Playing with Danger

Desire Bay #2

by Joya Ryan

They married on a whim, and then she disappeared from his life. Now he’s determined to find her and convince her to make their marriage work . . .

It’s all happening for Hannah Hastings. After ten years of slinging drinks, she’s about to go from bartender to bar owner. But before she can sign her name to the deed, a blast from her not-so-distant past comes blowing into her hometown of Yachats, Oregon. It’s Grant Laythem, the man it seems she can’t resist. And he’s come looking for his runaway bride . . .

Set to inherit a multi-million-dollar company, Grant is used to women wanting to get him into bed—and get into his bank account. But not Hannah. Bedded, wedded, and abandoned after a passionate two-week fling, he never even had the chance to tell her who he really was. All he knows is that she wanted him, no strings attached. And now that he’s had a taste of something real, he’s not about to let it slip away.

Can Grant convince her to give their marriage a shot? Or will Hannah continue to run from the only love she’s ever known?

Genres: Romance, Audiobook, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

187 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2017

Reviews

[Carvanz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grant and Hannah were married while on a two week cruise. When it ends, Hannah returns to her small town in Oregon and Grant returns to New York. However, Grant has no intention of allowing his wife to run. He hunts her down and proceeds to blackmail her into giving them a chance.

I enjoyed this quick read. The characters each struggle with their own family issues while learning to trust one another. Hannah was a tough heroine who was actually considered mean by many of the locals although I didn’t really see that in her. She’s certainly got a hard shell around her but never a malicious intent to anything she does. Grant was a great hero with his determination to find, claim and keep her. He’s never had close friends and he finds them in the small town where he finds Hannah.

This was a nice story that one could use between lengthier reads and especially if looking for something on the lighter side.

This is an honest review of an advanced copy provided by NetGalley and Montlake Romance.

Dual POV
Safe
No apparent triggers

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[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 – "Give me two weeks…" Stars!

The second book in the Desire Bay series gives us Goonies bar owner Hannah Hastings story. We met Hannah in the first book as she was BFF to Laura Baughman, what you don’t know is that she married a man she hardly knows whilst on a two week Caribbean cruise.

It was a match made in hell… and the best thing to ever happen to him.

Grant Laythem, the man she married, and then disappeared on at the end of the cruise arrives in Yachats, Oregon six months later with only one plan, to make his wayward wife fall in love with him again so he can take her back to New York with him.

"What are you afraid of...?"

I honestly think the author missed a trick with this one, because for me the story got lost in all of the sex they were having. Bearing in mind it isn’t until the very latter stages that they both actually start to make the effort to get to know more than their erogenous zones about each other, I wanted more of everything else that was going on in the background to be bought to the forefront.

"I trusted you, and you kept secrets."

Yes, as a reader you know you aren’t really in for a deep and meaningful story line when its based around a couple that spend two weeks boffing on a cruise ship, and then decide to get married on a post-sex-marathon whim, but the bones were there for Playing with Danger to be more than it ended up being.

This is definitely a does what is says on the tin kind of read. I am just not sure the balance of ingredients really worked as well as they could have on this occasion.

ARC generously provided via Netgalley, in exchange for the above honest review.

[Heather 123 · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED LOVED LOVED this story!!

What happens when you meet someone on a cruise ship and have such an amazing connection with them that you decide on a whim to marry them before you leave the ship? What happens once the ship docks and you realize you live in two different states and have very different lives?

This is exactly what happens to Hannah and Grant. Grant comes looking for Hannah and is desperate to convince her to give what they had a shot in real life. Hannah on the other hand wants nothing to do with her marriage to Grant, convinced that it will never work. Grant's determined though and won't give up.

An amazing, unique story!

[Tracy *To the point Reviews* · Rating 1 out of 5]

No... Just NO! I forgot I even read this. I didn't even want to waste time writing a review after reading it. But I think it my duty to tell.

I am at my witts end with stories containing heroine's who are completely determined to blow off the love of their lives whom have done nothing but be good to them.

It's a awesome hero running after a hard headed woman who can't seem to make up her mind and be honest with herself. Why did she even run from the dude from the get go?? Whatever... I don't even care.

Waste of time read.

[lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also on Romances Ever After.

