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Tantalizing by Lori Foster
IT WAS LUST AT FIRST SIGHT...
Nick Harris and Josie Jackson weren't supposed to like each other! But instead of being turned off by Josie's sexy siren act, Nick was bowled over. He'd been prepared for a staid, responsible schoolmarm type. As for Josie, she'd expected yet another boring nerd, dredged up by her matchmaking sister.
They were both wrong, and what was supposed to be the blind date from hell turned into a night of blistering passion!
Together, they shared something explosive and Josie knew she'd recall their steamy night together in her secret fantasies. But fantasy was all she could hope for once Nick discovered who she really was....
His Every Fantasy by Janelle Denison
Bride-to-be Leah Burton desperately wants to learn how to satisfy a man. Her lackluster fiance isn't offering his services...but Jace Rutledge definitely is. And with a copy of Sexcapades under her bed -- and Jace in it! -- Leah's sure she'll make the grade. Again and again...
Playmates by Crystal Green
"Am I too hot for you to handle?" she asked.
Sean McIntyre's libido roars into overdrive when Fiona Cruz saunters into Stellar Public Relations, flaunting her luscious curves, slinging her sexy double entendres and her take-no-prisoners attitude. Clearly this new PR rep on the scene is a barracuda in the field -- and man, what a turn-on that is! As Fiona continues to tease him in the office, a hot-and-bothered Sean decides a few rounds in the bedroom are in order.
No woman has ever stirred Sean's fierce competitive streak -- or his jaded heart -- like Fiona. Especially when she ups the stakes by betting that they could embark on a steamy one-month sexual fling -- without her getting attached.
But what will happen when one of them puts a new spin on their rules of sexual play? A new spin that just happens to be called love....
IT WAS LUST AT FIRST SIGHT...
Nick Harris and Josie Jackson weren't supposed to like each other! But instead of being turned off by Josie's sexy siren act, Nick was bowled over. He'd been prepared for a staid, responsible schoolmarm type. As for Josie, she'd expected yet another boring nerd, dredged up by her matchmaking sister.
They were both wrong, and what was supposed to be the blind date from hell turned into a night of blistering passion!
Together, they shared something explosive and Josie knew she'd recall their steamy night together in her secret fantasies. But fantasy was all she could hope for once Nick discovered who she really was....
His Every Fantasy by Janelle Denison
Bride-to-be Leah Burton desperately wants to learn how to satisfy a man. Her lackluster fiance isn't offering his services...but Jace Rutledge definitely is. And with a copy of Sexcapades under her bed -- and Jace in it! -- Leah's sure she'll make the grade. Again and again...
Playmates by Crystal Green
"Am I too hot for you to handle?" she asked.
Sean McIntyre's libido roars into overdrive when Fiona Cruz saunters into Stellar Public Relations, flaunting her luscious curves, slinging her sexy double entendres and her take-no-prisoners attitude. Clearly this new PR rep on the scene is a barracuda in the field -- and man, what a turn-on that is! As Fiona continues to tease him in the office, a hot-and-bothered Sean decides a few rounds in the bedroom are in order.
No woman has ever stirred Sean's fierce competitive streak -- or his jaded heart -- like Fiona. Especially when she ups the stakes by betting that they could embark on a steamy one-month sexual fling -- without her getting attached.
But what will happen when one of them puts a new spin on their rules of sexual play? A new spin that just happens to be called love....
480 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2005
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About the author
Lori Foster
417 books11.7k followersSince first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
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December 9, 2009
3 stories. 5 for the Foster, 4+ for the Janelle Denison one, and maybe 2 for the Crystal Green, who used so many adjectives I couldn't finish the story.
April 16, 2011
I loved it.
April 18, 2012
I don't know none of the stories grabbed me. I just couldn't work up much interest/sympathy for any of the characters.
April 27, 2019
Tantalizing - Lori Foster - 2/5 - Josie’s sister sets her up with a blind date, Bob, a staid and professional guy and Josie has no interest. She wants to have some fun. She’s surprised when she meets Bob and finds him sexy and charming and ready to give her that fun. She doesn’t know that Bob is actually Nick, Bob’s womanizing partner. When he meets Josie he feels something special and has to get her into his bed. When she learns the truth, she extracts a deal from him - he’ll show her everything about pleasure, no strings attached, and she’ll look past his lies. But neither of them expect it to become love.
