He swore he wouldn’t touch her, but she’s about to test his restraint.Prim and proper secretary Melodie Turner has been in lust for her boss for years . . . and she’s finally going to do something about it. P.I. Cole Sommers might be able to barely resist her sexy new attitude and flirtatious behavior, but when she takes a cue from his current case and decides to seduce Cole’s mind with highly … with highly provocative letters, she knows his body won’t be very far behind . . .
Cole is definitely in over his head. He’s got more cases than he can handle, but all he can think about is taking his secretary to bed, turning her over his knee, and showing her what happens to naughty girls who don’t behave. At every turn, Melodie is there, taunting him, teasing him, making him burn with a deep, undeniable need. But Cole promised her father that he’d protect her—even from himself—which means she’s off-limits.
Only he hadn’t counted on being the target of Melodie’s irresistible sensual assaults. Nor had he planned to lose his hardened heart in the battle . . .
Originally published as A Shameless Seduction by Janelle Denison.
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In “Hot and Heavy” you have a secretary that has been in love with her boss for years and now it’s time to get his attention. Melodie has been working for Cole and has had a crush for far longer. A case that he is working on gives her an opportunity to show him there is more to her than innocent Melodie. Their relationship starts to shift in a new direction that has Cole spinning. Melodie is doing everything she can to seduce him and show him she is the right person for the job. Cole is not easily persuaded but he cannot deny the chemistry they have. Cole is all about working and taking care of those he loves. Melodie threatens his carefully laid plans of being alone which scares him. Can Melodie help him see that there is more to life than being alone or will her run her off?
For my observation on the characters, to which I have found Cole to stubborn and sexy. Melodie is also stubborn, a little needy and I was not a fan. I did not quite get why she would change her appearance and go through so much trouble to seduce Cole. The way she went about it just did not sit well with me. Something else was missing from her personality and I wish she just would have stayed the one I was reading about right from the first page. Cole was always so quick to fight his attraction right from the beginning and it did not matter what she wore. I am all about going after what you want I just wanted Melodie to maybe go about it a different way. That is my only issue because the story line and scenes flowed perfectly from page to page. It was a quick easy read that will leave you wanting to know what is going to happen with the other characters in the story.
*Read an ARC and this is my honest review*
Melodie has had it bad for her boss for so long she can’t remember a time when she didn’t fantasize about him. Unfortunately for her, Cole sees her as his prim assistant and daughter of his mentor, and NOTHING else. So why is she so determined to get him to see her the way she sees him? Asking Cole’s sister to help her give her style a redo just might be the ticket to capturing Cole’s attention outside of the office and get him to see her as not just an attractive woman, but just might make him take her seriously when she tells him she wants to help him tackle some of the cases his PI firm keeps taking on. Her plan will either make him see her in the same light she sees him, or backfire and turn him off. Either way, she’s set on her boss and nothing’s going to stop her.
Cole took on the role of father to his siblings, took on all that responsibility, so that all his focus has been caring for them and making their firm a success. So now that they’re all adults and no longer need him to be the pseudo parent, maybe it’s time for Cole to have some fun, take pleasure in life. His gorgeous assistant could help him with that, if only he’d let her, if only he’d forget the promise he made his mentor…
I gotta just say right off the bat how much I love Melodie. She’s sweet and knows what she wants. And I felt for her as Cole unintentionally jerked her around with his hot and cold attitude. Honestly, I wanted her to smack him and dump him just to shake his stupid ass up a little. Thankfully for him he finally came around and gave into his feelings, and not a moment too soon! Sheesh, men… This has been a great series so far – sexy, sweet, with heart, and Cole and Melodie are just as great a couple as Dean and Joelle are in Hot and Sexy. And brother Noah’s story is up next, Hot and Bothered. I can’t wait to read it!