It was a whirlwind romance for Hannah and Grant. They met on a cruise and spent the next two weeks with each other, fell in love, and decided to get married on their last night together, before they had to return to their separate lives. But then Grant woke up to discover that Hannah had disappear…

It’s the runaway bride thing that hooked me to this book. I’m also a big fan of second chance romance, so naturally I was very interested to know how their reunion would go, and I wasn’t disappointed. Ms. Ryan did a great job packing the reasons why they married into the flashbacks we got throughout the story. Hannah and Grant had intense sexual chemistry with each other, and they genuinely enjoyed each other’s company. Sometimes when you know, you just know.

There were a lot of cute moments when Grant decided that his wife needed some wooing in her life and proceeded to do so, and the sexy moments were A+. It was a well-developed insta-love, if I may say so myself. The only reason why this didn’t get a higher rating is because Grant keeping The Secret from Hannah and not being upfront with her about it frustrated me so much, especially since I felt it was unnecessary for him to keep it from her in the first place.

E-ARC is received thanks to the publisher via Netgalley.

[Ayekah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! Joya writes a great story, but I think this one tops them all. It's the book that has it all.

What happens when two people from opposite ends of the earth meet, fall in love and take the biggest leap of their lives? Then to have one of them disappear. The book takes us back and forth between the past time they spend together and the present. Grant has found Hannah, who is living in a tiny coastal town in Oregon and serving brews saving her money so she can buy the bar. When she left Grant after the cruise was over and he didn't come look for her, she mentally ticked it off, but her heart didn't. Grant had a reason why he didn't and couldn't look for her right away. Now that he's found her, he has no intention of letting her go.

Hannah grew up in this little town, her Dad is a drunk, the mom left when Hannah was small and this has been her life. Grant's has been very different, sole heir to an billion dollar empire, trying to run his Father's company and still grieving that loss. His father was everything hers isn't. So we walk back through the past with them and the adventures they had on the cruise, how they embraced each other for who they were and nothing more and damn what a great story. I loved how Grant wouldn't give up on Hannah, how he meshed in so well with her friends in their small town and even when he messed up in a royal way, second only to her complete mind meld it just made for a perfect read.

Joya, you done great girl!! This book is fantastic and I loved it!!
5 Flaming stars from me

**arc from NetGalley and Montlake in exchange for a fair review**

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

I adore second chance romances. This started out as a vacation romance, but there was a runaway bride on her wedding night and her millionaire groom chased her to get her back <3 This was a very good lil book.

This review is based on the ARC provided by the author and/or the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

[Heather andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fell in love with Grant right off the man juat did something to my insides, “that’s my right, isn’t it? You being my woman, I can stare at you all I want.” I loved that Hannah was feisty, “I don’t know who you think you are, or who you actually are, but you’re on my property,” Hannah said. “So you can take your overly diamonded-up *** out of here.” I loved this book, from page one I was hooked Grant was a great guy.

[Angel Hatfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hannah was tending bar at Goonies. Her tension headaches were getting worse now starting in her neck. Hannah was the main bartender in this place. This was Hannah’s town where she had been born and still lived and soon this would be her bar.. Hannah was the only female bartender in her small town. Hannah had been raised by her alcoholic father who was a fisherman but he spent more time in jail then being her father. Hannah relied on no one. Hannah’s boss was looking to sell the bar and Hannah was ready to buy it and she could finally have something for herself. Outright and owned by her. She had been bartending for ten years. She just had to get the owner Mr. Bangs on board who had already said he would give her the first opportunity to buy the bar and with Hannah’s entire life savings she felt she could convince the bank to give her a small business loan for the rest. She just needed the details from Mr. Bangs . He just didn’t show up at all or do much of anything when it came to the bar. He very rarely had.Very rarely had Hannah felt pretty. Hannah had risen above her upbring enough to gain most people;s respect in her small town. Then the phone rang and it was Gabe who was the sheriff of the town and he told Hannah he had her father and he was in the drunk tank sleeping it off. Hannah had gone to grade school with. Hannah had always went running to clean up her dad's messes but she couldn’t leave the bar and she told Gabe she would pick him up after she closed the bar. Her father was the only family Hannah had and she didn’t want him to die or hurt others. Her mother had died when Hannah was five. There had always been a sadness around her father. As Hannah was bent over to get a bottle of Jack she heard a man say he was looking for someone. Hannah replied good luck with your search then Hannah heard him say he was looking for his wife and he realized it was him the man who had ever gotten close enough to make her feel like more than trash, the one man tried to forget over the last six months. The one man who had got her to say I do- Grant Latham and then he said “ Hello Mrs. Layhem” . Hannah had taken her first vacation and went on a two week Caribbean cruise where the last night Hannah had married Grant. Hannah had snuck out snuck off in the middle of the night and went back home. Hannah ahd stole Grants heart married him, and then broke his heart and left. Grant had intended to go after Hannah but then Grant got word his father had died and left his company to Grand and the task of of keeping it out of his gold digger mother’s hands. So Grant had to immediately go back to New York. Hannah asked how Grant had found her. Grant’s life was very different from Hannah's life He had been the sole heir to a billion dollar empire know he was in control of it. He has been trying to run that billion dollar empire while he was grieving over his father’s death. His father had been everything to Grant whereas Hannah’s father wasn’t. But Grant wanted his wife back and he wanted Hannah to come to New York with him. Grant blackmails Hannah into giving him a chance to show her their marriage can work.
I liked this book. It was a quick and fun read. I liked that we did get Hannah’s and GRant’s backstory done in flashes which I don’t usually like but this was done just so that it wasn’t to bad. I didn’t really like that Grant came and expected Hannah to give up everything she knew to follow him back to new York after all she had only known him for that two weeks and either way that was her whole life and where she had been born where she had wanted to but her business and what she knew. I did like that Grant didn’t give up on Hannah and actually wanted to give the marriage a chance and when he could he finally found her. I love how Grant interacted with Hannah’s friends. I found there was some repetition in this book but it still held my interest. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of the book and I recommend.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

