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Hard to Get #3
Una carezza, un brivido
Dopo una delusione d'amore, il bel tenebroso Dean Harrison è diventato un seduttore senza scrupoli. Gli unici legami a cui tiene sono quelli familiari. È affezionatissimo alla gemella Deanna e al fratello maggiore Wade, felice sposo di Gracie. Ma quella famiglia molto unita sta per fare posto a una nuova arrivata: l'affascinante Catherine Michaels, che si presenta come la sorella di cui Gracie non sospettava l'esistenza. Dean è attratto da lei, anche se tutto ciò che può darle è la chiave per entrare nel suo mondo di torrida passione e incontri erotici trasgressivi. Catherine vorrebbe qualcosa di più, ma si trova davanti un muro invalicabile di diffidenza. Mentre è costretta ad affrontare un torbido segreto del passato, dovrà tentare con tutte le sue forze di convincere Dean che la felicità non si trova solo tra le lenzuola ed è più bello raggiungere l'estasi quando la complicità si accompagna al vero amore...
318 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Anne Rainey
91 books491 followers“Rainey is an erotic storytelling virtuoso!” — Romantic Times Magazine
Anne Rainey creates steamy romance stories with just the right amount of heat. Her books frequent best seller and top pick review lists. Anne is an accomplished author of over thirty titles. Her books can be found in Target stores and other popular online retailers. Canada’s largest newspaper, The Toronto Star, recommends Anne’s books as an alternative read to Fifty Shades of Grey. Anne actively markets her work and sells an average of 133,000+ print and digital copies per year.
Anne grew up in a small town in central Ohio the only girl with three rowdy, older brothers. When she wasn’t playing tackle football with them she could be found tucked away in her mother’s book room getting lost in mysterious worlds created by authors such as Martha Grimes and Andrew M. Greeley. She’s had a variety of odd jobs including Chiropractic Assistant, Frame Stylist, Restaurant Hostess, and Nail Technician. Anne now lives with her fabulous husband, two gorgeous teenage daughters, two ornery dogs and three snooty cats.
Anne Rainey creates steamy romance stories with just the right amount of heat. Her books frequent best seller and top pick review lists. Anne is an accomplished author of over thirty titles. Her books can be found in Target stores and other popular online retailers. Canada’s largest newspaper, The Toronto Star, recommends Anne’s books as an alternative read to Fifty Shades of Grey. Anne actively markets her work and sells an average of 133,000+ print and digital copies per year.
Anne grew up in a small town in central Ohio the only girl with three rowdy, older brothers. When she wasn’t playing tackle football with them she could be found tucked away in her mother’s book room getting lost in mysterious worlds created by authors such as Martha Grimes and Andrew M. Greeley. She’s had a variety of odd jobs including Chiropractic Assistant, Frame Stylist, Restaurant Hostess, and Nail Technician. Anne now lives with her fabulous husband, two gorgeous teenage daughters, two ornery dogs and three snooty cats.
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December 10, 2012
I'm considering on buying all 3 books! They are gggrrrreeeaaattt!
June 14, 2020
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Una mia piccola e personale recensione :D
Una mia piccola e personale recensione :D
September 7, 2012
My friend picked this book off the shelf at Barnes & Nobles and told me it sounded good so I should get it. So I read the back & thought "Hey this sounds like a good book. Obviously there has got to be a lot of kinky sex in it!" Bought it.
There was like 2 scenes where it got a little kinky and my friends, that was it.
Catherine: Beautiful woman. Gorgeous long red hair. Can dance like a goddess. Is a web designer for a living. But what is the shape of this girl?! It goes from sounding like she is this skinny hot chick to all of a sudden she's bigger than average, and sounding like she's bigger with globe boobs... The way she was described at times had me so confused. I couldn't get a good mental image of what she looked like because of the way they described her weight. MAYBE I interpreted the descriptions wrong. I DON'T KNOW! Either way, I missed it.
Dean: Douche bag at times? Yes. Hot at other times? Yes. I like you, but sneaking around behind Catherine's back was a dick move.