This author is typically hit or miss for me. The mistaken identity thing is a bit tough for me to buy into most of the time that it’s done...and if I’m not wrong, this author has done it before. It’s just that, so much lying isn’t exactly a great way to start a romance. And it makes the hero seem awfully slimy that he’s won’t fess up to being someone else for fear of losing his chance to have sex with the heroine. And his lies just continue on from there. He manipulates things so that he can draw out their affair and he can get the “full” few months that he usually gives women. He kinda gave me the creeps. And what’s worse is the heroine knew all this about him, that he was “arrogant, cocky and used to female adoration” and that he lied and manipulated so casually and she just overlooks it...falls straight into love with him for what redeeming characteristics exactly? I’m not quite sure. I do appreciate the fact that he feels some remorse over his lies and found quite a bit of joy in the ways the heroine set him back with his cockiness, but he remained entirely too smug and his character and integrity were definitely quite questionable.
His Every Fantasy - Janelle Denison - 2 /5 - Leah’s boyfriend has just popped the question, but she’s not sure if she can go through with it. For one, there’s no passion...and she’s still kinda hung up on her brother’s best friend, Jace. So she propositions Jace for a weekend of sex to help her a) get Jace out of her system and b) find her sexual confidence so she can up the passion in her relationship with her boyfriend. She doesn't expect things to go so well with Jace and after the weekend, she isn’t sure she wants to be with anyone but Jace. This is basically a lot of sex and very little plot. The sex is pretty hot, but the premise of this story was problematic for me. Leah isn’t sure she wants to marry Brent so she goes off to cheat on her boyfriend to see if she can marry him. The problem here is that as soon as she realized she could cheat on him she should have realized she had no business marrying him. I was uncomfortable with the fact that she was unfaithful in a committed relationship to Brent and didn’t like what it revealed about Leah’s character that she even considered it. And given that Jace also knew about Brent it makes me uncomfortable that he never once questioned her cheating on Brent with him.
Playmates - Crystal Green - 3/5 - Fiona and Sean have learned the hard way how damaging love can be. When they find themselves working side by side doing PR for two celebrities in a volatile second chance romance, a simmering attraction between them, they agree to an affair. Even more, they make a wager that the other will become emotionally involved before the end of their 30 day affair together (while the other walks away unscathed). Neither bargains for the fact that they both fall and find themselves in a quandary, neither wanting to admit to the end of the bet or the affair and neither wanting to face the risk of rejection by admitting their feelings. So, contrary to popular opinion (as evidenced by other reviews) I liked this one the best. Not to say I loved this or anything, I mean, these guys are doing game-playing and power plays galore and I pretty much hate that sort of thing in a romance. But the characters themselves, while not necessarily likeable, had plenty of depth and dynamics and it really felt like these two MCs were learning as they went. I really liked how Fiona poured on the angst there at the end by “disappointing herself before anyone else could disappoint her.” I did hope for a bit more emotional punch in their reunion, but overall I think this ended quite well. As a story, this one didn’t feel like a superficial, way too short novella...it felt complete and engaging (even if I didn’t like everything about it).
This author is typically hit or miss for me. The mistaken identity thing is a bit tough for me to buy into most of the time that it’s done...and if I’m not wrong, this author has done it before. It’s just that, so much lying isn’t exactly a great way to start a romance. And it makes the hero seem awfully slimy that he’s won’t fess up to being someone else for fear of losing his chance to have sex with the heroine. And his lies just continue on from there. He manipulates things so that he can draw out their affair and he can get the “full” few months that he usually gives women. He kinda gave me the creeps. And what’s worse is the heroine knew all this about him, that he was “arrogant, cocky and used to female adoration” and that he lied and manipulated so casually and she just overlooks it...falls straight into love with him for what redeeming characteristics exactly? I’m not quite sure. I do appreciate the fact that he feels some remorse over his lies and found quite a bit of joy in the ways the heroine set him back with his cockiness, but he remained entirely too smug and his character and integrity were definitely quite questionable.
His Every Fantasy - Janelle Denison - 2 /5 - Leah’s boyfriend has just popped the question, but she’s not sure if she can go through with it. For one, there’s no passion...and she’s still kinda hung up on her brother’s best friend, Jace. So she propositions Jace for a weekend of sex to help her a) get Jace out of her system and b) find her sexual confidence so she can up the passion in her relationship with her boyfriend. She doesn't expect things to go so well with Jace and after the weekend, she isn’t sure she wants to be with anyone but Jace. This is basically a lot of sex and very little plot. The sex is pretty hot, but the premise of this story was problematic for me. Leah isn’t sure she wants to marry Brent so she goes off to cheat on her boyfriend to see if she can marry him. The problem here is that as soon as she realized she could cheat on him she should have realized she had no business marrying him. I was uncomfortable with the fact that she was unfaithful in a committed relationship to Brent and didn’t like what it revealed about Leah’s character that she even considered it. And given that Jace also knew about Brent it makes me uncomfortable that he never once questioned her cheating on Brent with him.
