He told me he would demand obedience. He took much more than that.When I agreed to work for him, I thought I knew what I was getting myself into. I was wrong.I knew he would be stern. I knew he would be demanding. What I didn’t expect was to find myself over his knee for a painful, humiliating spanking the very first time I displeased him.But that was just the beginning. As he strips me bare and … beginning. As he strips me bare and uses me as roughly and shamefully as he pleases, my body’s response to his firm-handed dominance is undeniable. I’m going to take everything he gives me, and in my heart I know it won’t be long until I’m begging for more.
Publisher’s Note: Bared includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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A great story for me to have with my coffee every morning. I could picture being the down on my luck girl, and happening on a great opportunity to help better myself. Tessa was lucky enough to do this herself with Price. I enjoyed reading about the lovely cabin in the wood that came with her own personal alpha. Price was able to find true love, and his muse all rolled into one. A different kind of story that is great with your morning coffee
very light dark romance if even a dark romance. When I am in the mood for a dark romance I tend to like it a bit darker than this. Butt still well written by Alta Hensley
Yessss!! Queen Alta Hensley does it again! A steamy read, dash of taboo, and characters you can’t but fall in love with. It seems like every Alta book just gets better and better.
Bared is a stand alone romance and it is a hot one! Tess has responded to an ad to become a personal assistant for an author. This author named Price is going to be quite the demanding one. He’s a bit of a jerk, arrogant, and wants things his way at all times. He realizes that his new muse is most certainly Tessa and he plans on using it to his advantage.
When this book started I was wondering if these two would make it the whole 6 months of the projected time frame or if something would happen to tear these two apart. This story absolutely kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Tessa and Price were going to bump heads sometimes and I knew that going in. Tessa was an extremely hard worker, and put Price’s needs above her own. She was selfless and I loved that about her character. Now, what kind of book would it be if the alpha didn’t have some type of jerk aspect to work out? He absolutely could be a jerk while writing and it showed at moments. These two had so much chemistry though and were an absolute thrill to read about.
I absolutely LOVED this book!
Like true Alta Hensley style we are brought into this world that you don’t wanna escape. Alta has this knack for making all those dirty, kinky, sexy scenes burn up the pages of your kindle and make you pant along with her characters. Price is just wowza. Hot isn’t a strong enough word to use. He will blow your mind and make you say Price is mine. I love his intensity when it comes to Tessa. You can’t help but feel the heat just rolling off the two of them from the start. Tessa is a survivor. She is strong where she needs to be yet submitted when she needs to be too. She is Prices perfect match in every way. She may come off as young and innocent but she is anything but. Bared is one scorching hot read that you wont be able to put down at all. I wanna be locked in a secluded cabin with Price.
Tessa with just a few dollars, an eviction notice, and not a clue of what to do. Price, a well known author, that has a cabin on the snow covered mountain, is in need of a personal assistant. …. Price and Tessa meet and work out what’s expected from Tessa. It’s not the normal Personal Assistant Job. This story is a Dark Romance Novella. There’s plenty of sex, suspense, and plenty of twists and turns. I read this book as an arc program.
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What an awesome read by Alta Hensley!!! Price and Tessa are an intriguing couple, he is a buttoned down, rather anal author, she is a homeless soul trying her best. I thought Tessa was a well written, interesting, vulnerable, but strong character. I felt we know less about Price, but what I did know was interesting. The book moves quickly, is steamy, absolutely what I expect from Ms. Hensley. Great Read
This one was a miss for me. The interaction between the two was fast and intense. I didn’t feel like there was any development in the story. There was a lot of steamy scenes and as much as I love those, that’s all there really was.
Bared is an interesting read that has two completely opposite people working together.
Price and Tessa come from totally different backgrounds.
He’s a well known well to do author lacking for nothing.
She’s been struggling her her life. Basically she has no one and barley makes it from day to day.
Price decides to hire her as not only his PA but also as a housekeeper/cook while he works on his new book.
They are in a remote area in the mountains with no one else around.
They find themselves having a physical attraction to one another.
Price has dark needs that much are new to Tessa.
There are some hot scene between them that are scorching!
Overall a good read.
This story was great. It was a complete surprise to be offered this book from booksprout for an ARC and I am so glad I didn’t pass it up.
It’s not a very long story but long enough that you felt you didn’t feel like you were missing out on anything when it ended.
Because of the length of the book, really saying anything about it is really spoiling it, HOWEVER I will say it was HOT, it was INTENSE and the main MC is sooooo totally ALPHA
A pretty fast read. Tessa is down on her luck when she spots the ad for a PA by an author. Down to her last pennies and eviction notice she applies and surprises Mr. Price. His needs for an assistant are demanding and harsh and Tessa impresses.
With a retreat to his cabin for his writing needs, things get out of control when Price shows Tessa exactly how he punishes disobedience.
