🩵JUST A LITTLE CHASE (Dare Crossover #4) by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde🩵

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 19, 2024

She’s in need of a fake, friendly boyfriend to charm her family.
He’s the last bachelor up for auction and a grumpy, last-minute stand-in.
Neither satisfies the other’s requirements but they might just be what each of them needs.

With Lauren Connelly’s ex marrying her sister, the last thing she wants is to show up at the wedding without a date. Which means finding a fake boyfriend ASAP. The charity bachelor auction provides a solution to her problem, except the man she bids on turns out to be a gorgeous but grumpy executive who scowls more than he smiles.

Chase Gossard wants nothing to do with Lauren’s plan to make him her plus-one at a destination wedding and pretend that he’s in love. He doesn’t do relationships, fake or otherwise—but she paid a lot of money for the privilege. So why does their touching, kissing, and sharing one bed feel all too real?

Lauren is smart and witty and sexy as hell. A down to earth combination that somehow softens his hard edges, and somewhere along the way, he’s falling hard for his fake date. But when it’s time to part ways, can the pretend girlfriend convince the confirmed bachelor to make things real?

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REVIEW: JUST A LITTLE CHASE is the fourth instalment in the contemporary, adult DARE CROSSOVER / BACHELOR AUCTION erotic, romance series co-authored by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde. This is Corporate Financial Advisor Chase Gossard, and Events Coordinator Lauren Connelly’s story line. JUST A LITTLE CHASE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: The DARE cross over series is interconnected with the authors’ KINGSTON Family, DARE and DIRTY DARE series.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Lauren and Chase) JUST A LITTLE CHASE follows the fake relationship between our story line couple. Lauren Connelly needed a plus-one for her sister’s wedding, the sister who is about to marry Lauren’s ex fiancé. An invitation to a ‘bachelor auction’ finds Lauren bidding on Chase Gossard, the only remaining bachelor for the evening but Chase wants nothing to do with our story line heroine and attempts to buy his way out of a weekend alone. Desperate for a plus-one, Lauren all but threatens our story line hero who reluctantly agrees to one weekend together. What ensues is the fake but building relationship between Chase and Lauren, and the potential fall-out as their time together comes to a close.

The world building focuses on Chase’s heart breaking past; the mother he barely knew, and the sister of whom he recently discovered. Lauren’s heart break is mired in betrayal by the two most important people in her life, but Lauren sees the betrayal as an opportunity to find something new.

The relationship between Lauren and Chase begins acrimoniously. Chase doesn’t do relationships, wants nothing to do with a weekend away, but Lauren is determined to face the family with Chase by her side. The $ex scenes are erotic, and impassioned without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Lauren’s parents Dale and Penny, as well as her sister Ashley, ex Greg, and Chase’s half-sister Billie.

JUST A LITTLE CHASE is a story of betrayal and forgiveness, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is heart warming and engaging; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are desperate and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Just a Little Hook Up
Just a Little Secret

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Carly Phillips:

Carly Phillips is the N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 sexy contemporary romance novels featuring hot men, strong women and the emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love. Carly’s career spans over a decade and a half with various New York publishing houses, and she is now an Indie author who runs her own business and loves every exciting minute of her publishing journey. Carly is happily married to her college sweetheart, the mother of two nearly adult daughters and three crazy dogs (two wheaten terriers and one mutant Havanese) who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. Carly loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at www.carlyphillips.com.

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Erika Wilde:

Erika Wilde is the author of the sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two daughters, and when she’s not writing you can find her exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest. For more information on her upcoming releases, please visit website at www.erikawilde.com.

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