**ARC received from Netgalley in exchange for an honest and voluntary review**

This was my first Joya Ryan book and I hadn't read the first instalment of the series so I wasn't sure what to expect. I have mixed feelings about the book, I thought the plot was well thought out and had merit but the characters and execution of the story was lacking.

Hannah is an outcast in her hometown of Yachtas, Oregon. Coming from a poor childhood and the daughter of the town drunk, she has worked hard to build a life for herself and is close to achieving her biggest dream, owning the bar she has worked at for years. She is closed off, somewhat hostile toward others, has a smart mouth and a feisty attitude. On a vacation for the first time in her life, Hanna meets Grant aboard a cruise ship and spends two blissful weeks with him that end in a marriage and Hannah running home scared. Grant is the only son and heir to the Laytham business and fortune. After finding out the love of his life has abandoned him, Grant intends to follow her but instead receives news that his father has passed away, leaving him the company and the task of keeping it out of his gold digging mothers hands. It's six months before Grant has the chance to leave New York to find his wife and convince her to give them another chance. However, once he sees Hannah again, he knows he has a huge challenge ahead of him. He asks for just 2 weeks to prove that he can make their marriage work. But with lives on opposite sides of the country, spiteful parents and tons of secrets, Hannah and Grant must find a way to merge their lives together and give their love a real chance.

While I enjoyed the basis of the story, I found the characters to be unrealistic, fake and generally unlikeable. Hannah is unnecessarily rude to everyone around her and she refuses to see things from Grants point of view, making her come off as selfish. Grant also had an air of selfishness, the fact that he expected Hannah to drop her whole life and run after him to New York without a second thought was proof of that. I found it difficult to relate to either character and was unable to really connect with the story.

Overall, I felt the book was overwritten and repetitive. The author would repeat the same paragraphs every few pages or so and it was frustrating to read and it dragged the book out. The storyline was good, it was what drew me to read the book in the first place, however keeping it succinct and fresh throughout the whole book would have made it a great read.

I'm interested to see if Joya Ryan's other books are of the same standard as this one and I look forward to checking out the first book in this series.

[Valeen Robertson (Live Thru Books Blog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Playing with Danger's title is misleading (there's nothing dangerous about this story), but it is certainly steamy, so perhaps the title is referring to danger in terms of sex. Hannah and Grant got married 6 months ago at the spur of the moment while enjoying a tropical cruise. But, when Grant woke up at the end of the cruise his wife had left him and it's taken 6 months for him to get things settled after his father's passing and for Grant to find her. So now he's in Yachats, OR, her small hometown, with a plea for her to give him two weeks to prove to her that they should stay married.

But, there are obstacles in the path of these two, in the form of Grant's secrets and Hannah's insistence that the two of them are too different to make a marriage work. So, instead of really getting to know each other and figuring their marriage out, they indulge in lots of steamy sex, usually with food accessories! and all that does is make me think that Hannah's right and that they shouldn't stay married.

