SCRIPT Scene: She’s the timid baker. He’s the sex god of porn. See how their lives unfold when they’re brought together. Enter Kayden Brewer. Kayden’s normal life is complete with work, friends, and two kids now in college. When her sister passes away, her life becomes unrecognizable. In a bind, she turns to her alter ego, Summer Crest, to take care of her newfound worries—that is, until she meets one man who will forever change everything. Enter Steele Waters. With tousled brown hair, eyes the color of a cloudless blue sky, and a maintained scruff covering his chiseled jawline, he has that look about him that’s bad boy and good guy mixed together. Oh, and he’s a porn star.
While Kayden is dealing with a debt owed to a drug dealer, her job, and her kids, Steele is relentless in his pursuit of her. She can’t compete with his lifestyle, but she’s not sure if she can protect her heart enough to withstand his charm.
Will their lives play out with a happily ever after like in the movies? Or will they have to face the challenges of love in the real world?
Alexa Keith is an independent self-published author. She spends most days locked away in her own head. When she does venture out, it’s always a new adventure. Alexa loves to spend her free time with family and friends. When she has time to herself, she enjoys reading a good book. Her love for writing started at an early age. She would stare out the window in school as her imagination ran wild, and she can’t count how many times she was lectured for her lack of concentration. To this day, her mind is still running. Alexa has come to the stage in her life where she has finally been able to put those thoughts and stories in black and white, so keep your eyes open for more.
Advance Readers Copy (ARC) provided for my blog for an honest review by the author.
Title: Beneath Your Beauty Author: Alexa Keith Genre: Adult Erotica, Contemporary Release Date: Octomber 20th, 2014 Rating: 3 stars.
I wish I could give this book 5 stars. It took me a month to finish it, I just wish it was a little more realistic. I couldn't really get into the characters much as I wanted. I loved the ending just I felt bored by it in the beginning and that made me put it down several times
hmm. I'm not a fan of cheating in books and although Kayden accepted his porn star role I just couldn't get my head aroubd it, being with other women and her. Also the whole necklace thing confused me. Why was he still searching for that girl when he supposedly found the one?! then the sister? too many factors turned me off unfortunately.
Wow. What a debut novel. Alexa Keith has a winner on her hands. I thoroughly enjoyed this. The story, the characters...everything! I'd highly recommend this. Oh, and sit somewhere where's there's a nice AC blowing...it's that hot! :-)
I have so much love for this book I don't even know where to begin! Alexa Keith has some amazing talent as a writer and I am so glad to have been able to read her first novel. The love story between Steele and Kayden is so incredibly beautiful, it pull at your heart strings. I love how Kayden knocks Steele on his ass (figuratively speaking) the moment he meets her. I also love how he doesn't take no for an answer with her and he keeps coming at her till she gives into him. He knows what he wants and won't take no for answer, knowing she wants it just as much. The sex scenes are SCORCHING HOT. I needed a fan to cool down! But seriously, it was an extremely cold day today and with the first scene between the two I was no longer cold. You can also see the beauty each time they come together. I couldn't stop reading. I've read this book in one day, it is that good. Alexa gives these characters so much depth and emotion you are crazy if you don't fall in love with them both. They both end up on a path of self discovery and healing, which ultimately leads them toward each other. I hope you find this book as amazing as I did!
"I received this book for free to read and review for Wicked Reads"
I rather liked the premise of this book when I read the blurb; but having read the story, it is even better than I imagined. Somehow the writer manages to include all the cliches one would expect, and turn them into something right. There was a moment when I thought it was going to be a train wreck, but it was a clever twist, and I was glad I held on for the finale. Overall this story included everything that any reader of hot, sexy romantic novels desires.
All being well this is the start of a new series, and that we get to meet some of the characters again in future novels.
You never know what to expect from a new authors debut novel, but all I can say is I FLOVED this book! It has everything I like in a book, sex, angst, great storyline & great characters that just grab you from page 1!!! Steele is the kind of man you just want to sink your teeth into (seriously...sex on a stick with tattoos...grrr) & Kayden is down to earth and someone you could totally be friends with. My heart squeezed quite a few times during this book as I was pulled right into their feelings & emotions. I don't know about you but that is when I know I've found a great author. I for one am a HUGE Alexa Keith fan now and cannot wait to see what she comes up with next! <3
Totally loved this book! Not only are all of the characters very well detailed but the chemistry between them is just off the walls!! Totally love love love Steele and the way he is regarding Kayden, the irony of how a sex god finds love in a small town girl, after being with who know how many women is just.. no words! Totally recommend this book to everyone (including guys, they can learn something from this book!!), looking forward to any and all future books!!