Oh my! We knew when Cole finally saw Melody for more than just the sweet secretary he was going to bust a gasket! Mel has been in love with Cole for years and working for him and quietly and conservatively but when a case comes up needing a female to accompany Cole who is sophisticated and intelligent she wants in but Cole turns her down. What is she to do but make a few changes…to her hair, her wardrobe, and her mannerisms. Instead of sweet Melody she is now naughty Melody and sending Cole erotic notes and turning his world upside down. Will he survive the change? Will she?
Cole and Melodie caught my attention in book one and I couldn’t wait to read their story. Cole is doing his best to ignore his growing attraction to his efficient secretary-for professional and personal reasons. Melodie has decided she’s tired of Cole ignoring her so she gives herself a complete makeover, with the help of his sister Jo, to get the man and job she truly desires. It was so much fun watching Melodie drive Cole crazy and him lose his grip on his restraint. Hot, fun and totally satisfying!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this story between Melodie and Cole. I might have enjoyed it more than the first book in this series. The way the story flowed sucks you in. I love how assertive and strong Melodie becomes once she puts her mind to it. She doesn’t let Cole intimidate her and their chemistry is definitely hot and heavy.
A quick read about a man who owns a PI business who falls in love with his secretary who also happens to be his mentor’s daughter. They overcome the odds and work it out.
Oh my! I had so much fun reading this book! The characters are so determined to have their way. I loved this book and couldn’t stop reading it. Cole fought his feelings for Melodie because she was off limits and he wasn’t looking for a relationship period. Their chemistry is off the charts. I love how fate shows them who is boss. The question is do they get a HEA or do they just remain as boss and employee? Does love win? Check out the book and see. Highly recommend this book. I am voluntarily leaving my review after reading an advance reader copy of the book from the author.
Another short, steamy but still sweet story by Erika Wilde. It was so much fun seeing Melodie grow as a woman after she decided that she needs a change in her life. It was even more fun see the fight that Cole was putting up with denying his feelings for her.
Together they made a perfect couple and after finishing their story I’m super excited to see the last Sommers sibling getting his HEA.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Another winning love story!
This is the second book in the Some Like it Hot series, and the chemistry in these books is definitely hot! This is Cole Sommers story, who is the oldest in the family and carries all the responsibility on his shoulders for his brother and sister and also his secretary Melodie Turner. Melodie has been in love with Cole for quite a while, but she can never get Cole to treat her like a grown woman. I love the way that she transformed herself and made Cole sit and notice her. I loved how she found herself and the woman that she wanted to be and wasn’t afraid to go after Cole with everything that she had. This is a wonderful story and I can’t wait for Noah’s story next.
I love this series and when you know what you want and go after it even when he thinks he knows best and is trying to keep you are arms length. Everyone needs and deserves someone to love them, brake down their barriers and show them you are what they need. It’s hot and heavy with steaming scenes. I would recommend this book and series.
Erika Wilde takes readers on a soulful stroll through the heart. Cole and Melodie are on the precipice of something Hot and Heavy. Along the way each learns something about themselves and each other. What unfolds is a coming of age journey that speaks to emotions on a number of levels.
What a fun, flirty read Cole and Melodie were. Melodie is smart, beautiful and knows what she wants and she wants Cole. She’s been working for him for a while and she just can’t get him to notice her. Cole, well, he’s the oldest and took care of his siblings growing up and wants no part of a relationship, family or kids for that matter, no commitments that how he likes it. There’s something about Melodie that draws him to her, but she’s off limits, he’s made a promise to her father and that bond can’t be broken.
When an opportunity arises for Melodie to be part of the team she goes all out and changes things up a bit, little did Coke know the lengths she would go to get her man. Will Cole be able to resist her charms or will he give into his desires? These two were so much fun to read. Melodie is a siren deep down, sultry, sexy and feisty, poor Cole had no idea what was coming his way. Loved this book and can’t wait for Noah’s story. I received a copy of this book.
Erika Wilde brings us another sexy, LOL romance that has this strong, sexy, beautiful woman bringing this stubborn man to his knees when she walks away…does love win in the end? Loved it!!
