For 100 Days / For 100 Nights (100 Series 1 & 2) by Lara Adrian-a review

FOR 100 NIGHTS
(100 Series #2)
by Lara Adrian
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: January 16, 2017

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About the book: Release Date January 16, 2017

Passion knows no bounds…

Avery Ross is living a dream. After struggling all of her life to make ends meet, a chance encounter with a powerful, darkly handsome man has catapulted her into a dazzling new world of penthouse luxury, elegant parties, and a wild, consuming passion with her billionaire lover, Dominic Baine. Nothing is out of his reach in business or in pleasure, yet the only woman he wants is her. Nick sweeps her to sensual heights she has never dared explore, commanding her body the same way he commands her heart. Yet Avery knows the fantasy she’s living cannot last.

With dark secrets and a dangerous enemy haunting her past, Avery must find a way to trust Nick with the truth before it destroys everything they share. But Nick is harboring secrets of his own as well. And when they come to light, Avery will be forced to decide if the love she feels for Nick is strong enough to endure a betrayal she may never be able to forgive.

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REVIEW: FOR 100 NIGHTS is the second installment in Lara Adrian’s contemporary, adult 100 SERIES erotic, romance trilogy focusing on billionaire businessman Dominic ‘Nick’ Baine, and artist Avery Ross. FOR 100 NIGHTS should not be read as a stand alone as the story line picks up immediately upon the events of book one-FOR 100 DAYS.

Told from first person point of view (Avery Ross) FOR 100 NIGHTS continues to follow the building relationship between billionaire businessman Nick Baine and artist Avery Ross. For three months Avery kept secret her background and circumstance from the man with whom she was falling in love, and at the end of book one Dominic Baine demanded 100 nights of full access to our story line heroine in return for her dishonesty and lies. What ensues is a highly, sexualized relationship between Avery and the man whose secrets run deeper than Avery could ever have imagined. While Avery struggles to keep one step ahead of her past, the reality of Nick’s relationship with our heroine begins to unravel before her eyes.

For fans of the erotic, romance genre the 100 SERIES trilogy is a familiar trope with many similarities to another popular trilogy-the broken, billionaire alpha male with issues of trust, relationship phobic, a history with a woman who destroyed his heart, and too many secrets and a hidden agenda he hides from the story line heroine. Dominic Baine’s attraction to and need for Avery borders on the obsessive resulting in an unsettling build up between Nick and the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, intense, numerous and graphic.

FOR 100 NIGHTS does suffer somewhat with ‘middle book syndrome’ in that the slow build skirted many of the issues without answering all of our questions. The premise is intriguing; the romance is erotic and intense; the characters are passionate and playful.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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FOR 100 DAYS
(100 Series #1)
by Lara Adrian
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: May 2016

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 2016

Pleasure has a price . . .

Just when everything in my life is falling apart, I find a chance to turn it around–to step into someone else’s glittering world, if only for a little while. I become someone new, no longer the woman defined by an ugly past, but a woman freer and bolder than myself. A woman who isn’t afraid to explore every passion, even at its darkest, with a mysterious and seductive man who believes my mask is real.

Handsome and commanding, enigmatic and irresistible, billionaire Dominic Baine is an obsession I cannot afford and should not risk. He ushers me into consuming new pleasures and addicting new desires, until the line between my real life and the fantasy one I’ve stolen with him begins to blur.

I know I cannot keep my truth from him. I know my past will not stay buried forever. But before I can make it right, everything comes crashing down. I have deceived this powerful, dangerous man . . . and now there is a price to be paid.

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REVIEW: FOR 100 DAYS is the first installment in Lara Adrian’s contemporary, adult 100 SERIES erotic, romance trilogy focusing on billionaire Dominic ‘Nick’ Baine, and struggling artist Avery Ross.

Told from first person point of view (Avery Ross) FOR 100 DAYS follows the building relationship between billionaire businessman Nick Baine, and artist/bartender Avery Ross. Avery’s life was spiraling out of control: evicted from her apartment for a condo conversion; the return of her unsold paintings from a local gallery; and the boss from h*ll that was always on Avery’s case, our heroine jumped at the opportunity to housesit for a virtual stranger. A chance meeting with businessman Dominic Baine brought everything into perspective when Nick offers Avery a night of romance that leads into something more. What ensues is Dominic Baine’s pursuit of Avery Ross, and Avery’s struggle to keep secret the past that could destroy her relationship with Nick if the truth were revealed.

The relationship between Avery and Nick is one of immediate attraction; a quick building romance wherein Avery becomes the woman in Dominic’s life- a life that Avery knows little about. Dominic is a Dominant and will demand everything from our story line heroine, something she is willing to give without a second thought. Life for Avery continues to flourish; her secrets will be revealed, and Nick will become her hero when everything begins to fall apart. There is some light BDSM including spanking. The $ex scenes are numerous, intimate and intense.

FOR 100 DAYS is a story line that slowly reveals a troubling trend between our story line couple. Neither one has been completely honest, and in this the intrigue begins to build when someone reaches out regarding Avery’s past. The premise is dramatic and moving; the characters are passionate and spirited; the romance is provocative and sensual but will challenge your idea of too much, too soon. FOR 100 DAYS does not end on a cliff hanger but ends with too many questions unanswered leaving the reader wanting more.

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Reviewed by Sandy