Kayden has always had to clean up her dead sister’s messes. Her sister had a drug problem, overdosed, leaving distraught parents, and two young boys behind. Kayden stepped in and became ‘Mom’ to her two nephews. Eight years after her death, her sisters’ drug dealer is looking for money she owed him. He wants $10,000 by next week. What is a single, 29 year old who is putting two kids through college going to come up with that kind of money? Kayden answers an ad in the paper for an adult film company; there she meets her co-star Steele Waters.
Steele’s connection with Kayden is immediate. He has never felt like this for any woman, making him rethink everything in his life. All he knows is that he must protect Kayden. They meet the drug dealer, and pay Kayden’s sisters debt, but now, the dealer wants more. So does Steele, he wants more of Kayden. He invites himself home with her and proclaims to be her boyfriend. Kayden is not sure what to make of Steele’s life, nor his friends. A few mistakes are made, but fate steps in and puts Kayden and Steele at the same Las Vegas hotel, where they meet again. This time, Steele is not letting her go. Can Kayden look past Steele’s past as a porn star? Can Steele change into the man Kayden needs?
Two words about this book, WOW, and HOT! Here is a warning girls, you’ll need new panties! Alexa Keith invited us into Kayden and Steele’s bedroom. These are some of the hottest sex scenes I have ever read! Very descriptive! Not only the sex scenes, but the falling in love, it was phenomenal!
I was personally rooting for Steele the whole time. The author gave us enough background to find out what made Steele who he is, and why he turned into a porn star. There is just enough mystery to keep the story going, without it being nothing but a story of a porn star. If you are in the market for a steamy read, give this book a go! I would recommend this book to anyone.
**I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads.**
I thought I'll just read a few chapters before bed, well four hours later and I'm finished. OMG I loved this story.
This was such an easy book to fall into. Right from chapter one I was hooked. Steele Waters was a great character he's is a porn star, sexy as sin, drop dead gorgeous. Kayden finds herself on set with Steele. She's cleaning up a mess her sister left behind and needs money fast. This is the only option she has. One scene with Steele.
Beneath Your Beauty is one hot sexy read. The chemistry between the MC's is on fire. I laughed, I love Aunt Sally. I hope I am as cool as her one day! My unexpected tears came from Bull, he has a weird intro in to the story but I loved him just same. I couldn't get enough of this, I had to keep turning the pages to find out what happened but I didn't want it to end. Yeah that right there is the life of a reader and a great book. Can't wait to read more from this author.
This is the debut novel by Alexa Keith. Beneath Your Beauty - An Ecstasy Pictures Novel grabs you on the first page and becomes a page turner. Have a comfortable chair when you are reading this because you will be turning page after page and turning more until the end. There are twists and turns with some surprises included. Kayden Brewer is a baker. Her sister owes a drug dealer a lot of money but she dies before it can be paid. He then goes to Kayden and tells her it is now her debt. Kayden does all she can to get the money together but she is short some of the money. She then decides that there is only one way she can make the money needed. She changes her name to Summer Crest and meets Steele Waters (a porn star) and together they make a film. She hates it but she does earn the money needed. Unfortunately, the dealer wants more. What happens between Kayden and Steele? Will Steele be able to help her? Will they be together forever? What is the future for them? The ending is a bit surprising. I recommend this to everyone 18 and over. I look for more from Alexa Keith.
This is a romance novel with a new slant on the porn industry. Takea hot male lead, add an a desperate for cash woman and throw then together into the studio and see what happens. not quite what you might expect as a mutual, no a far stronger attraction quickly develops fron these usually unusual circumstances. the story develops from there, the reason for her need for funds becomes clear and secret pasts are revealed. there are twists and turns too. A well written book that pays attention to detail, sex scenes that titillate rather than totally in your face and nice rounded, and somewhat unusual characters come to life. If you want an inside slant on the porn industry set in a great story then give this a try. Happy to give it four stars.
Thanks Wicked Reads for a free book to read and review.