When it came to all the other characters:
Overall, it was a good book. I did really like it. It had the "broken girl" who finds out her life is full of nasty secrets. She met this guy, fell in love in like less than a week, had a lot of hot sex, he hurt her, she left, she goes back, etc, etc, etc.
SOOO if you want to read a romance book where two broken people find love in a short period of time, this book is a good one. But don't get your hopes up about a lot of kinky sex. Ain't happenin.
There was like 2 scenes where it got a little kinky and my friends, that was it.
Catherine: Beautiful woman. Gorgeous long red hair. Can dance like a goddess. Is a web designer for a living. But what is the shape of this girl?! It goes from sounding like she is this skinny hot chick to all of a sudden she's bigger than average, and sounding like she's bigger with globe boobs... The way she was described at times had me so confused. I couldn't get a good mental image of what she looked like because of the way they described her weight. MAYBE I interpreted the descriptions wrong. I DON'T KNOW! Either way, I missed it.
Dean: Douche bag at times? Yes. Hot at other times? Yes. I like you, but sneaking around behind Catherine's back was a dick move.
When it came to all the other characters:
Overall, it was a good book. I did really like it. It had the "broken girl" who finds out her life is full of nasty secrets. She met this guy, fell in love in like less than a week, had a lot of hot sex, he hurt her, she left, she goes back, etc, etc, etc.
SOOO if you want to read a romance book where two broken people find love in a short period of time, this book is a good one. But don't get your hopes up about a lot of kinky sex. Ain't happenin.
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September 9, 2017
Ho trovato questo romanzo strano. Non è un erotico, non è un romance, ma una specie di via di mezzo. Parla di passione e buoni sentimenti, in un modo di cui si legge spesso. Lo stile non è originale, la trama non subisce forti scossoni. Però si fa benvolere e lo terrò in libreria per un po’.
Il titolo non dice nulla sulla trama e nemmeno la cover. Ma anche quella originale c’entra come i cavoli a merenda. Tra le due non saprei scegliere la migliore. Probabilmente una terza.
Rilettura. È scritto bene, ha una trama interessante, ma alcuni punti giocano decisamente a sfavore. Intanto Anne si dilunga parecchio nelle scene. Le tira neanche fossero elastici, mettendoci pagine e pagine per raccontare un concetto. Poi la protagonista si fa delle paranoie al limite del tracollo mentale. E detto da una come me che in genere è cerebrale e ragiona sin troppo sulle cose, è tutto dire. Per il resto è un mix di rosa tinto di rosso (ma niente di strano; in realtà questo aspetto è trattato in modo molto banale). Si può leggere e rileggere, ma poi basta.
Il titolo non dice nulla sulla trama e nemmeno la cover. Ma anche quella originale c’entra come i cavoli a merenda. Tra le due non saprei scegliere la migliore. Probabilmente una terza.
Rilettura. È scritto bene, ha una trama interessante, ma alcuni punti giocano decisamente a sfavore. Intanto Anne si dilunga parecchio nelle scene. Le tira neanche fossero elastici, mettendoci pagine e pagine per raccontare un concetto. Poi la protagonista si fa delle paranoie al limite del tracollo mentale. E detto da una come me che in genere è cerebrale e ragiona sin troppo sulle cose, è tutto dire. Per il resto è un mix di rosa tinto di rosso (ma niente di strano; in realtà questo aspetto è trattato in modo molto banale). Si può leggere e rileggere, ma poi basta.
November 19, 2015
Het eerste boek dat ik van deze auteur lees en toen ik hem op Goodreads wilde registeren, zag ik dat het deel 3 was uit een serie. Op zich zijn de meeste boeken wel afzonderlijk te lezen maar toch gaat er iets verloren. Wat fijn is, is dat de auteur een klein beetje achtergrond meegeeft maar dat het plot van het vorige deel gegeven wordt, dat vind ik heel erg jammer. Mocht ik het gewild hebben - wat nu niet van toepassing is, want dat was ik toch niet van plan
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- dan zou ik de rest niet meer willen lezen. Wat heb je er aan om een boek te beginnen waarvan je al weet hoe het afloopt?
