Secret aspiring comedian Autumn Reynolds is a girl gone…not wild exactly. More like lazy. Since her boyfriend abandoned her in New York City for a bunch of improv groupies she’s had two priorities; sucking the nitrous out of whipped cream cans and making sex comics about her mysterious landlord.Blake hates people—and sunlight—with good reason. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself lusting … himself lusting after his upstairs tenant, a sunny, Australian people pleaser down on her luck. Turns out his ability to terrify with a single scowl comes with an advantage. Autumn seems to like it. A lot. As evidenced by the prisoner-captive comic Blake was never meant to see.
As they embark on a three-date arrangement the rules are clear; filthy, ground breaking sex, no feelings or commitment required. When chemistry is this strong, though, attachment follows. As Blake and Autumn attempt to negotiate their New York romance, their prior histories and secret dreams come to the foreground. How long can these polar opposites remain Captivated, when all signs point to disaster?
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“Other people praised its architecture, its give no fucks attitude, its ‘energy’, whatever the hell that meant, but for Autumn Reynolds, the Big Apple was enemy territory and she’d been air-dropped into it without any reconnaissance.” – This is just the tipping point for the humor in this story!
Autumn and Blake were just so captivating and you just felt the need to know them and squish them together!
““Although,” she told the pigeons as she fastened the hoops on her purple plastic earrings. “You’d have to have a death wish to try and fight Blake. He’s basically a sentient brick wall.”” – This really did describe Blake in the beginning. He was very stoic and off-putting. But you keep reading and get to know more about him and of him and you just steadily fall more and more in love with the PMB.
Can I just say that there were times I was blushing and having to take a cool drink to try and simmer down because these women know how to drag you into a scene and make you feel it.
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“Ian being a wishy-washy buttplug.” This sums up my thoughts on her ex, Ian, and his behavior!
You get to the end of this story begging for it to not be over and then it is and you read this and your icy, black hole, heart just pulls a Grinch and grows 3 sizes.
““Try frantic. I thought I’d lost the girl of my dreams. I thought I’d—” He broke off, shaking his head. “Of course I love you, I’ve loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you. You made me want to be in the sun again. You made me want to be the one who…gave you the sun.””
As the title says, You WILL be Captivated by this book!
And besides that, be ready for an super smutty, sexy, dirty, alpha male that is Blake who will have you screaming his name in vain over and over again while reading.
Author Tessa Bailey & Author Eve Dangerfield are a power duo when it comes to writing Sexy & comical characters.
I loved everything about this book.
It had it all.
My cherries exploded soo many times reading this book.
The chemistry of Blake & Autumn blew me away!
A Must Read book!
Captivated, that’s what Bailey and Dangerfield had done to me. I was caught from the first chapter. Not only is this book hilariously funny (because Aussie’s have some strange words for things), but this book is freaking HOT!! Think along the lines of if you’ve ever wanted a fantasy of yours to come true. Blake and Autumn have amazing chemistry. “The Landlord,” Blake does bookworms proud and Autumn brings his reserved personality out of its confines. I found this book very genuine without a lot of unnecessary angst. Sweet animal loving vet gets tangled up with a reclusive bear of a man. You won’t want to miss it!
Bailey and Dangerfield have great chemistry! 4.5 stars!
4.5 ‘Underwear Incinerating’ Stars
BOOOMMMM… I’m completely and utterly blown away by this pair: Blake and Autumn were the PERFECT match, and the same can be said by the duet Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield: PERFECT COMBO!!!
Captivated is a sweet, hilarious, emotional and ULTRA SEXY – aka not for the faint of heart or public consumption ;P – love story with such charismatic and complex characters that no doubt will pull you in from the very first scene to the very end, just like they did to me. Totally hooked on Blake and Autumn at first sight! <3
I honestly love an odd pairing, so it’s no wonder I fell in adoration with these two. Blake, the broody and giant landlord, with his ‘stay-away’ vibe, was completely captivated by the Australian little sweet and bubbly vet, and aspiring comedian, Autumn, from the very first time he set eyes on her, when he showed her and her asshole of a boyfriend their apartment six months prior.
Now, two weeks after Autumn breaks up after finding out her cheating ex’s escapes with comedian groupies, she’s been letting her depressive state allow herself to fantasize with her big and dark recluse landlord. He has no idea that he’s been starring her dark fantasies, so when chance show him just how reciprocated that attraction that he never though possible is -in one of the most hilarious scenes of the book! – he take that opportunity with both hands (and other appendages, lol) and they start one hell of a scorching HOT ride!
