By: Tawny Weber
Releasing January 20th and April 21st,
2015
Harlequin Blaze
Subject: Lt. Commander Mitch
"Irish" Donovan
His Mission: Babysit a
fitness queen with a hands-on approach!
Navy SEAL
Mitch Donovan always plays to win. The push-up contest at the Halloween party
should have been a piece of cake. Except that the cake in question is a hot
woman dressed as a delicious dessert. Now the only exercise on Mitch's mind is
restraint…
Livi Kane
may be The Body Babe, but she has zero confidence. This hunky SEAL, however,
makes her forget everything—except for a workout involving his hot, naked bod
and a whole lot of sexy, sweaty delight. But Mitch has his secrets—and Livi
certainly has hers. All it will take is one unexpected encounter to turn this
steamy attraction into an even bigger secret that will start showing any day
now…
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Subject: Navy SEAL Gabriel Thorne
Mission: Initiate Operation:
Romance…and prove that one night isn't enough!
Explosives
expert and Navy SEAL Gabriel "Romeo" Thorne makes his living tempting
fate. Pushing the limits. So far, he's never lost—especially when it comes to
women. That is, until his best friend's wedding, where Gabriel is suddenly
face-to-face—and deliciously body-to-body—with the one woman hot enough to
detonate his self-control.
Tessa
Monroe is used to being in control with men. Gabriel, on the other hand, is
pretty much her sex kryptonite. Hard, gorgeous, dark-eyed kryptonite. Even as
her defenses whisper "danger," lust demands she take her pleasure
with him and then run. Now they're skirting the edge of an explosive
attraction…where one wrong move could mean disaster.
Teaser:
Tessa’s
heart clenched, anticipation coiling tight around desire as she waited to see
what Gabriel would do. She’d been
secretly dreaming about his lips for months.
Wondering what they’d feel like.
Would he be forceful and take her mouth?
Or would he gently seduce?
The closer he came, the more
excited she got. At the last second, just before he reached her lips, he
changed directions. Tessa shivered as
his breath whispered over her ear a heartbeat before his lips.
Oh. As his mouth brushed her flesh, anticipation
uncoiled, sending that desire shooting through her system.
Holy
screaming orgasms.
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Author Info
New
York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of thirty books and counting, Tawny
Weber has been writing sassy, sexy romances since her first one hit the shelves
in 2007. A fan of Johnny Depp, cupcakes and color coordination, she
spends a lot of her time shopping for cute shoes, scrapbooking and hanging out
on Facebook.
Readers
can check out Tawny’s books at her website,
www.tawnyweber.com, or join her Red Hot
Readers Club for goodies like free reads,
complete first chapter excerpts, recipes, insider story info and much more.
“What’s worse?” Gabriel
asked in a musing tone as he gave in to the need and looked her over from head
to foot. He’d never known a more
beautiful woman. Or one he craved so desperately. Figuring a little honestly would impress her
more than games, he tilted his head.
“Excuses in order to have a good time? Or excuses to run from one?”
“I
supposed it’s all perspective,” Tessa said with a slow, meandering inspection
of her own. Damn, the man was gorgeous.
From the tip of his closely-shorn black hair to the toes of his impressively
large boots, he was a study in, well, studliness. The little black cloud that’d
been hovering over Tessa’s mood didn’t stand a chance against Romeo’s appeal. “One person’s excuse is another person’s
reality, after all.”
“Nicely
put,” he said with an impressed nod.
“Philosophical, fair and completely reasonable.”
Tessa
gave a regal inclination of her head.
“And
totally bullshit,” he added, making her burst into laughter.
“You’re
calling bullshit on my reasonable philosophy?”
“I
think I am. You see, we’re a lot alike,
you and me.” He waited a beat, as if
giving her an opening to object. But
Tessa didn’t see any point arguing with the truth. His dark eyes glinted at her
silence, then he continued. “You and I,
Angel, we’re damned good at doing what we’re good at.”
“Oh,
now there’s a philosophical statement,” she teased.
“We’re
good at taking a challenge and making it our own,” he said quietly, his tone
reflective. And so non-threatening that
she found herself nodding.
“We
live on our own terms, we embrace what feels right. And we ignore what
doesn’t.”