I didn't find anything outstanding about Playing with Danger. It's not horrible or terribly written or anything, it's just not particularly interesting. Neither Hannah nor Grant is that deep or extraordinary. She's closed in on herself, and pretty rude a lot of the time, and he's self-absorbed, thinking she should just leave her life in Oregon and move to New York with him at the drop of a hat. I wanted to really like them and this story, but the only thing of interest turned out to be all their steamy sex scenes. But, those sex scenes were actually too plentiful and masked the fact that neither of them communicated very well with each other, nor did they have a very strong emotional connection.

So, little of substance, not particularly interesting characters and a shallow emotional connection, but lots of sexy times. If that's your thing, then by all means, dive into Playing with Danger. However, if you are looking for a deeply romantic, really engaging, well-drawn love story, I suggest you look elsewhere.

I received an ARC via NetGalley for an honest review.

[A Klue · Rating 3 out of 5]

What you get here, my fellow romance book loving friends, is a quick, at times very graphically smexy read featuring a main couple that tied the marital knot impulsively after meeting on a two week tropical cruise. The storyline picks up six months later with Grant, the handsome/rich/determined hero, in hot pursuit of Hannah ready to hand over his heart, if she’ll only give him a chance to prove he truly is husband material. You see, Hannah is the only woman he’s ever met that sees beneath his surface and truly gets who he is. Problem is she up and left him high and dry when the ship docked, and it has taken him this long just to track her down.

I’m not sure where the title comes from, folks, because there wasn’t any physical danger, so don’t be thinking this is a nail biting, cloak and dagger type read. It is mostly relationship angst with lots of explicit steamy scenes, at times in public places and involving food, with Grant getting to know his girl in her small town home setting.

If you like to see a romantic at heart, good guy pursue and get his woman back, you’ll likely enjoy this book. But, again, brace yourself for the steaminess at times replaces substance. However, you do get to know this couple as the not so secret big secret is revealed, and more than one grand gesture is made that puts the money where the mouth is and their hearts on the line, as well.

Title: Playing with Danger, Series: Desire Bay (Book 2), Author: Joya Ryan, Pages: 187, stand-alone but part of a series, new to me author, VERY steamy, second chance romance, small town backdrop, rich hero, romance safe, celibate during separation, not a very in-depth plot, sassy/feisty heroine, impulsive marriage.

Book 1 - Playing with Trouble (Laura & Jake), 3/21/17, Pages: 208
Book 2 - Playing with Danger (Hannah & Grant, 10/10/17, Pages: 187

(I received a free advanced reader copy provided via NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. No type of compensation was given to this reviewer. There is no relationship/affiliation between the reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)

[Misty (Reds Romance Reviews) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hannah Hastings has a little secret that she has been harboring from her friends for the last six months... but that little secret has just become public knowledge, her husband has come to her little town in search of his runaway bride! Now not only does she have to tell her friends about him, she also has to admit to herself that walking away from him was probably the dumbest thing that she has ever done. But he comes to town with secrets of his own, secrets that could put a stop to their happily ever after before it has a chance to get underway...

Grant Laythem met the woman of his dreams six months ago, and gave her his name, but then when reality hit she panicked and slipped away... now he is on a mission to get his wife back. It took him a while to find her, but now that he knows where she has been hiding for the last six months, he isn't about to let anything stop him from getting her back. They have a lot to sort out, a maybe a little fighting to do, but he knows she is it for him... question is does she feel the same way??

Playing With Danger is a seriously sexy tale that weaves past and present, and follows a couple who struggles to find their way back to another, after six agonizing months apart. After reading the first book in this series, and meeting the wonderful folks of the Desire Bay series, I was anxious to get back to them, and discover another one of their happily ever afters, and I have to say this trip was just as pleasurable as the first. These two were quite the pair, I loved Hannah's feisty spirit, and Grant's alpha tendencies, they complimented each other nicely, and created quite the literary escape. Highly recommend you meet these two, their steamy little adventure is sure to heat up your world and your heart!!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title.

