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Play Me
Lily Hamilton had her quiet, predictable life all mapped out, including a hot-shot attorney for a fiancé. That is until she catches him screwing around and takes off in his prized Mercedes, for once not giving a damn where she’s headed. How clichéd is that?
Gabriel Jackson is raw and disillusioned. Driving a tow truck is a far cry from the dangerous career he turned his back on, but when he finds the classy blonde in a dangerous part of LA, he’s immediately back in the role of protector.
Lily is hot and sweet and so out of his league it’s not funny, yet Gabe can’t deny the sizzling heat between them. He thinks he wants hard, fast and rough—until he gets his hands on her. He knows he should stay the hell away, but Lily makes him feel, really feel, for the first time in two years. Is she just slumming or can she see beyond the harsh, broken façade to the man beneath? A man who dreams of making her his?
Gabriel Jackson is raw and disillusioned. Driving a tow truck is a far cry from the dangerous career he turned his back on, but when he finds the classy blonde in a dangerous part of LA, he’s immediately back in the role of protector.
Lily is hot and sweet and so out of his league it’s not funny, yet Gabe can’t deny the sizzling heat between them. He thinks he wants hard, fast and rough—until he gets his hands on her. He knows he should stay the hell away, but Lily makes him feel, really feel, for the first time in two years. Is she just slumming or can she see beyond the harsh, broken façade to the man beneath? A man who dreams of making her his?
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First published March 11, 2011
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Kaily Hart
11 books147 followersKaily Hart, a seemingly straight-laced mother of four left corporate America and a high-powered, lucrative career to be a stay at home mom. Ha! That lasted about four weeks, during which time she realized she had a deeply repressed dream - to write. Romance! By day, Kaily plays conservative wife and soccer mom, but at night crafts hot and steamy tales of romance and love with gorgeous heroes who wouldn’t dream of leaving the toilet set up. Ever. She’s smart and sassy, at least in her own mind, and is trying her best to bring the alpha male solidly back to contemporary romance. Two years ago she never would have thought she’d be doing this, but now that she is? It just feels so right.
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August 12, 2011
Hot story with a good premise. She takes her fiancee's $500,000 car after she finds him having sex on the bathroom counter of a party they are at. He becomes an ex-fiancee pretty quickly and with her need to get away she becomes stranded in a bad part of LA. The only one who will pick her up is Gabe, a tow truck driver with a tortured past- and has a reputation of saving damsels in distress. They immediately get to the sex and more and more sex, it was funny that she was really bad at it- and she was really bad at it, but Gabe taught her at record pace. So basically the story didn't pick up again until the last 20 pages (besides lots of sex).
I liked the characters, but I felt for $6+ (amount for the ebook) there should have been more than 200 pages. This was more of a $2.50 story, so I didn't get my satisfaction for the amount I paid.
March 23, 2011
What an interesting story! As someone told me would happen, Gabe caught me from the get-go. He could be an ass surely, but he was just fighting his own demons. And Lily, sweet Lily. I kinda think she was out of her league with Gabe just because she seemed so innocent! But in a way, she saved our Gabe so I have to love her for that. They certainly enjoyed each other, didn't they? I don't think I've read a story like this before. It was definitely an interesting setup. I loved his stammering at the end! Poor guy had no idea what to say, but he still said it perfectly. He was definitely an alpha male, and a yummy one at that. I might need to find more by this author!
May 31, 2015
Kaily Hart writes another gem!!!
Gabriel (Gabe) and Lily. These two are such a pair, Gabe is so domineering, with a cracked soul while Lily is naïve yet strong in character. The chemistry behind these two is amazing, and how the really do complete each other is something to be desired. Separately they are both broken and just making it through life, but together they become whole, where he is rough and jagged around the edges, she smooths him over and is the gentle calming balm he needs. Oh to live in the books!! Kaily Hart has me hooked and I can't wait for her books to come out!!!! Only issue, I wish they were a bit longer!!!
Gabriel (Gabe) and Lily. These two are such a pair, Gabe is so domineering, with a cracked soul while Lily is naïve yet strong in character. The chemistry behind these two is amazing, and how the really do complete each other is something to be desired. Separately they are both broken and just making it through life, but together they become whole, where he is rough and jagged around the edges, she smooths him over and is the gentle calming balm he needs. Oh to live in the books!! Kaily Hart has me hooked and I can't wait for her books to come out!!!! Only issue, I wish they were a bit longer!!!
May 30, 2020
Sweet, super sexy and the Hero is a grouchy guy with a heart of gold. There is a bit of Insta-love but it's a short story so it works. This book was originally published by Ellora's cave so it's mostly smut, but it's got heart. Safety
November 15, 2011
Good short story. A cop with rough recent past meets sweet woman who softens him. I liked both H/h and author's writing style.
HERO is a Loner, struggling with past and future as a cop
SCENES/CONTENT: few/hot
GENRE/TONE: contemporary/drama
LENGHT: 120 pages
HERO is a Loner, struggling with past and future as a cop
SCENES/CONTENT: few/hot
GENRE/TONE: contemporary/drama
LENGHT: 120 pages
September 12, 2011
Light on the plot, heavy on the sex. But, damn, it was some good sex.
May 17, 2012
Don't you love a wounded bad boy? Yes, yes I do.
June 28, 2022
Light on the plot, heavy on the sex. But, damn, it was some good sex.
May 4, 2011
Lily needs a hero. Caught in a broken down car that was borrowed from her cheating ex, she’s waiting for her white knight to save her. Gabe is a knight in tarnished armor. Working as a tow truck driver, he can’t help but rush in to defend Lily because that’s what he always does. But Lily is different and Gabe finds himself powerless to resist her charms.
With white hot chemistry between Lily and Gabe, the sex scenes were explosive. There was an odd part in one of the first sex scenes where the characters fumbled and it seemed disjointed (although it was realistic) but I didn't let it do more than cause a small stutter before I moved past it and kept reading. It was a mere blip on the radar, while there were many more delicious scenes to read after.
Lily is sweet and adorable but Gabe is the shining star of this book. With a broken past, he is sure he isn’t the right type of guy for Lily but she knows what she needs. Lily is a strong character, perhaps strong enough to heal Gabe.
This book is great for people who love broken and sexy heros. I love the characters as well as the secondary characters. Hopefully we’ll see books about them in the future from Ms. Hart. With yet another sinfully hot book, this author has become an instant buy for me. I highly recommend it.
originally posted at http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/201...
With white hot chemistry between Lily and Gabe, the sex scenes were explosive. There was an odd part in one of the first sex scenes where the characters fumbled and it seemed disjointed (although it was realistic) but I didn't let it do more than cause a small stutter before I moved past it and kept reading. It was a mere blip on the radar, while there were many more delicious scenes to read after.
Lily is sweet and adorable but Gabe is the shining star of this book. With a broken past, he is sure he isn’t the right type of guy for Lily but she knows what she needs. Lily is a strong character, perhaps strong enough to heal Gabe.
This book is great for people who love broken and sexy heros. I love the characters as well as the secondary characters. Hopefully we’ll see books about them in the future from Ms. Hart. With yet another sinfully hot book, this author has become an instant buy for me. I highly recommend it.
originally posted at http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/201...
August 20, 2011
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My first thought after finishing Play Me by Kaily Hart was, “Am I supposed to go to bed now and actually sleep?”
It’s an erotic and steamy tale that doesn’t leave you feeling rested or relaxed, quite the opposite actually. I recommend this novel for adults who are looking for a hot, mindless, sexy story. If you are looking for a great romance or a story with an amazing plot, then this isn’t the book for you. Personally, I like a good mixture of the two. But, the plot in Play Me definitely takes a backseat to the sex. The plot was intriguing, but nothing special. The sex, however, was something else.
I gave Play Me by Kaily Hart 3 STARS. (It’s actually 2.5 STARS, but I rounded up.) I recommend this novel to adults who are in the mood for something extremely steamy, not something sweet and romantic.
-XOXO
READING, EATING & DREAMING
My first thought after finishing Play Me by Kaily Hart was, “Am I supposed to go to bed now and actually sleep?”
It’s an erotic and steamy tale that doesn’t leave you feeling rested or relaxed, quite the opposite actually. I recommend this novel for adults who are looking for a hot, mindless, sexy story. If you are looking for a great romance or a story with an amazing plot, then this isn’t the book for you. Personally, I like a good mixture of the two. But, the plot in Play Me definitely takes a backseat to the sex. The plot was intriguing, but nothing special. The sex, however, was something else.
I gave Play Me by Kaily Hart 3 STARS. (It’s actually 2.5 STARS, but I rounded up.) I recommend this novel to adults who are in the mood for something extremely steamy, not something sweet and romantic.
-XOXO
READING, EATING & DREAMING
March 19, 2011
Ms. Hart
Let me just start by saying, you'd BEST be writing the cousin's books---esp Zack.
There--now that I've got that over with! GAH!!!
Ooooooh Gabe, how I love thee. lol
Lily's got a backbone she didn't know she had, a sex drive she's CERTAINLY underutilized, and a man that's for keeps all thanks to a shit for brains fiancée that didn't know what he had. Oh but Gabe knows and he's not going to let Lily go.
I love a tortured hero and Gabe was certainly that. Even tho it's a novella and you don't truly know what damaged this man so completely, it's all right--maybe it's even best that you don't know EVERYTHING about him. I think it adds to the mystery and as a reader, I put myself in Lily's shoes even more.
And the ending was a complete *SIGH*
SEXY
HOT
SWEET
and my FAVORITE kind of Hero---a little grouchy, a little edgy, and a whole lot of marshmallow when it comes to that RIGHT woman.
AWESOME book, Ms. Hart!
Let me just start by saying, you'd BEST be writing the cousin's books---esp Zack.
There--now that I've got that over with! GAH!!!
Ooooooh Gabe, how I love thee. lol
Lily's got a backbone she didn't know she had, a sex drive she's CERTAINLY underutilized, and a man that's for keeps all thanks to a shit for brains fiancée that didn't know what he had. Oh but Gabe knows and he's not going to let Lily go.
I love a tortured hero and Gabe was certainly that. Even tho it's a novella and you don't truly know what damaged this man so completely, it's all right--maybe it's even best that you don't know EVERYTHING about him. I think it adds to the mystery and as a reader, I put myself in Lily's shoes even more.
And the ending was a complete *SIGH*
SEXY
HOT
SWEET
and my FAVORITE kind of Hero---a little grouchy, a little edgy, and a whole lot of marshmallow when it comes to that RIGHT woman.
AWESOME book, Ms. Hart!
January 1, 2012
idk ... I think 3 stars. This book definitely had hot sex in it, but I felt like it wasn't sure what it wanted to be exactly. A one-night-stand-turned-more? A dominating guy who shows someone that she just needs a little confidence to become the seductress she wants to be? Fantasy fulfillment? It was all of that, but the characters weren't so convincing to me.
With that being said, I liked it. I really, really liked the beginning story line part and the end sexy times. And though I was surprised by it, I loved the present he bought for her. Anyway, I liked it, but I definitely didn't love it.
With that being said, I liked it. I really, really liked the beginning story line part and the end sexy times. And though I was surprised by it, I loved the present he bought for her. Anyway, I liked it, but I definitely didn't love it.
July 25, 2015
Play Me ... anytime, Gabriel
Hawtness is what you get when you add Gabe - a knight in a shining tow truck and Lily - innocent primary school teacher.
Coming from totally different worlds their chemistry is instantaneous and undeniable.
If you're after a quick and steamy read you've got the right title.
Hawtness is what you get when you add Gabe - a knight in a shining tow truck and Lily - innocent primary school teacher.
Coming from totally different worlds their chemistry is instantaneous and undeniable.
If you're after a quick and steamy read you've got the right title.
August 13, 2011
The opening to this book was nail biting, and who doesn't love a good hero saving damsel in distress story? From the first to the last, this book was a real page turner and absolutely HOT and romantic to boot. LOVED IT!
November 10, 2012
DAYUM!!!! Gabe is the dirty talkin' extraordinaire...I believe he's better than Flynn (Willing Victim), Bryce (Hot in Here) and Jaime (Wicked Game). If you enjoyed those, give Play Me and Gabe a try! :)
December 1, 2011
I enjoyed what there was BUT this book was too, as in very, very, short. It ended just when it was getting real interesting; I could see it going so many way rather than the short HFN ending we were given. Gabe's story could have been so much more interesting!
August 31, 2015
This book had it all. Action emotion you name it it was there. The book started off with a bang and never slowed down. You could feel the intensity of the characters its sucked me in and left me wanting more. Mrs Hart is fast becoming one of my favorite must read authors.
December 1, 2015
Hot!!!
Each book gets better and better. I have yet to find one of her books I don't like. The characters seem very real and charismatic. Their baggage is what I would imagine anyone having with that background. Yet somehow hea doesn't seem unrealistic.
Each book gets better and better. I have yet to find one of her books I don't like. The characters seem very real and charismatic. Their baggage is what I would imagine anyone having with that background. Yet somehow hea doesn't seem unrealistic.
March 20, 2011
Love this book, super duper sexy! Love Kaily Hart. She's a relatively new author, and if you ask me, she hasn't missed yet.
October 24, 2011
Ewwww! no my type of books
August 5, 2013
No offence to the author, but i didn't like the book that much. It was a good romance book but I was hoping for more an intimate relationship love kind and I expected like something different.
September 10, 2016
Sexual energy, but I liked the loyalty; faithfulness and possessiveness of a new and growing, albeit still fragile relationship..
June 23, 2015
LOVED IT....
June 29, 2015
Another great read
Gave and Lilly are a cute couple. He is so protective and she being so naive, you knew the passion was going to be hot. My only wish was it would go on.
Gave and Lilly are a cute couple. He is so protective and she being so naive, you knew the passion was going to be hot. My only wish was it would go on.
February 7, 2016
Great
Nothing like a cop and teacher romance...Gabe and Lily have it all... I have enjoyed these stories and am looking forward to more.
Nothing like a cop and teacher romance...Gabe and Lily have it all... I have enjoyed these stories and am looking forward to more.
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November 4, 2013what a delightful story
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