Make Your Move

by Samantha Hunter

Jodie Patterson's posh bakery is all about satisfying cravings. Her signature aphrodisiac cookies have been flying off the shelves…and giving Jodie some delicious ideas of her own.

Behind his owlish glasses, Jodie's business partner, Dr. Dan Ellison, is the male equivalent of the Naughty Professor. Jodie is more than ready to indulge her fantasies with this wolf-in-geek's-clothing as long as they set some ground sex is sex, business is business and nothing will change. Yeah, right! After that first addictive kiss, it's time to see if they can really satisfy each other's appetites….

Genres: Romance, Harlequin Blaze, Harlequin, Contemporary, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Audiobook

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Samantha Hunter grew up in the Finger Lakes Region and now resides in Syracuse, NY with her husband. She showed early interest in being a writer when she signed her name as the author of an encyclopedia when she was seven years old. As an adult, she has published over 25 romance and mystery novels with new ones on the horizon.

Sam loves to travel and is always inspired by the places she's been, sharing her experiences with readers through her stories. She is also a serial hobbyist and volunteers for local animal shelters (which means she's always trying to figure out how to take more dogs and/or cats home!).

You can find out about new releases at www.samanthahunter.com or at her Samantha Hunter Books page on Facebook.

Reviews

[Tiffany Danner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a relative newbie to “vanilla” contemporary romance novels, and by that I mean romance novels that don’t involve special ops, seals, or very dominating men. I started Make Your Move a little uneasy because I wasn’t sure I could fully enjoy it… it has no guns or secret missions, no super evil kidnapping plots, and no growly men. Yet I had enjoyed Samantha Hunter’s Kindle Short, Barely There, so I was pretty sure I would enjoy the writing. Luckily I was right, and Samantha Hunter didn’t need any of those things to get my attention, I was caught up in this sweet and enjoyable story from the first chapter.

Jodie is a naughty vixen. Yes I said vixen. She is a girl who is not afraid to get what she wants, and for her that is short and sexy flings with a new man each week. She doesn’t want a committed relationship and she isn’t ashamed of it or afraid to admit that. I loved how confident she was and Samantha Hunter did a fabulous job of portraying her as an empowered sexy woman when it would have been easy to cross into promiscuous slut. It’s so unusual for women in romance to be given the OK and ability to enjoy one night stands and I really enjoyed the twist.

Now let’s talk about Dan. Oh Dan, sigh. Dan is not a growling heavy handed alpha man, yet I loved him just the same. He is so sexy in his uber geeky ways. Dan is sweet, and caring, yet unexpectedly smoldering when he gets to the bedroom. How can you not love a guy who can gauge a relationship and how it will fare based on a combination of statistics?

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“Additionally, you can’t argue that our sexual compatibility is off the charts. Do you know the odds against the number of orgasm that you had–”

Jodie put up a hand. “No, I don’t, and I don’t think I want to. Listen, Dan, people can’t become lovers based on statistics.”

“Why not?”

She looked at him long and hard, as if trying to figure out whether he was serious.
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The relationship develops between Jodie and Dan in such a sweet and realistic way it was hard not to love. The characters are likeable and easy to relate to. If you are looking for a fun, sweet, and sexy read I would highly recommend Make Your Move. It was just the thing I needed to break me out of my tortured urban fantasy bender I was on.

[Harlequin Books]

"This is a "fun" book and I really enjoyed it. ... The hero and heroine are likeable, average people who are looking for love. They do run into some problems before they find their HEA but they are believable people and believable problems. This is a friends to lovers romance." from an eHarlequin.com member review, read more HERE.

[Myra Wardhana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic case of "we are friends only" between Jodie and Dan, and it took one ugly, nasty, sinister guy of Jason Kravitz to lead them to become lovers, then "friends with benefit" then finally a happy ever after at the end.

But love the idea of putting chemistry and science subject in the book, how chemistry of certain chemicals can make something happened. From secret ingredients for Jodie's "Passionate Cookies" to Dan's experiment with his "cologne".

[Jamie DeBree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This book hit me on a deep level - the heroine is someone I find myself really identifying with in so many ways. And the hero, of course, is simply swoon-worthy and completely lovable in a sexy, geeky, logical way. Before you read it, make or buy your favorite cookies - with frosting. You'll need them...just trust me. :-)

[Makii · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quien dijo que los científicos no pueden ser tan hot y sexys?
Me encantó esta historia, porque a veces es bueno encontrar un prota que no se crea "el rey del universo" y que aún asi pueda conquistarte y volverte loca. No entiendo como tuvo un amigo así tantos años y logro resistirse!!!
Un romance contemporáneo tierno y que enamora!

[Terri Pray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Steamy, well written best friends romance with a little blackmail and industrial espionage thrown in.

[Mikki Cober · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great storyline, sexy heroine, and the hero is a wonderful mix of professor turns hunk. The plot has some nice twists and makes this novel something special.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

4+ stars = HBZ #542

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