Melodie has worked for Cole for two years, and has had a crush on him for a long time. Even though Cole is attracted to her, he keeps Melodie at arms-length, keeping it strictly business. She’s a good girl, and the daughter of a man he highly respects. He won’t cross that line. Melodie is tired of being the good girl. After a shopping trip to liven up her wardrobe, a new hairstyle, and a new attitude adjustment, Melodie takes a walk on the wilder side and sets out to seduce Cole and sparks fly.
Hot and Heavy definitely lived up to its title! Melodie and Cole’s story was steamy. I could not put it down. Erika Wilde really knows how to bring the heat.
Cole needs a woman for a sting operations and he wont allow his sweet,innocent assistant Melodie help because he made a promise to her father his mentor to look out for her. Melodie has been hot and bothered by growly Cole and she can’t get himto look at her as a woman. So she decides to take matters in her own hands and get him to see her as more than his sweet assistant! Sexy, take no prisoner is what she aims for and boy, does Cole see her!!!! Fun, flirty, sexy and erotically charged story that will only leave you wondering at every page with what’s in store for the alpha Cole. Can he get over his promise and give Melodie what she needs? I can’t wait to see what’s in store for his brother Noah!
Hot and Heavy is a fun, flirty and very sexy read. Cole Sommers is the brother of Joelle whom we met in Hot and Sexy, book 1 in this series. I enjoyed this story a bit better than the first one as I really liked Melodies’ character. She wasn’t perfect and the way she went about getting what she wanted was so funny to me. She didn’t let anything stand in her way to make the needed changes in her life. Cole is the typical “work too much” alpha male who carries responsibility on his shoulders to the point of not realizing what he was missing in his life. When these two got together it was explosive hot but with some tenderness as well. I enjoyed this story and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how Noah, the brother, get his happy ever after.
4 1/2 hot and heavy stars!
Cole Sommers is stubborn, grumpy and is completely oblivious to the hearts swimming in his secretaries eyes. Melodie Turner has had a crush on Cole for over a decade and that crush has only grown since she’s worked for him the past two years.
When a case comes through that requires the help of a woman, Mel throws her hat in the ring. The chance to work closely with Cole is something she’s wanted for a long time and she’s wanted to get more involved with the PI firm. When Cole continues to turn her down Mel decides to turn her good girl persona off and finally unleash the bad girl that lives inside.
Cole has a hard time separating the new Mel from the old Mel. He’s been attracted to her for a long time, but he made a promise to her father to always look after her, but once she unleashes the new her he has a hard time saying no and keeping that promise.
When they eventually give in, could it be a mistake, one that neither will ever come back from? Cole and Mel may work well together, but are they a love match?
Melodie Turner is done waiting for Cole to see her. When an opportunity to help out in a case Melodies decides now is the time to make her move.
Cole is determined to stay single and not look Melodie’s way. Melodie is the perfect woman for Cole he just has to open his eyes!
I am so enjoying this series. Can’t wait for the next book!
When Cole will only look at Melodie as she is a good girl and great receptionist for his PI firm, it is up to her to prove him wrong. With a little bit of a makeover, she goes straight from good girl to bad and opens his eyes to more than just what is on the surface. But in the end will Cole and Mel become more than co-workers? Or will Cole’s over protectiveness keep him from finding true love? Once i started I could not put this down. It had great characters and a wonderful storyline. I cannot wait to see what Erika Wilde has in store for us up next with Noah’s book.
5 stars
Cole runs Sommers Investigative Specialist with his brother and sister. He raised them after his parents died and is overly protective. He gets a case and he needs a date to go to a charity event with. Melodie is the daughter of his mentor and his secretary and also in love with Cole. She wants to get more involved and suggests she be his date. He adamantly refuses, so she sets out to change his mind. She has a total makeover and Cole is stunned by the changes but still refuses. She openly flirts and is determined to seduce him but will she be able to get him to see her as more than just a secretary?
Sexual tension and a woman determined to get what she wants. The guy who is a little uptight and still over protective of his loved ones. Loved it and can’t wait for brother Noah’s story.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *