It’s funny how your past choices always seem to follow you. But when it becomes a mistake that you will soon regret, there is only one thing you can do ‘Fix it.’ Juliette Daniels wanted to do just that, but every time she tried to do the right thing, she ended up getting sucked in deeper and deeper. Her destiny was not her own and one man controlled it. Her Master Ash Jacobs was a simple man, hard working with good morals, but the minute he met his sexy new neighbor that all changed. His obsession to find out who she was might have been the one thing to push her away, but there was no way he was going to give up until he found out the truth. Not even Sebastian Collins could stop the desire he had for her.
Award-winning author of the Independent Press Award for Distinguishing Favorite. Recipient of the National Indie Excellence Award for Erotica Romance.
My love for writing began several years ago after an early retirement from a demanding job that I loved and hated because it consumed so much of my time. Now, I can focus my time on what I love. Writing romance has been a lifelong dream and to actually say that I am a published author is beyond what I would have ever expected.
Even though some may say I have a little naughtiness in my books, I look at it as an added bonus for my readers. After all, what is a romance book without a little spice?
When I am not writing, I enjoy spending time with friends either at home or out on the town. Mostly, I enjoy a relaxing night at home where I can enjoy a glass of wine in the company of a good book.
Out of everything, she enjoys driving in her little convertible with the top down.
Ash is a down to earth guy on a break from the security firm where he works when he meets his new neighbour, Juliette, who's moved into the ramsackled house a mile down the road. His attraction for her is immediate and he wants to find out more about her. But Juliette is as closed up as a clam and is hiding things from him.
Juliette is in a bit of a pickle. In fact, she's stuck in treacle mud by the looks of things and getting in deeper by the day. Mistakes she made in the past have her bound to a very manipulative man Sebastian who uses her for his purposes. She thought she was making a bad situation better by hiding it from her mother but only made it worse.
Of course, Ash is determined to find out what Juliette is hiding and will do anything to have the woman he is falling for safe. Ash and Juliette together totally sizzled and I was cheering them on. Ash really knew how to treat a woman. One of my favourite lines from the book:
He lifted my head with a gentle touch, and our eyes met. That was all it took, for at that moment, I was his.
The pacing of the story is at a steady rate. But one of my peeves with this books is the use of coincidences as plot device. It kind of weakened a great story.
Overall, this steamy romance is right up my street and an easy read. I hadn't read the previous books in the series but I didn't feel lost or confused while reading this one. Happy to recommend this.
He thinks she's really hot, he wets his wick and now he's in love - yuck. Insta love is not my thing. He works for the best security firm in NYC but gets caught snooping through her things, loses a BUS he is trailing in traffic and forgets to get a licence plate number on yet another car. I think the other guys in the team are carrying this one! I also have an issue with a couple of the books in this series where the girls are physically hurt and the guys can't keep their hands off them long enough to allow them to take a shower and down some painkillers. Zero control and zero compassion. Having said that the action and suspense is getting better with each of the books but I still feel they are over sexed (and I love my sexy books) to the detriment of the story sometimes.
Well what else can I say except another masterpiece by AL Long. My only disappointment is that there is only 1 book left in the series. Loved Ash and Juliette, modern day Romeo and Juliet
This is another insta-love story with Ash and Juliette. Ash is hell bent on helping Juliette and Juliette is hell bent on keeping her life a secret from Ash. I enjoyed this instalment.
Jules and Ash's story is amazing. She is just trying to have something to call her own when she moves down the road from Ash. At this point in her life, nothing is her own, even herself. Then Ash comes to the rescue in many more ways than one. The love, intrigue and suspense of this story grabs hold and doesn't let go.
What can I say, I was entertained throughout the whole book. I enjoyed it but I'm a little over the insta love. Totally interested to see what comes next!!