ETHANI’m not the good guy – not the guy you take home to meet Daddy.I’m the man you pay, the one who makes you scream.I pleasure women for a price. I don’t commit. I don’t date. I don’t fall in love. But then I meet her.The first moment I see her, I know she’ll be trouble. She wants me, and I want her.From two different worlds, it can be nothing more than a fling.So the plan is simple: we do … fling.
So the plan is simple: we do this, meet this thing between on us head on.
And then we move the hell on.
It’s simple.
Until it isn’t.
Too raw, too beautiful, too dangerous to ignore.
ISLA
In over my head.
I’m the good girl. The ordinary girl next door, who lives an uneventful life.
Until him.
He comes crashing into my world, and it will never be the same again.
He scares me, challenges me, and makes me dizzy with desire.
He’ll be my downfall if I let him.
I agree to his terms. One night. A fling. Nothing more.
But you can’t contain the passion, the desire, and the more we try to keep our distance, the more entangled we become.
As my world falls apart and everything I thought was real is exposed as a lie, I have to decide who to trust.
Should I take a risk on him or walk away from something so raw and so real?
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You’d almost think these two would make an unlikely couple. Ethan’s ex special forces who’s now a paid escort, supporting his sister and niece, and not into any deeper commitments in his life. Isla (love the name) appears fragile and naïve since she’s been sheltered all her life, living with her father, and still a virgin. Although just looking at this description you could be doubtful, you’d be wrong. Isla has a deep core of inner strength and she’s not as innocent as she might appear, and even though he wasn’t looking for it, Ethan’s ready for the changes he didn’t expect Isla would make in his life.
This is a fast-paced, very engaging tale with well-drawn characters and storyline. There’s just enough intrigue, suspenseful drama, and steamy passion to add just the right elements to keep you turning pages from beginning to end. The chemistry between Ethan and Isla works very well, and even the distress surrounding their first meeting doesn’t diminish the attraction of them as a couple. I enjoyed reading this and look forward to continuing to the next in what I believe will be a very entertaining series.
After leaving the armed forces Ethan finds himself working in a niche escot service, where his clients want to be overpowered, role-playing with consensual non-con. But when he arrives at his latest clients home he feels somethings wrong. Isla had lead a quite life, lacking in adventure, but the last thing Isla expected in her own home was a man like Ethan. When the confusion settles the understanding that someone’s set them up, but who and who was the target? Ethan takes her back to his place to keep her safe whilst he gets to the bottom of it all. Ethan thinks hes nothing like what Isla needs but as desire builds between them will one time ever be enough? Well written, woth a great story line filled with action, desires, hot scenes, drama sass and more!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book..
While I liked this book, it didn’t Wow me. The plot was different and interesting. The story-line flowed smoothly throughout. I loved the characters. I thought Ethan was well-developed while Isla was still a little immature and naive. I still like Isla’s character though she could have used a little more development. It was action-packed as well. I was glad to see them overcome all the obstacles in their way to obtain their HEA.
Ethan and Isla definitely don’t have a meet cute beginning. And I think that threw me right off the bat. It’s not just naïve to leave with a complete stranger who just attacked you, it’s stupidity, no matter what his reasons. My thoughts on Isla didn’t change much throughout the rest of the story.
I just couldn’t get into Ethan after that. I didn’t like that he was so casual about Isla’s feelings about his sex work. I didn’t like that he would even think about getting jealous at the thought of her with someone else. I didn’t like that he told her he didn’t feel ashamed or bad about what he did for a living, yet he went back and forth himself about feeling bad about it. Top it off with him lying in a message to Selina and I just didn’t like him.
This was my first read from SR Jones, but I can’t wait to read the next one in this series. Ethan and Isla’s story is wonderful, they make a truly special couple. Ethan, a retired Special Ops now paid escort gets hired for a job. Isla, a sheltered but strong young woman who has survived an accident, and serious sickness. Because of all this her father is afraid of losing her so she has never been allowed her to be alone. Ethan gets a special request but soon realizes something is up. The story progressed very nicely, and I fell in love with the characters.