Living on Violet Circle, a place that’s less of a neighborhood and more of an insane asylum poured into the street, I thought I was prepared for anything. After you’ve seen a woman strip down at the laundry room to wash the clothes she’s wearing, then saunter across the street naked, you’ve seen it all, right?How naïve I was. After the factory closed, leaving me and a good portion of the … portion of the town unemployed, I took a job managing Scarlet Toys. I knew it wouldn’t be a typical work environment, selling adult toys in a town more uptight than a constipated nun, but some things you just never see coming.
Like the protesters covered in poison ivy, screaming about smut peddlers.
Or a dancing dinosaur named Fappy.
Or the allure of the man standing in the center of all the chaos.
Wyatt Lawson, a six foot, four inch heap of muscle with a quick smile, ignited my interest in more than the available manager position. Like the missionary one. Or the rodeo. Maybe the side rider. What can I say? I’m an overachiever.
Let’s just hope he doesn’t scare easily.
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Reading this book has me curious about S.M. Shade’s search history. Then again, maybe that would scar me for life. I’ll never look at Scooby-Doo the same again. #FlamingDildos
Let me start off with if you are someone that is doesn’t have a good perverted sense of humor, then this book is not for you. Now with that being said let me see if I can get this review done without giving any spoilers…
Holy hell this was one of those books that had me laughing my ass off. I mean laughing so hard that I had tears coming out of my eyes at time, that I had to stop reading long enough for me to get, myself under control. The characters are perfect, and the banter between each of them is something that keeps you sucked in so that you just want more. When you think that something sweet and loving is going to happen, bam you are hit with something that will have you loosing it. S.M. Shade keeps the perfect balance with her characters and the story line that there wasnt a time that I didn’t find myself getting bored with this one. And as a former “Porn Pusher” myself I found the situations at the store with protesters some of the funniest and most relatable situations. Not the Dino Suite wearing protestor part, but the funny things that come from people that act like they need a good time themselves.
This author is a hilarious writer and it’s her quirky sense of humor that makes the ten year age difference between Wyatt and Cass work so well.
When Cassidy West lost her last living relative she took off for small town Morganville where she may live in the poorest neighborhood, yet she has found a new family. But when Crunchy Time Cookie factory shuts down she is one of many that are suddenly employed. The next day she finds herself interviewing with the gorgeous Wyatt Lawson and hired as the new manager in training at Scarlett Toys.
Wyatt Lawson is opening another Scarlett Toys in a small town so he can prove something to his dad before taking over the company. When he interviews Cass he is immediately smitten even though she is ten years younger than him. But trying to keep an adult toy store open in a small town has its challenges for both his business and his personal life. Will either survive in the end?
Great book! Funny, entertaining! Great job!
It was a fun easy read
Excellent book! The characters were funny and endearing. I look forward to reading the next book.
Funny and original, a page-turner!
Light and fun, a pleasure to read.
Never a dull moment in this book, fast, easy book to read with several steamy parts and lots of funny and entertaining things that happen. Mostly how the people of “Violent Circle” a low income housing area come together and have each other’s back. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover or Scarlet Toys.
For a young reader
My first book by this author, this book was funny and entertaining and I want to move to Violent Circle..
This was a fun and quirky read. An easy story to digest. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. The characters were funny, the story was hilarious at parts, and the setting was barbaric. It was just a crazy ride that I didn’t want to get off. A definite one click if you want a book to escape real life with.
You know when you’ve had a craptastic day and you need something to make it better, but you’re not sure what? You need this book. Scarlet Toys was a hilarious, sexy story that had me giggling the whole way through. Wyatt and Cassidy were so freaking perfect together. I loved their quirky relationship. And all the side characters feel like my family now. I loved all of them and can’t wait for more of their stories.
This book definitely had me laughing out loud. Some of the situations this girl found herself in (bathroom selfies, anyone?) had me snort-laughing at times! Definitely not for you if you don’t have a bit of a crude sense of humor (in a good, fun way), but I found this book so enjoyable I binge-read it in one sitting (and I have the rest download, waiting to be read)! 🙂
The first of the Violet Circle series. Awesome hilarious laugh your pants off comedy.
Oh my word what a fun read this book is and a great series. I just discovered this author and now I am on my way to reading this entire series. If you like to read snarky, sexy RomCom this the book for you. Set in a small town that doesn’t have a whole lot of places for employment. Cassidy loses her job and is looking for a new one at the one place that is opening up new in town. No idea what it is but..HEY it is work and she is a hard worker. Wyatt is the guy who is interviewing and he hires her on the spot. Not only that there is a chemistry between them. We also get to find out more so much more about these too. Oh yes the job…its for Scarlet Toys. No, not children’s toys but adult toys. And as you can image a small town and adult toy store …YEP lots to go on between them and it does. There are so many fun characters we get to know in the first book in this series that i can not wait to get to know more in depth in future books. But author S. M. Shade teases us just enough with the side characters that I personally can not wait to read all of this series.
Hilarious, sexy book. First in the Violent Circle series. Read them all. Hope they never end!
This story completely took me by surprise! The cover gives NOTHING away! One thing is for sure, you WILL have tears from laughter and you will love this story, satisfaction guaranteed! This book is full of sarcasm, banter, a lot of “rough around the edges” kinda people and a whole lot of sexiness. Get ready for the folk from “Violent Circle” and all their antics!
Cassidy and Wyatt are a great example of opposites attracting, and combusting. Cassie has little money and was just laid off from her job, Wyatt is rich and opening a new store in town, offers Cassie a job as manager, and the store just happens to be an adult store.
Cassie lives in a low income area nicknamed Violent Circle, and the things that go on there are amazing! I honestly wouldn’t mind living there myself!
There are protests against the store, and even a fire. The town even has a proposition against it. Through it all, Cassie and Wyatt, along with their neighbors, work together, and Cassie and Wyatt fall for each other.
The characters draw you in, the story is smart, and the humor is spot on.
*WARNING* this book is for mature readers
I have to say, I laugh on and off from beginning to end, tears streaming and all because of the antics of Violent Circle. Cassidy West lives in Violent Circle which is a half circle apartment complex type place for low income people. This place has some very strange, funny, but strange people living in those apartments. Then to top it all off, an adult toy shop opens up in town and Cass and her bestie get jobs there.
I loved this book. I’ve had a pretty bad few days and there was no way not to laugh while reading this. Under all the laughs, there a story with conflict and resolution. There is 2 people finding each other and learning new things about themselves along the way. This author must be a comedian, jokester, or just have an incredible sense of humor. There is also a book 2 & 3 in this series that I WILL be reading.