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A review by chroniclesofabookreader
Hot and Bothered by Crystal Green, Chris Marie Green
3.0
**3.5 Stars**
A second change romance of two people who did not have the best first chance. Rochelle and Gideon were friends who became lovers, but after their first night together, she ran far, far away. She felt like an idiot, a failure, and couldn’t stand to face the rejection. Gideon has definitely been living an easy sort of life with women always close by, and a job that he loves, but it never sat right with him the way things went down with Rochelle. Both in and out of bed.
Rochelle grew up with money, and always visited the country every summer. There is where she met Gideon. There was an instant sort of friendship with mutual attraction. Now that Rochelle is older, and more experienced, the last thing she wants to do is go back to Gideon for help. She’s a very successful author now, and has someone after her in revenge for writing her last book. The only person her family will hire for protection is Gideon. So she goes to him, but remains cool and aloof. She doesn’t want him to see that she’s still intensely attracted to him, or that she still wants him. But with him so close to her, she is finding it difficult to resist. Rochelle put forward a persona that she was sort of a rich, snooty woman when in reality it was her wall of protection. She used that same wall towards Gideon.
Gideon is pretty damn cocky. Every night a different woman, or sometimes women, to entertain him. He’s sure of himself and his abilities, both in his bodyguard work and his personal life. But the same way that Rochelle has that wall, I think Gideon had the exact same wall put up to show others that he was confident. I don’t think he truly was, deep down. I think he had strong feelings for Rochelle and buried them the only way most men know how. And now that they’re working together, he has to hold back to remain professional.
I enjoyed the characters, and I love second chance romances. They always get to me, and especially this one because their first experience with each other was less than desirable. There was angst on the build-up, and in wondering who would put down that wall first. And, I love when the man is in some sort of profession that he has to protect the woman (i.e. bodyguard) because that can be intensely sexy to watch him protect her. Especially when they have history. The one thing I had trouble with was that it was sort of slow. My attention waned some in the first quarter or more, and it was hard to keep myself going. But I did, and I enjoyed their finding each other again.
**Received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
A second change romance of two people who did not have the best first chance. Rochelle and Gideon were friends who became lovers, but after their first night together, she ran far, far away. She felt like an idiot, a failure, and couldn’t stand to face the rejection. Gideon has definitely been living an easy sort of life with women always close by, and a job that he loves, but it never sat right with him the way things went down with Rochelle. Both in and out of bed.
Rochelle grew up with money, and always visited the country every summer. There is where she met Gideon. There was an instant sort of friendship with mutual attraction. Now that Rochelle is older, and more experienced, the last thing she wants to do is go back to Gideon for help. She’s a very successful author now, and has someone after her in revenge for writing her last book. The only person her family will hire for protection is Gideon. So she goes to him, but remains cool and aloof. She doesn’t want him to see that she’s still intensely attracted to him, or that she still wants him. But with him so close to her, she is finding it difficult to resist. Rochelle put forward a persona that she was sort of a rich, snooty woman when in reality it was her wall of protection. She used that same wall towards Gideon.
Gideon is pretty damn cocky. Every night a different woman, or sometimes women, to entertain him. He’s sure of himself and his abilities, both in his bodyguard work and his personal life. But the same way that Rochelle has that wall, I think Gideon had the exact same wall put up to show others that he was confident. I don’t think he truly was, deep down. I think he had strong feelings for Rochelle and buried them the only way most men know how. And now that they’re working together, he has to hold back to remain professional.
I enjoyed the characters, and I love second chance romances. They always get to me, and especially this one because their first experience with each other was less than desirable. There was angst on the build-up, and in wondering who would put down that wall first. And, I love when the man is in some sort of profession that he has to protect the woman (i.e. bodyguard) because that can be intensely sexy to watch him protect her. Especially when they have history. The one thing I had trouble with was that it was sort of slow. My attention waned some in the first quarter or more, and it was hard to keep myself going. But I did, and I enjoyed their finding each other again.
**Received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**