Gabe Maxwell is a powerhouse in the boardroom, a man with a dark past he’s buried under success and power. He’s not a white picket fence and forever kind of guy and he’s definitely not into redheads. That is until one corners him, kisses him and thanks him for waking her up. Right before she walks away and leaves him. She’s gone and he’s obsessed.Then she walks into his office and back into his … into his life, and he has to have her. It doesn’t matter that she’s the kind of woman you marry. It doesn’t matter that she’s everything he avoids because she’s everything he wants.
Only Abbie isn’t the good girl she seems. She has secrets and a past and soon, she’ll pull Gabe into her bed, her life, and that spells more than obsession. It spells danger.
Book one in the Dirtier Duet.
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Gabe is back! He seemed the easy going brother in previous books of the Dirty series. He was anything but easy going in this one. I think we are finally going to learn what has made Gabe a forever playboy. That is until Abbie came into his life.
Both Gabe and Abbie have some pretty messed up pasts but they are not revealed in this book. This was the start of their relationship that jumps right into the action of Abbies Ex and Gabe’s fathers manipulations.
There is a lot of relationship angst to start. With the trust issues these two have, it takes them some time to realize that even if they don’t know how to trust, they still can’t seem to stay away from each other. That’s the kind of angst I don’t mind in my stories because they stay together as they work through it.
This does end on a pretty big cliffhanger that has me wondering how this will effect their relationship. I think these two will learn they are more like each other than they think.
His Demand is the first book in the Dirtier Duet. You will want to read book 2 coming soon because it ends on a doozy of a cliffhanger. His Demand is Abigail Tanner and Gabe Maxwell’s story. Gabe has been introduced before in the Dirty Rich Series but, you don’t have to read that series unless you want to. Abigail (Abbie to only Gabe no one else can use her shortened name) goes to Reid Maxwell’s law office because she wants to hire him to fight her ex-husband for something that her ex wants from her mother. Only Reid is on his honeymoon so she will just have to deal with Gabe.
Gabe wants Abbie! Yet, Abbie is all the things he avoids. He would never go after a redhead and Abbie is one.
Gabe and Abbie can’t seem to be able to resist each other & get down and dirty enough to make His Demand Hot & Sexy!
Gabe and Abbie continue in the last book in the Dirtier Duet Series. Now I can’t wait to get my hands on Her Submission and you can pre-order it now! Which I have! His Demands is 4.5 stars.
Finally, Gabe’s story! He takes one look at Abbie and he’s a goner. He has to have her. But, she disappears on him for awhile. Then he finds her again when she seeks legal counsel, and the chase is on!
I FLOVED this first part of Gabe and Abbie’s story. It’s seriously hot, and Gabe and Abbie are an interesting, likable couple. There is lots going on here, though, so don’t go into it thinking it’s some piece of legal love fluff, because it’s not fluff at all. It’s substantial and Gabe especially is very layered and deep. Can’t wait for the second part of the duet.
5 PAGE TURNING STARS!! Wow, This author has gave us another page turning story. Gable and Abbie’s story will keep you on the edge of your seat with suspense, sexiness and love. These two have had a colorful pasts, but together they are strong enough to handle anything. This author is always a 1-Click author for me, I love her books.
Gabe and Abbie have instant attraction and sizzling chemistry the moment they meet. They both have secrets they are unwilling to reveal to each other and issues in letting someone in. This is a sizzling story with secrets, lies, danger, and mystery. Abbie’s ex is causing trouble for her and Gabe will do anything to protect her and get him out of her life. You will fall in love with Gabe as he shows his softer side to Abbie and his soft and sweet side to the animals at Abbie’s mother’s shelter. This is part 1 of a duet and the ending leaves you dying for the next book!
wow – Lisa Renee Jones knows how to write romantic suspense! Edge of your seat thrills with passion to match! Buckle-up!
It is lust at first sight across the bar. Then, when he approached her, she went ahead and kissed him. It was a kiss like no other. And then, she disappeared from his life.
He looked for her everywhere. No chance. Then, he saw her again in his building, where he works. He went to talk to her, and before he could reach her, she was gone again. Now he was really upset!
The third time was a charm. Once again, he was at the bar by his office building that night and she was there. He moved quickly and seized his chance with her. The rest is constantly moving story of love, danger, lust, and forgiveness. Gabe and Abigail are interesting characters that will keep you engaged.
One comment. I love the works by this author. I would have given this book 5 stars but could not. Somehow it got on my nerves all the back and forth banter between our characters about trust and Gabe staying by Abigail’s side. I could stand her reluctance a few times because the danger that is involved, but I would venture to say half this book is this banter that just stops the story instead of moving it along. Am I a grouch and am having a bad day?
I am voluntarily reviewing this book. I thank the author for sharing a copy with me.