This was a quick read from that moment on, and the relationship grows but what happens when its time to go back to the city after his book is written?
“There are all sorts of spankings a naughty girl can receive. There is the sexy and fun kind that involves f*****g. There is discipline for minor infractions or attitude adjustments, and there are true punishments.”
~Price~
Tessa and Price have a complex relationship. It was simple at first. Black and white. Lines were straight and clear, no misconceptions or miscommunication about it. But when that first line was broken, it wasn’t just broken, it was shattered. Feelings got involved, and oh my Gods the feels in this one. So many feels it’s enough to drive you crazy. This book is so much of everything!!!! Could not stop reading it, and finished it in one night. Love, love, loved it.
Watch what happens when a single minded author hires an unlikely assistant.
He, is good with words on paper, not so much expressing them verbally. She, is practically homeless, uneducated but quick minded, and she switches from awe of his education, his circumstances, to angry defiance at the drop of a hat.
Two more different people are hardly imaginable spending six months in a isolated cabin in the woods.
When she, as a result of her first “transgression”, ends up over his lap, their relationship changes.
What follows is a foray into a world of sensual delights. They grow ever closer and needful of each other in spite of their differences. Until it is time to leave the cabin.
And what now? They never talked about the time after …
Well I finished Bared and I have to admit that I skimmed through a lot of it. It’s not a bad story nor is is a great story. It just kind of fell in the middle for me. It’s the story of Tessa, a young woman that has struggled in life and hopes that the job of assistant that she’s interviewing for will turn her life around. Price is a reclusive yet famous author. He’s taken by Tessa because she truly doesn’t know who he is. The story is told from dual POV yet I felt as if most if it was focused on the sexual discipline and the relationship development was lacking. Well this is my opinion and if you like the author’s previous work I recommend reading Bared to see what you think.
This is some old school Alta Hensley. She’s been doing a lot of dark lately, which isn’t a bad thing at all, her dark stuff is great, but this kind of story is what made me first fall in love with her writing.
I wasn’t quite sure that Tessa would be able to handle everything that Price wanted when he hired her. There were a lot of rules, and I would’ve had a hard time, but then again, I don’t think that I was ever as desperate as Tessa seemed to be. I did feel sorry for her at the beginning because she was so desperate, but I was also impressed by her bravery because it took a lot for her to step up and do something like applying for the job. I do like her a lot.
I liked Price most of the time. He did occasionally come across as a jerk, but I think that he wasn’t necessarily meaning to be a jerk, it just happened. If he wanted to, he could probably have been a much bigger jerk.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and it was a great way to kill a few hours.
I really enjoyed this new book by Alta Hensley!!! Such a sweet romance that builds between Tessa and Price!!! I look forward to her next book!!! Read and Enjoy!!!
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Tessa is flat broke and about to be evicted not to mention in desperate need of a job and a place to live. Price is a demanding, rude, my way or the highway kind of man who also happens to be gorgeous with an amazing body.
What could possibly go wrong? So much fireworks between these two right from the start. I was so intrigued by this book.
Reading a book without knowing what the story is about was exciting for me. I wanted to read this book not because of the story, but because of whom wrote it. Alta wrote two characters that seemed to lack any real depth to them, and the punishment scenes were forced in my opinion. I typically love books by this author, but in this case, the story didn’t flow like their others.
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When I find that Alta Hensley had a surprise release coming out, I was like HELL YEAH!!! I jumped at the chance to read it.I LOVE her books! They are always devilishly dark, dirty, and of course a bit taboo sprinkled on top. And Bared was everything I’ve come to love from this author.
In pure Alta style there is a storyline that captivated me, plus some very kinky sex scenes. I absolutely LOVED Tessa and Price’s story!!! My only wish for this novella is that it was longer!
Edgy & spicy scenario
—>>> When Tessa is in her most desperate personal situation, with no roof or job in her immediate prospects, she interviews for a position as a personal assistant to Price, a reclusive, eccentric, but prolific author. Although she was thoroughly forewarned then with the scope of his expectations and with what being at his treasured cabin writing retreat would entail, Tessa was pretty much left to her own devices to feel her way through the detailed demands of his focused schedule. Little did she realize what stepping over the lines of her job description would entail, and this line becomes blurred in zero to mach in three seconds when he takes matters literally into his own hands. His cabin, his rules.
Will Price learn to live with Tessa as his muse and more
This is my 4th book by Alta, and I love the insta-attraction that comes off between the characters. Tessa needs this job bad and Price needs an assistant to help him while he writes his next book. But when they get to Price’s cabin, it doesn’t take long before their attraction takes them to the next level. At times, Price’s attitude sends Tessa away, but what will happen between them when Price’s book is finished? You have to read to find out and want to Gibb-slap Price a few times.