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.
Jason Guthrie has no time for entanglements—between 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 it—even 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 charm—or keep his heart from landing at her feet…
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