*This book has been previously published*She’s desperate for a taste of sin…When Lily Andrews shows up at Kahu Winter’s exclusive Auckland club, the last thing he expects is for his business partner’s daughter to demand lessons in seduction. Kahu is ready to send her straight home, but he knows Lily won’t be put off so easily. So he makes her a deal: she has one hour a week for six weeks to … hour a week for six weeks to seduce him.
Lily isn’t pleased when Kahu makes it clear he finds her utterly resistible, but at twenty, Lily feels like she’s lived several lifetimes, and she’s stubborn enough to handle the beautiful older man who’s haunted her dreams for years. Leukemia didn’t kill her. Humiliation certainly won’t be fatal.
Jaded Kahu certainly never expected to fall under the spell of innocent Lily’s charms, but she’s as tempting as she is forbidden, and all his resistance crumbles when his ballerina dances for him…
Will Lily finally be the one to unlock his heart, and turn six weeks into forever?
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Omg this was my absolute Favorite of the whole phenomenal series !!! Lily and Kahu were quite the characters, both head strong & has horrific past issues to overcome to find their HEA!! This was HOT HOT HOT & oh so beautifully sweet . The Ballerina & her hot older dude !!The whole LIVING IN SERIES IS AMAZING !
Living in Sin is the second title in Jackie Ashenden’s Forbidden Desires series, and, if you follow my book reviews, you know that I started reading this series with the third novel (where I encountered Lily and Kahu but didn’t quite understand what happened between them in that novel), then read the first novel, where Kahu played and minor role, and finally, I got to read this novel, Kahu’s and Lily’s story, and it gets 5 emotional stars from this reader.
Lily is a 20-year-old ballerina, who was diagnosed with and treated for leukemia over the past 3 years, leaving her weak, thin, scared and depressed. Her entire life is ballet, but 3 idle years can set a dancer’s career into free-fall, and during her most recent attempt at getting to join the corps de ballet, she failed her audition and was told that her dancing lacked passion. What did she know of passion? She’s still a virgin, never had a boyfriend, her mother is dead, her father ignores her, and she doesn’t even have girlfriends anymore, ones who she could ask about sex. If her career is dependent on learning about passion, she knows just who to ask–her father’s best friend, Kahu Winter, who owns an exclusive nightclub where, as rumor has it, all manner of things sexual go on, and the big, hunky, sexy Maori, Kahu, has both a jaded past and quite a reputation with the ladies. He’s 38 to her 20, and it’s going to take a lot of convincing to get him to agree to initiate her into the world of sexual pleasure and passion–and does it ever!
After winning her fight with leukemia, Lily isn’t a quitter, she needs to find her passion, but Katu has no desire to have sex with his best friend’s virginal daughter, and he certainly doesn’t make it easy for her, but when he’s finally convinced to give her a one-night chance, I expected my e-reader to go up in flames from their explosive encounter. But this is far more than a novel about a young woman’s initiation into sex, it’s a highly emotional and angst-filled story about two broken and wounded people who help each other come to terms with who they really are, and how they help one another drop the walls they’ve been hiding behind, and, just a suggestion–keep your tissues handy, because I’m guessing you’ll be tearing up at times, just as I did. If mild BDSM is a turn-off for you, you might take issue with parts of this novel, but “mild” means just that.
This was, quite simply, another excellent read from this talented author, who creates wonderful, fully developed characters and tells their story with pathos and understanding. As someone who studied ballet for many years, I was impressed by Ms. Ashenden’s respect for Lily’s art, her dedication to the dance, and the pain she gladly accepted and endured as part of it–all were spot-on. I absolutely loved Lily and Kahu’s story, and I think you will too.