A blind date set up by her grandmothers best friend.A mistaken identity.A crying baby left at her apartment.What could possibly go wrong for Sadie Johnson? Just about everything. She thought her week couldn’t get any worse and then she went on her date and met Dante.Dante Vanderbilt. Hot, charming, sexy, rich, and arrogant. He was the sort of man that every woman wanted to tame. Every woman … wanted to tame. Every woman except Sadie. She disliked him on sight and she let him know that right away. However that only seemed to amuse him and want her even more. Even though he assumed she was a flighty, careless single mother. Even though she let him believe that was true and that she would never want him as a stepdad to her pretend kid. He seemed to find her distaste appealing which only irritated her even more. Sadie couldn’t wait to leave the date and Dante behind, only he seemed to keep popping up wherever she went.
Sadie wasn’t sure what Dante wanted from her, but one thing she knew for sure was that she was in way over her head.
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Who knew meddling grandmas would pave the road to love? Dante and Satie’s story does not take off right away, seeing as they get off on the wrong foot and Dante is a jerk to Sadie. Sadie is a lovable character who’s looking for a sexually adventurous relationship but is seen/known to be a good girl. Dante is not looking for relationships or marriage and he lets Sadie know within five minutes of knowing her, but knows he wants to explore their sexual chemistry. They have an undeniable attraction to each other and I loved their interactions and banter. This story does end in a cliffhanger that will leave you with questioning what path Dante and Sadies story will take.
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This is the 1st book in the dantes allure series. Sadie goes on a blind date and meets Dante. Things keep going wrong and she dislikes him immediately. Will he ever get her to like him? Ends on a cliffhanger.
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A fun story to read! The grandmas set up a blind date between Sadie and Dante. Their first meeting doesn’t go as planned due to some misunderstandings. However they run into each other a couple of times, and they are wildly attracted to each other. They will have to resolve these issues before they can get to their HEA…however this story does end on a cliffhanger. I can’t wait until the next story to find out what happens.
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I give this a 3.5 rating. Sadie lives with Cara, her best friend, and Cara’s three boys. Sadie rents the upstairs from single mom Cara and helps her a lot with the boys. Dante is a wealthy playboy. Both of them have nosey grandmothers who are friends and want their grandkids to settle down. Sadie and Dante resist their grandmother’s meddling for so long eventually agreeing to a blind date with each other. Having gotten called into work and not able to find a sitter, Cara asks Sadie to watch her kids the night of her blind date with Dante. Rather than cancel the date and face her grandmothers harassing, Sadie takes the boys to ice cream shop next to the coffee shop she is meeting Dante so she can keep an eye on them. The date ends badly with Dante assuming the kids are Sadie’s and that she is a bad mother. However, neither Sadie nor Dante can get the other out of their minds. Can these two find some middle ground.
The book started out a bit slow but maybe that is the author’s intent to build up to the encounters with Sadie and Dante. The story gets very interesting. The characters are real and believable and there are unexpected twists. I enjoyed the book. However, it is a cliffhanger so if you are not a fan a cliffhangers I would wait until the second book comes out in August.
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What a mix up its a shame that doesn’t happen in real life at least this well the author did a great job in creating an embarrassing mistake into a hilarious one at least for us readers
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Quite enjoyed this book, didn’t realise it ended on a little bit if a cliff hanger. Story was good and characters were fun.
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Sadie lives in a house upstairs from her friend and 3 kids and often babysits for them. She hasn’t been dating much and joined a sexy online dating site and had several conversations with 1 guy that had her questioning what she wanted in sex and a relationship. Her grandmother set her up with a friend’s grandson, Dante. Due to a last minute emergency she has to take the 3 boys with her when she meets her blind date but has them wait at a nearby shop so she can keep a eye on them when she meets her blind date. The meeting is hilarious with Sadie caustic and defensive and Dante hints the kids are her’s. He is gorgeous but arrogant and cocky and let’s her know he doesn’t do relationships and he calls her irresponsible and she leaves. She runs into Dante again when she is out with her friend and she is confused about what she wants from him. Will Piper and Dante become involved? Does Dante truly know Sadie’s secret?
I enjoyed the story until the end where you are left not knowing exactly what is happening. I loved the conversations between the two and the story development but I didn’t see the cliffhanger coming and I hate not having an end to the story and having to wait for the next book.
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In the BLURB of the story or introduction, I would strongly recommend that it states clearly that this story does not have an ending to it… It just sort of stops in the middle of a scene, and sorry, but if there is anything I really cannot stand in stories I read, it is reading a fun chapter and then in the middle of it the book is finished… Come on, who ends a story like that? The least that is possible is to say in the introduction that the story ends abruptly or on a cliffhanger… I was totally in love with the story all the way until the end, in the middle of a really fun chapter – … So only three stars an that is only for not disclosing this in the beginning, as I for one, would never have accepted is as an ARC to read had I known this as I just can´t stand this kind of stories. So good or not only three stars.
