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Today I’m excited to participate in the Blog Tour of ‘Tempting little Tease’ by J. Kenner. This novella was published on August 23rd.
I’ve read several J. Kenner novels, that I all loved. So when I saw the sign up for the blog tour of this novella, I didn’t hesitate at all and signed up. And I was super excited when I received a review copy. Although ‘Tempting Little Tease’ is the fourth book in the Blackwell-Lyon series it can be read as a standalone.
Between renovating our home, work and spending time with my little girl this novella was the perfect book for me to read. I was looking for a little distraction but nothing to complicated. And ‘Tempting Little Tease’ definitely was perfect for that. In this book we meet Leo and Samantha. Leo works in security and is at the start of his break when his best friend asks him for a favor. Before Leo can really think things through, he agrees on being his best friends little sister fake fiancé. Things are perfectly clear. He will be her fake fiancé, and definitely nothing more. But Leo didn’t expect to see Samantha all stunning and grown up.
Things in ‘Tempting Little Tease’ definitely go very fast. And normally I really don’t like ‘rushed’ romance stories. But there was just something about this read that definitely made me love it. Leo and Samantha’s characters where really fun. And I enjoyed reading about there chemistry. I didn’t get the whole ‘fake’ fiancé bit, especially since it was supposedly Samantha best friend who got married. I mean, how would her best friend not know about a fiancé? But since this was a very short novella, it didn’t bother me too much.
This was the first book in the Blackwell-Lyon series that I read, and I didn’t feel like I missed stuff at all. So this book is perfect as a standalone as well.
Yes, if you are looking for a fun, romantic, sexy read with not to much complicated stuff.. ‘Tempting Little Tease’ is definitely for you.
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A moment later, the door flies open, and I’m staring at Samantha Watson’s wide, happy grin.
Her dark brown hair is pulled back beneath a blue bandana, and there’s a white streak of paint on her cheek that makes me think of street urchins. She’s at least three inches taller than the last time I saw her, the top of her head now reaching my chin.
In my mind, she’s still built like a pre-teen fence post, but to be fair, I can’t get any real sense of her figure since she’s wearing a paint-splattered men’s button-down that doubles as a smock and baggy, faded jeans.
I can see her face just fine, though. The same, but different. Her wide brown eyes seem bigger and darker, with the kind of lashes that Cayden’s wife Gracie wears when she’s modeling, but on Sam are the real deal. The childish round face that’s burned into my memories has given way to a perfect oval accented by cheekbones that stand out when she smiles. Something she’s doing right now, actually, and I can’t help but notice that her plump lips and wide mouth were made for smiling. And for other things. Things that I have no business noticing about my best friend’s sister. Not even in passing. Not even casually.
I’m still lecturing myself when she steps forward, obviously intending to give me a hug. And, damn me, I actually take a step back, her lush lips still filling my vision and Brody’s all-too-strict warning still ringing in my ears.
To my relief, she laughs. “I know. Awkward, right? I mean, you were like my brother, but it’s been ages. Probably best to start out with a friendly handshake and work our way up to social hugging.”
She thrusts out her hand, and I take it, noticing how well it fits into mine, and surprised at how smooth her skin is despite the fact that she apparently spends a lot of time working with her hands.
“From what Brody tells me,” I say, “we won’t be stopping at the social hug.”
It might be my imagination, but I think her grip tightens slightly. Not that I have time to analyze the nuances of our connection, because she gently tugs her hand free.
She clears her throat, then steps aside and ushers me into the house. “Listen, thank you so much. I know this whole thing must sound crazy, and I can’t even tell you how much it means to me that you agreed to do it.”
“I didn’t—”
“I know. Brody told me the whole story about how you didn’t want to, but then you remembered how you two pledged to look out for me. And even though I’m old enough to look out for myself now, I really, really appreciate this.”
She pauses, looking me over once more before she shuts the front door and gestures me further into the house.
I hesitate, because this is the moment when I should tell her that I need to leave so that I can go strangle her brother. The guy never could keep a secret.
“It’s not that I didn’t want to help…,” I trail off lamely as she flashes me a crooked smile.
“I believe you. Why wouldn’t you want to go off to Fredericksburg to a weekend wedding hosted by people you’ve never met with a woman you haven’t seen since she was a kid, but now you’ll have to pretend to be her fiancé even though you don’t even know her favorite color?”
“When you put it that way, I must be crazy.”
This Blog Tour was organized by Social Butterfly PR.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram