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Behind closed doors, the real games begin...
Winning it big. That's the name of the game at Las Vegas's Liege Hotel and Casino, where the hottest fantasies hinge on a roll of the dice...and the tantalizing knowledge that anything could happen before sunrise.
Dahlia is a burlesque dancer with a brain for business and a bod for sin. Her latest admirer may be a sweet-talking Casanova, but despite what he thinks she's not giving anything away for free.
From What Happens In Vegas... anthology
Winning it big. That's the name of the game at Las Vegas's Liege Hotel and Casino, where the hottest fantasies hinge on a roll of the dice...and the tantalizing knowledge that anything could happen before sunrise.
Dahlia is a burlesque dancer with a brain for business and a bod for sin. Her latest admirer may be a sweet-talking Casanova, but despite what he thinks she's not giving anything away for free.
From What Happens In Vegas... anthology
110 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 22, 2008
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About the author
Lauren Dane
112 books4,998 followersLauren Dane has been writing stories since she was able to use a pencil, and before that she used to tell them to people. Of course, she still talks nonstop, and through wonderful fate and good fortune, she’s now able to share what she writes with others. It’s a wonderful life!
The basics: Lauren is a mom, a partner, a best friend and a daughter. Living in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest, she spends her late evenings writing like a fiend when she finally wrestles all of her kids to bed.
The basics: Lauren is a mom, a partner, a best friend and a daughter. Living in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest, she spends her late evenings writing like a fiend when she finally wrestles all of her kids to bed.
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November 23, 2015
What a great easy afternoon read.
Dahlia was very likable. Working to make a better life for herself she was a burlesque dancer at night while going to college during the day. I loved her spirit and sassy side when dealing with manwhore Nash.
Oh Nash! What starts out as typical playboy behavior I enjoyed the way his feelings for Dahlia changed his priorities. Of course Dahlia and Nash were sizzling together with some serious smokin hot chemistry.
Their story isn't real deep and things are somewhat glossed over and moved along without much drama or angst.
I only wish there was more to their story at the end. What happened with her new job? His mother? Their future.
Call me greedy. I wanted more. Having whined about that, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Dahlia was very likable. Working to make a better life for herself she was a burlesque dancer at night while going to college during the day. I loved her spirit and sassy side when dealing with manwhore Nash.
Oh Nash! What starts out as typical playboy behavior I enjoyed the way his feelings for Dahlia changed his priorities. Of course Dahlia and Nash were sizzling together with some serious smokin hot chemistry.
Their story isn't real deep and things are somewhat glossed over and moved along without much drama or angst.
I only wish there was more to their story at the end. What happened with her new job? His mother? Their future.
Call me greedy. I wanted more. Having whined about that, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book.
August 12, 2021
It is rare for me to find a Lauren Dane book I haven't read. Especially her contemporary romance. Turns out, this novella was originally in a anthology. I'm so glad I found it by itself. Thoroughly enjoyable and a sweet pick me up, Ms. Dane delivers a sexy hot erotic romance.
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September 23, 2017
2.5 stars
April 24, 2025
3.5-4
March 31, 2016
Second try with a Lauren Dane book ... not so great. I'm not sure if the problems are because this is a reissue of an 8-year old story, or if Dane is just not my cup of tea. The dialogue felt stilted and unnatural, there were strange jumps in time and the narrative glossed over a lot of conversations between the characters in favor of ... more sex? brevity? mystery? I'm not sure, but it didn't work for me.
Dahlia seems like an interesting heroine, working at a burlesque club to support herself while she gets a master's degree. Noah, the hero, is brother to the owner of the club where Dahlia works. Personally I feel that would create an awkward workplace situation, but William (? the owner) doesn't seem to interact much with his employees, just sits in his office being a rich douche who thinks they're all "lesser" than he because he comes from money and the dancers do not.
Noah starts off by presuming that because Dahlia is a burlesque dancer, she offers other services as well. She disabuses him of that notion, he apologizes and they begin a friendly relationship as he spends more time at the club, watching her dance. Somehow three months pass and Dahlia invites him over for dinner. The whole part where she makes lasagna and all the fixings while wearing a cherry-print halter dress seemed like a 50's housewife fantasy. There are some more strange time jumps, they drive to the desert in his restored '58 Corvette (cherry red, of course) and have sex on the hood, they have sex against the window of his penthouse, yadda yadda.
