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Twelve Wicked Nights
Forget about old St. Nick and the partridge in the pear tree. This holiday season, there's only one gift that attorney Isabella Andreu cares about unwrapping---and that's Navy SEAL Justin Rourke.
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First published October 25, 2010
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Nadia Aidan
76 books50 followersNadia Aidan is a multi-published author who writes interracial and multicultural erotic romance across all genres. She lives, works and writes on the West Coast of the United States. Under her real name, Nadia holds a Ph.D in Political Science and by day she works as an Assistant Professor.
In addition to writing erotic and sensual romances, Nadia enjoys reading other authors, playing flag football, studying muay thai, working out, listening to music, scuba diving and target shooting. Her other interests include collecting Top Cow comics, especially Witchblade and Tomb Raider. She loves professional football and soccer. Her favorite teams are the Washington Redskins and Manchester United, respectively.
Nadia loves strong, assertive heroines, which is why she’s an enduring fan of Fight Girls, Xena, Buffy, American Gladiators (new and old) and Le Femme Nikita!
In addition to writing erotic and sensual romances, Nadia enjoys reading other authors, playing flag football, studying muay thai, working out, listening to music, scuba diving and target shooting. Her other interests include collecting Top Cow comics, especially Witchblade and Tomb Raider. She loves professional football and soccer. Her favorite teams are the Washington Redskins and Manchester United, respectively.
Nadia loves strong, assertive heroines, which is why she’s an enduring fan of Fight Girls, Xena, Buffy, American Gladiators (new and old) and Le Femme Nikita!
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November 12, 2010
Favorite Quote: “You’re sexy like that. All pent-up and angry.”
Isabella and Justin have been lifelong friends, but the romantic chemistry has never made an appearance between them – until now. Isabella is on her way back to her hometown, to help her mother out with their family owned bakery when she gets stuck in a blizzard. Having just been dumped by her fiancé, she is not in the best place in life. Coming home in her fancy car from her fancy high-powered law career, Isabella is not cut out to trudge through the snow to find help. Luckily, Navy SEAL Justin gets wind that Isabella is in trouble and comes to help her out – again. He finds himself doing this a lot when it comes to Isabella.
Back at his house, an odd spark of attraction comes between them. Feeling a bit crazy, Isabella challenges Justin to a game of strip Scrabble. Justin is already on edge and confused with this sudden physical interest in Isabella and is hesitant to play this game – but Isabella is stubborn and bored. And Justin isn’t one to back away from a challenge. Soon – unclothed body parts appear, and one thing leads to another…
Justin has twelve nights before he has to go back to South America with the SEALs. During these next twelve days and nights, Isabella and Justin explore their relationship and test out the romance that is blooming between them.
I really enjoyed the first half of Twelve Wicked Nights. I like a friends to lovers trope, although Isabella and Justin have more of a brother/sister rivalry than truly friends. Their attraction to each other becomes undeniable and in the beginning, their sexy times are very steamy and intense. I mean – you can’t go wrong with strip scrabble. But then as a reader I started to become sexually frustrated. Isabella soon learns Justin is into BDSM and likes to be dominant. Much is made of whether Isabella is willing to submit, but when the actual sex scenes come and the BDSM comes into play, it kind of fizzles. Justin really doesn’t come across as a strong dominant and likewise, the issue of whether Isabella is going to submit doesn’t come into play. Overall, the BDSM is very light in this book. While I liked the actual story, at times I wanted the sex scenes to be more evolved. If you are going to have Isabella get into a bondage swing, than devote more than 1 1/2 pages to the scene! I want to read about the dirty stuff!
Towards the end, it becomes a bit silly as well. Justin becomes jealous of Isabella’s ex-fiancé and acts immature. His behavior just didn’t do it for me. Isabella’s best friend Celeste and the town sheriff have a nice side story, and although Celeste annoyed me at first, I came to like her and the sheriff at the end.
Twelve Wicked Nights was just okay for me. Could have been better, but I still enjoyed the time I spent reading it.
Rating: C
Isabella and Justin have been lifelong friends, but the romantic chemistry has never made an appearance between them – until now. Isabella is on her way back to her hometown, to help her mother out with their family owned bakery when she gets stuck in a blizzard. Having just been dumped by her fiancé, she is not in the best place in life. Coming home in her fancy car from her fancy high-powered law career, Isabella is not cut out to trudge through the snow to find help. Luckily, Navy SEAL Justin gets wind that Isabella is in trouble and comes to help her out – again. He finds himself doing this a lot when it comes to Isabella.
Back at his house, an odd spark of attraction comes between them. Feeling a bit crazy, Isabella challenges Justin to a game of strip Scrabble. Justin is already on edge and confused with this sudden physical interest in Isabella and is hesitant to play this game – but Isabella is stubborn and bored. And Justin isn’t one to back away from a challenge. Soon – unclothed body parts appear, and one thing leads to another…
Justin has twelve nights before he has to go back to South America with the SEALs. During these next twelve days and nights, Isabella and Justin explore their relationship and test out the romance that is blooming between them.