I loved Gabe’s story. I can’t wait to read book two of this duet. I love this authors writing. She always has a way of sucking me into the story and I don’t want to put it down. These characters, Gabe and Abbie, have great chemistry. I love this twist and turns and mystery of this book. I never know what is going to happen or what else will unravel.
I was intrigued by Gabe since reading his siblings stories and I was not disappointed. Abigail came into his life unexpectedly and he didn’t expect to feel the things he felt when he met her. She was smitten the minute she met him and Gabe swept her off her feet.
But there was more to this chemistry. Abigail actually needed Gabe’s help in a personal matter and of course he was there to help her. But things got very complicated and I don’t know how this will actually be resolved. I need Book 2!!!
Wow! I never cease to be blown away by the creative output of Lisa Renee Jones. When it comes to romantic suspense, it just doesn’t get any better than one of her books. His Demand is no exception. Incredible characters and intriguing storytelling make this book a definite must read!
Mystery and secrets seem to be the common thread between Gabe Maxwell and Abbie Tanner. Thrown into a complicated situation where they need to trust each other, the walls they’ve both erected are not easily torn down. All Gabe knows is that Abbie has turned him upside down from the moment he first saw her. Abbie knows she should walk away from Gabe but can’t seem to make herself do it.
The story of Gabe Maxwell and Abigail!
It starts right after Reid and Carrie’s wedding, and Gabe is more than you can see, than he allows the world to see..He’s a broken character but also a gentleman, lots of secrets nobody knows, not even his family,and he’s the opposite of Reid, but still he has a dark side he keeps just under the surface. You know it’s there and that it’s not just because of his evil father.
Gabe was a player, but now Abbie is in is live, he only wants her…
She also has secrets, divorced a dangerous man, now in a dangerous battle with him, and that gives them a lot of thrust issues between Gabe and Abbie.
It’s nice to read 2 POV’s, so lots of insight from both of them, appearances from the other novels, its great! can’t wait after the cliffhanger for Her submission!
Gabe Maxwell is so much more than he allows the world to see. His emotions are a bottomless pit. It’s his complications that make him an intriguing character. His Demand starts to unlock the mystery that is Gabe Maxwell, business extraordinaire and expose the broken man underneath the subterfuge. It’s easy to dislike him, unless you understand him. Jones removes the blinders and shines a light on the vulnerabilities that make the man. Pain makes him dangerous, loves makes him lethal and we ain’t seen nothing yet. The man of ice is about to melt your heart, even as he loses his own.
HIS DEMAND is the first instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult THE DIRTIER DUET erotic, romance duology –a spin off from the author’s DIRTY RICH series but can be read as a stand alone without having read the previous series. Any important information from the previous story lines and series is revealed where necessary. This is attorneys Gabe Maxwell, and Abigail ‘ Abbie’ Tanner’s story line. Gabe is the brother of Reid Maxwell from the author’s Dirty Rich series. As per Lisa’s style of writing there is a slight cross-over with the Tall, Dark And Deadly series, and the appearance of Walker Security, as well as several characters from the author’s Dirty Rich series.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Abbie and Gabe) HIS DEMAND follows attorney Abbie Tanner as she struggles to stay one step ahead of her past, a past that will come full-circle with connections to our story line hero. Hoping to convince Reid Maxwell to take her case, Abbie will come face to face with the man who would steal her heart. Enter Gabe Maxwell, a powerful attorney, and the man with whom Abbie will fall in love. When Gabe tries to convince Abbie they are stronger together, Abbie believes their time together pulls Gabe into the direct line of fire, and in doing so Abbie struggles with the what ifs and potential disaster for Gabe Maxwell. As the story line progresses, the couple are pulled deeper into a game of betrayal and revenge as both keep secret, sins of the past. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Abbie and Gabe, and the potential fall-out as Abbie’s past is determined to destroy everything including the man with whom Abbie is falling in love.
The relationship between Abbie and Gabe is one of immediate attraction; an insta-lust and highly sexual relationship wherein Abbie battles between head and heart, as Gabe desperately tries to convince Abbie, she is the one. The $ex scenes are erotic, passionate, seductive and intense.
HIS DEMAND is a story of betrayal, vengeance, family, secrets and lies. We have yet to learn the truth behind the attacks against our heroine and her family; or Abbie’s need to run from her past, as well as Gabe’s secrets that have hardened his heart towards family and a happily ever after. The premise is entertaining, suspenseful and intriguing; the romance is provocative and hot; the characters passionate and energetic. HIS DEMAND ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.
I received an arc for an honest review.
This is the first book in the Dirtier Duet. It’s about Gabe and Abigail or as Gabe calls her Abbie.
Gabe first runs into her first at a bar and they share a very passionate kiss. The next time he sees Abbie is at his office. But he misses her and goes to the bar where he originally ran in to her.
They have secrets that they keep from each other. But she has an ex that is associated with one of Reid’s old clients and their father.
