister’s murder caused Serena horrendous guilt and to essentially live in fear leading quite an isolated life. She doesn’t allow color in her life, living in shades of gray, but is able to find solace and expresses herself through her photography. Serena has kept infrequent relationships with men very casual, she prides herself on control. That is until Kevin enters her life and begins to at first knock, then beat at the walls she has erected around herself until they slowly crumble.

Like it’s setting, the overall tone of this novel is hot, sultry, sensual. The sexual attraction between Serena and Kevin crackles and bursts into an inferno. This is a highly erotic sexually explicit novel and Kevin likes to take control in the bedroom. There are however a few scenes where the roles are reversed. All I can say is the sensuality Ms. Wolff pens between these two will curl your toes.

Serena however is rife with emotional issues that she considers to be neuroses. She is absolutely terrified of getting deeply involved with Kevin and as he peels away the layers of her armor she begins to panic and tries to push him away. Even though I experienced some frustration with this heroine and her inability to commit to Kevin, I could empathize and understand her fright and flight response when she begins to have strong feelings for him given her history. Kevin recognizes Serena’s fears and while he is a consuming lover, he is also a patient one.

Ms. Wolff also penned a suspense subplot into this story. Serena has a stalker, a deranged sociopath whose depraved acts and behavior toward her escalate as the plot progresses. What makes the read even more suspenseful and creepy is that Ms. Wolff takes you inside the mind of the man who is stalking her. And as a reader, I wasn’t sure until a frightening standoff at the novel's conclusion who the madman was. If you choose to read "Full Exposure", his identity is likely to surprize you.

“Full Exposure”, is a fast paced, sensual and emotional read and I’m looking forward to reading Ms. Wolff's subsequent novels “Tie Me Down”, and "Tease Me". If you enjoy a very hot, erotic suspense novel, you may like to give “Full Exposure” a try.

Rating: 4/5 stars
Heat Level: Like the book cover, it’s an inferno(less)

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Mar 12, 2011

Kimberly Kincaid rated it

I picked this up on the recommendation of a trusted friend, but I'm sorry to say it really missed the mark with me :( The hero was likeable enough (and very steamy!), but the heroine ran so hot and cold that I couldn't justify any of her actions- and I do mean none. She was cold and nasty without good reason for much of the setup (this is different from being withdrawn or detached, which, given her past, I would have been okay with), then clingy and irrational after that. Plus, the plot was very...more

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Apr 18, 2011

Deanna Drake rated it

I started out not sure but, ended up really liking this one. The main complaint I had was that it was slow going in some scenes...drawn out where Wolff could have summed it up a bit faster.

I liked how Kevin was shown to be acting the way 'real' men behave. When he was having a hard time being patient with her, that was reality. And, when he was feeling badly after her sad moments, he was warming up to her and showing how you can go from angry, to comforting. There is more of that...more

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Oct 15, 2010

Laurie (Bitten by Paranormal Romance) rated it

Shelves: erotic-romance, contemporary-romance, keepers, favorites

*Fans self* True erotica! And I loved every minute of it. What I most liked was the emotional state of the heroine. The mystery villain isn’t bad either he’s a true whacko. It took me well past the middle of the book to even find out who he really was.

There is a reason Serena has no stings attached sex and its not a happy one. I am surprised she even lets a man touch her after what happened. This was very emotional at times to read, then there were times when Serena was with Kevin t...more

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Apr 11, 2010

Sharon rated it

Shelves: erotica-romance

I wanted to like this more than I did. The only reason this story got 3 stars instead of 2 is because of the hot (albeit unrealistic) sex. I had two major problems with this story: the suspense line and the heroine.

The suspense line was so slow and obscure that is chopped up the story and broke the flow. The "someone in the shadows"...we see that someone separately from the main characters throughout most of the book and it got old fast without interaction.

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Sep 11, 2009

Isis FG rated it

Recommended to Isis FG by: random buy

Shelves: 2009, reviewed, info-full, romance-erotic, format-trade-pb, published-2009, stars-4

Pretty good book...very hot and steamy, but it was a book that I thought had the potential to be even better. A little more development in an area or two and this book would have really stood out. But it was still pretty good as it was.

