He’s finally met his match . . .
Hot and Bothered, an all-new, steamy, must-read contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Erika Wilde, is available now!
P.I. Noah Sommers has always wanted Natalie Hastings. When a car accident leaves her with short-term memory loss, he doesn’t hesitate to take her in, along with protecting her when he learns she’s acquired a stalker. The hardest part of living with Natalie is keeping his hands off her until she can remember what happened. Only, he hadn’t counted on this beautiful, sexy woman making his job so difficult.
Natalie’s world has been turned upside down. Her only constant is her gorgeous “fiancé”, Noah. And she wants him . . . constantly. Only, all of a sudden he’s acting noble. But not for long, because Natalie is planning a seduction he won’t be able to resist. Before long, she has Noah right where she wants him. In her bed and her heart.
But what will happen when Natalie discovers that their relationship was all an act?
Originally published as The Ultimate Seduction by Janelle Denison.
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Noah lightly grasped her elbow and ushered her toward the parking lot, which was located across the street from Murphy’s. “Come on, I’m walking you to your car, and I’m not taking no for an answer so don’t waste your breath arguing.”
Natalie relaxed and smiled, and they walked by the other storefronts along the street to the intersection.
“You know, we could consider this nice, casual stroll to your car a first date,” he suggested, only half joking. He’d take a date with her any way he could get one.
She thrust her hands deep into her jacket pockets and slanted him a sly look. “Ah, so you do have an ulterior motive other than seeing me safely to my car.”
“A very harmless motive, I swear.” He held up his hands and attempted to look innocent. “We could head over to Starbucks and get a coffee and just talk about the weather if you’d like.”
An incredulous burst of laughter escaped her. “The weather? Are you serious?”
He shrugged and winked at her. “I wouldn’t want our first date to be too personal.”
She chewed on her full bottom lip, looking torn, then said, “Noah, I can’t.”
The light at the intersection was red, and Noah pushed the button to give them the right of way, unwilling to give up on her so easily this time. “Not even one coffee? I promise no hand-holding or kissing.”
That made her smile again, but her next words shot down his hopes. “I’m sorry, but I’ve got a big test on Monday I need to study for.”
“We could have a study date,” he suggested. “There are a few things I’m really good at teaching.”
“I’m not going to touch that one,” she murmured huskily. Hearing someone approach from behind, she glanced over her shoulder briefly, then back at Noah. “You don’t give up, do you?”
Something in her expression had changed in those few seconds, and there was now a troubled glint in her eyes that snagged his attention, but he didn’t understand its source. Wanting to soothe her sudden anxiety, he picked up her hand and drew a lazy pattern on her palm with his index finger. “I’d give up if you told me to get lost and meant it.”
She stared at him, then shook her head, sending her soft dark waves brushing across her shoulders. “You’re way too—”
“Irresistible?” He graced her with one of his enticing grins that never failed to score him extra points with the opposite sex.
The light changed to green, the cars on the street stopped, and they stepped off the curb to cross, severing the contact of their joined hands. “I was thinking more along the lines of persistent.”
He laughed. “Hey, I do have a few faults.”
Meet Erika Wilde
Erika Wilde is a New York Times Bestselling author. She is best known for her super sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series, and has also co-written the Dirty Sexy Series and the Book Boyfriend Series with Carly Phillips, her best friend and writing buddy for the past twenty years. 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 her website at www.erikawilde.com and sign up for her mailing list for updates and news!
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Liza's Review:
Erika Wilde wraps up her Some Like it Hot series with Hot and Bothered. We finally get the final Sommers sibling's story and it was totally worth the wait.
Noah Sommers has wanted Natalie Hastings pretty much from the moment he first saw her. Thanks to having an abusive ex-boyfriend who turned into a stalker, Natalie moved to Oakland to start over. Natalie is all about trying to stay under the radar both at work and at school, and turns all advances down from Noah. When she is in a car accident, Noah tells the doctors at the hospital that Natalie is his fiancé so he can find out what is goin on with her and keep her safe. As Natalie wakes with temporary amnesia, Noah moves her in with him to keep and eye on her. Noah is especially protective of Natalie when he learns about her ex-boyfriend and her run ins with an unknown man who makes Natalie feel uncertain.
I love that since Natalie believes she and Noah are engaged, she has no inhibitions when it comes to her desire to be with Noah. I literally laughed out loud as Noah tried to keep things platonic between them. I loved that Natalie not only knew what she wanted, but went after it with Noah. They had the most smoking hot chemistry and I fell in love with them as a couple. I absolutely adored their journey from casual flirting to a real romance.
I have to say I really loved the level of suspense that was in Hot and Bothered. It wasn't a full on romantic suspense story, but it had enough suspense elements to keep me guessing about when the ex would show back up. I just knew he would show up when both Noah and Natalie least expected it. Natalie's ex Chad was nothing more than a spoiled rotten mean jerk and I loved how she handled him.
Hot and Bothered was a wonderful ending to the Some Like it Hot trilogy. Erika Wilde once again delivers a sexy romance with just the right amount of suspense to keep the reader on the edge of their seats.I highly recommend this entire series of books to contemporary romance fans.
Rating: 4 Stars (B+)