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This is a must read! This story is hilarious! The best character is a 6-year old little boy who is a minor character, but his quick wit and one-liners made the story SO entertaining! I absolutely recommend this book! A quick read that you will love!
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Although this book leaves you hanging at the end so that you have to get the second part it is a total page turner!!
We’ve met Dante previously in Along Comes Baby but his true character is more evident as his is the ‘main man’ in this book. There are three main characters to this book together with three half characters! Dante’s cousins and Nana were also mentioned in the previous book and have a fleeting part to play here. The writer creates a steamy sexual chemistry between Dante and Sadie despite their initial issues giving this book a Pride and Prejudice feel.
I’m looking forward to reading the second part to see what happens next as this can’t be the end for this pair, can it????
I loved this book and totally recommend you include it in your summer reading list xx
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Sadie gets set up on a blind date by her grandmother. But thanks to her best friend and her kids the date where she meets Dante (who is also on this date because of his grandmother) is a complete disaster. Dante and Sadie bump into each other a lot. Sadie left things a mess so Dante is a judgy jerk and for whatever reason she’s offended. The book ends with a cliffhanger so I don’t know if it’s an HEA by the end of their story. Sadie is annoying and I don’t really like her all that much. She’s a mess and the way her mind works she got the stink eye from me a lot. Dante I do like. He seems like a you see what you get kinda guy but he’s evolving. There is some steamy in it but not more than like one scene. This is not in my favorite list from this author. I really loved the other books so this one was a bit of a let down. But it’s just one book and so far everything else I read was great.
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Dante reads like a novella that ends in a cliffhanger. The follow up is titled, Dante’s Undoing. We first meet Dante Vanderbilt in Along Came Baby. He has no interest in a relationship or getting married. Sadie’s still trying to find herself and add more excitement to her life while helping out her best friend. Their two meddling grandmothers set them up on a blind date and it doesn’t go so well. When Sadie shows up to their first date with 3 kids in tow, Dante makes assumptions about her right off the bat and instead of correcting him, she walks away. Their grandmothers keep throwing them together until they finally take the time to get to know one another.
Did I enjoy this book? Yes, it was an engaging and enjoyable summer read.
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This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. It was hilarious in ways that only someone with kids in their p from can related to. Dante’s attitude was the cause for so much frustration in David’s life but the two were drawn together. Be that by the meddling grannies or attraction. I can’t wait to see where this story goes.
Sadie and Dante meet when both their matchmaking guilt tripping Nana’s set them up on a blind date. Sadie is helping her friend out by watching her kids and has no choice but to bring them on her blind date…well assumptions are made and Dante of course assumes their her kids and thinks the worst of her. The date gets cut short and they unexpectedly see each other a few more times and eventually the truth is revealed and they decide to go on another date where an even bigger truth is revealed. The book does end on a cliffhanger but based on how it ended I expect there will be some steamy scenes ahead and more truths revealed.
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The story line was good, the character work was great and the book had a fairly smooth flow to it. This was a quick, fun read.
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This is a great book filled with lots of humor and gorgeous characters.
I will definitely check out the next book in this series.
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Excellent from start to finish
Lots of surprises throughout the story until a cliffhanger who is extremely well placed. I loved the characters: Sadie who is looking for herself but without really daring to try experiences, and Dante who is both repels and attracts her because he is mistaken and prejudiced against single mothers, which Sadie isn’t.
The dialogues and situations are excellent, hot, with a perfect arrogant male character, even if we feel him slowly evolve, facing a Sadie who remains combative. I am impatient to know the rest, especially because of the scene where this part ended.
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I am voluntarily writing this review for this book I received through arc. Sadie went on a dating site and had been conversing with a guy named Jonas. Sadie’s grandmother proceeds to try and fix her up because she doesn’t want to see Sadie single. Sadie told her grandmother that she will go out with Dante. Jonas texted Sadie what he would do to her if she were with him at that moment.
Jonas was hot but Sadie got freaked and shut down her computer. Sadie goes on her first date with Dante but she bought Caras kids with her and he thought they were hers and she did not clarify anything. He had been such a as*hat that she found him repulsive and was pissed at him she he told her that she couldn’t believe she would bring her kids on a date. He runs into her again and was sarcastically nasty once again. Finally the big secret will be revealed
This description was so misleading. I was listening to the audio version which was ok. When reading about the book, it described a date set up by Sadie’s grandmother and a crying baby left at her apartment. This was on two different occasions. I really thought all of these events occurred with the blind date.
Then, I started thinking that the book wasn’t too bad. Dante’s attitude started to change. Sadie started to feel guilty about misrepresenting her situation. They were finally on the same path.
By the time the relationship started to build into a romance, CLIFFHANGER!! There was nothing in the description to indicate that this was going to happen when I first received the book.
Getting hit with a cliffhanger in this way, I don’t think I even care what comes next for Dante and Sadie. I’m done.
Love the story that was developing. I was really getting into the characters, some humor and anticipation but then it ended. I know its a prequel and I’m looking forward to the next book
I really like this author