Alyssa O’Neill never expected to wake up in bed with her brother’s best friend, Matt Jensen. But her sister’s Valentine’s Eve wedding and too many ruby red screwdrivers changed everything.
Excerpt
“I’m glad you like it. Come here.” He took her hand and pulled her toward him. Allie let herself fall into his embrace. Matt’s hands ran the length of her back before settling around her waist. Slowly, he lowered his lips to hers and gave her a long slow kiss. Allie found herself responding to him like he was a drug and kissed him back as Matt walked them to the sofa and pulled her into his lap, without breaking contact with her mouth. Frustrated, she tried to move things along but Matt seemed content to do nothing more than kiss her. Not to be deterred, she unfastened the top buttons on Matt’s shirt sought his warmth with her fingers. She was rewarded with his sharp intake of breath and he put his hand over hers, stopping her exploration before he lost control.
“We have to stop Allie. We messed up last night and this morning. We didn’t use protection.” Allie automatically assuming he was worried about her shady past put her hand out to stop him.
“It’s okay. I haven’t been with anyone since…” Matt cut her off with a kiss before she had a chance to finish that statement, instead traced her upper lip with the tip of his tongue.
“I’m clean. I’m tested regularly.” Matt dipped his mouth to hers and held her hand against his heart.
“No. I mean good, I hadn’t thought of that. I just meant...” Allie pulled him to her and silenced him with a heated kiss. “I’m clean too,” he assured her.
“It’s okay. I’m on birth control,” she whispered against his lips. “Matt I need to feel you. I just want you, not…um… anything kinky. ”
Matt placed his hands on her ass and snuggled her to him and kissed her again, proving to her just how much he wanted her.
“Is this enough?” He heaved a deep breath, trying to find his self-control. Allie nodded.
“Tonight it is.” She sighed into his mouth as she spread his open shirt across his shoulders, leaving his perfect torso available for her palms to touch. Matt let a low growl escape as they connected with his skin.
“I need you too,” Matt reasoned as he deftly unzipped her little black dress.
Professional Reviews
YES, YES, YES! Buy it now!,
OMG! This book is GREAT, the characters are well written and they come across as real and true, I loved this book!!! I have read it multiple times because each word pulls me in everytime, you have to purchase this book.. HEAT, HEAT, and more HEAT! Whew!
Hot, hot, hot!
Pantie melting! The heroine is a sub who needs a Dom. The hero is inexperienced in kink, but loves her and figures out how to meet her needs. I love a good BDSM love story, and this really worked for me. Something different, not the usual implausible billionaire and virgin tale. Highly recommended.
Three-Alarm H O T!
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W O W!
Okay, so not all that creative or original, but "wow" aptly sums up my review like no other word I can think of. Taming Alyssa is a smartly-written, outside-the-box, erotic romance that hits the ground running and had me captivated page after page, and chapter after chapter.
Author Raine Watling turns the table on the E-Rom genre with a sexy, unique story of Alyssa (Allie), the self-proclaimed submissive who, after a failed marriage, moves back to her hometown to be near her family. At her brother's wedding, Alyssa "hooks up" with Matt, her brother's best man - a guy she's known most of her life. Matt is the quintessential, sexy, alpha fireman, and when he and Allie connect, it's three-alarm hot! Although Allie cannot deny the chemistry she and Matt share, she knows it's only a matter of time before her sexual proclivities surface, and Matt runs for the hills.
Matt Jenson is sensitive, and sexy, and despite his reservations about punishment and pain, he agrees to a one-month trial with Alyssa to explore his inner-Dom to see whether he and Allie can find a middle ground between Matt's vanilla and Alyssa's subspace. Well, he certainly doesn't appear to be having any trouble with experimenting with a little kink, but the question is, just how far into the dark will he have to go to for Alyssa to be satisfied, and is he prepared to go there?
As Matt explores the D/s world for Allie, they both begin to realize that what's being discovered goes far beyond the limits of their sexual pleasures. Alyssa has built walls intent on protecting her from another broken heart, and it's going to take more than a few sex toys to chip away at the brick and mortar she's constructed around her heart, but Matt's determined to make her walls crumble.
Author Raine Watling takes the reader on an erotic journey from both character perspectives. She has created well-developed, smart, and complex characters that are compelling and fascinating. Moreover, she has added intentionally-written supporting characters who contribute significantly to Matt and Allie's journey. Warning: read Taming Alyssa with a cold drink in hand, because there is no shortage of erotic scenes, and they are all sizzling hot!
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