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Facade
From USA TODAY Bestselling Authors, Nichole Riley and N.K. Stackhouse
Am I ready to shatter this perfect façade?
My life was easy.
My life was normal.
My life had a very strict plan I had all intentions of following.
That was before the erotic art photographer, Nolan Cater James walked into my gallery.
Well not my gallery.
I mean I work here so technically it’s mine, just not mine mine….
See! He has completely messed up my head;
screwed up my plan;
flipped my world upside down…
but I haven’t decided if I hate it…
He just might be the stark opposite of me.
Where I kept my life very vanilla, he was…totally off the menu.
He wants to show me his world, show me his passions,
but the idea of stepping off my path, my safe path,
into the unknown has me terrified.
I don’t know if I am ready to meet the women I will become after taking that leap.
** Please note this title has language and sexual themes.**
Am I ready to shatter this perfect façade?
My life was easy.
My life was normal.
My life had a very strict plan I had all intentions of following.
That was before the erotic art photographer, Nolan Cater James walked into my gallery.
Well not my gallery.
I mean I work here so technically it’s mine, just not mine mine….
See! He has completely messed up my head;
screwed up my plan;
flipped my world upside down…
but I haven’t decided if I hate it…
He just might be the stark opposite of me.
Where I kept my life very vanilla, he was…totally off the menu.
He wants to show me his world, show me his passions,
but the idea of stepping off my path, my safe path,
into the unknown has me terrified.
I don’t know if I am ready to meet the women I will become after taking that leap.
** Please note this title has language and sexual themes.**
247 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2018
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March 5, 2018
**I want to start this review by saying that I received an unedited version. I have not gone back yet to read the revised copy. This review will be based on the copy I received, but please note that changes have been made to the book.**
Amelia works as an Art Consultant with the gallery Victoria Weston Studies.
She has been given a huge opportunity to prove her worth by conducting interviews with potential artists to be the headliner for their Spring Show.
Meeting Nolan at the coffee shop wasn't an ideal meeting, especially when she realizes he is one of the artists she will be interviewing.
After seeing his work though, she knows he is the one that will be perfect for what she has in mind.
She doesn't plan for the intense chemistry that is like static between them, every time they have to work together.
I'm not sure where to start exactly with this review.
I enjoyed the plot of the story.
I think it was one of those staple relationships cliches you see in books.
Girl meets boy. Finds out boy is in her workplace. Girl falls for boy despite circumstances.
When I got my copy it was unedited and some of the issues that I had found within it were as follows:
Words missing
Sentence structure
Punctuation
Switching between tenses in paragraphs
I know most of these have been corrected now, but it made the book hard for me to follow because I was seeing some many errors.
I am not holding this against the authors.
It is not a reason for my 3 Star rating.
My reasoning for my rating is because I felt like the book was building up a different type of romance when all of a sudden "taboo" practices jump out at you.
There is a "note to our readers" at the beginning of the book stating that "while this series will have a theme that is a darker taboo with an overall sizzling contemporary romance feel, this is NOT a BDSM Dom/Sub relationship story."
There is even a definition for exhibitionism before the book starts.
When I see something like this I have an expectation.
While I don't expect for intimate relationships to jump out at the very beginning, I would think an underlaying tension and concept would be spoken.
Amelia meets her love interest, Nolan, very quickly in the book.
His art is of the sensual aspect and you see some of the tension build between them during this, but it is later on in the book (the interview showed some but not enough).
Their relationship with each other did not begin until 70% into the book.
I felt as if the book was building up to more of an ordinary contemporary romance book up until this book then all of sudden he is taking her to a club where they have to wear masks and use code names.
It didn't seem like a natural progression of the relationship or character development.
Nothing about Amelia had screamed this would be something she would so easily jump into, which brings me to another point.
I did not care for Amelia's character.
She seemed like a very shallow woman who cared only about materialistic items.
Most of the time she is talking about how nice items look and how she wishes she could have such things.
She came across as a very jealous and envious type character.
She talks about her shoes, her co-workers shoes, her bosses shoes, and she even talks about her bosses furniture in the office.
However, I did like Nolan's character. I think he was described perfectly well and his character matched his perceived attitude.
He was very comfortable in who he was and wasn't afraid to let people know his meaning.
There were quite a few people in this story and I believe they will all come into play in some way, whether in other books or within this series alone.
At times I found it unnecessary to go into such description of secondary characters.
I'm not a big fan of the use of switching from present to past in narration.
It is something I have never found appealing in books, but especially when I don't think there is a need for them.
There was only a few times this technique was used and one of them I didn't feel was necessary (but it has now been changed).
Finally, I felt like the epilogue was lack-luster.
Usually epilogues tend to give you more insight into what the next book will bring or a vital part in the story explained in a separate point of view.
While this story did have its epilogue in a different POB, I didn't feel as if I got anything from it.
We already knew Nolan's feelings due to the entire story in Amelia's POV.
I just wished we got a little more insight into his mind or some future conversation he has with a friend about her.
Something more than what we got.
I know this feels like I just completely bashed the story and this was never my intention.
I did enjoy the story.
I found it compelling and interesting, but not what I had in mind for what this story seemed to be about.
I went in with a certain expectation of what was going to happen, but I felt almost like I was cheated out of it.
I still highly recommend everyone reading this story.
I think you will be surprised by it and enjoy it.
