“We knew the risk. We decided to take it. I don’t regret a single second and neither should you…” – Bryant Benson.It started out so innocent. I saw my best friend’s father at an art show, and I knew the woman hitting on him wasn’t looking for love. I thought I could do him a favor. That’s what I told myself and I think I even believed it. I was just going to walk up, pretend to be his date, and … to be his date, and then we would laugh about it after she was gone.
You know what they say about the best laid plans…
One night of make believe that never should have happened.
It ignited a spark inside both of us.
We tried to fight it until we made a mistake,
And one forbidden kiss led to so much more.
Sometimes, you don’t know that you’re about to cause a scandal until you’re right in the middle of it.
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This appears to be the start of a whole new series from the talented Kelli Callahan but it also has aspects of her daddy series as well Once again we have the older alpha male and the young impressionable woman that eh decides is his.
Bryant Benson is one of the most eligible males in Carson Cove and that is saying something as this is a fairly upscale area but since his divorce he has mainly worked and occasionally hung out with friends One night while attending a art auction he runs into Taylot she was a friend of his daughter and he hadn’t seen her for years she is now a art student and he is instantly smitten When Taylor steps in to save him from the local man hunter Alexis Devereaux he is internally grateful and takes her to the actual art auction as a thank you One thing leads to another and they start a secret affair but Alexis has her sights set on her next husband and won’t back down Will she destroy their fledgling relationship or is it strong enough to survive her You will have to read to see
This story is about Taylor and Bryant. Taylor is in college student who is at an art auction where she bumps into Bryant, her best friend’s father, and it takes off from there. There is a spark that shouldn’t be there as he is an older man and the father of her BFF. There is a lot to this story from deception, hot tasteful scenes and issues with family and friends as you may imagine. Kelli knows her way in writing this book as I couldn’t put it down. I loved the ending as you can imagine from a Carson Cove Scandals, there are arrests and of course a proposal…..
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Brandt and Taylor certainly had many obstacles in their May/December romance. The story was interesting with deception, blackmail, extortion, family relationships, and friendship involvement. The hot scenes were tastefully done with excellent character portrayal. Great read!
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Taylor gets tickets to a art auction from her school ,where she see Bryant Benson her best friends father and saved him, but then gets on the wrong side of Alexis devereaux. Awesome story
Forbidden Kiss (Carson Cove Scandals) by Kelli Callahan is another amazing story! I love all of Kelli Callahan’s books and I’m really hoping she continues Carson Cove Scandals with some of the characters in this book. Definitely a must read!
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Wow. This book was definitely a page turner. Taylor is a college student and one night she encounters a man she had a huge crush on when she was in highschool. Bryant is Victoria’s father and Taylor’s best friend. At first their encounter is innocent, but turns into a flaming hot romance. Taboo, but seems so right. The storyline has some very extreme turmoil and some mystery. Their is a gastly mean woman that is making the lives of the people in town pure hell. I love that eventually there is a happily ever after. Great story.
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This is not usually the type of book I would go for but found the book to be really great. Kelli approached the topic of older man younger woman with tact and very creatively. Bryant is the father of Taylor’s best friend, who she has secretly lusted after for years. Fate brings them together and although there’s is lots of outside drama and pressures things turn steamy. A great story, lots of tension, an archnemesis, and eventually a resolution. There are a few surprises and all in all a very entertaining book.
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I Absolutely loved this one, it was amazing.
Some things are forbidden, there written in the rule book somewhere and things you just sont touch but damn I’d be the same if I was in her situation.
Hot, sexy and bloody brilliant!!
Kelli does it again!!
Taylor is a senior at college and had won a chance to attend an art show. While there she sees her best friends dad in need of rescuing. Bryant can not believe his eyes when he sees Taylor for the first time in three years. Whay starts out as a favor soon becomes more when their chemistry refuses to be squashed. Plenty of roadblocks and one vindictive woman try to tear them apart but on the end their feelings refuse to die and they realize they have to fight for their love. This was a good read and well entertaining. It kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen.
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Whoa! I love an older man, younger woman romance and Kelli Callahan has a way of sucking you in and making you want them even more! Bryant and Taylor were smoking, even if what they started shouldn’t have happened. But their connection was undeniable and maybe even inevitable. There’s some angst, suspense, lots of loving and I love the epilogue!
