I'm a sucker for Lauren Dane stories. I know what I'm
going to get in one of her stories: Hot, explicit sex
scenes with people comfortable with their sexuality.
Characters who have hot button issues due to prior
psychological trauma but who are well grounded and
refreshingly mature about working through them. And an
outstanding array of supporting cast, with lots of quirky
friends and family who are supportive and give great
advice. Lauren Dane delivers those stellar points in
spades in this book, THE BEST KIND OF TROUBLE.
This is book one in the Hurley Brothers series,
although we have
already been introduced to the Hurley boys in Lush, in
Dane's Delicious series. The four Hurley brothers are in a
band, Sweet Hollow Ranch. Lauren Dane always talks on
social media about her playlists for a book, but now the
playlist for this book is listed at the beginning of this
book, which I find awesome in a book that has so much to do
with music- not as a main point of the book- but serving as
an important underpinning for the story. As a bonus, I can
dial up her playlist to get me in the mood for her book.
Paddy Hurley is the vocalist and guitarist in his band, and
has been living the stereotypical rock star life. When he
is back in his hometown, he runs into Natalie, a woman with
whom he had a two week intensive fling with years ago when
his band was just starting out. She's now a librarian in
his little hometown, and works hard to provide a place of
safety and mental escape to kids who need it. She grew up
in a household with an alcoholic father who abused drugs.
The out of control childhood she had has engendered a deep-
seated need for control and the public appearance of
propriety. Paddy immediately pursues Natalie again,
intrigued by his memories of her as well of his view of the
woman she's become.
The underlying push-pull of Natalie and Paddy's
relationship is the wildness of Paddy's lifestyle while his
band is on the road versus Natalie's need for control in
orderly and tame living. The explosive physical chemistry
they have provides an great underpinning, and their slowly
developing trust and love drives them to face and beat the
challenges they are presented with. The sex scenes are out
of this world, oh my god, H-O-T!, and were perfectly salted
throughout the book to provide a great counterpoint to the
rest of the story. While very candid, their sex is still
underlaid with a true intimacy and not simply physical in
nature, making it the perfect mix of lust and love.
Fans of Lauren Dane will find THE BEST KIND OF TROUBLE to be
an excellent
example of her fantastic mix of personal growth and
inventive sex wrapped up in a love story. Newcomers will
find a story that wraps up heart and soul with a
satisfyingly inventive bedroom (and concert hall dressing
room, and shower and house entryway... you get the picture!)
life.
She has complete control…and he's determined to take it
away
A librarian in the small town of Hood River, Natalie
Clayton's world is very nearly perfect. After a turbulent
childhood and her once-wild ways, life is now under control.
But trouble has a way of turning up unexpectedly—especially
in the tall, charismatically sexy form of Paddy
Hurley….
And Paddy is the kind of trouble that Natalie has a taste
for.
Even after years of the rock-and-roll lifestyle, Paddy never
forgot the two wickedly hot weeks he once shared with
Natalie. Now he wants more…even if it means tempting
Natalie
and her iron-grip control. But there's a fine line between
well-behaved and misbehaved—and the only compromise is
between the sheets!
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