Naughty and Nice (Italian Stallions #5.5)

Mari Carr

Blurb:

If there’s one thing Liza excels at it’s making bad decisions. Which is why she knew it was stupid to invite the guy she’d just started dating to the gala she was hosting. When he gets overly familiar, she asks him to leave. He refuses…

Until sinfully sexy billionaire, Matt Russo, intervenes, leading to Liza’s worst decision ever. Because a holiday hook-up with Matt, her family’s enemy, would definitely land her on the naughty list for life.

If Matt’s past has taught him anything, it’s that true love doesn’t exist. Then he spies Liza—the only threat to his simple existence—across the hotel ballroom. A slow dance leads to a heated embrace that ends in his hotel room. And for the first time ever, he imagines a very different future for himself.

Unfortunately, it’s one he can never have.

Themes: Erotica, Holiday

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

I love a good erotic holiday romance, and what makes it even better is when the heat has been building between the characters for several novels and we know that the fire is about to explode. Mari Carr has been giving us glimpses of the fireworks to come between Matt Russo and Liza Moretti for a long time now, and we get just a little glimpse into this sexy holiday romance. Naughty and Nice is the story of Matt and Liza finally giving into the tension and need they’ve been fighting in a big way with one night of passion. Neither of these two think it is a good idea to give in, but neither of them can resist the other any longer and finding the connection to one another is more than they can fight anymore. Losing themselves in one another for one heated, sexy, and fantastic night is just what the doctor ordered to allow them to get over the pull they’ve been fighting, but when they unleash their hidden desires, they quickly understand they’ve made a big mistake and they are in way over their heads. Matt has never allowed his lust and dark needs free reign with another woman the way he does with Liza and she gives him everything he needs, meeting him and his needs every step of the way. Liza never saw herself as a submissive woman, but Matt’s stormy eyes and sexy voice show her that she can let herself go and give over her needs and he will give her everything she needs. But in the light of day, can they accept the ties they have forged and give the bond between them a chance even with everything that stands between them? Or will they have to find a way to resist one another again and walk away forever? I am dying to find out in their full-length novel coming soon (Tempted and Taken) and I know that Mari will make every moment of that way worth every moment of the angst. A true sexy and sensual romantic liaison between two people who are going to blow your minds and leave you breathless for their love story and the HEA we can only hope they find soon. Mari, you truly are evil in only the best of ways!

*eARC provided by author for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.