Carlina Perez is in way over her head. Unexpectedly jobless and fostering an exotic pet with an insatiable appetite, this pastry chef needs a new gig faster than she can whip up a batch of scones. But when she’s tapped to serve as the personal chef to a haughty tabloid regular, she only considers the job out of sheer desperation. After all, Giorgio Acardi may be filthy rich and intoxicatingly … handsome, but he’s also a first class scoundrel.
Giorgio Acardi has it all: money, fame, an endless string of beautiful companions, and the respect of his colleagues and rivals. From the outside looking in, his life is perfect. So perfect, in fact, that he’s even got his eye on a new personal chef. She’s talented and gorgeous, and it shouldn’t make a difference whether she hates him or not as long as she does the job. But there’s something about Carlina that Giorgio just can’t resist, and he hasn’t enjoyed success by backing down from a challenge.
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The first thing that caught my eye with this was the cover. I loved what the author did with it. With it being the first book by this author I didn’t know what to expect but was excited by the blurb. Not only did Giorgio and Carlina captivate me, but the side characters as well. I read it in one sitting and now will have to pick up other books by this author.
This book was so much more than I expected. I loved it so much. I laughed, I cried, I yelled a little bit (lol) in all seriousness it takes an amazing book to make you feel all the things, and this book did just that. I enjoyed this story and it was so hard to put down I just had to know what happened.
I highly recommend reading this book!
Sexy Scoundrel by Raisa Greywood is part of the Cocky Hero Club Series. This is the story of Giorgio Acardi and Carlina Pére, but it is a standalone book. Giorgio is a hardworking man who is trying to care for his family but does come off cocky…and the tabloids love to write about him. When Giorgio taste Carlina’s food he wants her for his chef and he knows she is going through a hard patch. Carliana is a caring and loving person who takes in an exotic pet after her friend contacts her. But she is just out of work and can’t say no to the job that Giorgio offers. This opens them up to find out things they didn’t know they wanted and breaks down their misconception that they had. Enjoyed their story and hope to read more from this author.
Two strong willed and stubborn people that collide in the best of Carolina and Giorgio. Together they give us a romance that is quirky and sexy. A story that is funny with strong characters that will bring tears and joy into your heart. All the characters in the story will endear your hearts including Leonard the Lion. A fabulous addition to the Cocky series Giorgio will rival any Cocky bastard.
Carlina Perez is a chef whose talent is unparalled, unfortunately she is working for her ex who doesn’t have a clue as to run his restaurant. She knew it was only a matter of time before he fired her and now she is getting a chance to achieve her own dreams. That said when her friend asks to take in a Lion an a couple other animals, she steps up. All this coincides though with Giorgio Acardi, a cocky thorn in her side who wants to buy her land.
Giorgio happens to be at the restaurant that Carlina works at and ends up taking home one of her desserts. For the first time his brother Antonio is willing to eat something different then junk food. Giorgio wants Carlina to cook for his brother and when they show up, Carlina instantly finds a kinship with Antonio. Problem is Giorgio is not used to being irrelevant and stuffs up the meeting by being a jerk. After much negotiation Carlina agrees to have Antonio work her farm as well as blossom with her tutelage. Giorgio is willing to do whatever he needs to, even stay away, to have his brother happy but when an accident happens, Giorgio ends up getting closer to Carlina and finds he may never let her go.
I liked this, I thought the chef angle got thrown to the side a bit but overall a really good story. I loved the interactions with Antonio and found that Giorgio was terrific when out of his element. Definitely would try out more from this author.
Being a fan of Raisa Greywood, I’ve been waiting for this book. Ms. Greywood didn’t let me down as I devoured every page of this book. Georgio is rich and can have whatever he wants and he wants Carlina as his personal chef…………..well maybe he wants more than that from her. His brother, Antonio, was a highlight to this story along with the main characters and I loved seeing him come into his own and grow. Reading it, I felt the whole range of emotions, happiness, anger, sadness, joy and everything else you can possible feel. This whole book was well worth waiting for and you can bet I’ll be reading it over and over!!