OMG, this man!!!! He may be a broody, hermit, and even sometimes mean, but his internal thought regarding Autumn just made me melt and swoon! And their teasing pet naming of beauty and Beast was spot one in more ways than one! Blake practically worshipped this woman, he was so protective and loving, attentive to her every thought and desire it’s no wonder she grew more and more infatuated by this man. I adore a good silent and grumpy hero, specially a PMB (a lot like Tessa Bailey’s Duke, actually) add to it Blake swoon-worthy care and devotion towards her, and he absolutely reveals himself a unquestionable BEST BOOK BOYFRIEND material!
What made him even more perfect for Autumn was that he was also her perfect match in her secret sexual cravings – her abduction fantasies – and oh boy did he fit those fantasies to a T! This book was one of hottest I have ever read, and that is saying A LOT, and the role playing aspect added to a trademark Tessa Bailey’s filthy talker in Blake, this was definitely an ‘cold shower required’, well endowed NC-17!
I expected the filthy talking Blake – we are talking about Tessa Bailey, the QUEEN of dirty takers, after all – but the level of panty obliteration this man achieved with his magnetism, words and action was a thing of beauty, and in need of worship itself! Blake is now one of my all time favorite TB Heroes, and a hard one to beat! Sigh…
The chemistry was so palpable that practically jumped of the pages, and Autumn’s sassy but sweet, innocent but absolutely hilarious lines and thoughts, were the perfect contra-balance for the emotionally charged scenes and OTT HOT sexy moments. This was my first time reading Ms. Dangerfield’s work, and I can honestly say it won’t be the last. Autumn was so adorably enrapturing, even though she never realized that herself, she really was the Sunshine and Fun-Sized that Blake to call her. She was just as refreshing as Blake was powerful, and together they really made the perfect couple!
There were so many good lines, special and epic scenes, and feels it’s very hard to be able to put in to words just how much these two made me feel. Captivated truly captivated me at first glimpse and made me crave for even more gems from these two ladies. Tessa Bailey with her filthy taking epic alphas and Eve Dangerfield with her sassy, funny and sweet heroines are most definitely a winning combination! Can’t wait to see what more they bring us!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I cannot recommend this book enough! It’s a funny, sweet, filthy, panty melting, beautiful romance. Absolutely captivating! This duo is writing heaven. I’ve read many of Tessa’s books but Eve is new to me, although not for long. I’ve already bought a few of Eve’s books based on my love for this one. I see where the kink comes from now because while Tessa’s books are smokin’ hot I’ve never read one with this much kink. I loved the fantasies in this one;) The writers did a fantastic job of going right to the edge without going over. The characters development and voice made this work.
This duo has created wonderful characters that are unique and beautiful in their imperfections. They pop off the pages and quickly you are invested in their story. Oh, the beast is everything! The Landlord is an amazing character in all his hairy, huge glory. What a fabulous hero that is all about his “sunshine” and her needs. Adorable is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about Autumn. Hilarious is the second. She’s so funny, warm and foreign to me in her Aussieness. This is an unlikely couple that works and their mutual kink is hot! The secondary characters are just as fabulous and add so much to the story. I hope Isa gets her own story.
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Good lord, when I say I was captivated by Captivated, I mean I was totally taken in by the amazing romance between Autumn and Blake. And I hated to flip to the last page on my Kindle! I really didn’t want it to end!
Let’s start with the awesome that is Fun Size . . . err, Autumn. I loved Autumn and her spunk and her ability to see the best in people. And I also loved her dirty, dirty mind. I loved how she blossomed under the protection of Blake and his fierce, growly nature. Good golly, I think I would have melted under his gaze.
And let’s chat about Blake. Seriously—he’s amazing. He’s a big growly grump, who’s just short of being a recluse. And he’s totally enamored with Autumn. Like “can’t stand the thought of another man even LOOKING at her” enamored. And all that pent-up desire and a bit of jealousy sure does benefit them in the bedroom, or the hallway, or the closet. *eyebrow waggle* The chemistry in and out of the bedroom between these two was threatening to melt my Kindle.
I couldn’t read Captivated fast enough to know how things worked out with these two. They sure as hell weren’t a sure thing! And in the end, it was sheer perfection.