De cover kan gebruikt worden voor eender welk boek van dit genre. Wilden ze het meer op deze betrekken, dan hadden ze een foto moeten nemen die meer gelijkenissen met de hoofdrolspelers toont. Wat de titel betreft, snap ik hem enerzijds wel, maar anderzijds dan weer niet.
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Het verhaal zelf dan. Ik vond het veelbelovend beginnen. Natuurlijk voelde je onmiddellijk de aantrekkingskracht maar er zat ook iets van mysterie in wat je er toe aanzette om verder te lezen. Helaas was de ontknoping vrij suf.
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Toen kwamen de sexscènes ... Op zich totaal niks op tegen als ze iets bijdragen aan het boek en dat deed de eerste, in mijn opinie, zeker. Nadien wenste ik dat het bij die ene gebleven was ...
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Als ik denk aan een avontuurlijke man met een duister kantje, dan stel ik mij een Mr Grey of een mr Crossfire voor maar Dean zal nog veel moeten leren om tot op hun niveau te komen.
Conclusie
Het begin vond ik goed maar naarmate het vorderde, ging het, voor mij, heel snel bergafwaarts. Het was duidelijk dat het vooral om de sex ging en de rest van ondergeschikt belang was. Wat ik wel leuk vond, was de epiloog waardoor je een idee krijgt van hoe het verder verliep. Daar had ik echter graag ook nog wat meer over geweten. 2 sterren.
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- dan zou ik de rest niet meer willen lezen. Wat heb je er aan om een boek te beginnen waarvan je al weet hoe het afloopt?
De cover kan gebruikt worden voor eender welk boek van dit genre. Wilden ze het meer op deze betrekken, dan hadden ze een foto moeten nemen die meer gelijkenissen met de hoofdrolspelers toont. Wat de titel betreft, snap ik hem enerzijds wel, maar anderzijds dan weer niet.
smile-emoticon
Het verhaal zelf dan. Ik vond het veelbelovend beginnen. Natuurlijk voelde je onmiddellijk de aantrekkingskracht maar er zat ook iets van mysterie in wat je er toe aanzette om verder te lezen. Helaas was de ontknoping vrij suf.
frown-emoticon
Toen kwamen de sexscènes ... Op zich totaal niks op tegen als ze iets bijdragen aan het boek en dat deed de eerste, in mijn opinie, zeker. Nadien wenste ik dat het bij die ene gebleven was ...
wink-emoticon
Als ik denk aan een avontuurlijke man met een duister kantje, dan stel ik mij een Mr Grey of een mr Crossfire voor maar Dean zal nog veel moeten leren om tot op hun niveau te komen.
Conclusie
Het begin vond ik goed maar naarmate het vorderde, ging het, voor mij, heel snel bergafwaarts. Het was duidelijk dat het vooral om de sex ging en de rest van ondergeschikt belang was. Wat ik wel leuk vond, was de epiloog waardoor je een idee krijgt van hoe het verder verliep. Daar had ik echter graag ook nog wat meer over geweten. 2 sterren.
September 21, 2014
3 star Instalove story
After her parents died, Catherine found out she was adopted. She tracks down her long lost sister Gracie, and flies from Atlanta to Ohio to meet her. But everyone is not so thrilled. Gracie's soon to be brother-in-law, Dean, doesn't trust Catherine's motives. He feels she is hiding something, despite evidence to the contrary. His trust issues stem from women betraying him in the past. But they quickly enter a sexual relationship.
This story was sex, sex, and more sex. Pages and pages of it. I got bored really quick. Especially since the scenes weren't that hot to me. There was also some interference by Dean's family, which always gets on my nerves. The instalove was OTT. They fell in love in 5 days. I'm all about some instalove, but that was even a bit quick for me. And I didn't care for the fact that Catherine slept with Dean even though she knew he didn't trust her.
Overall this book was ok, but didn't draw me in as much as Gracie and Wade' story. There was no suspense, or even a good plot. On the lower end if 3 star rating.
