Forbidden Nights by Lauren BlakelySeries: Seductive Nights #5
on February 17th, 2015
Format: eARC
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She has been the star of his dirty dreams for years.
Sexy hotel CEO Nate Harper has lusted after his good friend Casey Sullivan for a long time, and she's cried out his name in pleasure countless times in his fabulously filthy fantasies. But even though he's quite skilled at pleasing a woman, he won't act on his intense desire because he knows he's no good for her. After the kind of hurt his ex inflicted on him, he's a committed playboy for life, and Casey only wants true love.
All that changes one hot night when she comes to him with a proposition he can't resist -- she wants him to teach her to be submissive in the bedroom. Casey soon learns how very much she likes letting go of control to him. She's never been more turned on in her life than she is in Nate's arms. And he's never been more taken by a woman.
The only trouble is as she experiences what it means to let go, he starts to experience what it means to feel again...And the lessons in seduction threaten to turn into so much more than either one bargained for...
What happens when years of desire and lust ignite a passion that can't be denied?
{MESSAGE FROM LAUREN}
I’m so thrilled that the Seductive Nights erotic romance series is continuing with a new installment starring a new couple! This series has been such a joy to write since it started as a fan-driven series, with Julia and Clay, and then Jack and Michelle, and now this this new novel is about Nate and Casey. Readers requested that I write their story next, so I did! FORBIDDEN NIGHTS can be read without having read the earlier books.
(Though, why wouldn’t you want to meet the other couples?!)I can’t wait to introduce readers to Nate Harper and Casey Sullivan. They’re a dynamic duo and many early readers are saying this is their favorite story yet! Nate knows exactly who, and what he wants, and is thrilled when the opportunity he’s dreamed about for years presents herself to him. Expect many steamy encounters between these two!
{REVIEW}
“I don’t want lessons in seduction. I want lessons in submission.”
Oh.My.God. Firstly I am a die-hard Friends-to-lovers narrative fan, so Forbidden Nights by Lauren Blakely was like a guys wet dream but to a book-lover, absolute happiness. (LOL) This was my first read by Lauren Blakely and man-oh-man I’m all hot and bothered after reading the sizzle of Nate and Casey’s narrative. I now will I be going back to the first book and reading every book, because I think I’m in LOVE with all these characters! Forbidden Nights is Book 5 of the Seductive Nights series but it can be read as a STANDALONE, which is what I did. The buzz of electricity and the dimension of depth between Nate and Casey brought a whole level of tension, passion and love that had me finishing the book in one-sitting, sans any sleep.
“You are my weakness. I can’t deny you a fucking thing. You say one word and I give it to you.”
Casey Sullivan is a women of pleasure, being that she sells sex toys, she knows what she wants; however in recent times the compound of relinquishing control and exploring boundaries of letting go are running through Casey’s mind leading to her asking for help. Nate Harper knows the bones and beauty of Casey’s heart and being her best friend and confider leads her to ask for help.
“F**k you into submission. F**k you until you come again and again. F**k you until you beg for me to do it again.”
The some-what-non-verbal-verbal agreement is a friend helping a friend break the bounds of control and express of play (if you know what I mean 😉 ). Nate is all ALPHA MALE! For REAL. Which in turn leads to steam and smoking HOT chemistry with Casey as they develop and form a friends-with-benefits and waver whether it’s more than just sex that connects their strong hearts. The feelings of there relationship are bound by complications, letting go of past pain and flirty banter that is down-right alluring and sensual.
“My dirty dreams can’t even hold a candle to the real thing. You are the sexiest woman I have ever know, and I’ver never wanted anyone so much.”
Putting it simply Forbidden Nights is riddling with the climax of Alpha male and a potent powerful female protagonist. The passion for the reader was woven within the whole narrative of Nate and Casey’s story and these characters had such dynamite in their heart that the chemistry was electric. When I got the end I truly didn’t want Forbidden Nights to end, it was one of those books I could have read forever! Forbidden Nights was intoxicating from the very moment I started reading and the vulnerability in the characters flaws and strength yielded a sonnet of earth-shattering chemistry and I absolutely loved every second of it. 5 tremendous and flaming-hot STARS!