Not
sure why she felt so at ease with him sitting there reading her like she was a
book, Tessa found herself nodding again.
Maybe she was comfortable with it because they were both on the same
page. All he was doing was stating
simple facts, and those facts would work just fine when she turned them around
on him to support of her refusing to play his little pay-for-sex-with-romance game.
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REVIEWS
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4 out of 5 stars
A SEAL's Secret by Tawny Weber is part of the ‘Uniformly
Hot!’ series and gives a glimpse into the life of Lt. Commander Mitch Donovan
(known as Irish) as his life is changed by his interactions with Olivia (Livi)
Kane (known as The Body Babe). Mitch’s responsibilities as a SEAL and the
temporary duties that cause him to be assigned to the west coast brings him
into contact with a woman whose determination, bravery and dedication make him
take a careful look at his life and what he wants to achieve with it.
Livi is also at a crossroads in her life and
must find the courage to make decisions about her future, with or without the
sexy SEAL who has changed her forever.
This is a story about overcoming adversity, a tribute to
fitness, and a glimpse of the sacrifices that can be involved during the
process of becoming a SEAL…and that’s just Livi’s side of it. Family
expectations and pressures, and learning to aim for one’s own desires and finding
one’s comfort zone is also a big part of the story that showcases two driven
personalities and some of the factors behind their actions. I enjoyed getting a glimpse of the lives of
these two people and found myself able to identify with many of the issues that
they face, despite the fact that I much prefer to watch OTHER people get into
shape, lol. There is a nice blend of
heat and emotionalism, and although the heroine was initially a bit too passive
for my tastes, she did grow throughout the course of the story. There is no problem reading this as a stand-alone
story, but there are definitely plenty of secondary characters who deserve
their own places in the spotlight, and I am sure that there will be plenty of
other tales to follow. This was a
delicious light read and I look forward to reading more about these yummy
SEALs.
Teaser: Gabriel was a man used to
giving his all.
When
this was done, Tessa might walk away.
But
she’d never forget him.
He’d
make damned sure of that.
It
was time to put Operation: Romance into play.
4.25 out of 5 stars
A SEAL's Pleasure by Tawny Weber is another story in the
‘Uniformly Hot’ series and focuses on SEAL Chief Petty Office Gabriel Thorne,
whose nickname is Romeo.
Tessa Monroe is
one of the founders of a popular and successful magazine called ‘Flirtatious’
and thinks she understands pretty much everything about sex appeal and, like
Romeo, is used to being in control of interactions with the opposite sex.
They each like to win, and neither wants or
needs a permanent relationship, so does that mean they are perfect for one
another, or the worse match-up ever?
This deliciously spicy contemporary military romance is
inter-connected to
A SEAL's Secret and features many of the same characters
from a slightly different perspective.
It is a delightful exploration of the complicated interaction between
two people who are used to being accepted at face value and frightened of
deeper commitment, given what they have experienced in the past.
I enjoyed the sparring and the dance of
attraction that plays out between the hero and heroine who find a surprising amount
of similarity in both their cockiness and their vulnerability.
There are military conflicts and
repercussions that are a little too quickly glossed over for my tastes, as I
like to understand the issues involved and it was frustrating to have a
particular secondary character so shallow and immature, despite having advanced
to such an elite fighting force.
Tessa’s
friend Livi was also a bit frustrating since it seemed that she had finally
developed a little backbone in the prior story but apparently lost some of it
for a good part of this one.
The heat
between the main characters is incandescent and their chemistry is wonderful
and I definitely hope to read more about them in the future, even as I hope
that some of the intriguing secondary characters get their own turn in the
spotlight.
A great addition to the
series.
Teaser
Later, Tessa would wonder if
Romeo had some sort of triggering device that told him just when her defenses
had hit their lowest. Because that’s when he made his move.
Romeo’s
hands shifted from her hair to cup her butt, pulling her tight against his
body. His mouth angled, lips widening as
he shifted gears from sweet to sexy with the slip of his tongue.
Before she could do more
than gasp, he plunged.
His
teeth scraped over her bottom lip, his tongue sweeping her mouth, luring hers
into his before tangling them together so tight, so close, that her brain
didn’t even have time to send up warning signals.
It
was too busy exploding.
Right
along with her body.
