MAKE ME WANT (Make me #1) by Katee Robert-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 1, 2018

“I want everything.”

She’s taking control. And it’s driving him wild!

Lucy Baudin’s ex did a number on her self-esteem, but it’s time for her to regain control. In her job as a lawyer she’s bold, confident. But in the bedroom she needs inspiration to reawaken her inner seductress. Asking her friend Gideon Novak for help seems wrong…yet so deliciously right!

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REVIEW: MAKE ME WANT is the first instalment in Katee Robert’s contemporary, adult MAKE ME erotic, romance series, part of DARE, Harlequin’s new imprint focusing on strong women and the men they love. This is corporate head hunter Gideon Novak, and attorney Lucy Baudin’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Lucy and Gideon) MAKE ME WANT follows attorney Lucy Baudin as she becomes desperate in her climb to the top. Up for partnership at the legal firm where she works, Lucy suspects that as a strong, independent single woman she may be overlooked for promotion therefore finding a husband is on the top of her list. Enter her former friend and corporate head hunter Gideon Novak, and the man with whom Lucy will fall in love. While Gideon goes in search of prospective husbands, Lucy has a more personal request of her own-lessons in the art of sexual seduction-from the man himself. What ensues is the building friends to lovers relationship, and the potential fall-out when Gideon realizes he is in too deep.

MAKE ME WANT is an erotic, sexy and edgy story about one woman’s desperate attempts to make partner in the firm, and one man’s need to beg forgiveness for sins of the past. Lucy’s last relationship ended when she discovered the man that she loved was having an affair-a man who was best friend’s with our story line hero. Gideon has always loved Lucy Baudin from afar but lost his chance when his best friend Jeff went in for the kill. Hoping to right a wrong from the past Gideon agrees to help Lucy knowing that in the end, he could lose the woman that he loves.

The relationship between Lucy and Gideon is a friends to lovers romance; second chances of a sort for two people lost in a world of betrayal and hurt. As their lessons in sexual seduction grow more spontaneous and romantic, the predictable is about to happen as Gideon forces himself to walk away believing he is not worthy of our heroine’s love. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense.

We are introduced to Gideon’s partner and friend Roman Bassani, and Lucy’s sister Becka Baudin. Roman’s story line is next in Make Me Crave.

MAKE ME WANT is a predictable story line with a foreseeable fall-out for all concerned. The premise is entertaining; the characters engaging; the romance sexy and hot but I have to question why a powerful attorney would stoop to such an arrangement without considering the possibility of falling in love- the believability is problematic.

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

reviewed by Sandy

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it ‘a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension.” When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Connect with Katee at:

Make Me Want by Rebecca Brooks – a Review

Description:
Abbi Haas likes them big, bad, and out of her bed the next morning. So when a smoking hot firefighter shuts down a possessive ex by pretending to be her boyfriend, she’s happy to play along—and stay for the no-strings-attached sex under the stars. But her knight with bulging biceps had better not think she’s some damsel in distress. She’ll handle her ex like she does everything: on her own.

Wildland firefighter Tyler McCall is supposed to be taking a break from danger. First step to having fun: pick up a sexy stranger by pretending he’s her man. Too bad his fake girlfriend is also his new coworker…and their little white lie has already spread. Tyler knows he should walk away before he gets burned. But he can’t stay out of trouble, and there’s no way he’s letting her go.

Review:

Make Me Want begins with Tyler McCall showing up in Gold Mountain with one objective: work with the Forestry Service on a fire break, finish the job and head out. Before he heads to the house he’s rented, he stops in a local bar to have a drink, trying to stay one step ahead of what he’s running from. It doesn’t take long for him to notice a guy in the bar giving one of the local girls a hard time, and being who he is, he intervenes on her behalf. Abbi is more than grateful when he shows up, and if she were being honest, more than happy to go along with his ruse.

It takes just a few minutes for Tyler and Abbi to head out and for thing to heat up between the two of them. However, once Abbi learns of the reason for Tyler being in town, she can’t believe her luck….or lack thereof. Abbi is a naturalist, and the one leading the charge to stop said fire break. What are the chances? Like moths drawn to a flame, they both find it hard to stay away from each other. One thing they both know, if you get too close to the fire, someone is bound to get burned.

Make Me Want is a nicely written story, and can easily be read as a standalone. Tyler is your typical hero: hot with a healthy dose of savior complex. His back story more than explains his savior complex, and will endear him to the reader. Abbi surprised me a little. Her back story is one that will leave your jaw hanging. I think this may be the first romance that I’ve personally read that went there, and I still don’t know how I feel about it. It does explain why she is a “need no one” type, but dang……… Anyway, I liked the two of them together and I loved the townsfolk and the secondary characters. If you’re looking for a quick read with sizzling scenes and relatable characters, you won’t go wrong with this one. Make Me Want is ultimately a story of forgiveness, redemption and love. I liked it well enough that I’d like to go back and read the first two installments of this series. Well done, Rebecca Brooks!

Reviewed by Vickie

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Make Me Want (Make Me #1) by Katee Robert-a review

MAKE ME WANT (Make me #1) by Katee Robert-a review

Make Me Want by Rebecca Brooks – a Review

Make Me Want by Rebecca Brooks – a Review