Businesswoman Zara Anders always keeps it professional at work–until she meets sexy billionaire Daniel. But their scorching affair is threatened when Zara learns Daniel’s secret… Will his racy business proposal tempt her back to the bedroom? After a messy breakup with an unfaithful ex, Zara Anders swears off men, vowing to focus on her career running an estate agency for the elite. And then … And then she meets Swedish billionaire Daniel Lazenby: strong, successful and sexually magnetic. Just the kind of man she should avoid.
Daniel is helping his sister buy a house, and Zara finds him impossible to resist. Before long, the pair embark on a passionate fling, all the racier for its secrecy. When Zara discovers the truth about Daniel’s womanizing ways, she’s furious. She wants to end their affair immediately, knowing she’ll only get hurt otherwise. But Daniel isn’t going down without a fight. He hires Zara himself. He wants two houses–and a shot at proving to Zara that their red-hot chemistry is worth fighting for.
Zara knows the deal might break her heart, but the business is too tempting to turn down…and the out-of-office thrills are an electrifying bonus!
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Mr. Temptation is author Rachael Stewart’s second book in the Harlequin/Mills & Boon’s DARE line. I’m really enjoying the Dare line and Ms. Stewart is one of my auto-buy authors for hot & sexy reads. So I was really excited to start this book and meet this couple!
Daniel Lazenby is a sexy, Swedish, billionaire businessman. He’s a playboy who doesn’t go for relationships, he has a no-strings rule. While helping his sister find a home in London, he meets her estate agent and sparks fly.
Zara Anders is starting a new business after breaking up with her boyfriend of five years and former business partner. She doesn’t have time for a charming, good-looking playboy. So why can’t she resist him?
Ms. Stewart has done it again! An utterly drool-worthy hero and a strong, confident heroine. Both are taken totally by surprise by their attraction to each other, and the fact they can’t seem to control their reaction to it. Their chemistry is off the charts, but then again this is Rachael Stewart, and this is where she excels. I liked Zara, she is a strong, determined woman trying to start a new business after a devastating betrayal. I like that she was able to see who Daniel was beneath the playboy image and that she was able to regain her self confidence back. Poor Daniel, he hasn’t had very good role models for positive relationships, so he truly is at a loss when he realizes he may be developing feelings for Zara. Seeing Daniel’s love for his sister and watching him deal with the foreign feelings he has for Zara made him a hero I quickly fell for. I really became invested in this couple and hoped they would find a way to overcome their vulnerabilities and find the courage to invest permanently in a future together.
I adore Rachael Stewart’s writing! I always know when I pick up one of her books, I’m going to struggle to put it down. You are guaranteed a hot, sexy read but you also have a fabulous storyline and wonderful characters. This book was no exception, such a great story and the ending was absolutely perfect. I highly recommend this book and can’t wait to see what Ms. Stewart has for us in the future!
*finishes book at 2am*
*sighs*
*fidgets*
*looks at Nigel (my cat) curled up asleep on bed*
*sighs again*
*looks back at Nigel*
“You are not what I’m looking for right now…” *smirks*
Starts humming.
What was that? *cocks head* What was I humming?
*coughs*
We’ll get to that…
*heads into kitchen – still humming*
“If all else fails there’s always chocolate.”
*raids choccie stash*
Yes, chocolate is a poor substitute for Mr T, but a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do *snorts*
Heads back to bed still humming…
Mr Temptation is one tantalising, tempting and titillating read.
What do you get when you mix one feisty estate agent with a Swedish billionaire? In a word, C-H-E-M-I-S-T-R-Y!
Zara Anders has been burned by love once before. What is it they say? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Well, her determination to protect her fragile heart is sorely tested when Mr-I’d-Lick-Him-Like-A-Lollipop enters her life. While her head and heart mount a defence, other parts *gestures you know where* are willing to wave the white flag in surrender *winks*
Love is for fools as far as Daniel Lazenby is concerned. History has taught him that. Pleasure is another thing altogether, and our Danny-Boy is one helluva pleasure-seeker *winks* Only his control is about to be severely tested when Zara awakens a need in him even he can’t comprehend.
“He was a contradiction, a dangerous contradiction at that.”
*sighs*
I devoured Mr T is one sitting. Daniel and Zara’s story was everything I’ve come to love from the #DARE imprint. I ran the full gamut of emotions; laughed, cried, swooned, overheated, and threatened the knocking of heads. You know *shrugs*, the usual *snorts*
And, imho, Rachael Stewart can do no wrong. With the perfect balance of heat and heart, her stories are ones I want to pick up again and again.
What was that? Oh, right. The song I was humming…
*blushes*
Well, it was ‘I Touch Myself’ by The Divinyls, of course *snorts*
Business owner and real estate agent Zara Anders is done with men. Having gone through an extremely messy break up that almost cost her the career she worked so hard for, she’s focussing on building her new company. All of that focus goes straight out the window, however, when Daniel Lazenby shows up on the scene.
Billionaire Daniel Lazenby doesn’t do relationships or entanglements. He’s a playboy that courts the press right along with his many one night stands. But, when helping his sister buy a house, he encounters a woman that isn’t his usual type at all. So why is it that he can’t help but to want her?
Daniel is everything that Zara doesn’t need in a man, yet she wants him anyway. Their chemistry is scorching hot. But, the more Zara discovers about Daniel’s womanizing ways, the less she believes he could ever develop true feelings for her. Daniel always gets what he wants, however, and he wants Zara. More than he should. He knows she is the one worth fighting for and will do anything to prove he’s ready to put his playboy days in the past if only Zara will let him be a part of her future.
Mr. Temptation was a ridiculously hot read! I loved that this opposites attract couple has such incredible and immediate attraction to one another. What I enjoyed most about this book is how they both tempted one another out of their safe zones . . . Zara found herself ready to risk her heart for an affair she believed would only cause her heartache in the long run because it could never go anywhere and Daniel found himself wanting more than a one night stand and developing real feelings for a woman for the first time in his life.
Both Daniel and Zara were well constructed characters with surprising depth and I enjoyed watching their romance take flight. The plot was fast moving and enjoyable and the sizzle was hot enough to set my kindle on fire. 4.5 stars!