Full Exposure is about Serena Macafee, a photographer with a tragic past. Eleven years earlier, her twin sister was raped and murdered and Serena herself barely survived. Since that time she has basically shut down, put up walls and never let herse...morePretty good book...very hot and steamy, but it was a book that I thought had the potential to be even better. A little more development in an area or two and this book would have really stood out. But it was still pretty good as it was.

Full Exposure is about Serena Macafee, a photographer with a tragic past. Eleven years earlier, her twin sister was raped and murdered and Serena herself barely survived. Since that time she has basically shut down, put up walls and never let herself trust anymore. And she never let go of the guilt that she hadn't been able to save her sister. Now she is on a photographic assignment to take photos of sculptor Kevin Riley for a book. Right from the start there is an explosive chemistry between the two and they can't hold the passion at bay for long.

Trouble is brewing for Serena, though, as someone is stalking her, calling her with obscene messages, leaving "gifts" for her and possibly almost killing her. Serena doesn't see the point of going to the cops because of what happened with her sister's case so she keeps the events to herself. When Kevin finds out, he nearly goes through the roof. It's just further illustrates to him that though he's fallen in love with her, she still doesn't fully trust him. Serena will have to finally put the past behind her - and avoid death once again - if she hopes to have a future with Kevin.

The first thing I can think to say about this book is whew! Steamy and super hot! There are many sex scenes in this book. Too many? That's a good question. It's borderline. I don't think the book would have suffered if a couple of the scenes had been cut out or even just shortened. Then a little more time could have been spent on some areas I thought the book could have been improved. Or the book could have just been longer, leaving in all the sex, and add pages to include some of the stuff that needed work. In general, though, there was really only a moment of two where I thought "oh great, they're having sex yet again."

But hey, Kevin was super sexy and that whole Cajun thing? *sigh*

Serena, the heroine, is a total head-case. That girl has some serious issues. I kinda felt sorry for Kevin that he had to put up with them. This is the area where I thought the book could have been better. There needed to be more time spent on the emotional journey of the heroine. Serena has a lot to work through and I felt like her emotional growth was a bit stunted. It annoyed me that at the end of the book she changes in the blink of an eye. Suddenly she's a new woman ready to move on with Kevin. That was kinda cheap. When I finished this book, I just felt like the heroine's emotional journey was incomplete.

Then there was the suspense plot...not a big part of the story, really, but still pretty prominent. There's a whodunit angle because one of several people could be the one stalking Serena. The antagonist's identity seemed a little obvious to me, but I didn't mind. Overall, I enjoyed this aspect of the story. It added some variety and broke up all the sex ;)

This is definitely a book for erotic romance readers, though, because it's very sexual and explicit. I think the book would appeal more to those that like a good romance with hot sex than those that just want to read a bunch of sex.

WARNING, this book contains: explicit sex and language, oral sex, ass play, rough sex, light bondage, public sex, and some violence and references to rape and murder.(less)

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Apr 08, 2011

Mary Tillman rated it

Once more I wish for 1/2 stars. 3 1/2 is what I would actually give the story. Mostly because I figured out who the villian was after the second peek into his actions.

I enjoyed the banter between the main characters along with their inner struggles with relationships and each other.

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Oct 19, 2011

Monica P rated it

I think this book was ok. But it was a good bedtime book lol. I like the hero in the book, but I think he kept putting him self out too much it was like he was the needy one, the sex part were very descriptive I like'd that.

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May 21, 2009

Sophie Renwick rated it

Awesome debut. Sexy, intense, perfect hero!

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May 19, 2010

Alycia rated it

Recommended to Alycia by: Annie

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Allison Warkentien rated it

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Feb 07, 2012

Karmen rated it

Shelves: erotica

I loved this book. Serena and Kevin were steaming hot. The sex scenes were well written and fleshed out.

I did not give the book 5 stars b/c the background and surrounding plots were interesting in their presentation but not well realized. Many questions were raised and left unanswered at the end.

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Apr 26, 2009

Jane rated it

Lots of hot sex and chilling suspense make a compelling read in this steamy Louisiana-set story of a photographer and a sculptor who learn to trust the healing power of love.

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Almost a 4 but not quite. I felt it was a little TOO steamy and not enough story to rate a 4 from me.

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