From award-winning bestselling author, Imogen Keeper, comes a sexy page-turner romance with twists and turns and lots of dirty talking.It began online with a single message. Two strangers, shedding layers, moving apart then near.
A dance of words.
One question more.
One deeper confidence.
One raw admission. Circling closer with every strike of the key.Maybe it could have happened with anyone, … of the key.
Maybe it could have happened with anyone, but I don’t think so. I think it was just something about the strange, f*cked-up oppositional force of us.
Direct messages became text messages, and text messages became stolen phone calls, hot whispers in the night, dirty pictures, and filthy words.
And when phone calls weren’t enough, it got real.
He ruined my life, destroyed everything I always wanted, showed me who I really am.
He ripped apart the fabric of my life, exploded it with lies and secrets and darkness and painful truths.
He was a hitman. I was his target.
He was stalking me all along, and now he was going to find whoever wanted me dead.
He was never going to let me go.
This is our story.
If you love stories with huge hot tattooed hitmen, secrets and lies, mystery, humor and explosive heat, this is the story for you. HEA guaranteed, full-length standalone, no fades to black, nothing but fun.
WARNING: This is a story about a heartless hitman hired to kill a woman. He stalks her for his job and falls in love. If that idea offends you, this story probably isn’t for you.
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Wow! I absolutely loved this book! I was given the chance to request an ARC of Talk Dirty to Me, and I’ll be honest the title is what first caught my attention. Then the blurb really intrigued me…and then I started reading it! Damn this is such a good book, how had I never heard of or come across this author before!?
No spoilers, because you will want to discover this book for yourself. But, I have to stress to you Stranger, our hit man hero, is one sexy and compelling character. He gets a contract to kill a women many months in the future, and that’s how he discovers Mia, his target and the heroine.
This book isn’t a typical romance. The heroine is engaged to someone else and the hero has been hired to kill her. What’s romantic about that you ask? Well Stranger’s brother encourages him to learn who Mia is and why someone would want to have her killer. The more Stranger learns about Mia and connects with her, the more he falls for her. Mia’s interactions with Stranger help her find her true self. The connection between them is deep and intense, and it highlights what she doesn’t have with her fiancé, and this is before she gets physically involved with Stranger! This book is at times funny, sensual, angsty, thought provoking and suspenseful.
Who hired a contract killer to kill Mia? Why? Why so far in advance? How will Mia react when she finds out who he really is? How will she find out? Will she find out? The makers to all these questions and more are for you to discover in this exciting book.
I am looking forward to finding out what other books this author has read, and will certainly consider reading her future work! I love finding new authors and Imogen Keeper …has been added as a keeper on my author list!
I read and listen to a lot of books. This is the first I’ve read by this author but I will add her to my watch list. This is one of the best stories I’ve read in awhile. The chemistry between Stranger and Mia is so heart melting. With them being such opposites it is impossible to set down the story. Every step of the way they have to face their attraction. All the side issues and with Stranger trying to figure out who actually hired him plus the relationship with his brother James just made me ignoring things I needed to do to just keep reading. The character development is consistent. Mia trying to face things she has ignored made me think about people I’m surrounded with. I didn’t see where there would be more books with these characters but I’m hoping there will be. I have to thank Hidden Gems for giving me an arc and a new author I will enjoy.
Hot, Hot, Hot!
There was a lot of dirty texting before the dirty talking, but either way, I liked it. The Hero’s name was Stranger which technically was a nickname but he has had it since he was a small child and even nobody called him by his actual name since then. He is a hitman who is saving up enough money for his brother who lost his legs in the Middle East to live off comfortably.
Stranger usually only gets hired to kill by the government so it is generally very bad people. However this time he is hired way in advance of the date the killing is supposed to take place and the target is a young woman who seems to be nice to everyone. So before he will go ahead with the job he is determined to find out why anyone would want to kill Mia.
Mia is an author of romance novels, and Stanger has done some writing in the past, so he posts it on a writers forum that she belongs to and starts messaging her. They become friends and critique each other’s work. Soon they are messaging each other more and more. Since her genre is erotic romance, the critiques and texts become dirty and flirty and things get intense pretty quickly considering she has a fiancé.
The book was extremely hot, often funny, romantic, and the story was very well thought out and flowed smoothly from beginning to end. The characters were well developed and supporting characters had depth and were enjoyable to read. All in all I thought it was a great book with a steamy romance and a tight storyline with drama, suspense and danger.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Mia has the perfect life. Her career is doing great and her fiancé is perfect. She’s happy. She meets a Stranger online who makes her question everything.
