Stephanie is perfectly happy slinging drinks and entertaining her friends with cutting wit and a cynical take on love. Her painful past has taught her romance is for suckers.Hot cop Jarod begs to differ after giving her a parking ticket one morning, then coming face to face with her again that same evening while working undercover. When it’s clear Steph is about to blow his cover, he silences her … silences her with a kiss that has both of them ready to pull out the cuffs…in a delicious way.
One one-night-stand later, Stephanie escapes, afraid she’s skirted too close to the fire. But now that he’s had a taste, Jarod is convinced she’s worth risking it all for, heart and soul.
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Who would have thought that double parking would cause so much trouble? Stephanie has had a horrible day & the cop she is dealing with is being a jerk! Jarod can’t believe the nerve of this woman, law abiding citizen? Whatever! Later that night, he ends up in her bar, with a chance to apollogize for his behavior. Kissing her wasn’t the plan, but when she responds by kissing him back…. whoa!! Jarod is interested in starting something with the beautiful bartender, however Steph is a workaholic with a terrible role model, her mother is on husband #4! Relastionships are not something she is interested in…crawling in the sack with the smoking hot detective & burning up the sheets, she can get down with that! Can Jarod prove to her that she is capable of a deep love even though she thinks the romance gene has skipped her? I really enjoyed Jarod & Steph’s story. It was fun to watch Steph struggle to keep everything light, while Jarod knew they were made for each other!
Party Naked is a fabulous contemporary romance by Mari Carr. Ms. Carr has provided readers with a well-written book. The characters are fun and lovable. Stephanie is having a bad luck day and had to replace liquor for the bar/book store. No parking anywhere leads to a little double parking nightmare when she finds hot cop Jarod waiting with a ticket. Stephanie and Jarod’s story is loaded with drama, humor and sizzle. I loved reading this book and look forward to my next book by Mari Carr. Party Naked is book 1 of the Cocktales Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
Jarod and Stephanie set off more fireworks than the Fourth of July whenever they’re around each other. Unfortunately it’s not all sunshine and roses. He wants more than she’s capable of giving at least in the relationship department. It takes a battle of differing opinions over lust vs love to finally move the needle in his direction.
Absolutely loved this book! What a fun, sexy enjoyable read. Really engaging characters with emotional depth and great steamy scenes! Couldn’t put it down!
Quick and easy to read story. Very steamy. Stephanie is super feisty and independent and not a relationship kind of girl. Jarod is a follow his gut cop, with a mission to prove to Stephanie that live is possible. Some witty repartee.
Jarod is such an amazing guy and it takes Stephanie a really obscene amount of time and stupid behavior before she figures it out.
Loved this story about the bartender Stephanie and the hot & sexy Detective Jarod. What starts off as a really bad day for Stephanie, including her initial encounter with Jarod, turns into a night with some very hot sex. But will it be able to develop into a relationship or will it remain only about the sex? Loved the other characters in the story and the humor!