Noontime Martini: Amazon Recommendations To Me - Line Of Duty Series By Tessa Bailey

I would love to have a Girls Lunch Date with a Dirty Martini and Talk Bookish and Non Bookish with you all. Well since I can not have that, Noontime Martini was created.

 

Thoughts: Curious what Amazon has recommendations for me. I have already bought both Kindle books from Amazon and reviewed on their page. I am surprised out of the many books by Tessa Bailey Amazon picked these two for me. Loved both books and Asking For Trouble (Line Of Duty #4) was a 5 star. Brent and Hayden ended up being my favorite couple and story for the series. Loved the whole series and Tessa Bailey writes delicious dirty talking heroes.

Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey

Series: Line Of Duty #1

Publisher: Entangled: Brazen (February 23, 2013)

 

Goodreads

 

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

She’s running from the law, and the law wants her bad.

The opportunity was just too damn delicious for Ginger Peet to pass up. The purse full of money she finds—$50,000 to be exact—could give her and her teen sister the new start they need. So she grabs the cash, her gothy sibling, and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton, and blows outta Nashville in a cloud of dust. Chicago, here we come...

Turns out, Chicago has some pretty hot cops. Hot, intense, naughty-lookin’ cops like Derek Tyler, who looks like he could eat a girl up and leave her begging for more. And more. Tempting as he is, getting involved with the sexy homicide lieutenant next door poses a teensy problem for a gal who’s on the lam. But one thing is certain—Derek’s onto her, and he wants more than just a taste.

And as far as he’s concerned, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Asking For Trouble

Series: Line Of Duty #4

 

Goodreads

 

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

The fighting was just foreplay...

Brent Mason and Hayden Winstead can't stand each other. She plans exclusive parties for her rich familys charities. He's a rough and tumble cop who rigs explosives for a living. Could two people be any less suited for conversation? They think not and prefer to keep it that way.

Unfortunately, their two best friends are deeply, disgustingly in love. Forced together, the mutual attraction simmering beneath the surface of Brent and Hayden's non-relationship grows with every argument until it explodes into a scintillating night of mind-blowing sex. And it wont be the last, as far as Brent's concerned.

Hayden has a secret, though. Her father's company is relying on a merger to save them from financial ruin, and only Hayden's marriage to the CEOs wealthy son can secure the deal. If she's to protect her family, she'll have to forget Brent. And he has no intention of being forgotten.

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Review / Quote-Tastic: Chase Me by Tessa Bailey

Rating: 4 Stars - Loved It

Chase Me by Tessa Bailey

Series: Broke And Beautiful #1

Genre: New Adult - Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Avon Impulse on March 17, 2015

Pages: 272

Format: Kindle

Source: Bought

 

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College drop-out Roxy Cumberland moved to New York with dreams of becoming an actress, but her dwindling bank account is quickly putting the kibosh on that fantasy. To make some quick cash, she signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder if she ever laid eyes on one. And what could be more humiliating than singing an ode to his junk, courtesy of his last one night stand? Maybe the fact that she's dressed in a giant pink bunny costume…

 

After a night out to celebrate winning his last case, lawyer Louis McNally the Second isn't prepared for the pounding in his head or the rabbit serenading him from the front door. But the sassy wit and sexy voice of the girl behind the mask intrigue him, and one look at her stunning face—followed by a mind-blowing kiss against his doorjamb—leaves Louis wanting more.

 

Roxy doesn't need a spoiled rich boy who's had everything in life handed to him on a Tiffany platter. But there's more to Louis than his sexy surface and he's determined to make Roxy see it...even if it means chasing her all over NYC.

Thoughts: Chase Me has to be my favorite, cutest first time meet with the hero/heroine. Tessa Bailey books are my go to when in need of a easy read with delicious heroes.

Roxy and Louis were so cute together. They had fun banter, playful flirting, great chemistry and some hot sexual tension going on. It was refreshing to read about a striving actress heroine and her reasons.

Her friends / room mates and his friends were fun all so different in personalities. I enjoyed all their page time too. They all had me smiling.

 

 

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Quote-Tastic

1. Louis and his friends talking. After Louis first meeting with Roxy he does not know anything about her but wants too. She was his singing telegram about his penis from his drunken night before with a one night stand. Good fun friend banter.

"Yeah, how’s that conversation going to go?" Russell laughed. "Oh, I know. 'Hey, girl who wrote a song about my dick? I’d like to introduce that dick to another girl. Show a dude some love?"

 

"You are an actual idiot"

 

"Both of you, please. Shut up." Louis rubbed a hand over his unshaven jaw.

