TEMPT ME (Kings of Hell’s Kitchen 1) by Tara Wyatt-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 30, 2023

Violent, ruthless, and obsessed, Killian Byrne is a man who rose from the ashes of chaos to make a new life for himself. One in which he does what’s needed to protect the city he’s come to love, even if that means a life of loneliness. He’s damaged and scarred after years as a mob enforcer. Broken. And that means he’s better off alone.

But then he meets Whitney Vanek, a woman who is sunshine to his storm clouds, light to his darkness. She’s everything he can never have.

Over the years, his obsession with Whitney grows, until finally the temptation to make her his proves too much for Killian, especially knowing that Whitney’s life is in danger and he’s the only man who can keep her safe.

Outspoken, charming, and confident, Whitney Vanek has never met a man immune to her charms—until Killian.

And she tries to convince herself that she doesn’t care that he doesn’t want her. He’s broody, grumpy, and more than ten years older than her.

But she can’t deny the chemistry between them despite their differences. And when her estranged father resurfaces, putting her life in grave danger, there’s only one man who can protect her.

And when obsession and temptation become something so much more, everything is on the line.

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REVIEW: TEMPT ME is the first full length instalment in Tara Wyatt’s contemporary adult KINGS OF HELL’S KITCHEN dark, erotic, Mafia romance series-a spin off from the author’s THE PRESCOTT series.. This is forty -one year old assassin Killian Byrne, and twenty-eight year old, author Whitney Vanek’s story line.

For readers, there is a FREE prequel novella TEASE ME that reveals some of the back story and relationship between Killian and Whitney. The prequel may be included with the copy of TEMPT ME.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers

Told from dual first person perspectives (Killian and Whitney) TEMPT ME follows the building romance and relationship between Killian Byrne and Whitney Vanek. Three years earlier Killian Byrne kissed Whitney Vanek at Lucian Prescott and Olivia Walsh’s wedding but Killian is a killer, an assassin and he believes he wasn’t worthy of love or his own happily ever after. Fast forward to present day, Killian struggles to stay away from our story line heroine, a woman who is being stalked by a stranger, a man who is known to Whitney yet not. Declaring himself guardian and protector, Killian and Whitney go into hiding while Lucian and his team begin a search for the man threatening her life. What ensues is the building age-gap romance and relationship between Killian and Whitney, and the potential fall-out when Whitney finds herself promised to someone else.

Killian Byrne has lusted after Whitney for years, since he first spied Whitney with her best friend Vivian but Killian’s life is not longer his own ,having spent most of his adult life in service to the mob.Whitney Vanek fell in love with Killian Byrne years before but Killian broke Whitney’s heart, pushing our heroine away when she needed him the most.

The relationship between Killian and Whitney is one of mutual attraction and unrequited love. For three years Killian has lusted after Whitney from afar, while Whitney’s pined for a man who continues to break her heart. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The colorful secondary and supporting characters include Lucian and Olivia (Bad Intentions/The Prescotts), Luca, Kate, and Nicole.The requisite evil has many faces.Luca and Kate’s story line is next.

TEMPT ME is a story of family and friendships, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic and intense; the romance is provocative; the characters are broken, desperate and determined.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of the prequel novella TEASE ME

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Tara Wyatt is an award-winning romantic suspense and contemporary romance author known for her fast-paced writing, humor, and sexy love scenes. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with the cutest dog in the world and a husband who makes all of her heroes look like chumps.