That chemistry between Mia and Stranger is that slow burn kind. The kind that leaves you wanting more. That build up of feelings until there’s that magical explosion. Oh yeah! Is it wrong to be attracted to Stranger? If it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right! The pacing of the story is good. The author threw in some good twists. I did NOT see that ending! I was totally surprised and my mouth may have been open in shock. Okay yes it was.
This is a great and entertaining read! I highly enjoyed the author’s writing style. This is a new to me author and will be looking for more books by her. If you love a slow burn read with a side of suspense, this book is for YOU! I give this 5 stars.
OMGee!?! To Die For.
This story sucked me in from the start and didn’t let up at all. Loved the push/pull between Mia & Stranger via text/phone/FaceTime and eventually in person. Reminded me of my past romances; without all the crazy drama, action, suspense and almost being assassinated by the guy you didn’t know you were falling for! Don’t pass this book up! Read it and enjoy yourself! On to the next! #HappyReading
This book was incredibly good and hot! Stranger & Mia’s story had mystery, suspense, twists and turns, and off the charts chemistry that kept me hooked and turning the pages to find out what would happen next. A very well done story and one I highly recommend.
Just how you would want an internet romance to blossom. Sexy, fun and real.
Stranger, what a strange name, and Mia find plenty of HOT HOT HOT to go with their fun and witty banter between them. The first third of the book is a lot of chat room dialogue between the two, it is the type of conversation we all wish we were capable of. The main characters were just perfect for each other with off the charts chemistry. They seemed so different from each other, in their own minds, but they had their common interests to go with each of their unique personalities. There are plenty of secrets going around as well as trust issues that add to the drama. Very well done, a story bringing the two together while solving a mystery with a crazy stalker and a hitman who is forced to look a little deeper thanks to his brother James who was a great secondary character. Stand alone story.
A read I could not put down and loved every word of it. Highly recommend.
Holy moly, I love this book!!
The phenomenal voice and delicious burn between Mia and Stranger’s radically unique personalities had me turning pages until the wee hours of the morning to find out what happens next.
This was a unique romance experience full of suspense, serious heat, and unexpected turns. Whew! This is going into my rereads pile.
A Hitman and an erotica writer correspond
Talk Dirty To Me is the first book I have read by Imogen Keeper so I was not sure what to expect as you can just be sure when you read a “new to you” author. But the book description looked like it could be really interesting so I decided to grab a copy of it. This is the story of Mia and Stranger. They end up in a very unconventional relationship because of the hidden reason that Stranger first connects with Mia. He is a hitman who has been hired to kill her in six months. As she is a “normal” person and not someone bad he decides to find out more about her and then also who hired him and why. Mia is twenty-seven and a college graduate who now writes dark erotica books. Stranger connects with Mia initially via on-line in a writers site. Their chats become more and more sexual and erotic. But they also share more about themselves. Eventually they meet and things become more explosive and even more complicated for Stranger.
I found the book to be well written and engaging. I did think there were areas that slowed down to a crawl and maybe a bit more editing could tighten the story up and also condense it a bit. But with that being said I would still recommend this book and also look forward to reading other books by this author.
I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
These two are about as opposite as they can be. They start texting to each other. She is everything she seems to be. He hides what he is. He can’t understand why he was hired to do what he was to her. Very intriguing, exciting, suspenseful story with lots of twists and turns. I loved how the story flowed and it keeps your attention. I received a review copy and voluntarily review it.
This is my first read by Imogen Keeper and I thoroughly enjoyed the slow burn love story that unraveled.
Mia has it all or so she thinks. Stranger doesn’t need anything at all or so he thinks.
Mia’s life is missing fun and adventure and true love. Stranger’s life is missing love…period.
Hot talk, sexy fun flirting, and a mystery with a twist is what you’ll get when reading this book. It’s a stand alone and doesn’t end on a cliffhanger but certain ends with the HEA we all know our sexy Stranger deserves, yea Mia too. 😉
Imogen’s writing style is very contemporary and I love the fact that our MCs are both writers, in their own way. I enjoyed the text messages between our guy and gal. I’ll definitely be reading Fight Dirty With Me in the near future.
I enjoyed this intriguing read. Stranger and Mia’s story had me all-in and reading past my bedtime. Steamy, dramatic, intense, emotional and filled with tension, I found this book was quite captivating. With a sharp edge, some big twists a simmering aura of suspense added in to the mix along with a storyline that had for me anyway, a uniqueness to it, I felt this book was a very enjoyable read. This is my volitional, candid review.
LOVED. Sexy scenes yet, it wasn’t overbearing just right. I will definitely be reading this again soon!