2. Loved their good chemistry and playful flirting.

"Thank you." She started to leave but turned back. "You're not the only one who’s been thinking about that kiss, you know.”

 

He trapped a groan in his throat. “I’m standing right here, beautiful. Come get another.”

 

Again, the green in her eyes disappeared momentarily. “I think you know I’m going to make you work harder than that for it.”

 

“I’m counting on it.”

 

She squared her shoulders and faced the reception area. “Bye, Louis.”

 

“Bye, Roxy.”

Review / Quote-Tastic: Risking It All by Tessa Bailey

Dirty Talker

Series: Crossing The Line #1

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Entangled: Select
Publication Date: Jan. 27, 2015 
Format: Kindle
Pages: 400
Source: Purchase

Rating: 5 Stars

Amazon | Goodreads

 

Review: Riskier Business by Tessa Bailey

Riskier Business (Crossing The Line #0.5)

by Tessa Bailey

 

Synopsis

One more game. And this time, there are no rules…

After a life of pool hustling and living on the wrong side of the law, Ruby Elliott is living on the straight and narrow with sexy-as-all-hell NYPD detective, Troy Bennett. Now the only trouble Ruby has with the law is the naughty kind, pinned against the wall by Troy's strict and spectacularly hard body. Obeying his every command. Both of them losing themselves in a lust that borders on obsession...

But then her father returns with an offer she can’t refuse: one last hustle in exchange for information. Information she’d die to have. As the pieces and the players of the game reveal themselves, Troy feels the fine edges of his control slipping—control he can’t channel without hurting Ruby. The stakes are high, and the risk higher. Because losing this final game could cost more than Ruby’s heart…it might cost her life.

Review: Staking His Claim by Tessa Bailey

Staking His Claim (Line Of Duty #5)

by Tessa Bailey

 

Synopsis

He wants her. All of her.

NYPD sniper Matt Donovan is in Hell. Instead of driving his best friend’s little sister home from college, he’s stuck with her roommate—a fresh-faced ray-of-sunshine with a body that makes grown men weep. There’s no way he’ll allow himself to taint the little vixen, no matter how hard she tries to tempt him, so he resigns himself to the longest—and hardest—drive of his life.

Matt’s obvious attraction suits grad student Lucy Mason just fine. She had no idea her brother’s best friend was so deliciously hot. Knowing he’d never have his wicked way with his buddy’s sister, she lies about her identity and seduces him. But Matt’s no fumbling college boy. His desires run deep—and dark—and he wants to teach Lucy what wicked really means.

Matt’s demanding appetites only make Lucy want more. But when her cover's blown, he’s furious—even as his hunger for her becomes insatiable. Matt can’t trust anyone, least of all himself. And he knows all too well that darkness always destroys the light…

Review: Asking For Trouble by Tessa Bailey

Asking for Trouble (Line of Duty #4)

by Tessa Bailey

 

Synopsis

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

The fighting was just foreplay...

Brent Mason and Hayden Winstead can't stand each other. She plans exclusive parties for her rich family's charities. He's a rough and tumble cop who rigs explosives for a living. Could two people be any less suited for conversation? They think not and prefer to keep it that way.

Unfortunately, their two best friends are deeply, disgustingly in love. Forced together, the mutual attraction simmering beneath the surface of Brent and Hayden's non-relationship grows with every argument until it explodes into a scintillating night of mind-blowing sex. And it wont be the last, as far as Brent's concerned.

Hayden has a secret, though. Her father's company is relying on a merger to save them from financial ruin, and only Hayden's marriage to the CEOs wealthy son can secure the deal. If she's to protect her family, she'll have to forget Brent. And he has no intention of being forgotten.

Review: Officer Off Limits by Tessa Bailey

Officer Off Limits (Line of Duty #3)

by Tessa Bailey

 

Synopsis

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

His need to possess her is non-negotiable.

Story Brooks’ fiancé just called off their wedding two weeks before the happy day. As if that isn't bad enough, her semi-estranged father, an infamous NYPD hostage negotiator, has suffered a heart attack. Not wanting to examine her lack of emotion over the broken engagement, she hops on a plane to reconnect with her father before it’s too late.

Playboy hostage negotiator Daniel Chase has never, not once, been refused by a woman, so when a debate over hospital snack foods with a delectable kindergarten teacher ends in flat-out rejection, he makes it his mission to seduce her. His only obstacle? She’s the daughter of his mentor who implicitly forbade Daniel from pursuing her.

Despite her father’s warnings and Daniel’s troubled past, Daniel and Story can’t resist their intense attraction to one another. But when the reason for her fiancé’s abrupt wedding cancellation comes to light, can Story and Daniel's already forbidden relationship survive?  