After her parents died, Catherine found out she was adopted. She tracks down her long lost sister Gracie, and flies from Atlanta to Ohio to meet her. But everyone is not so thrilled. Gracie's soon to be brother-in-law, Dean, doesn't trust Catherine's motives. He feels she is hiding something, despite evidence to the contrary. His trust issues stem from women betraying him in the past. But they quickly enter a sexual relationship.
This story was sex, sex, and more sex. Pages and pages of it. I got bored really quick. Especially since the scenes weren't that hot to me. There was also some interference by Dean's family, which always gets on my nerves. The instalove was OTT. They fell in love in 5 days. I'm all about some instalove, but that was even a bit quick for me. And I didn't care for the fact that Catherine slept with Dean even though she knew he didn't trust her.
Overall this book was ok, but didn't draw me in as much as Gracie and Wade' story. There was no suspense, or even a good plot. On the lower end if 3 star rating.
September 9, 2015
Catherina MIchaels komt kort na het overlijden van haar ouders te weten dat ze geadopteerd is en zus heeft in Ohio. Ze zet meteen de zoektocht in en bezoekt haar halfzus.
Meteen na aankomst ontmoet ze Dean, Gracie's schoonbroer. Groot, gespierd, donkere haren en indringende ogen. Hij vertrouwd haar niet en voelt zich enorm tot haar aangetrokken, net als zij tot hem. Al snel slaat het kleine vonkje om in een vurige vlam tussen beiden. Hij laat echter haar verleden nog eens extra natrekken...
Ik gaf dit boek 3 sterren. De schrijfstijl is houterig en bepaalde zaken kloppen niet. Eerst sterft zijn vader onverwacht door een hartaanval, later in het boek is het een aneurisma, bijvoorbeeld. Een betere redactie had dit voorkomen. Bovendien betwijfel ik of de schrijfster echt kaas heeft gegeten van suspens. Haar seksscènes zijn goed beschreven, echter heel braaf.
Hou je van wat pit zonder dat het erover gaat, dan is dit boek voor jou. Mag het echter echte suspens zijn, met pittige scènes, dan raad ik je aan verder te zoeken.
Meteen na aankomst ontmoet ze Dean, Gracie's schoonbroer. Groot, gespierd, donkere haren en indringende ogen. Hij vertrouwd haar niet en voelt zich enorm tot haar aangetrokken, net als zij tot hem. Al snel slaat het kleine vonkje om in een vurige vlam tussen beiden. Hij laat echter haar verleden nog eens extra natrekken...
Ik gaf dit boek 3 sterren. De schrijfstijl is houterig en bepaalde zaken kloppen niet. Eerst sterft zijn vader onverwacht door een hartaanval, later in het boek is het een aneurisma, bijvoorbeeld. Een betere redactie had dit voorkomen. Bovendien betwijfel ik of de schrijfster echt kaas heeft gegeten van suspens. Haar seksscènes zijn goed beschreven, echter heel braaf.
Hou je van wat pit zonder dat het erover gaat, dan is dit boek voor jou. Mag het echter echte suspens zijn, met pittige scènes, dan raad ik je aan verder te zoeken.
September 9, 2015
Shortly after her parents die, Chatherina Michaels finds to be adopted as a baby, having a sister in Ohio. She starts searching and goes over to visit her half sister.
Wright after meeting Gracie, she meets her brother in law, Dean. Tall, muscled, dark hair and intriguing eyes. He doesn't trust her and feels himself sexually drawn to her, as she to him. The little sparks turns in to a big, hot flame quickly. Then, he has her history checked out...
I gave this book 3 stars. I think the writing style is stiff and some stuff aren't correct. At first, his fathers dies in a heart attack, later in the book it's an aneurysm, for example. A better editing could prevent this kind of mistakes. Also, I don't think the writer doesn't know as much of the suspens way of living. Thought, her sexual scenes are well writen, they all stay pretty virtuous.
You like some spunky reading not reaching the edge, this book is just wright for you. You rather like the real suspense, I suggest you go on and search for better.
