A badass ex-Special Ops officer and a smartass hacker fight a dangerous enemy…and a blistering attraction to each other.
Connor Hughes is an ex-special ops officer, CEO of Metrix Security, and bonafide badass. His private security firm is renowned for its effectiveness. He’s renowned for his lethal precision and iron self-control. But when the former Marine meets a gorgeous young hacker with a … gorgeous young hacker with a mouth as smart as her brain, his control unravels in ways he never could have predicted.
Tabitha West is a genius MIT dropout with a bad attitude, an obsession with Hello Kitty and piercings in unmentionable places. Tabby amuses herself by outwitting the most secure technology systems on the planet. Known in hacker circles as Polaroid due to her photographic memory, she’s as secretive as she is accustomed to working alone. So when Connor decides she’s the only one who can help him catch a cyber criminal intent on taking down one of his clients, she tells him exactly where he can stick it.
But when the cyber criminal turns out to be the Hannibal Lecter of computer crime—and a dark presence from Tabby’s past—Tabby and Connor are drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. They quickly find themselves fighting not only their common enemy, but also an explosive desire that threatens to consume them.
When the stakes are this high and the game this deadly, will falling in love be the most dangerous move of all?
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I liked seeing a girl that could hold her own against all the men in the book. She tried to fight her attraction but loved what happened when she gave in.
I am in lust with Connor, want to be besties with Tabby, and Ryan can be my level headed wingman any day! The suspense in Wicked Sexy was top notch and the plot was super twisty and full of surprises! And that ending… I think I have a new auto buy author!
This story was fantastic. The endless banter between Tabby and Conner was spectacular. The Soren drama only heightened the story and made it a book you couldn’t put down. Loved how Tabby never hesitated to take any male down a notch or ten when doubting her genius abilities.
I have owned the paperback of Wicked Sexy for years and finally sat down to read it and all I can think is “Why did I wait so long?”! I really enjoyed the initial banter between Tabby and Connor in Wicked Beautiful and this story gives us the perfect insight into those characters. Connor, our tough as nails jarhead is so much more than that and Tabby, our alternative hacker is everything! Wicked Sexy was loaded with tension and angst but J.T. also balances that with humor and intelligence and love because there is always love at the foundations of her stories. You do not have to read Wicked Beautiful to understand their story because I read all of the books in this series backwards and had no problem understanding the characters because each book truly stands alone. Wicked Sexy is told from dual POV and is the perfect summer read to get lost in!
This is the 2nd book in the Wicked Games Series and I have to say it just got a whole lot better and better! While Wicked Beautiful was about a lost beautiful first love that was found again after fifteen years, Wicked Sexy was a combination of both sexy sizzling romance and thrilling cybercrime investigation. Tabby is probably my most favorite heroine ever! She was a computer prodigy with IQ close to 200, a badass hacker, a loyal Hello Kitty fan with interesting fashion sense. But behind the facade, she hid a black box in her heart where she locked the monsters in her dark past that she would never reveal them to anyone, even her to her love interest Connor. Her hidden secrets, intelligence and eccentricity intrigued Connor while her vulnerability triggered the protective instinct in him. They shared an undeniably strong chemistry and their love for one another has evolved slowly throughout the book. The story had surprising twists and all the puzzles were solved at the end. This book is definitely a page-turner, it kept me going on and on and I just could not put it down. It could be a stand alone but I would recommend you read the 1st book to have a bit of background about Tabby and Connor and their first encounter. This book would easily be within the top 5 reads of this year for me!
I had the pleasure of both Wicked Games novels back to back and let me just tell you …. wicked, indeed!
Okay, so let’s start out with the good stuff, because there isn’t really anything not good worth mentioning. LOL Sexy ~~ check, check and double check . But different than your usual sexy alpha gruff hero type. This had spicy. It was hot. It’s obsessive (because you won’t stop when you start). And most of all it was mmmmmmm HHHHHHMMMMMM!! These feelings you get from a story or the vibes they give off are sometimes really hard to put words to …. One could say that Tabby and Connor had a push/pull type relationship where the pull always won and it was ridiculously delicious LOL Tabby is one of the best female leads I’ve read in a while. I met her awesomeness in Wicked Beautiful so I was ready for her, but it still put a gigantic smile on my face every time they bantered back and forth!
This story also has a unique little trope to it. You see, what we have here is an not the usual friends to lovers or enemies to lovers, but rather a sexy as heck enemies to friends to lovers. Three stages to their journey and all of them captivating and a #MustRead. And you also get all the suspenseful twist and turns that I’ve learned to love an appreciate from J.T. Geissinger.
These two books were my first reads by this author and I am so lucky to have been chosen by the publisher to blog review them because now I am devouring everything I can find on this woman!
“I want you. Bad. Don’t know exactly why, you’re a complete pain in my ass and pretty much the most contrary, foul-tempered woman I’ve ever met, and you’ve made it really clear what you think about me, but every time I look at you, I have an almost overpowering urge to touch you, kiss you, do a lot of bad things to you, and I don’t know how to manage it.”
THIS book is all about THIS couple: Tabitha and Connor. If for no other reason, you need to read this book because of these two incredible characters. Alone I find them to be the most fascinating, intelligent, sexy and emotionally attuned characters but together – WOW! They are such an explosive, hot, and utterly perfect couple. There have only been a few books that upon reading the final page I find myself wanting to immediately reread it because I can’t bear to leave the characters. It’s bad enough that I have been a walking zombie to my family the last few days because I’ve stayed up way too late reading this gem but I want to DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!
