The Disgraced Playboy (The Notorious Wolfes Book 2)
Lucas… Playboy. Rebel. Rogue.
No one denies Lucas anything. Women fall at his feet and into his bed at the click of his fingers. His life is charmed, reckless and carefree—he is definitely a bad boy.
Grace Carter knows uncontrollable Lucas could ruin her career, and she won't tolerate his wayward behavior, despite their chemistry. But working with Lucas is thrilling, and after just a small dose of his magic, even Grace's prim–and–proper shell begins to splinter…
No one denies Lucas anything. Women fall at his feet and into his bed at the click of his fingers. His life is charmed, reckless and carefree—he is definitely a bad boy.
Grace Carter knows uncontrollable Lucas could ruin her career, and she won't tolerate his wayward behavior, despite their chemistry. But working with Lucas is thrilling, and after just a small dose of his magic, even Grace's prim–and–proper shell begins to splinter…
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I have a confession: in all my years of being a fan of romance, I have never before read a category romance. (Nora Roberts' didn't really count because I read anything that had her name on it and she's sort of a queen in her own right, so I did read a few MacGregor books that were printed by Silhouette back in the day.) But I feel like Harlequin has endured for so long and has been such a Titan in the romance world that I needed to read a few of them, just to get a quick taste. Since I was also a little short on time, I thought that fitting in a quick 50k+ book might just be my speed.
Enter: Caitlin Crews. Back when I'd been a little skeptical of chick lit, Caitlin's alter ego Megan Crane totally changed my mind about it and I thought she could do it again. I knew I could trust her to give me a solid story, and she did not disappoint.
I know this is part of a series of books, and I did not read the first one (written by Sarah Morgan), but after reading this one, I'd be curious about the rest of the Wolfe family...
The Disgraced Playboy features two damaged hearts at its core from two totally different walks of life. In one corner, we have Lucas who's been born into a very rich family, though his upbringing is anything but the charmed existence typically associated with silver spooners. He struggles immensely with feelings of self-worth but cleverly hides this with a blase attitude and a wild reputation he willingly perpetuates. In the other corner, we have Grace, a girl who grew up with nothing and came from a small, insular, entirely close-minded town in Texas. Neither of them had a particularly happy childhood or great relationships with their parents. Neither of them dare to be who they really are when in public.
But with each other? They identify themselves, they see through each other's masks and basically, call b.s. until they can find it within themselves to face the very things they've been tucking away and hiding and deal with them. For each of them, it means having to accept parts of who they are and reject the definitions other people have given them or made them feel, which is a powerful triumphant lesson for anyone.
So, character-wise, I felt Caitlin did a great job playing Lucas and Grace off each other. It's hard not to like a story about a broken bachelor playboy who becomes obsessed with loosening up the buttoned-up, played-down beauty who's just focused on keeping it all together, everything in it's neat box. I felt their dialogue was good, honest, strong. And I felt like, for whatever reason, the last half of the book was easier to read than the first half.
For some reason, it did take me a little adjusting to get into the writing style of this book. It just felt like there was a lot of emotion and attraction needing to be packed in and early, so it was kind of heavy with the flirtatious innuendo, suggestive subtext in Lucas' over-certain charm at the start--but at the same time, in a short category, there isn't a lot of time to build that heat so it's going to have to come quick and early. I get that.
Pacing was on point, characters were fun, setting was great. Heat? Nice and steamy, just like I like 'em. Overall, a fun read and I'd totally pick up another Caitlin Crews book (and other category romances as well).
Enter: Caitlin Crews. Back when I'd been a little skeptical of chick lit, Caitlin's alter ego Megan Crane totally changed my mind about it and I thought she could do it again. I knew I could trust her to give me a solid story, and she did not disappoint.
I know this is part of a series of books, and I did not read the first one (written by Sarah Morgan), but after reading this one, I'd be curious about the rest of the Wolfe family...
The Disgraced Playboy features two damaged hearts at its core from two totally different walks of life. In one corner, we have Lucas who's been born into a very rich family, though his upbringing is anything but the charmed existence typically associated with silver spooners. He struggles immensely with feelings of self-worth but cleverly hides this with a blase attitude and a wild reputation he willingly perpetuates. In the other corner, we have Grace, a girl who grew up with nothing and came from a small, insular, entirely close-minded town in Texas. Neither of them had a particularly happy childhood or great relationships with their parents. Neither of them dare to be who they really are when in public.
But with each other? They identify themselves, they see through each other's masks and basically, call b.s. until they can find it within themselves to face the very things they've been tucking away and hiding and deal with them. For each of them, it means having to accept parts of who they are and reject the definitions other people have given them or made them feel, which is a powerful triumphant lesson for anyone.
So, character-wise, I felt Caitlin did a great job playing Lucas and Grace off each other. It's hard not to like a story about a broken bachelor playboy who becomes obsessed with loosening up the buttoned-up, played-down beauty who's just focused on keeping it all together, everything in it's neat box. I felt their dialogue was good, honest, strong. And I felt like, for whatever reason, the last half of the book was easier to read than the first half.
For some reason, it did take me a little adjusting to get into the writing style of this book. It just felt like there was a lot of emotion and attraction needing to be packed in and early, so it was kind of heavy with the flirtatious innuendo, suggestive subtext in Lucas' over-certain charm at the start--but at the same time, in a short category, there isn't a lot of time to build that heat so it's going to have to come quick and early. I get that.
Pacing was on point, characters were fun, setting was great. Heat? Nice and steamy, just like I like 'em. Overall, a fun read and I'd totally pick up another Caitlin Crews book (and other category romances as well).
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