I don't think I have ever read a book so unique with a storyline like this one. Kayden's a baker whose sister died of drug related stuff ten years ago. A dealer who her dead sister owed money to finds Kayden and demands she pay the ten thousand back. After scrimping and not making enough to pay the ten thousand, she searches the want ads only to find a part in a movie. A porn movie. After going through the scene with her co star Steele Waters, they find stunning chemistry on set. Steele decides that he wants more with Kayden and follows her home. Yes the storyline was far fetched but fun! I really enjoyed Steele and Kaydens journey. My overall entertainment was three and a half stars!
I had seen this book around on Facebook and the blurb was really intriguing, a baker and a porn star, yes please! I went into this book thinking it would be fun and sexy but it really turned out to be so much more than what I had ever expected. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of steam! Steele is super sexy and these two together have amazing chemistry! But in addition to the great sex there is a really incredible story here that went in a direction that I never would have imagined! Alexa did an excellent job with her debut and I am eagerly awaiting whatever she comes out with in the future! I am definitely an Alexa Keith fan!
I gave this book 2 stars because it was well presented and edited with only minor errors and typos. I do think the story suffered with some major plot and continuity issues. I also think the author threw about everything but the "kitchen sink" in this story. I know it's fiction but it wasn't plausible and the story very far-fetched. There were some extremely funny parts in the story and likable characters. I especially enjoyed her Aunt. I think there were some great ideas here they just needed some serious fine tuning. I look forward to seeing if her other works have more focus, as the teaser chapter included in this book was intriguing.
This one was a little tough at first, did not like Steele and his big ego but he redeemed himself later on. I like it overall and was glad it ended the way it did. I will for sure read more of this authors work. I was recommended this new author by Chelle Bliss and since I like her books, thought I would try, not sorry I did.
OMG!! This was intense! I was a little wary about how a story could work out between a normal, average person and a porn star, but once I started reading, I couldn't put it down! Kayden and Steele are perfect together! There was so much chemistry, warmth and love between the two, that I was rooting for them the entire time!
The writing was good, that's why I'm giving it 3 stars. I really hated the H almost the whole book. I hate cheaters, so that pretty much that. But I did like the epilogue and how it ended. I like a HEA and I got it. Some of the shit he did though, damn.
This book totally surprised me in such great way. This was the 1 book I read from Alexa Keith, and I will be looking forward to more books by her. This talented author can weave a story of a porn star and a sweet baker that raised her dead sister's sons all by herself. I enjoy when an author can give us a strong woman, but she has insecurities about her looks, and you can't help but fall in love with her. Kayden is a great character, at 29 she has sent her 20's raising 2 boy's that are great, and when a debt from her sister's past comes to her to collect, she has to find a way to make some money fast that is when she meets Steele. This book has so many different layers, and as you read each layer, your in for one heck of a ride till the very end, and you'll learn this book is not only erotica romance, but some mystery with some very creative writer to put it all together. I loved the fact this isn't love at first sight, but more like Steele in lust with a newbie costar. Steele is all Alpha male, and not use to a woman to turn down a date, so he goes after her. I will warn you, Steele will steal your heart before the end of the book. Kayden family is also a blast, I mean that in the best possible way. Kayden's Aunt Sally is so funny, her MOM is so sweet and treats her like she still a kid. This book is an totally GREAT story, it flows at an even pace through out the book. This is one author to keep an eye on, she is very talented writer. I Recommend to all who loves erotica romance, with some mystery and some swoon worthy, and extra HOT 'LOVIN'!! 18+
**Was given an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review**
Kayden Brewer is a good girl. She a rule follower. For the past 11 years, she's been raising her late sister's two teenage boys on her own and wouldn't trade her life for anything. Her boys, because that's exactly what they are, are her world. She's a baker for a restaurant and that's how she makes her living, that is until a mob boss pays her a surprise visit.
Apparently, he's been looking for her dead sister for the past decade and realized that she was dead and found Kayden instead. Her sister owed him a large amount of money that Kayden doesn't have. After racking her brain about how to come up with it before her deadline, she sees an ad in the paper for porn filming that will pay the debt. That's where she meets her gorgeous costar, Steele Waters, who walks into her life and adds to her troubles.
Steele Waters has been in the porn industry for the past decade. His at the top of the industry. When he meets Kayden at the shoot in Tampa, he feels something he's never felt while filming a scene with another woman. When he follows her home and into the meeting with the mob boss, he adds more trouble to her plate. All he wanted was to get to know her better. Now they have a guard following them because her debt just increased due to his big mouth.
Kayden doesn't want to be apart of his world, but she can't deny their chemistry and attraction to one another. But once her debt is paid, she's done. But not everything is that easy.
