It's been five years since Mackenzie "Mac" Standfield's
heart was broken by the man she thought she would spend her
life with.
It's been five years since Mac met—and subsequently
ignored—Luke Madaris. She knew Luke by reputation and by
acquaintance with his sprawling family, the Madaris clan.
But that's as far as it's gone, despite steaming sexual
tension between them. Besides, at current, she's committed
to helping her client stave off greedy developers trying to
seize his property.
Luke, a rodeo cowboy, noticed Mac five years ago, but he's
committed to reclaiming his national championship. There's
no space in that quest to any woman. As big a fan as I am
of Brenda Jackson's novels, before now, I never read one of
the many Madaris family romance stories. This was my first,
but it won't be my last.
When Luke is injured and asks to recuperate at Mac's home,
both find it difficult to ignore this thing that has pulsed
between them for five long years.
Sexy, sexy, sexy. That's how I'd describe this story, from
the sensual atmosphere Ms. Jackson weaves around her main
characters to the intense, steamy love scenes that just
don't stop (and no avid romance reader will wish them to).
Mac is a strong woman; Luke is an honorable man. A duo of
this type always gets my vote.
I found myself enamored with the wealthy and accomplished
Madaris family. I like stories that give me
African-American characters in roles and settings that the
average person might not expect, yet which are 100% real. I
wish there hadn't been a need to fill in as much background
information as was received especially in the beginning but
also throughout the book. I suspect there have been so many
of these novels, and the Madaris family is clearly huge,
that it might seem as though a reader new to the series
would have trouble keeping up with the characters and
following along. I didn't, although all that extra
information did make me wonder about some of the stories
I've missed.
Although I'm a huge fan of Brenda Jackson's, I'd never read
any of the many Madaris Family novels before now. This was
my first, but it most certainly won't be my last.
Attorney Mackenzie “Mac” Standfield swore
off love when her heart was shattered into a million pieces.
But there’s one man who has managed to tempt her beyond
reason—rodeo star Luke Madaris. Although five years have
passed, Mac discovers when she runs into Luke again that the
sexual tension is just as charged as ever…
When Luke
gets injured in a rodeo, he knows the only place where he
can recuperate—without being smothered by his worried
family—is at Mac’s place. After all, like Mac, he has no
interest in any romantic entanglements….until being in such
close quarters with Mac forces Luke to confront a desire he
can no longer fight…
With each passing day, Mac and
Luke come to realize that their smoldering attraction can be
put out only if they surrender to it. But what Mac
doesn’t realize is that once you give yourself to a Madaris
man, there’s no turning back…
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