Review: Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey

Protecting What's His (Line Of Duty #1)

Tessa Bailey

 

Synopsis

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

She’s running from the law, and the law wants her bad.

The opportunity was just too damn delicious for Ginger Peet to pass up. The purse full of money she finds—$50,000 to be exact—could give her and her teen sister the new start they need. So she grabs the cash, her gothy sibling, and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton, and blows outta Nashville in a cloud of dust. Chicago, here we come...

Turns out, Chicago has some pretty hot cops. Hot, intense, naughty-lookin’ cops like Derek Tyler, who looks like he could eat a girl up and leave her begging for more. And more. Tempting as he is, getting involved with the sexy homicide lieutenant next door poses a teensy problem for a gal who’s on the lam. But one thing is certain—Derek’s onto her, and he wants more than just a taste.

And as far as he’s concerned, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

ARC Review: His Risk To Take by Tessa Bailey

His Risk to Take (Line of Duty #2)
by Tessa Bailey
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Purchase Links: Amazon  Barnes & Noble

Blurb by Goodreads

The greater the risk, the hotter the reward…

Homicide cop Troy Bennett had a reputation on the Chicago PD for being fearless and in control—until the night his daredevil partner is killed during a raid. From that moment on, he swears he’ll never again be responsible for the loss of a loved one. To escape his demons, Troy transfers to the NYPD, bringing him up close and personal with Ruby Elliott, a beautiful, street-savvy pool hustler.

Reckless and stubbornly independent, Ruby embodies everything Troy’s avoiding, but when she walks into O’Hanlon’s Pub and blows his carefully laid plans to hell, Troy knows he has to have her—risks be damned. But there’s a connection between Ruby’s shadowed past and a case Troy’s working involving a notorious Brooklyn felon, throwing her safety into jeopardy. Confronted with his biggest fear, will Troy push Ruby away to keep her safe or fight to keep her in his arms where she belongs?

Love it when I find a novel that I instantly fall in love with the characters right from the beginning. Ruby had me with her straight forward personality.

"So, blues eyes. Why don't you stop staring and buy me a drink? I don't want to dehydrate before you work up the nerve."

Troy had me with his fun comeback.

Unable to help himself, he leaned closer. Too Close. "Ask nicely, and I'll think about it."

 

Troy and Ruby are so opposite but then they are perfect for each other. She is a pool hustler that loves to challenge him. He is sexy dominate cop that he does not know if he wants to kiss her or tie her to the bed with her bad decisions that ends up putting her in danger. They were so fun together, he never new what she was up to. Their journey is not always smooth as she has built a wall inside and will not let him in. Everyone that she has loved and let in have left her. He wants in and feels she does not trust him enough to let him in. I was rooting for them to have their happy ending. They are need-a-cold-shower steamy together and I do not think I could ever look at a pool stick with out thinking of Troy and Ruby. The sexual tension left me hot and bothered with a sexy dirty-talking Troy.

 

Ruby couldn't stop herself from backing up, bringing her body flush against his. Troy hummed in satisfaction at her boldness. "Next time you bend over a table, I'm going to wrap all that hair around my fist and pull your head back. I want to watch your eyes glaze over when I fuck you into oblivion."

 

Ruby has never begged or second guess anything, but one night with Troy has her doing both. Troy has all the traits I love in my heroes. He is sweet, possessive, jealous with an alpha male attitude that plays dirty in the bedroom.

 

"I protect what's mine. Are you denying that you're mine Ruby? I'd seriously advise against it."

 

His Risk To Take is a sexy read that matches its sexy cover. This is the second novel in the series and can be a stand alone read.   Tessa Bailey has found herself  a new fan. I want more of her sexy dominate cops in her Line Of Duty series.

 

ARC provided by Entangled Publishing: Brazen at NetGalley for an honest review.

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Sexy Snippet: His Risk To Take by Tessa Bailey

 

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I know mine is not a steamy sex scene but had to post as my sexy snippet as  I do love a hero who can be a bit possessive. Loving His Risk To Take and Troy is a sexy hero who knows how to work some mojo in the sex department.

 

His Risk to Take (Line of Duty #2)
by Tessa Bailey

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When her head fell back on her shoulders, Troy sunk his fingers into her hair and tilted her head back up until she looked him square in the eye. "As long as you're with me, I don't want some punk thinking he has the right to touch your gorgeous face. If you want to be touched, you tell me where, and I'll take care of it. I'm the only one who touches you now, Ruby. Me."