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Suddenly Sexy rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Book
release date: August 31, 2004
How
are the sex scenes?
Extremely passionate and hot!
How
are the story lines?
Incredibly well written.
There is fun,
humor, angst, sadness, passion and a wonderful depth.
Sometimes you will be
laughing hard and other times cringing.
Would
you read it again?
Without a doubt.
Back
of the Book
Local girl and News
Anchor, Kate Bloom’s ordered world is turned upside down when notorious bad boy
and superstar athlete Jesse Chapman comes home. As children they had been great
friends, lending strength where there was weakness, and joy where there was
angst and sadness. Her neatly organized world is suddenly threatened when he
appears very unexpectedly, in all his god-like glory. Seeing him again reminds
Kate of all the reasons she harbored a Texas-sized crush on him back when they
were kids. But she isn’t a little girl anymore.
After
a reporter starts digging into his past, ex-local boy and reluctant hero, Jesse
Chapman returns home looking for space. The last thing he needs is a
distraction, but that’s just what he gets when he sees his ‘little Katie’.
Suddenly the girl next door is not the sweet, demure ‘little girl’ he once
knew, but rather a mixture of innocent, seductive and sultry woman. Needless to
say, he knows she is off limits, but will his willpower be enough?
Review
How
do you write a review for a book when all you want to do is go back to the
start and re read it again?
Suddenly Sexy
by Linda Francis Lee is a contemporary romance set in Texas. From
the opening email between Kate and her friend and boss Julia, you become
immersed in the witty, intelligent and sometimes humiliating world of Kate
Bloom, News Anchor at KTEX TV West Texas. For many years, Kate has been playing
it safe, both in the workplace and in her social life. Timid and reserved from
growing up under the frivolous parenting of her mother, she has created a
world, which is risk free, responsible and respectable. She has yet to
understand who she really is as she desperately clings to playing life safe.
The
antithesis to safe, responsible and respectable is sexy, dark and gorgeous Jesse
Chapman. Despite living next door to Kate, his life couldn’t have been more
different to hers. Whether it be from grief at losing his mother at age ten, judgement
from his elder brother, or from his father’s prolific neglect to father him not
befriend him, woo and taint him, Jesse leads a carefree life especially when it
comes to women. He maintains his control however, and has not let anyone into
his heart. Until, that is, he reunites with Kate.
Through
a surprising twist of circumstance, Kate and Jesse are thrust together to not
only work through Kate’s career issues, Jesse’s future as a pro-golfer but also
his new role as a father. Added to this mix is the undeniable attraction that
sizzles between the two former friends. From the moment they meet, sparks fly.
Kate is tenacious and strong, but terribly weak when it comes to Jesse. From
their first instance of contact, the temperature heats up. At some moments he
is like a predator stalking his prey, oozing sex and seduction. At others, he withdraws leaving Kate
breathless, shaking and confused.
Linda
Francis Lee has you glued to the words as passion ripped between Kate and Jesse,
keeping your pulse racing. There actually weren’t many sex scenes but that
doesn’t mean that you won’t be feeling hot and squirmy many times throughout
the book.
“She felt pleasure coming from every direction. Hot and intense. She felt carnal and primal. Then his thumb parted her moist center, brushing against her tender nub, and she felt her body shudder. He made her feel wide and wanting at the same time.”
“He licked and sucked, stroking her. She gave in completely, threading her fingers in his hair, he body arching over his head as he trailed his lips along he curves” Phew!
One
of the other terrific elements about the book is the friendship between Kate,
Julia and Chloe, three friends since childhood.
Mostly through their humorous and feisty email conversations, you learn
that theirs is a rich, deep friendship where all is shared and trusted.
Suddenly Sexy was
so well written, that it was incredibly difficult to put down. The humor was
well placed, often unexpected, the sizzling sexual tension brilliant, as was
the underlying story so well told, of the need of acceptance and love. A
complete package so worth the read. I laughed, cried, smouldered and snorted,
and simply can’t wait to read the Sequel!
This review
provided by: Musing Maddie
Published
by Ballantine Books
Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this
review.
