Since the age of five Juliet Chambers has had only one goal in life; to spend it with Tanner Wentworth. It might have happened that way if Juliet hadn't been so afraid of losing him when she reached being a teenager, visualizing other women taking her place when he went away to college, was the source for the first trap...poking holes in the condoms to get pregnant during her senior year would guarantee she would keep him. But, losing baby Keegan ended it all.

Four years later trap two... setting him up for them to be caught in bed by her father, did end in marriage but Juliet spent her honeymoon and the next seven years without him.

Tanner is more than surprised and angry to find the woman who lies to him pleading to help her out. Making a trip to the male stripper/bar Beefcakes, Inc. where he works, he gets sucked into pretending they are together again to aid her grandmother in recovering from a stroke in exchange for his father's note to be paid in full to Juliet's father and his trust fund free again.

What they don't know is that this cagey grandmother has an agenda and will do whatever is necessary to give happiness to her granddaughter. As they carry out their little charade it breaks Juliet's heart that he will leave when her grandmother is better. Tanner just can't let go of Juliet and he remembers just how good the sex is. Tanner, fighting against involvement again, even realizing he still loves her, just can't forgive the woman that can't be trusted. Only convincing Tanner she has changed can make things right, but will he truly be able to let the deception of the past go?

Beefcakes & Retakes is an amusing story and part of the Beefcake Inc. series from the talented Judi Fennell. A saucy determined young woman and a sexy hunky dancer both have a lot to learn about love and commitment. Each page is filled with humor, emotion and a deep understanding of the trials two young people have been through. This tale is a roller coaster ride of regret, denied love and survival. Judi Fennell never ceases to amaze me with her creativity with each new book release.