We're told repeatedly that Dahlia has large breasts and hates how people judge her because of her body type, but she also judges Noah because he has a lot of money and privilege. She can't believe that he's with her just because he wants to be, but he can't accept that if they are together, Dahlia will face a lot of discriminatory behavior from friends and family who believe she's just a gold-digger (yes, Dane used that term and I don't like it). Things come to a head when William and Noah are arguing in the office about Dahlia, she overhears and assumes that Noah is trash-talking her and storms out. Noah goes after her, but she goes to a friends apartment. Super-creepily, Noah is able to bribe his way into her apartment to wait for her - bad building management!
In the end they make up and get back together, but there is no final scene of Dahlia confronting her family and standing up for her dreams (there is a super-schmaltzy and unrealistic talk with her sister, but that's before the fight), and there's no indication about how Dahlia will fit in with Noah's friends and social circle.
I have one more book by Lauren Dane on my Kindle, but that may be the third strike between me and this author. (Kristin Ashley is already in my doghouse, so she'll have good company)
Dahlia seems like an interesting heroine, working at a burlesque club to support herself while she gets a master's degree. Noah, the hero, is brother to the owner of the club where Dahlia works. Personally I feel that would create an awkward workplace situation, but William (? the owner) doesn't seem to interact much with his employees, just sits in his office being a rich douche who thinks they're all "lesser" than he because he comes from money and the dancers do not.
Noah starts off by presuming that because Dahlia is a burlesque dancer, she offers other services as well. She disabuses him of that notion, he apologizes and they begin a friendly relationship as he spends more time at the club, watching her dance. Somehow three months pass and Dahlia invites him over for dinner. The whole part where she makes lasagna and all the fixings while wearing a cherry-print halter dress seemed like a 50's housewife fantasy. There are some more strange time jumps, they drive to the desert in his restored '58 Corvette (cherry red, of course) and have sex on the hood, they have sex against the window of his penthouse, yadda yadda.
We're told repeatedly that Dahlia has large breasts and hates how people judge her because of her body type, but she also judges Noah because he has a lot of money and privilege. She can't believe that he's with her just because he wants to be, but he can't accept that if they are together, Dahlia will face a lot of discriminatory behavior from friends and family who believe she's just a gold-digger (yes, Dane used that term and I don't like it). Things come to a head when William and Noah are arguing in the office about Dahlia, she overhears and assumes that Noah is trash-talking her and storms out. Noah goes after her, but she goes to a friends apartment. Super-creepily, Noah is able to bribe his way into her apartment to wait for her - bad building management!
In the end they make up and get back together, but there is no final scene of Dahlia confronting her family and standing up for her dreams (there is a super-schmaltzy and unrealistic talk with her sister, but that's before the fight), and there's no indication about how Dahlia will fit in with Noah's friends and social circle.
I have one more book by Lauren Dane on my Kindle, but that may be the third strike between me and this author. (Kristin Ashley is already in my doghouse, so she'll have good company)
February 28, 2016
I'm a big fan of Dane's work so when a book I hadn't read poppedup in my library search, I was excited to check it out.
It's on the shorter side, and maybe as a result I didn't connect with her characters like I normally do. If her recent books are a gorgeous oversized cupcake, this was one of this miniature ones-it still tastes good, but doesn't fulfill in quite the same way the big one would have.
It's on the shorter side, and maybe as a result I didn't connect with her characters like I normally do. If her recent books are a gorgeous oversized cupcake, this was one of this miniature ones-it still tastes good, but doesn't fulfill in quite the same way the big one would have.
February 16, 2016
This book was seriously Hottt! I liked the characters and the fact that Nash did not attempt to avoid his feelings. I also liked that everything took place over several months and not in three days like other books. It was believable. Another great read!
November 29, 2015
Nash and Delilah were both likable characters. Because the story was so short I didn't get to connect with them on a deeper level, but it was a fun afternoon read.
December 16, 2015
Not a whole lot of story. Just a good read to pass the time.
April 11, 2016
One of Dane's early works and it shows - plotting and characterization are not up to her usual snuff. Feel free to skip this novella unless you're a Dane completist.
November 5, 2016
Bring on the brothers!!
April 12, 2017
Beauty is so much more than skin deep.
February 20, 2018
Good beach read
This book was a very quick read. Good enough story for this length of book. Well written with great detail
This book was a very quick read. Good enough story for this length of book. Well written with great detail
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