I really enjoyed the first half of Twelve Wicked Nights. I like a friends to lovers trope, although Isabella and Justin have more of a brother/sister rivalry than truly friends. Their attraction to each other becomes undeniable and in the beginning, their sexy times are very steamy and intense. I mean – you can’t go wrong with strip scrabble. But then as a reader I started to become sexually frustrated. Isabella soon learns Justin is into BDSM and likes to be dominant. Much is made of whether Isabella is willing to submit, but when the actual sex scenes come and the BDSM comes into play, it kind of fizzles. Justin really doesn’t come across as a strong dominant and likewise, the issue of whether Isabella is going to submit doesn’t come into play. Overall, the BDSM is very light in this book. While I liked the actual story, at times I wanted the sex scenes to be more evolved. If you are going to have Isabella get into a bondage swing, than devote more than 1 1/2 pages to the scene! I want to read about the dirty stuff!
Towards the end, it becomes a bit silly as well. Justin becomes jealous of Isabella’s ex-fiancé and acts immature. His behavior just didn’t do it for me. Isabella’s best friend Celeste and the town sheriff have a nice side story, and although Celeste annoyed me at first, I came to like her and the sheriff at the end.
Twelve Wicked Nights was just okay for me. Could have been better, but I still enjoyed the time I spent reading it.
Rating: C
August 14, 2020
Very enjoyable for a mindless summer beach read. Just a fun book overall.
November 17, 2010
Twelve Wicked Nights by Nadia Aiden
Contemporary Romance -Nov. 2nd, 2010
4 stars
12 Wicked Nights by Nadia Aiden is short, sweet and sexy!
Isabella is smart professional and on the fast track. She and Justin are old friends. Although they aren’t related they have known each other so long they are almost like squabbling brother and sister. No on can get on under their skin more than the other! But when Isabella finds herself stranded, Justin is called to rescue her on the side of the road. They think they will soon part ways. But the weather turns for the worse and both get snowed in together! And for 12 wicked nights they find a very different side to their relationship. As they warm each other in the bedroom!
The chemistry between the 2 main characters is combustible. Both main character felt very genuine and were very easy to relate to. I enjoyed the lively interplay between them. I could feel that they really knew each other well and felt comfortable with each other. It was fun to read how their relationship changed from platonic to steaming hot! I especially liked the 'strip scrabble.'
This was a fun, light-hearted read that will definitely heat you up for the holiday season!
Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club
Contemporary Romance -Nov. 2nd, 2010
4 stars
12 Wicked Nights by Nadia Aiden is short, sweet and sexy!
Isabella is smart professional and on the fast track. She and Justin are old friends. Although they aren’t related they have known each other so long they are almost like squabbling brother and sister. No on can get on under their skin more than the other! But when Isabella finds herself stranded, Justin is called to rescue her on the side of the road. They think they will soon part ways. But the weather turns for the worse and both get snowed in together! And for 12 wicked nights they find a very different side to their relationship. As they warm each other in the bedroom!
The chemistry between the 2 main characters is combustible. Both main character felt very genuine and were very easy to relate to. I enjoyed the lively interplay between them. I could feel that they really knew each other well and felt comfortable with each other. It was fun to read how their relationship changed from platonic to steaming hot! I especially liked the 'strip scrabble.'
This was a fun, light-hearted read that will definitely heat you up for the holiday season!
Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club
March 18, 2011
I never completely felt the passion between the characters. They could have used a bit more development and when their (the hero & heroine) friends start hooking up as well, it took focus off main characters too much for me to really click with the story of Isabella and Justin. It also felt a little random and out of place with the bdsm theme since the characters flirted with the topic but didn't discuss it, nor did Isabella bat an eyelash even though it was something new to her. Actually there were a LOT of different things going on in this book that didn't have strong explanations or backgrounds and that made it difficult to lose myself in the story. It wasn't a bad book, but it didn't completely work for me either.
December 20, 2010
Nice, quick holiday read.
April 29, 2011
Really enjoyed this book and quick read.
July 7, 2011
Loved this book. It was a book I picked up and couldn't put down until I was finished which took me less than a day. Loved the sex and the relationship that was built with the main characters.
August 20, 2011
Quick hot romp. The characters have a sense of adventure that draws you in from the beginning. The back and forth banter between the 4 main characters is hilarious. Loved this book!
September 10, 2011
Enjoyed this book. It was very hot but the characters came across very well and had to work through their insecurities before they got to their happy ending.
January 1, 2013
Not a bad quick read. I think it could have been longer and gone more in depth with some of the character relationships - especially the secondary characters.
May 3, 2015
I really liked this book! Characters were easy to like and the story flowed really well! Author had some steamy scenes that worked with both characters personalities.
February 17, 2011
Cute. Loved the characters.
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