"The town of Paradise just a lot hotter and the local gossip is going crazy."
Reviewed by Shellie Surles
Posted May 30, 2014
Romance Erotica Sensual
Anna Hollis is a quite shy girl who keeps herself hidden
and tries to mind her own business while working hard in her
father's hardware store. The only problem is Dylan Magurie.
Anna doesn't know his name just that every time he comes
into the store she gets feeling she has never had before.
Dylan is considered the town playboy and enjoys the single
life. He notices Anna when he goes to the hardware store
and can't help but want to see her outside of her baggy
clothes. Dylan decides to seduce her and finds that the
tables have turned on him. Now he must find a way to get
Ana to love him before he loses her forever.
You will enjoy PARADISE DISGUISED a stand-alone book by
Liliana Hart. Anna and Dylan are strong characters with a
wonderful cast to work with. Anna's dad and her best
friend do their best to get Anna to go out with Dylan and
escape her shy shell. The town of Paradise reminds anyone
from a small town how the gossip around town can keep
everyone on their feet and make it fun to do the
unexpected. There is a mystery twist in the story and
plenty to keep the reader engaged from the beginning to the
end.
SUMMARY
Hardware heiress, Anna Hollis, withdrew from life after
her mother's tragic death. But when Dylan Maguire walks
into her store, she decides things have to change. She's
determined to seduce the sexy stranger, but giving her
heart away isn't an option. She's already lost one person
she loved, and she's not willing to go through the
heartbreak of losing another.
Dylan Maguire's weekly visits to Hollis Tools, just to
get a glimpse of the curvy brunette muddling his mind and
putting his libido into overdrive is getting tiresome. He's
ready to put his ladies' man reputation to the test and
seduce the woman who's played the main role in so many of
his private fantasies, but he doesn't realize more could be
at stake than just satisfying his lust. As the ultimate
love ‘em and leave ‘em man, Dylan finds that loving Anna
isn't difficult at all, but getting her to love him in
return is quite the challenge.
ExcerptAnna Hollis stood frozen as she watched her dream man
walk by, utterly oblivious to her existence on the planet.
She wanted him in a way that was completely at odds with
her usual shyness and cautiously stole another glance in
his direction. From his dark hair with the sun bleached
tips that curled slightly over his collar to his hard, lean
body. A working man's body, with rough callused hands and
muscles in all the right places.
His eyes were a silvery shade of blue and the one time
they had made eye contact, she thought she'd pass out from
their intensity. Everything about him made her body tingle
in areas she never thought possible.
She pushed her glasses up higher on the bridge of her
nose and continued stocking the circular saws that had just
arrived early that morning. Every box in the store sported
a label she was proud of.
Hollis Tools: Three Generations Built to Last.
Her grandfather had started making his own tools sixty
years ago, and what had started as a hobby to the wealthy
banker, quickly became an enterprise so large that he'd had
to open a hardware store to get rid of some of them.
Her dream man had been coming in the store for months,
and she'd been lusting after him since the first moment
she'd laid eyes on him. Not that he'd noticed. Nobody
noticed her.
He was at the checkout counter talking to her father,
and she only drooled a little at the way his backside fit
into a worn pair of Levi's. There was a small hole in the
corner of the pocket, and if she stared hard enough she was
pretty sure she could see skin.
Her imagination went into overdrive as she pictured
herself sitting on the counter, his muscled body thrusting
eagerly between her spread thighs. Hell, she'd pictured
them making love in every part of the store. She never knew
there were so many creative ideas hidden inside her mind.
Her cheeks heated as she saw her father glance over the
man's shoulder, probably wondering what she could be
thinking about that caused her to have hot flashes on a
busy Saturday morning.
She jerked herself back to reality, disappointed to hear
the bells jingle above the door that signaled his
departure. She was already looking forward to his visit
next week.
Anna sighed wistfully and went back to stocking the
saws. The smell of fresh cut lumber and saw dust enveloped
her in a comforting embrace, a bouquet she'd grown up with
and learned to love. It blended well with the spicy scent
of her dream man.
She was in sad, sad shape. Ever since he'd walked
through the door, all she could think about was sex. She'd
had sex—once—but by the way her body was
tingling now she knew it hadn't been done right.
She was twenty–five years old for God's sake, and
she read romance novels. What she had experienced that one
night had not even come close to satisfying her
expectations. Most people her age were married and just
starting their families, but she was still looking for
basic chemistry and mind blowing sex. And boy did she have
chemistry with the mystery man. Of course, that didn't mean
he had it with her.
She was completely unappealing as a woman, and it was
her own fault. Not even the fact that she was an heiress to
a multi–million dollar company convinced men to ask
her out. She was painfully shy, which explained why she
only had one close friend and few acquaintances. And that
was an almost impossible fete in a town the size of
Paradise. She'd neglected her looks to keep attention on
anything but herself. She was wallpaper, and she liked it
that way. Most of the time.
Of course, every time her dream man walked in she wanted
to rip off all of her clothes and display herself like a
turkey dinner at Thanksgiving amidst all the power tools.
Her nipples tightened painfully under her flannel shirt,
and she breathed slowly to get herself under control.
She had to do something if she wanted to have the wild
night she'd been dreaming about. She had style. She knew
how to dress to her advantage and apply the right makeup.
It was something her mother had excelled at and taught her
daughter to use to her own advantage.
Anna had been outgoing as a teenager, popular in school,
and she'd always had all the right clothes. But then her
mother had died.
Her dark brown hair was long, almost to her waist, and
she kept it in a long thick braid down the center of her
back. It was a good color and texture—she just never
bothered to do much with it. She never wore makeup and she
wore dark framed glasses to cover her startling turquoise
eyes. It was time some changes were made.
She had no desire to get married or have a family. She
wouldn't be able to bear it if she lost someone else she
loved, and the best way of avoiding that was to keep her
distance from any serious relationships. But the one thing
she did want with all her heart was one crazy night with
her dream man. And she was going to do everything in her
power to see she got it.
God . . . What if he was married? That would ruin
everything.
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