But for a moment I maybe thought about it a smidgeon.
So I've been waiting and waiting to read this book. I was lucky enough to get to read the first three chapters before it came out and it's stuck with me since then.
Beneath Your Beauty was a well written, hot, and a sexy debut Novel from Alexa Keith. The story was not only intriguing but the characters really draw you in and make you want to read more.
Steele is the epitome of Alpha, as the king of Porn, he wasn't looking for a relationship at all. But when Kayden (Summer Crest) came on set all that changed.
From start to finish the chemistry between Steele and Kayden was phenomenal! The only slight hang up I had with the book was the fact that Kayden just let Steele take over her life, and personally I would Karate chop a guys face if they tried to live with me after two days, no matter how sexy and good in bed he is. KEEEEE YAH!
Other than that, the sex scenes had me fanning myself. The characters were witty, strong and filled with undeniable chemistry. The twists were really good and threw me for a loop, and I loved the ending. I can't wait to read more of the Ecstasy Picture series!
PS: I loved this more than 50 shades of Grey and Pucked, and that's saying a lot :D
By Raven Wolf on March 25, 2015 OK Well WOW is my first impression of this book... I began reading it with an open mind as it is not one of my normal go to genres.. I have to say I was not at all disappointed . This is a story about A single mom Summer crest (Kayden) who is forced in to a very unconventional situation to solve her problems. in her attempts to make things right she meets a man she normally would of never had a reason to Steele Kincaid. The two of them travel a very bumpy road together facing several obstacles. along the way we meet her two sons Jeff and Dalton the story behind how she comes to be their mother is a heart breaking one. We also Meet Marco & Bull. Marco is the reason for why Kayden is forced into her circumstances & Bull is one of his henchmen. Bull however turns out to be a very special soul to Her and her family. But let me not forget we have the pleasure of meeting Her mom Lee (Lisa) & Aunt Sally You will love meeting sally above all else as the woman just brings a smile to most faces i would expect.. This is a very intense and sexual tale with a very interesting story line. I truly enjoyed reading this book and Highly recommend it to any and all looking for that erotic fantasy wrapped in Drama and reality ..
Faced with righting another one of her dead sister's wrongs, Kayden Brewer has to make some tough choices. She needs to come up with ten thousand dollars to pay off a drug dealer or else... After parting with everything she could afford to give up, Kayden is still four thousand dollars short. Her solution? To take a one time only job, acting a scene in an adult movie. And in walks her co-star, sex god of the porn world Steele Waters. The man is built like a brick house, his tattooed body is pure perfection and his sky blue eyes are breathtaking. Steele knows how to turn women on. He knows how to act and please them to no end. But when he sees the innocence and fear in Kay's eyes more than anything what he wants is to protect her. A possessive need takes over him and in that instant everything changes. The story of Kayden and Steele is intense, hot as hell, and surprisingly moving. Brought together by unusual circumstances, the attraction between them is instant, but is their history and the surprises that unfold that uncover the beauty of each one and the meaning of what falling in love is. A nice start to an amazing series by Alexa Keith.
This book was phenomenal! I loved the originality of the plot and I loved watching things heat up with Kayden and Steele. It was beautiful to watch their love develop and watch them grow as a couple. Alexa Keith is an amazing author. It's hard to believe that this is her first book. I can't wait until there are more to get my hands on. If you like a sexy story with a unique twist, then this is the book for you!
this is my second read from alexa i read book 2 first and once i finished i couldnt wait to read Kayden and Steele book and to learn what they went through from the very first encounter it was sizzling between them there were times i wanted to throttle my kindle a crossed the room but i wanted to see what would happen i loved how this author writes it wasnt predictable cant wait to reads more <3
I loved this book. Alexa Keith you did a wonderful job with this story. I could not put it down and read it all in one go. There were many emotions in this book ranging from sadness, anger, lust, passion and humor . I loved the chemistry between Kayden and Steele. You felt the connection they had from the beginning of the book. The sex was HOTTT. The storyline was good. This was a great read and I am now going to get the second book. Job well done Alexa.....
I loved this book!! I couldn't put it down. It had me from the first meeting between them. Goes to show you never know who you'll fall in love with be with no matter their occupation. Worth the read and then some.
I luved the story line and the background of each character. There was some hot sexy romance which is always a good thing. I can see myself reading the next book in this series. Amazing love story! !!!