Wright after meeting Gracie, she meets her brother in law, Dean. Tall, muscled, dark hair and intriguing eyes. He doesn't trust her and feels himself sexually drawn to her, as she to him. The little sparks turns in to a big, hot flame quickly. Then, he has her history checked out...
I gave this book 3 stars. I think the writing style is stiff and some stuff aren't correct. At first, his fathers dies in a heart attack, later in the book it's an aneurysm, for example. A better editing could prevent this kind of mistakes. Also, I don't think the writer doesn't know as much of the suspens way of living. Thought, her sexual scenes are well writen, they all stay pretty virtuous.
You like some spunky reading not reaching the edge, this book is just wright for you. You rather like the real suspense, I suggest you go on and search for better.
September 17, 2012
**3-1/2 Stars**
Naked Games was the 3rd book in the Hard to Get series, and I'd rank it my 2nd favorite. Dean and Catherine had a conflict that seemed contrived, but it did put a certain amount of angst in the storyline. From the book blurb, I expected Dean to be an adventurous wild man in bed, and I just didn't feel that he lived up to that AT ALL. I didn't notice anything very daring (although the sex was hot). This was just a ho-hum storyline with hot romance leading to an expected HEA.
Naked Games was the 3rd book in the Hard to Get series, and I'd rank it my 2nd favorite. Dean and Catherine had a conflict that seemed contrived, but it did put a certain amount of angst in the storyline. From the book blurb, I expected Dean to be an adventurous wild man in bed, and I just didn't feel that he lived up to that AT ALL. I didn't notice anything very daring (although the sex was hot). This was just a ho-hum storyline with hot romance leading to an expected HEA.
February 22, 2013
Great Book!! Talk about HOT AND STEAMY!! This book has it all! I loved loved loved Dean!! Although he has truth issues it doesn't take away from the fact that he is HOT HOT HOT!! You can tell he does care a lot of Catherine and in the end it proves it. The book has a HEA. It also give you more information about the other characters from the series so I suggest you read the books in order.
Anne Rainey knows how to write a great erotic story!
Anne Rainey knows how to write a great erotic story!
July 10, 2013
This one was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Overall, I think I liked the general storyline, but there were too many flaws in the "motivation" aspects of the book. The expected trust issues (seems to be the foundation of most romance books these days) were just really far-fetched and unfounded in this book...so it didn't hold the story together enough. It wasn't a total waste of reading time, but, I don't think this had my interest enough to read the other two books in this series.
April 14, 2021
Nice addition.
I wasn't a huge fan of Dean and Catherine. I'm not sure why, they just didn't hold my interest as much as the previous books. It's lost likely me and NOT the storyline or characters. I'd definitely recommend Naked Games to anyone looking for a steamy make things interesting book with some drama.
I wasn't a huge fan of Dean and Catherine. I'm not sure why, they just didn't hold my interest as much as the previous books. It's lost likely me and NOT the storyline or characters. I'd definitely recommend Naked Games to anyone looking for a steamy make things interesting book with some drama.
March 29, 2013
Least favorite of trilogy. Liked Dean and his alpha personality, however, I couldn't connect with grace. I'm pretty good at suspending reality, I read to get away from reality at times, but their relationship moved too fast, and I couldn't get on board with them.
December 6, 2012
bummed to discover it was second book in a series.. have to get 1st one before reading on... good what i read of it
December 7, 2012
Interesting story, but didn't like the dialogue.
May 23, 2013
I love this author and this series.
August 13, 2013
if there was less talking during the sizzling scenes it would have been a 4 or 5 star.
August 26, 2013
Not bad at all. I'll have to go back and read the first two of this series. I actually liked the characters, which is somewhat unusual for these type books. Hot stuff.
abandoned
March 10, 2014Boring and tacky. Stay away from this title.
April 20, 2015
Nel complesso è carino e la trama mi è piaciuta, così come i personaggi. Purtroppo a tratti è ripetitivo.
August 8, 2012
review to come...
September 11, 2013
A touch of BDSM, nothing to hard core. Nice story line definitely would recommend it.
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