One of the most delightful things to me in a romance is when friends/side characters become a tribe of framily. I love watching folks that continuously choose each other find strength in the bonds that come with it. It's why I'm drawn again and again to series of books rather than stand alones. I will say I hope it serves as a kick-off to another one of her delightful and thorough treatments of a group of friends.
DON'T TEMPT ME focuses primarily on one couple and secondarily on another. The primary couple is Jason and Honor, the secondary being Sullivan and Lexie. Honor buys a house in a fixer-upper type of neighborhood and her best friend Lexie helps her move in. In that process, some of the lads from the neighborhood jump in to lend a hand, and romance is born.
As we get to know Honor, we learn that she's had a hard life and has learned to rely almost entirely upon herself. Letting others help her solve her problems is a struggle, and she has to decide if that's weakness or strength. Intimacy - both emotional and physical - have not come easy to her and Jason is the first dude who makes her want to change her barriers. Jason, for his worth, is used to taking care of folks, but getting Honor to trust him is a bigger challenge than originally thought. Luckily for her, and all of us, they find their happily ever after.
Sullivan and Lexie think they're just having a fling. Both of them are one- and-done type folks, not looking for attachments. But there's something about each other that keeps them coming back. We don't get their full story in this one, I don't feel, even though they end on a happy note.
DON'T TEMPT ME is a fun read and overall enjoyable. Would recommend for anyone who like Foster's style, but is tired of a focus on MMA.
Love comes along when it's least wanted
Jason Guthrie has no time for entanglementsβbetween helping
out his widowed
brother and teenage nephew and getting his hometown back on
its feet, his days
are spoken for. But his nights are another story⦠And when
his lovely new
neighbor, Honor Brown, reluctantly accepts his help in
remodeling her house,
Jason finds himself wishing his handyman skills could knock
down the defenses
she keeps building around herself.
Martial arts teacher Sullivan Dean knows real danger when he
sees itβeven when
it takes the form of the gorgeous blonde helping her friend
move in across the
street. After putting his wayward past behind him to focus
on teaching control
to troubled kids, Sullivan has learned to avoid party girls
like Lexie
Perkins. But Sullivan can't seem to keep his hands off the
real woman behind
that flirty charmβor keep his heart from landing at her feetβ¦
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