I first fell for Tabitha and Connor while reading the first book in this series, Wicked Beautiful. Their banter at the end of that book immediately sucked me into their vortex and I had to have more. Their combined wit and sass from just a few pages sold me on needing to read Wicked Sexy, however this book can easily be read as a stand alone.
Where do I begin with these two? I almost feel paralyzed in trying to write this review in fear that I won’t adequately convey how much I loved it and them, but alas I’ll dig in.
Although they first met three years ago, we find Connor Hughes, an ex-Marine and ex-Special Ops man who’s running his own security company, reaching out to Tabitha West, an eccentric hacker by trade turned legit cyber security expert, for her help with a case. Their first meeting however didn’t set the best of impressions of Connor in Tabitha’s eyes to the point that she actually hates him, so she’s quick to decline the job. However, upon learning who is involved in this cyber crime, someone from her past, Tabitha accepts the job setting off a fantasticly written story of suspense and intrigue while the two fight their growing attraction to one another.
Tabitha West- Let me just say that she is one kick ass woman. She’s sharp, quick witted and tough as nails with killer control in a crisis, not to mention an IQ that’s out of this world. And yet underneath her hard exterior hides some serious history and emotional baggage but also a strong moral compass and a heart that craves connection. She is just so badass with an honesty that made me FEEL so much.
Connor Hughes is now one of my favorite book boyfriends. Seriously, this guy is just the overall package that I want to wrap up and keep all to myself. He’s hilarious, empathetic, gentle yet strong, sexy as all get out, quick witted, book smart, and emotionally intelligent. I loved how he seemed to have no choice but to fall for Tabitha. He was just completely taken with her despite the complication of them working together.
“Desire is a strange animal. Elemental like hunger or thirst, but unlike hunger or thirst, it has the power to rob you of reason with the speed of two fingers snapping, so that you’ll do things so out of character you don’t recognize yourself, the creature you become in service of the primal, irresistible urge to mate.”
I also loved how he wasn’t all ego. He could read Tabitha’s needs so well. He’d push when appropriate and yet would be cautious when necessary. He was also quite the dirty talker which I literally EAT UP.
“I think you’re the sexiest fucking woman alive. You’ve been driving me wild since the moment I set eyes on you three years ago, and even if you just laid here snoring while I made love to you it would be the best sex of my entire life because it’s with you. Now I’m going to get you naked and eat your pussy like it’s the last supper and you don’t have to do anything but enjoy it, do you understand me?”
I have never underlined or highlighted so many lines in a book like I have in this one because they both just slayed me with the dirty talk, their barbs and the banter back and forth.
“Compromise requires two parties to make concessions in order to get what they want. You, asswipe, douche bag megaprick, have nothing I want.”
Connor chuckles. “I ever tell you I love that dirty mouth of yours?”
I’m always a sucker for amazing secondary characters as well and Ryan is indeed one of those. He is Connor’s best friend and co-worker. Though he doesn’t show up until halfway through the book and doesn’t have a huge role, he is a great mirror for both Connor and Tabitha’s feelings. I cannot wait to read his story next.
If anything, I’m just kicking myself that I didn’t pick this up sooner. I loved Geissinger’s Melt for You (which is another one of my all-time favorite books like this one now is) but I didn’t start on this series because I’m just not traditionally drawn to romantic suspense. I often find that the story’s mystery always seems to take away from the relationship development or the suspense is just not the drama that I’m interested in. And yet those apprehensions were totally thrown out the window with this book. I actually REALLY enjoyed the plot development and suspense to this book. I’m quite in awe of Geissinger as man, she is one smart writer. She’s smart not only in the amazing plot lines she created but also in her writing style. Her writing is just so superb- it flows, it never feels forced, and every piece just fits.
If you’re looking for a new book boyfriend or just want to get lost in an amazing couple, you have to read this book. If you love a smart and creative suspense plot time, this one is tops. If you love dirty talkers – then seriously Connor is your man. He won’t disappoint.
I absolutely adore Tabby West. She’s brilliant, cheeky, irreverent, quick witted and hands down a woman worth loving. Connor Hughes, you gotta love him; built as solid as a tank, whip smart and he SEES Tabby. Now together they play a cat and mouse game with someone who has last his humanity by trying to rule the world through cyber terrorism. This is a very intense book. It’s definitely a romantic suspense but most of ths action is played out in cyber space. I did not/could not put this book down. Great stuff!!!!
I loved all the “Wicked” series of books, just blew right through them all! Great light, sexy reads!
I Loved this book! This whole series is great and I can’t put them down
Wicked Sexy is book 2 in the Wicked Games series but can be read as a standalone. While listening to the first book, Wicked Beautiful, I just knew I needed to read more of Tabby. Tabby is a quirky, smart mouthed, badass of a heroine. A cyber-hacker extraordinaire and genius with some dark baggage from her past.
Connor is a badass ex-special ops running Metrix Security. When they meet, sparks fly..and not in a completely good way!!
“I hate you. With a heat like a thousand suns, I hate you. With the force of a million tons of TNT, I hate you. With every fiber of my being, I—” “Hate me, I get the picture. But you also think I’m kinda cute, right?”
I loved this blend of snark and suspense. With a badass narrator who brought Tabby to life. Totally engrossing and entertaining, I can’t wait to read more from this author!!
“The way he’s staring at me, the heat in his eyes, the hardness of his jaw, the raw, unmistakable need—I’ve never been looked at like this by a man. I feel as if I’m standing in the sun for the first time. I feel like I’ve been living under ground my entire life, and I’ve just crawled out of a hole into glorious, burning sunlight.”
This book was delightful. The main characters sparkled.
I enjoyed this book very much and look forward to reading more in the series
Romantic and amusing