The New York Times bestselling authors of the Masters of Ménage series present the third scintillating novel featuring the privileged, wealthy, wild men of Creighton Academy—the Perfect Gentlemen. Years ago, Naval officer Dax Spencer and NCIS agent Holland Kirk indulged in a steamy affair—until she betrayed him in the wake of his father’s death. Dax tried to put her behind him with a payback of … behind him with a payback of his own. But he never forgot Holland…
Now, as Dax and his fellow Perfect Gentlemen unravel a web of lies, he discovers his family’s tragedy is part of a much larger conspiracy. Soon, all clues point him back to New Orleans…where Holland waits, protecting her deadly secret and holding a torch for the only man she’s ever loved.
Once reunited, they can’t fight the passion flaring hot and wild. But something sinister lurks around every corner, from the elegance of the Garden district to the beauty of the bayou. Dax and Holland may find their way back to each other—if they survive…
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Naval officer Dax Spencer is still reeling from his recent discovery related to his father’s death, calling into question everything that was assumed about it being a supposed suicide and the reasons behind it. Now he’s headed back to New Orleans, the center of the original investigation and to NCIS Agent Holland Kirk who led it, betrayed him and broke his heart.
I liked how the story was structured, beginning with Dax and Holland’s first meetings, their reunion years later when she helped him reopen his father’s investigation and the reason for their permanent separation. Their backstory is extremely important to the present day events and it was well crafted. I got the depth of their feelings for each other and why her betrayal cut so deep. I also gained understanding about his short-lived Las Vegas marriage and all that it implied. Dax’s return to New Orleans marked the first time he’s seen Holland since their breakup and he stirred the proverbial hornets nest with others involved in the first investigation.
I enjoyed everything about this story, including the romance. Dax is so likable, as is Holland, and they both have strong personalities, fully committed to their careers. But it’s still the continuing mystery arc that’s enthralled me with the series and this story. Things get really dicey as Dax and Holland get closer to the truth regarding Admiral Spencer’s supposed suicide and more. It’s exciting and Kaleo Griffith delivered a great performance in his narration, handling a host of characters and fine storytelling. I’m now anxious to move on to the next book.
Big Easy Temptation is Book 3 in The Perfect Gentleman series now this book is Dax and Holland’s story, it’s a second chance romance with so many twists and turns and so many things that’ll have you second-guessing the next move.
several years ago, both Dax and Holland work as NCIS agents and had a pretty steamy affair, but Holland betrayed him, and not only that, she did it while he was grieving his father. Dax spent years trying to put her behind him, trying to leave her in the past, he was trying to move on with his life. But when The Perfect Gentlemen start to unravel so insane truth about his family and the tragic death holds much more of a larger conspiracy which lands Dax in New Orleans, which is exactly where the love of his life is awaiting him, where Holland is. She’s got secrets and she’s holding them tight-lipped, but she still holds a torch for the first man she’s ever loved, which is Dax.
Once the two of them are even in the same room as each other, the intensity and all-consuming passion between the two begins to surface and they can’t help but be drawn back to one another.
Just it’s not that simple, so much awaits them, it’s a struggle for them both to get back to each other, so many obstacles standing in the middle of them, but it does not stop them from trying to get back what they once had.
This book is a roller coaster, it sure all hell had my head spinning a good chunk of the time, you start to get more answering but they are only replaced by even more questions, it’ll have your brain on overdrive trying to figure out what’s about to happen, and once you’ve finished, it’ll have you begging for more!
Absolutely loved Big Easy Temptation, it was written to perfection with both authors being absolutely amazing at what they do. From the small quirky things right down to the big and very detailed chapters. Lexi Blake and Shayla Black delivered an incredible, unforgettable plot, and I expected nothing less.
5 stars!!
I’ve had this book sitting in my TBR pile for longer than I want to admit.
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Honestly, I’m really glad I waited to read it because I was able to read this book and Smoke and Sin (#4) sequentially, which now has me waiting on the edge of my seat-completely biting my nails to find out the mystery in the final book, At the Pleasure of the President, which is releasing soon!!
GAH!!!
These ladies know how to write a fantastic series arc and steamy love story which has only built to its pinnacle. I’m so looking forward to the fifth and final book.
In Big Easy Temptation, we learn the story behind Dax and the mystery involving the death of his father. This brings him to the one woman who got away, Holland Kirk.
These two have a blazing chemistry from the get go which doesn’t go away after years and blazing mistakes between the two of them.
As death closes in and choices must be made it isn’t easy to walk away, or is it?