Abbie keeps trying to run to keep Gabe safe since her ex is a bad man and doesn’t accept Abbie divorcing him and moving on.
There are so many secrets between them, I am not sure if they will survive. The book ends with a big cliffhanger and I for one can’t wait for the next book to come out.
Oh wow….Gabe and Addie are hot. His Demand is full of intrigue, secrets you know that need to come out and is steam. Gabe goes after what he wants. He is strong and powerful. But you see this side of him you don’t expect to see once Addie is in the picture. I love that commanding sweet side that takes over when Addie is near. Addie you can tell from the beginning that something is up with her. She isn’t a stranger to powerful men. But one kiss with Gabe and she is a goner. I love that she keeps trying to run from this connection. Gabe and Addie have this wonderful instant connection that you can’t but help but to love. Together they are strong and a perfect fit. His Demand will keep you glued to the pages and you wont be able to put it down. I for one can not wait to see what both Gabe and Addie are hiding and who is behind everything Addie is running from. I really wish for the next book Her Submission like now. If the next one is anything like this one, then that is an instant one click. Go one click this one just to see what I’m talking about.
Gabe doesn’t get do involvements with women. But when his first brief meeting with Abbie only fuels his desire for more, he takes full advantage of his next meeting. Soon he’s doing all he can to persuade her to stay the night. Unfortunately, there are forces at work against Abbie that threaten no only herself but anyone who is close to her. She’s in deep with Gabe but now she has to take steps to protect him.
While we are not given the exact details of Abbie’s past or what threat she feels she must protect Gabe from, the fear is evident. Despite yielding to Gabe’s persuasion to allow him to help her, she’s a strong heroine who isn’t used to relying on anyone. Gabe’s past holds a secret that has boxed him into a place where he doesn’t do relationships and that when once revealed will show him in a dark light. He’s keeping that from Abbie and along with all the things unsaid the tension in this story just mounts higher.
This author really knows how to build a storyline and keep it going. I loved this beginning of Gabe and Abbie’s relationship and I’m so curious to learn how everything is going to work out. I need to know all their secrets as well as how they’re going to react to those revelations between them. This ends with one kicker of a cliffhanger that I didn’t see coming from a mile away. Now I’m completely lost as to where this story is going to take us as it’s strayed so far from predictability. I love that!
While well written, it does have a slower pace to it. The steam level is high and the chemistry believable. Some of the secondary characters are new but we also see some of the favorites from other books. Overall, this is an extremely enjoyable read with a mild angst level as this couple struggle with outer forces even while holding fast to their own secrets.
First off I want to say this has a cliffhanger. I knew it had one but it was still a shock. This book really sets the stage for the next book that will I’m sure have a huge plot of angst and misconceptions. I love Gabe and Abbie. Gabe is fierce as well as being dominant and alpha. Abbie is strong willed and has been hurt emotionally. The writing is terrific.
Every time a new book from this autor is coming out, I feel this electric anticipation that just fires up all my nerves 😀
I’ve come to be hooked on her unique style of psychological intimacy, edgy suspense, sophisticated characters and steamy passion.
Gabe is a somewhat dark and sharp character. I met him as Reid’s brother in a previous novel, and now is a solid presence here from the start. A hardening, obscure secret mars his personality, a burden he carries that has cut all human contact that entails emotional connection. However, I loved that from the first pages he’s thunderstruck by a sudden encounter with a beautiful, but troubled rehead. I could feel his craving and impatience to get her, enhanced by the fact that she seemed to evade his grasp again and again. So his fierce attachment to her when he finally claims her is all the more understandable.
First pleasure, then business, their relationship is always intense, but pleasure is also entwined in every step as a sinful ivy.
He’s overwhelming and demanding, as well as tender and protective. A wall than punches back, he thinks of himself, and I would add that he’s a wall that shields his heart which is now inhabited by his woman <3 <3
I felt engrossed in the plot as Abbie's growing problems encircle them, but Gabe never gives up. It's a tense war that links with his terrible past which I'm eager to find out. Trust is a recurring theme. How could it not with the traumas both characters have gone through in their lives?
Abbie is in deep trouble with a man who throws threats and evil deeds like fire from a dragon's mouth, and this wonderfully ruthless attorney that is Gabe is ready to douse that fire with a storm of wrath.
The double POV works great for me, with lots of insight from Gabe. There's an adorable dog, appearances from my favourite characters from other novels, and a cliffhanger that needs lots of good explanations 😀
I can’t believe this is the 10th book in this series and that I’m still as intrigued as I was when I started this series. This one was probably my favorite so far – it is absolutely BRILLIANT!
Gabe and Abbie both have demons that keep threatening to push and pull them apart. Like all the previous books this one also had my head spinning with wrecking my brains trying to figure out who’s the biggest threat to them both and to the people closest to them. And the finish doesn’t help one bit just leaves you with more question. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this book.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Loved it!!