[Book Reading Gals · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: Playing with Danger
Series: Desire Bay Book #2
Stand Alone Title: yes
Author: Joya Ryan
Genre: Romance
Blurb: They married on a whim, and then she disappeared from his life. Now he’s determined to find her and convince her to make their marriage work . . .
It’s all happening for Hannah Hastings. After ten years of slinging drinks, she’s about to go from bartender to bar owner. But before she can sign her name to the deed, a blast from her not-so-distant past comes blowing into her hometown of Yachats, Oregon. It’s Grant Laythem, the man it seems she can’t resist. And he’s come looking for his runaway bride . . .
Set to inherit a multi-million-dollar company, Grant is used to women wanting to get him into bed—and get into his bank account. But not Hannah. Bedded, wedded, and abandoned after a passionate two-week fling, he never even had the chance to tell her who he really was. All he knows is that she wanted him, no strings attached. And now that he’s had a taste of something real, he’s not about to let it slip away.
Can Grant convince her to give their marriage a shot? Or will Hannah continue to run from the only love she’s ever known?
Thoughts: The book starts out pretty good, but found myself quickly losing patience with the heroine. Hannah spends so much time living in a fantasy world where she can deny any and everything that has happened. To the point where it starts feeling delusional to me and it damages my enjoyment of the story. I tend to like Joya Ryan, but this one just fell flat for me.
Rating: B-/C+
Review by: Sarah
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[Jaime Arbuckle · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Playing with Danger" is a book I received as part of a free giveaway in exchange for an honest review. This book was a quick read and tells the story of Hannah and Grant, two hopelessly in love people from opposite sides of the tracks. Hannah grew up without a mother and taking care of her alcoholic father. Grant grew up with a loving father who passed away too soon and a money-hungry, loveless mother who will stop at nothing to take every last piece of his father's legacy. The two meet on a cruise ship, Hannah's first vacation and fall in love for the duration of the 2 week trip. However, reality comes far too soon and they part their separate ways once more. Grant is determined to make his father proud and chase after the love of his life and the one woman who drives him crazy. Despite her fiery temper and independent personality, Grant will stop at nothing to prove to himself and Hannah that they belong together and can overcome their differences. Can this New York business CEO and an Oregon bartender can set aside their differences (and pride) and focus on the one thing that matters most in life? Will true love conquer all? I really enjoyed this book and finished it in about a day. A very enjoyable read, Joya Ryan spins tales beautifully and in some very steamy ways as well.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

**Was given an ARC by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

This book was good, but I just expected a bit more of a fight from Hannah.

After spending 2 weeks on the cruise ship that brought them together, Hannah and Grant impulsively elope on their last day together. But when the boat docks the following morning, Hannah's real life wouldn't stop calling her from Oregon; so she left her new husband. Grant lived in NY, Hannah lived in a small town in Oregon, they were from completely different worlds and Grant never told his wife who he REALLY was.

Six months later, Grant shows up in his wife's world trying to win her back. But how can two people fall back in love when they don't know a thing about one another?

He promises her after two weeks of time spent together, he would leave and they could get divorced if Hannah's feelings for him don't change. But he kept his biggest secret from her and in the end, he expected her to leave everything behind and just follow him back to NY. When Hannah finds out the truth from a friend, she isn't just mad; she feels betrayed.

Can this couple make it, despite the odds?

[Shai Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

PLAYING WITH DANGER is another series set in small town America which I have found that I really enjoy. I couldn't imagine living in a small town but it is really nice and soothing to read about people that all know each other. While each book focuses on main couple, the reader is given the opportunity to check back on the other characters that they have met.



Hannah and Grant know that they love each other but their lives are so different that they are not sure if they can meet in the middle. Grant manages to exact a promise from Hannah that they will take two weeks to see if they can find a way to make their marriage work. Of course neither is exactly honest with the other while they are 'playing house'.


I rather enjoyed PLAYING WITH DANGER for both the characters and the town itself. This book does a fine job of standing on its own merits but if you would enjoy spending more time with the town and its denizens then be sure to read the first book in this series Playing with Trouble also.


*** I received this book at no charge from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed within are my own.

[Linda Quick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! The characters are adorable and quirky and made me fall in love with them, from the secretive, but oh so sexy Grant, to the sassy Hannah that married him on a whim. All they knew was that they loved each other, but didn't even know basic facts about each other. At the end of their magical cruise and wedding, Hannah escaped back home and Grant returned to the other side of the country where his world disintegrated. It took six months before he could search for her, but once he found her, he was determined to make her give them a chance at a real marriage.