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I thoroughy enjoyed this book. The story line was entertaining and the characters likable. I found the plot plausable and the attraction and chemistry came across as genuine. I liked Taylor and Bryant and loved them as a couple. Twists, drama, intensity, passion, emotions and heat are crafted into a fun, engaging and very juicy forbidden romance.
This is an intriguing, suspenseful romance.
Carson Cove is home to some very elite people and Bryant Benson is one of the most eligible bachelors available ever since his divorce. He mainly works and spends time with friends every now and again. He also attends art auctions on occasion and this is where he sees his daughter’s best friend, Taylor again after not seeing her since her high school graduation. Taylor is now twenty-three and an art student at the university, which is how she won a ticket to the art showing before the auction. Taylor swoops in and saves Bryant from the resident husband collector, Alexis Devereaux , who is out on the prowl for husband number four. Then Bryant asks Taylor to go to the art auction with him and after one forbidden kiss they start a secret relationship. But Alexis will not let a little nobody get in the way of her agenda when it comes to getting Bryant to marry her. This is a very interesting storyline, it drew me in from the very beginning and I couldn’t stop reading until I reached the end. I truly enjoyed this book and I’m hoping there will be more to come from Carson Cove.
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Good romance full of twists
4.5
I loved this story. It could have been just a romance between a young woman and the father of her best friend, but this story is much better because of a manipulative character that gangrenes everyone’s life. It’s very well written and exciting.
Taylor wants only one night for an art exhibition in high society, to have the impression of getting out of her social condition. During her evening, she comes to the rescue of the father of her best friend who is harpooned by a woman who goes from marriage to marriage. Immediately they like each other but they know that a relationship would be difficult especially when the woman who was trying to seduce Bryant during the evening, reappears.
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A best friends father romance read that sizzles from the start. I loved this newest release in the Carson Cove Scandals series, it’s delicious character with leave you hot and bothered for more of their taboo and sexy loving. You can feel their chemistry as it blossoms to more as one touch leads to more. The drama, suspense and twist will keep you entertained. A definite must read if you love reading taboo stories that doesn’t disappoint.
I have read all of the Daddy series and this is by far my favorite of them. I love the plot, the characters, the emotions.
There is the inner turmoil about their families finding out and what they will think that goes on between the characters that feels so real. Alexis, that catty b!tch, who hates not getting her way and won’t stop till she does. The relationship between Bryant and Taylor has that slow burn with Sparks of chemistry that just ignites. The way it is written, it flow of the relationship just feels right. This may be a little bit of an insta-love romance but it feels right, not cheesy. Left me smiling by the end.
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Wow .. what a story .. this is totally not what I expected. A simple rescue leads to so much more … but if someone tries to blackmail them, everything is for nothing … or not? I enjoyed the story immensely .. it had enough in everything and read away very well .. for me everything was right .. all together definitely worth 4 stars.
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I’m sitting here stunned and still trying to process the intense, dramatic, and sexy read that I just finished. I think my hand was over my mouth for most of the book, and I couldn’t stop gasping, re-reading what I just read, and trying to take in the devastation of this book. However, I also couldn’t put it down and walk away. This book swept me up, utterly devastated me, and spit me back out repeatedly. However, I’m going back in for a re-read right now!!!
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This is a riveting story not because of the forbidden romance between twenty three year old Taylor and her best friend’s father Bryant. No, it’s because of the villian in Carson Cove, Alexis Devereaux. She is ruthless, cruel and unbareable and that’s why you love to hate her. She is instrumental in trajectory of Taylor and Bryant relationship as well as the dozens of Carson Cove’s residents. I could not put this book down and read it in a few hours. Between Taylor and Bryant’s secretive budding relationship and wondering what Alexis is up to kept me glued to my iPad until the end and the end is perfect. I loved it!!
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Another great read by Kelli Callahan. Bryant is rich, sexy as sin, divorced and her best friend’s father. Taylor is screwed (in more ways than one ). Crushing on her best friend’s father since her teens, Taylor gives in to her feelings when they share a kiss meant to be just for show. Things are complicated, more so when a woman with her eyes set on Bryant decides to tear down everyone standing in her way. Taylor and Bryant’s happily ever after does finally arrive but not after an interesting detour. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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