A sexy, friends-to-lovers romance! Just because you want a woman doesn’t mean you get to have her.I’ve been lusting after Mindy Gamble since the night I met her, but romance was never in the cards. Working to crack a case was the only order of the day. Now, a year later, she’s one of my closest friends. The feisty, no-nonsense, sexy-as-hell blonde that I just want to slap my handcuffs on and do … handcuffs on and do bad things to. I resist though, since I need her too much as a friend. Until the night all my resistance cracks, and we fall into bed together. And I start thinking we can maybe find a way to make this work. Until she tells me she’s leaving town…
MY SINFUL TEMPTATION is a brand new book in the revamped SINFUL MEN series! Other titles include My Sinful Nights, My Sinful Desire, My Sinful Longing, and My Sinful Love!
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Good quick read! So glad to be back in Las Vegas and to have more time with the Sloan family & friends. This was such a good, quick head over heals read!
I’m always excited to start a new release by Lauren Blakely because I know it will be wonderful. I have never been disappointed and My Sinful Temptation, book 5 in the Sinful Men series, is another check on the author’s perfect winning streak.
To rate a book 5 stars, I have to admire the heroine. Mindy Gamble is a veteran, smart, hardworking, understanding, and humble. I really loved her! Loved her patience and positive attitude and how she worked in security and bounced back after she was informed of an unexpected change. How she stayed fit and how she pined for John Winston, her friend and a local detective from the Los Vegas Police Department where they both lived. These two had so much in common recently working on a case together, and were truly the perfect match. I loved the slow burn of their romance and their sizzling chemistry, but watch out, because once he asked her out on that first date, it was pure steam ahead! I loved how she internalized the meaning of the date knowing their relationship was moving in a new direction, an intimate one they both desperately wanted.
What I loved best was how she supported the demands of his career and understood him. She didn’t play games or make him feel guilty, and he also respected and admired her career and ambition. What makes this couple special is that they made their relationship a priority. They knew in order to be together, they had to communicate and make sacrifices, and that’s exactly what they did. Their mature and heartfelt commitment gave me goosebumps because it’s what I believe you need to make it for the long haul.
There is no doubt that Lauren Blakely is a romantic at heart because her heroes always deserve the title. They have morals and values and just say and do the swooniest things, and most importantly, know how to take care of their girl during their sexy times!
This is a standalone, but I enjoyed reading updates on characters from the interconnected previous books in this series. Loved the epilogue into the future as my mind always goes there when I finish a book. I need assurance that the couple I have fallen in love with get their HEA and have no doubt, Mindy and John do!
My Sinful Temptation is the fifth and final book in the Sinful Men series by one of my all-time favorite authors, Lauren Blakely. I can’t believe it’s been four years since the last book and I am so looking forward to reading the re-written version of the series. I loved it the first time around so I know I will fall even harder now. But, this one is brand new! If you read the series then you have met Mindy and John.
She works private security for hotels. He was a detective. They both had demanding jobs. They even worked a case together but that wasn’t the first time they met. It was at an engagement party. Even then John wanted her but knew his work wouldn’t allow him to give her his all. And now, a year later, it was still the case but he did make time for her friendship. They were gym buddies. Sparring partners. He loved to watch her sweat and at the same time it was torture. He wanted her sweating in other ways. Making those sexy grunts and purrs in his bed. He maintained his willpower until he just…couldn’t.
Mindy felt the sparks. She always did but it looked like friendship was in the cards for them. She didn’t know how he felt so they stayed in the friend-zone until something changed. It wasn’t a boom! It was a slow burn and it was worth it. So fucking worth it. She was on cloud 9 until she had to decide if she should stay or she should go. Stay in Las Vegas to see what could happen next or go on a new adventure…
Wow!! I can’t believe that was a novella. It’s was full of story, heat, love, family, and decisions. I even cried and that’s hard to do in a short amount of time. That’s how much I loved these characters. It was a fun,flirty and sinful ride. i loved every minute of it!
Quotes:
There was just something hot as sin about a woman who knew how to channel her frustration into the physical.
This kiss felt like he wanted to memorize every detail of my lips, my skin, my taste. And I wanted that too.
The prospect of this calm, measured, in-charge man losing control was intoxicating.
I’m soooo excited to be back in the Sinful Nights world which has been rebooted into My Sinful Men!!! Love this world. My Sinful Temptation is the newest installment and completely brand new. John Winston is a detective with the LVPD who helped bring a conclusion to a big case that was very important to his sister’s husband, Ryan Sloan, and his siblings. John has spent the last year secretly crushing(or he hope’s it’s been secret) on Mindy Gambler, a security expert who helped with the recently solved case. Mindy unexpectedly experiences some changes in her life and decides a change is in order. Will John and Mindy ever take that last step and give in to the obvious sexual tension between them? Or will they each assume they know what the other person is feeling or wants out of life? Lauren Blakely writes characters that are real with character, personality, and hearts-of-gold. Lauren is also an expert at creating/writing sexy times between the sheets with lots of heat. If you like stories with love of family, some suspense, sexual tension, and heat between the sheets then you will totally enjoy My Sinful Temptation along with the rest of Lauren’s Sinful Men Series!! I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. 5 stars *****