One dare will bring him to his knees . . .
Playing best man in his teammate’s Las Vegas wedding is not U.S. Navy SEAL Jack Barnes’ idea of a vacation-especially when the maid-of-honor is the one woman who knows how to push his buttons. Now his teammates are taking bets on whether he’ll end up in the fiery bartender’s bed. Not one to turn away from a challenge, Jack vows to seduce Natalie Lewis. … seduce Natalie Lewis. And he’ll do so on his terms-demanding complete control.
The tantalizing SEAL may have a hand-over-your-panties smile and a body she’d love to explore, but there’s no way Natalie’s falling into his bed. No, she’s going to get revenge. After bringing Jack to his knees with a series of Sin City dares, she’ll walk away. It’s the perfect plan-until it backfires. Beneath his devil-may-care attitude, Jack’s unbridled desire proves irresistible. But he also requires the one thing Natalie can’t give. Control.
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Natalie Lewis has built a impenetrable wall around her heart, to keep anyone from getting too close, or having the opportunity to bring her pain. Being abandoned time after time by foster families has lead her to have the belief that she is undeserving of love, and left her scared to entrust any part of herself to another person, for fear of them leaving her behind hurt and alone. So she shields herself from advances made by the soldiers who frequent her bar, and puts off a unapproachable air hoping to send them packing the other direction. But there’s one handsome soldier who just isn’t taking the hint, and she isn’t so sure she really wants him to. She admires Jack Barnes from afar, and secretly enjoys their heated banter, but she has no intention of letting him know she’s interested. So, when Jack’s brothers issue him a challenge, and she overhears the wager, she encourages him to take the challenge and offers a little added bet of her own. Now she just has to figure out how to resist his charms and keep him from getting too close…
Being the youngest in a long line of rough and tough boys has came with its disadvantages, and also pushed Jack Barnes to become the tough as nails Navy Seal he is today. His brothers have taunted and teased him all of his life and so when they issue him a challenge to bed the hot bartender, it comes as no surprise, he’s use to them getting their entertainment at his expense. So, between his strong desire to never walk away from a challenge, and the idea of proving his brothers wrong, he accepts the challenge. Full well knowing its going to be tough since Natalie doesn’t seem to like him much, and always gIves him the cold shoulder anytime he attempts to make a move on her. He has admired her from afar for quite a while, and has made every attempt possible to get her attention, but she always shuts him down before he every really gets started….that is until she overhears him being bagered by his brothers and decides to plant a passionate kiss on him to shut his brothers up. This kiss is just enough to give him the impression he might have a chance with her after all, and leaves him dying to repeat it…
One sentence in, and I was immediately pulled into the story, the story line captivated my attention right from the start and had me burning right through the pages. I got so wrapped up in it that I ended up staying up well past my bed time just to finish it! The chemistry between Jack and Natalie was hot, and helped to create some very spicy encounters that left me blushing and had me reaching for a fan! I highly recommend you add this book to the top of your reading list, it’s sure to satisfy all your reading needs, and then some!
ARC requested through Netgalley, and kindly provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for a honest review.