This is a fun romance with a bit of naughtiness that fans of the genre will love. While this is the first book I've read by this author, it won't be the last as I've added her to my must read authors' list.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't read book 1 in this series but I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything so these books could most likely be read as stand alones. Characters from book 1 are in this book so it might be helpful to read the first book if you want to follow along in that story line.
This was a fast romance read. I liked the characters, Hannah was a little stubborn at first but she wasn't like that through the whole book. Hannah was used to depending on no one but herself and having someone actually care about her was hard for her to accept. I assume book 3 will probably be about other characters but I'd love to see a continuation of Hannah and Grant's story.

I won this book from the giveaways at Goodreads.com

[Shelved · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book free from Netgalley. I read it in one night as I enjoyed it that much. I liked the premise that the two were married, yet really didn't know each other. I liked that he came back to find her six months later-- though at first couldn't really understand the wait. The only thing that I didn't like (besides my lack of sleep the next day) as well was the husband coming across as so "knowing" about his wife when they had really only known each other for two weeks. Otherwise, it was a fun read. I will definitely check out more by this author. Thank you for the opportunity to review this book!

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautiful second chance love story. It is well written with dual POV and interesting and well developed characters. Both Hannah and Grant have great personalities and they are just made for each other. Stubbornness and secrets are the ones that ruin everything but in the end, true love wins. In a way I understand both why did they act in the way they did. Hanna wanted to make something of herself and Grant wanted to protect his fathers legacy. They work really good together and also chemistry and their lovemaking hot and great written. I enjoyed reading this book.
I volunteered to review an ARC of this book for Netgelly

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dang book got me again. Playing with Danger is the second in the series and is Hannah's story. She is away on a cruise and ends up married but at the end of it her husband disappears. She returns home and is ready to be owner of her bar.

I have to say they made her seem mean in this book But I have to say hello she's closed off not malicious. After six months, her husband makes his way to her and well he's playing for keeps this time and isn't above blackmailing Hannah to get what he wants....Her.

I liked it. Very quick read, fast paced and it was very enjoyable.

[Terry Hammoutene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hannah is running the bar and never expects to see the man she married again. After all it happened very quickly on a cruise and she ran when it was done. She wasn't even sure he knew any of her information.
Grant has to find his wife he came back from the cruise and had a mess going on. Months later he finally finds her, and hopes she will stay with him.
I liked that the book went from past to future so we knew everything that was going on. It was a fun read


** I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

[Kim Vanravenswaay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small town people are suppose to have each others back. So when Grant starts to befriend several towns people and getting them to side with him on his get Hannah back scheme, it leaves Hannah not knowing what to do. Sure the chemistry is still there, but is it enough to make him stay. Whereas Grant is hoping that their chemistry is enough for Hannah to decide to follow him to New York. Playing with Danger was fun reading, and seeing who wins in the end.

[Klarissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

First time reading a book from this author and I enjoyed it. Story of Hannah and Grant and how they met on a cruise ship, got married on a whim and then she left him only for him to come back to be with her had me intrigued. Hannah didn't want to give her heart to Grant because she was afraid it wouldn't work but Grant was the one that got her and understood her the most. Looking forward to reading more from this author

[Mercedes · Rating 2 out of 5]

Audio- God I hated Hannah. Probably the worst fmc ever. I hated her from start to finish. Almost DNF toward the end it was just misery. Which is a shame because I loved Grant. Who is way to kind hearted and good for Hannah. She was whiney and just frustrating the whole time. Really glad the book is over. Smut was great. Again Grant is a beast. I would give it 3 stars just for Grant but can't rate it that high because of Hannah.

[Despina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a copy of this story from NetGalley for a honest review.

3 1/2 stars

This sounded a like cute story so I was super excited to read it, unfortunately I didn't end up loving it, and I'm not really sure why. While the writing was not bad, I never really got sucked into the story or into caring for either Hannah or Grant. In the end it was just an okay story for me.

[Bridget Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC received from NetGalley.

Grant and Hannah come from different worlds, but have similar issues. Meeting and falling in love on a cruise ship when you live across the country from each other can pose a few problems, along with secrets that they don’t want to share.

Great read and great characters.

[Book Bound · Rating 5 out of 5]

*Received a free advance reader copy from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review.

I really enjoyed this book! The characters were relatable, it was steamy, suspenseful, comical, and towards the end swoonworthy. Highly recommend reading this book..or anything by Joya Ryan to be honest! She's becoming one of my new favorite authors.