I'm not 100% sure if this is a series for me, but I am going to give the next book (and this first one again) a chance before coming to a conclusion.
I think these are exceptional authors and I know how much hard work they put into this book.
Maybe I just expected to much from this book in the beginning and will be surprised by the next one.
Give this book a try and see what you think.
Amelia works as an Art Consultant with the gallery Victoria Weston Studies.
She has been given a huge opportunity to prove her worth by conducting interviews with potential artists to be the headliner for their Spring Show.
Meeting Nolan at the coffee shop wasn't an ideal meeting, especially when she realizes he is one of the artists she will be interviewing.
After seeing his work though, she knows he is the one that will be perfect for what she has in mind.
She doesn't plan for the intense chemistry that is like static between them, every time they have to work together.
I'm not sure where to start exactly with this review.
I enjoyed the plot of the story.
I think it was one of those staple relationships cliches you see in books.
Girl meets boy. Finds out boy is in her workplace. Girl falls for boy despite circumstances.
When I got my copy it was unedited and some of the issues that I had found within it were as follows:
Words missing
Sentence structure
Punctuation
Switching between tenses in paragraphs
I know most of these have been corrected now, but it made the book hard for me to follow because I was seeing some many errors.
I am not holding this against the authors.
It is not a reason for my 3 Star rating.
My reasoning for my rating is because I felt like the book was building up a different type of romance when all of a sudden "taboo" practices jump out at you.
There is a "note to our readers" at the beginning of the book stating that "while this series will have a theme that is a darker taboo with an overall sizzling contemporary romance feel, this is NOT a BDSM Dom/Sub relationship story."
There is even a definition for exhibitionism before the book starts.
When I see something like this I have an expectation.
While I don't expect for intimate relationships to jump out at the very beginning, I would think an underlaying tension and concept would be spoken.
Amelia meets her love interest, Nolan, very quickly in the book.
His art is of the sensual aspect and you see some of the tension build between them during this, but it is later on in the book (the interview showed some but not enough).
Their relationship with each other did not begin until 70% into the book.
I felt as if the book was building up to more of an ordinary contemporary romance book up until this book then all of sudden he is taking her to a club where they have to wear masks and use code names.
It didn't seem like a natural progression of the relationship or character development.
Nothing about Amelia had screamed this would be something she would so easily jump into, which brings me to another point.
I did not care for Amelia's character.
She seemed like a very shallow woman who cared only about materialistic items.
Most of the time she is talking about how nice items look and how she wishes she could have such things.
She came across as a very jealous and envious type character.
She talks about her shoes, her co-workers shoes, her bosses shoes, and she even talks about her bosses furniture in the office.
However, I did like Nolan's character. I think he was described perfectly well and his character matched his perceived attitude.
He was very comfortable in who he was and wasn't afraid to let people know his meaning.
There were quite a few people in this story and I believe they will all come into play in some way, whether in other books or within this series alone.
At times I found it unnecessary to go into such description of secondary characters.
I'm not a big fan of the use of switching from present to past in narration.
It is something I have never found appealing in books, but especially when I don't think there is a need for them.
There was only a few times this technique was used and one of them I didn't feel was necessary (but it has now been changed).
Finally, I felt like the epilogue was lack-luster.
Usually epilogues tend to give you more insight into what the next book will bring or a vital part in the story explained in a separate point of view.
While this story did have its epilogue in a different POB, I didn't feel as if I got anything from it.
We already knew Nolan's feelings due to the entire story in Amelia's POV.
I just wished we got a little more insight into his mind or some future conversation he has with a friend about her.
Something more than what we got.
I know this feels like I just completely bashed the story and this was never my intention.
I did enjoy the story.
I found it compelling and interesting, but not what I had in mind for what this story seemed to be about.
I went in with a certain expectation of what was going to happen, but I felt almost like I was cheated out of it.
I still highly recommend everyone reading this story.
I think you will be surprised by it and enjoy it.
I'm not 100% sure if this is a series for me, but I am going to give the next book (and this first one again) a chance before coming to a conclusion.
I think these are exceptional authors and I know how much hard work they put into this book.
Maybe I just expected to much from this book in the beginning and will be surprised by the next one.
Give this book a try and see what you think.
February 3, 2018
Fantastic book! This is not your typical contemporary romance novel. The story that weaves around “taboo” ideas was incredibly well written and done in such a classy way, I was happily surprised. It’s sexy, snarky, and the characters and story are very realistic. You literally feel as though you are in the book while reading it! What’s better than that? Oh, a gorgeous female and sexy man with a “panty-melting smile”! I can’t wait to see what else these two authors have up there sleeves. I NEED more!
February 7, 2018
I wasn’t sure what to expect when the book is labeled as taboo, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’m already a fan of NR’s other work and now I can add NK to my list of must read authors. Lia and Nolan are steamy, intense and hot as heck. The building up around Lia kept me intrigued and I look forward to reading book 2!
February 7, 2018
Intriguingly sexy
I am giv8ng this book five stars because I enjoyed the storyline. The illusions concept is phenomenal and extremely sexy to me! I would really like to see the art gallery live and in person!! There are some minor errors but over all an outstanding book!
I am giv8ng this book five stars because I enjoyed the storyline. The illusions concept is phenomenal and extremely sexy to me! I would really like to see the art gallery live and in person!! There are some minor errors but over all an outstanding book!
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