Review of Wicked Dirty
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Sometimes bad isn’t good enough…
On the outside, Lyle Tarpin is a clean-cut Hollywood actor whose star is on the rise. Inside, he’s battling his own demons, shunning relationships and finding solace in the arms of a string of anonymous women paid very well for their discretion.
But when he’s photographed in a compromising position by an over-eager reporter, the only way to save his career is to say that the woman he was with is his fiancée. And now Lyle has to play a very public game with the only woman who’s ever managed to get under his skin.
Struggling waitress Sugar Laine agrees to spend one night with Lyle—but only because she’s desperate to save her family home. She never expects that a night of passion will turn into a pretend engagement … or that the heat between them will blossom into love.
But sometimes love has a price.
And now the only question is—can Lyle and Sugar afford to pay it?
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J.Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.
Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.
In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.
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My Review
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It seemed like the perfect plan. Let a guy into my bed. Let him touch me. Let him fuck me. Why not? I was desperate, after all. And you know what they say about desperate times.
Sugar Laine is a girl that has been through a series of difficulties, but has fought hard and confronted every single one of them. Laine, as she prefers to be called, now finds herself about to lose her house. Getting another job is out of the question, she barely has time to eat and sleep during her hectic days… but what if she was able to found a job that required little time and just enough pay?
“Do you want company?”
Hell, yes.
He shook his head. “No, I’m fine. But thanks.”
But he did want company. Just not the kind that Evelyn was offering. He wanted the kind of company that was raw. That was dirty and fast and anonymous. With complete discretion. And absolutely no fucking strings.
Lyle Tarpin is a rising Hollywood actor. He has everything anyone could have dreamed of: the friends, the money, the resources… and also the baggage that goes with it. He’s a man on a mission to right his wrongs while maintaining his “good boy” image. He has a past he’s running away from and he found and interesting way to deal with it, even if it isn’t actually dealing with it at all. In his journey to cope with his sad and unfortunate past, he avoids personal relationships and favors the occasional (and very private) call girl one night stands. That was until he found the one to make his life sweeter.
Somehow, I’d gotten into my head that if I could just change my look, then everything would be better. I’d be reborn, all the bad stuff washed away. And all I needed was a shiny stud on the curve of my ear.
In their own way, they’re both finding a way to deal with the hand life has offered them. Each of them in their particular way. Since the moment they met, the attraction they feel for each other is palpable. But it’s even more interesting how Laine is able to read Lyle from the very beginning, regardless of the way they meet and her inexperience. Due to the way they met and the circumstances that have them come together, it’s clearly there that a relationship for them is doom. It’s very interesting to see how everything around them gets them closer together and sort out a relationship that potentially shouldn’t happen.
Sex is a tool, and it can either built or destroy. My first time, it was a wrecking ball that broke me into a million pieces. But this time… This time sex is a lever. This time, it’s going to save me.
I got completely hooked up from the first few chapters. The story is fun and sexy. Their interaction, dialogues, and the series of events that makes them a real couple immersed me in their story immediately. The characters are people that you’ll adore and fall in love with.
“I told you,” he whispered, leaning in so that his lips brush the back of my ear as he speaks. “It’s a pressure release. A controlled explosion.”
“Controlled,” I repeated.
“Usually,” he whispers and his hands glide down my bare arms. “But sometimes it gets completely out of control. Sometimes,” he says, “I want it to.”
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