I loved, loved this story! Leonard the Lion – oh my! Antonio – a very special brother – sweet! And our amazing couple Gio and Carli – what a romance! Beautiful! Hated to see it end. This was my first read by Raisa – definitely not my last.
This one had me up all night trying to finish before bed, I just couldn’t put it down. There was a WHOLE range of emotions packed into to this book. I laughed, cried, got hot, and wanted to throw my kindle at times! I love a book that can pull you in and make you forget about the world around you and that’s just what this one did for me.
Omg this book made my heart sing.
It’s definitely an emotional rollercoaster ride.
Carlina, Giorgio and Antonio are the main characters and the chemistry and storyline is just so good, and the topics that are woven in this book they make you fall in love with the characters and the author
I found that it was an fun, emotional, exciting and loving read
And really an absolutely well done compliment to the author
It’s an adult romance, with some hot and steamy smutty scenes.
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This was my first Raisa Greywood novel and I was mostly impressed with the story, there were some many different moving parts it felt like it detracted from the overall book. The world building was descriptive enough to easily visualize without going into tiny, minute details. The character development is fantastic: despite the struggles she’s endured in life, Carlina is strong and tough enough to handles the adversity life throws at her. Giorgio is great with his family and wanting to take care of them; a bit cocky at times, but not so much that he comes across as a d-bag.
Sexy Scoundrel is my first Raisa Greywood read and it won’t be my last. I enjoyed the characters that she has added to the Cocky Hero Club. Giorgio and Carlina are pretty perfect together and I loved their story. If you love sexy reads don’t miss this one!
This is my first read by Raisa – I am so pleased and loved everything about this book. She weaved the perfect story with low drama (there are a couple of WTF moments thanks to a more than crazy aunt), fantastic banter, and a plot that was really entertaining. I went thru so many emotions while reading this and don’t regret any of them. Seriously, where else are you going to read a romance that includes having a pet lion and make you want to open your own animal sanctuary?!
I loved the main characters, Giorgio and Carli, so much but found myself connecting with the side characters as well. I think I ended up loving Antonio a little more than the main characters because he had more growth than the main characters and I can’t forget Hunter and Jeremy as well. I think that was my favorite thing about this story overall – Raisa had me loving everyone (except that one crazy aunt that I wanted to slap). The cherry on the cake was seeing Aubrey and Chance and getting the glimpse of Graham. In my opinion, Raisa has written a perfect romance filled with tons of love and emotion, added in just a soft touch of bdsm, and the characters were perfect (flaws and all). I’m happy I have added this to my kindle library because I can see myself reading it again in the future. This is definitely another Cocky Hero Club series addition that deserves more than 5 stars.
This is by far my favorite Hero Club Novel to date. Maybe it’s because I’m a big animal lover too but I just connected more to this one. Carlina was a great heroine who didn’t take any sh*% from anyone. And Giorgio loves to push her to the limit. They definitely had enemies to lovers tension to the extreme and when they finally gave in-wow it was intense. (Gio is a bit of a Dom so there is some BDSM at play here but nothing too crazy) But aside from that there was the amazing things Carlina did for Antonio too. He is Gio’s bother who suffers from Downs Syndrome. She gets him off the couch, away from the TV and gives him a purpose (and gets him to eat healthy) But of course my favorite character was Leonard the Lion I loved him almost as much as Pixie (the goat from Cocky Bastard- who has a few cameos in this book) This is my first book by Raisa Greywood but I will definitely keep her on my radar for more.
What a great fun book to read!! Raisa Greywood is a new to me author and boy did I sure enjoy her writing and characters. Giorgio and Carlina are great main characters and I love how feisty and strong Carli is regardless of all that she has been through. Giorgio has met his match with Carlli and I love how she doesn’t fall at his feet and really make him work for everything. Antonio and Leonard, OMG best secondary characters EVER!!!! I loved how the animals were worked into the story as so many time forgot they weren’t actual people. I will absolutely be checking out this author’s back list of books. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book for an honest review.