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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
title: When You Dare
author: Lori Foster
genre: contemporary romance/romantic suspense
source: ARC sent by Book Trib/Book Tour
published: May 2011
pages: 448
first line: Midnight came and went with only the quiet buzz of meager traffic along the beach.
book rated:
4 stars
Every woman dreams of landing an Alpha male. With chiseled cheek bones and tan skin, his strong physique gives off a powerful, masculine vibe. But he saves his quiet, romantic side for his soul mate.
About:
When You Dare is the first in Lori Foster's new Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor series.
Dare Macintosh is a professional mercenary who rescues Molly Alexander while she is being held captive in Tijuana, Mexico. Dare is there to rescue his best friends sister, but in the process he releases all the women who are being held there. He also takes Molly with him, since she is in no physical condition to save herself.
Dare cares for Molly sho has been drugged for a week, and soon finds out her identity. She is a successful paranormal romance writer and has no idea who would hire someone to kidnap her. Molly hires Dare to help her find out who is behind her abduction. Dare takes the job after making her promise to do everything he says, without question.
As the story flows, and Molly recovers from her kidnapping and mistreatment, the two fall for each other. Dare takes Molly to his private lakeside home to keep her safe while he does some investigating.
Finding out who is behind Molly's abduction becomes a personal mission for him.
My thoughts:
I found When You Dare hard to put down, it was a nice dose of contemporary, suspenseful romance. Dare is pure alpha male, yet he does have a soft side and can't help falling for Molly once he rescues her. He made for a great hero.
Molly is no heroine in distress, despite being held captive and mistreated, she manages to hold it together.
I like that Molly is a writer, it made for an interesting storyline as she wondered if one of her readers might have it out for her.
Molly and Dare's characters were interesting, and I enjoyed getting to know them a bit more as the story went on.
Dare lives in a lush home, has two Labrador retrievers and a male housekeeper. He's made a comfortable living for himself after years of hard work, and now works mostly for the thrill of it.
Molly's latest book is being made into a film starring Ryan Reynolds. She comes from a wealthy family, yet she ventured off and made her own small fortune with her books despite her fathers disapproval. I liked that Molly was no supermodel type, she was your average every day girl.
The romantic scenes between Molly and Dare were great, especially in the beginning when they were taking it slow, nothing was rushed and there was some nice sexual tension between the two. I like a believable romance and attraction between characters, and author Lori Foster does an excellent job at writing just that. I also smiled at the flirtatiousness between these two.Her gaze skimmed up to his throat, his shoulders. He had the most remarkable chest, wide, strong, sculpted with obvious strength. Even relaxed, his abs remained defined. And a very sexy trail of dark brown hair led from his navel down into his snug boxers.
Beneath the soft cotton material she saw the bulge of his sex.
"Want me to lose the boxers for you?"
She jerked her gaze up to his. His slow smile showed more satisfaction than humor.
p.146
When they finally get together the sex scenes were nice and juicy. Dare has become a new favorite hero. He says things like:
"Once we're in that bed together, we're going to be in there for a few hours, maybe all damn night."
If you enjoy a good dose of romance, with a kick ass hero and a smart, sassy heroine, I recommend When You Dare. This would also make a great beach read for those lazy summer days.
This is my first time reading Lori Foster, and it won't be my last. I will be reading and reviewing the next book in this series, Trace of Fever.
I usually don't drool over men on book covers, but this is the male model used on the cover of When You Dare. I had absolutely no trouble envisioning this man as Dare while reading. Thank you very much.
Special thanks to Tricia over @ BookTrib for making this possible!