Playmates - Crystal Green - 3/5 - Fiona and Sean have learned the hard way how damaging love can be. When they find themselves working side by side doing PR for two celebrities in a volatile second chance romance, a simmering attraction between them, they agree to an affair. Even more, they make a wager that the other will become emotionally involved before the end of their 30 day affair together (while the other walks away unscathed). Neither bargains for the fact that they both fall and find themselves in a quandary, neither wanting to admit to the end of the bet or the affair and neither wanting to face the risk of rejection by admitting their feelings. So, contrary to popular opinion (as evidenced by other reviews) I liked this one the best. Not to say I loved this or anything, I mean, these guys are doing game-playing and power plays galore and I pretty much hate that sort of thing in a romance. But the characters themselves, while not necessarily likeable, had plenty of depth and dynamics and it really felt like these two MCs were learning as they went. I really liked how Fiona poured on the angst there at the end by “disappointing herself before anyone else could disappoint her.” I did hope for a bit more emotional punch in their reunion, but overall I think this ended quite well. As a story, this one didn’t feel like a superficial, way too short novella...it felt complete and engaging (even if I didn’t like everything about it).
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May 30, 2020
One of my favorite anthologies. I always want to go back to reread each story. Very well developed characters and tons of chemistry between leads. Foster, Denison, and Green deliver.
September 29, 2021
tantalizing: 2.75 stars
his every fantasy: 3 stars
playmantes: 1.5 stars
his every fantasy: 3 stars
playmantes: 1.5 stars
August 2, 2011
I had already read the first book on this anthology in Lori Foster's Tantalized, so I skipped that one. The second story, His every Fantasy, by Janelle Denison, was a nice read, short, erotic, if a bit cliched. They grew up together, both have been secretly in love with the other for years, but aftaid of ruining their friendship by complicating it with desire. But when a marriage proposal leaves Leah thinking " is this all there is?" She decides to have a hot affair with Jace and see what develops.
The last story, Playmates, by Crystal Green, is a bit long for a novella, and I found myself asking, "is it over yet?" It has some interesting back and forth to it, and a cute sub plot about the business associates of the two main characters, but was only an OK read.
The last story, Playmates, by Crystal Green, is a bit long for a novella, and I found myself asking, "is it over yet?" It has some interesting back and forth to it, and a cute sub plot about the business associates of the two main characters, but was only an OK read.
March 24, 2008
This is my first anthology book but I grabbed it because Lori Foster wrote one of the short stories in it. It was okay. Didn't really know what I was getting when I got this book. They are definitely very very condensed romance books. Still alright though. (I think I don't like Harlequin Romances though).
April 11, 2013
This book was just OK. Lori Foster's story was boring and felt done. This is the third story I have read by her that has a mistaken identity. I could barely finish Janelle Dennison's story. I like Crystal Green's story the best but it was so slow and felt like forever.
October 30, 2015
Interesting mix for this anthology
Lots of bubble gum for the brain! I am actually giving this 4.5 stars.....loved Foster and Denison.....not so sure about the last book though. It felt more forced than the other two books. All in all a fun beach read though!
Lots of bubble gum for the brain! I am actually giving this 4.5 stars.....loved Foster and Denison.....not so sure about the last book though. It felt more forced than the other two books. All in all a fun beach read though!
November 14, 2007
read 01.15.07
December 27, 2016
Great summer read. 4 short stories that get u hooked.
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June 19, 2011I thought Pearl Had a right to do what she did..her parents died a terrible death.. and they did not deserve that...
December 17, 2012
Rated only on Lori & Janelle's stories. Got a few pages into Crystal's story and lost all interest. Thankfully it was a library book so I didn't feel cheated in any way.
April 15, 2013
Eh, nothing really special about this one.
May 2, 2013
I love Lori Foster!!!
October 4, 2013
Three romantic short stories that were not bad, but also nothing special. I liked the second story the best, and thought the third one was forgettable.
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May 19, 2014(blank)
July 19, 2014
5 for Tantalizing 4 for his every fantasy and 2 for playmates (I did not love the last story. I had to skip the last 20 or 30 pages it was all over the place and it just didn't work for me
December 10, 2014
Tantalizing- 2.4
His Every Fantasy- 3.6
Playmates- 3.4
His Every Fantasy- 3.6
Playmates- 3.4
January 5, 2015
Didn't read the second story.
gems-for-friends-and-others
June 13, 2008For Dum Dum:
don't even pretend you don't want to read this one!
don't even pretend you don't want to read this one!
September 1, 2014
This is for Janelle's book the others are located under the actual books.
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