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{EXCERPT}
As soon as Bryan and Kat left, Nate shut the door, then locked it. She glanced quickly behind her at the window that provided a view of the sea of rabid fans. The stadium shook with excitement. Cheers from the crowd vibrated throughout the house of Ruth. Nate stalked down the three steps separating them. When he reached her, a vein twitched in his neck. His mouth was a ruler-straight line. His jaw was set hard. His stare undressed her.
“I was wrong,” he said. Each word possessed a hard edge.
“Wrong about what?” Was he talking about the dress? Or about wanting to be her teacher? God, she prayed he wasn’t backing out.
“I was wrong about tonight’s lesson. It’s not spanking.”
“What is it?”
“It’s role-playing.” His voice was hot and rough. His dark eyes prowled over her body.
“What kind of role playing?” She didn’t even bother to hide her nerves, but the nerves also excited her. Or maybe he was simply the one who excited her. It seemed whatever he did turned her on. The fact that he was standing here, a solid mass of muscle and strength, of extreme and utter sexiness, sent shivers across her skin. She drank him in: the wavy mess of his golden brown hair, the stubble lining his jaw, the exposed patch of skin on his chest where the top two buttons of his white shirt were undone. All of it, all of him, made her tremble with want.
He took one step closer, and reflexively she backed up so her spine hit the wall behind her. She was caged in, and against her better judgment, she liked it. She liked the fact that it was starkly quiet inside the suite, and that it was intensely noisy outside, a white noise that masked all that she was feeling.
“I’m going to be playing the role of the jealous lover,” he said, his voice still laced with the same frustration she’d picked up on earlier. Was he annoyed with her?
“What do you mean?”
“I’m the jealous lover who can’t stand the thought of his woman wearing a gorgeous, stunning, absolutely fucking breathtaking dress on a date with another man.”
A wild thrill rushed through her veins from his words and what they meant. “But I thought you didn’t like the dress?” she asked, coyly, playing along.
He lifted his hand and brushed the tips of his fingers against her wrist. She shuddered from that one subtle touch. Her body begged for more, and she was almost ashamed at how much desire flowed through her bloodstream right now. She hadn’t been completely aware of how very much she had wanted to see him tonight, of how truly disappointed she had been for the first eight innings that he wasn’t here by her side. Now that he was here, she wasn’t sure how she’d survived the game without him.
He brushed his fingers along her arm, across the crook of her elbow, and up to her shoulder. Goosebumps rose in his wake.
“I don’t like the dress if you wear it for another man,” he said, keeping his eyes locked on hers the whole time. “And sometimes that means I’m going to act like a dick and tell you I don’t like the dress at all.” He brought his hands to her hair and she wanted to cry out because it felt so fucking good to be touched by him like this, with hands that were both tender and completely possessive. He speared his fingers into her hair. “But what I really don’t like is the idea that another man might look at you in it, and want to touch you the way I touch you.”
He leaned into her neck, and pressed his lips against her skin. There was nothing gentle in the kiss. His lips were hot and angry, and she felt his teeth nip her skin. A sting of pain raced through her, but it was a good pain, a pain that made her long for more.
{OTHER BOOKS IN SERIES}
PREQUEL: First Nights {Julia & Clay}- FREE AMAZON US
BOOK 1: Night After Night {Julia & Clay} AMAZON US
BOOK 2: After This Night {Julia & Clay} AMAZON US
BOOK 3: One More Night {Julia & Clay} AMAZON US
BOOK 0.5- 3 Julia & Clay COLLECTION AMAZON US
SHORT STORY: Ace, Whiskey and a Hot Tub {Julia & Clay} AMAZON US
BOOK #3.5: One Night With Her {Jack & Michelle} AMAZON US
BOOK 4: Nights with Him {Jack & Michelle} AMAZON US
BOOK 5: Forbidden Nights {Nate & Casey} AMAZON US
BOOK 6: Sweet Sinful Nights {Brent & Shannon— COMING 2015}
{AUTHOR BIO}
Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Caught Up in Love, Seductive Nights, and Fighting Fire. She recently released Nights With Him, a standalone novel in her New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in that series is Forbidden Nights, releasing in early 2015. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign)
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