Ten years of wanting. Ten years of waiting. Now Eva Beaumont and Lucas Waring have one chance to satisfy everything they’ve ever wanted from each other… Enjoy their explosively sexy reunion in this enthralling romance from reader favorite Rachael Stewart. This is my moment. Tonight, among the glitter and champagne and those who are vying for a piece of my business, it’s perfect. Gloriously so. … Gloriously so. Then Lucas Waring walks in, and one glance from his dark, intense eyes gives me the same jarring bolt of awareness I always felt when I saw him. Careful, Eva. After all, Lucas Waring is the Beaumont family’s worst nightmare…
He used to be my brother’s best friend–before he broke my eighteen-year-old heart. And yet I still feel that want, that aching need unfurling through my body. If Lucas Waring wants my business, I’ll give him a chance…once we’ve finally experienced a deliciously carnal arrangement that’s long overdue.
This time, nothing is stopping me from having what I want. Not my family. Not my locked-down heart. Nice Eva is gone forever. Naughty Eva has taken her place. Only my heart’s about to pull the biggest betrayal of all…
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This book started out hot from the very first pages! It was a quick and easy read, lots of steam, lots of emotion, lots of back story. The characters both had great reasons for why they felt the way they did. Everyone in the family did in a way. It was good that in the end they were able to find out the real events that led to the rift between Lucas and Eva’s family. I like that Eva was working on her own product and that she was taking charge and making her own decisions. There was a time or two when I feel like she gave in and let others come between her and Lucas, but again, I know that’s needed to add the drama to the story. As I said, it was a fast read, and I could see reading more from this author in the future. Really more of a 3.5 star read.
Naughty or Nice is author Rachael’s Stewart’s latest book out on the Harlequin/Mills & Boon’s DARE line. I am a huge fan of Ms. Stewart’s writing, so when she says she’s got a new book coming out I immediately pencil it in my calendar and cancel everything. This was such a fabulous read and one I didn’t want to put down. I actually didn’t, I finished it in one night! 😉
Lucas Waring grew up around his best friend Nate Beaumont’s family. When his mother died the Beaumont’s became his guardians. They are the only family he had growing up, until a business deal comes between him and Nate.
Evangeline “Eva” Beaumont is Nate’s little sister. Growing up with Lucas, she finally decides to confess to him that she loves him on her 18th birthday. Torn between his feelings for Evangeline and the consequences of loving her, he chooses to walk away from her.
Wow! I mentioned earlier I couldn’t put this one down, and it’s true! I love when characters have a past connection. When we first meet these two, Lucas is just twenty-one and Eva is 18. It’s obvious there is an intense attraction between them and although they say they love each other, Lucas walks away. Ten years later Lucas walks back into Eva’s life proposing a business deal.
I loved Lucas & Eva! Eva is a strong, young woman now, trying to make a name for herself without her family’s help. She’s determined to stand on her own two feet and prove her worth. She was devastated when Lucas walked away ten years ago and is scared of falling for him again. As for Lucas, Rachael Stewart creates the most delectable heroes! YUM! Lucas is a hot, sexy, successful, businessman. He says he’s only after a business deal with Eva, but it’s obvious that after ten years apart the chemistry and the attraction is still there, hotter than ever. Such a fabulous couple who really deserved a HEA! I longed to see these two get over the past and be able to find a way back to each other. You could feel the devastation of their separation between them and the love that is still there under the surface.
Rachael Stewart definitely pulled at my heartstrings with this couple! Their story was extremely well-written, perfectly paced and of course hot and steamy. With a perfect ending set at Christmas time, Naughty or Nice has everything I want and expect from Rachael Stewart and the Dare line!