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Sometimes passion is the only thing that can melt the ice and boy, does this book have a lot of it.
Annabel Frost does not tolerate fools gladly. She is outstanding at her job, managing one of the most popular restaurants in town, and has no patience for time wasters. She’s independent, calm and immaculately turned out. She also has no friends, or family and she tends to spend most of her time alone. To say that she is tightly wound would be an understatement.
Then there’s Aidan Flynn. Irish, charming and slightly cocky, but broodingly sexy with it, Aidan can’t take his eyes off of his new boss. Setting his sights on winning Annabel over and melting her icy exterior, he goes about slowly charming his way into the bed of one of the toughest women in the business. But Annabel isn’t easily won over. Far from it, in fact. When his persuasive Irish lilt and sexy grey gaze do nothing to captivate her attention, Aidan realises that she is hiding something about her past and he’s not going to stop until he finds out what it is.
This book oozes sex. Its characters are sexy, the storyline is sexy and it’s set against the backdrop of the restaurant business. A place where couples go to make steamy eye contact over their glasses of Merlot and footsy is played under every other table. The sexual tension between Annabel and Aidan is palpable from the very first chapter and it continues throughout the book as the pair play cat and mouse with one another. Just as Annabel starts to like Aidan, she is once again reminded of why she can’t be with him and the game begins again.
This is an action packed book that will certainly make you blush along with the steamy sex scenes, but it isn’t all about the sex. The characters have depth and I enjoyed getting to know them and their weaknesses. Some of the thoughts that Aidan has about Annabel are electric and very well written, with class and sexuality. Both main characters have their own reasons for being the way they are and the reader is kept hooked by the desire to find out what their secrets are.
The book is set during the festive period, as it is one of the busiest in the restaurant trade; however, it certainly isn’t a Christmas novel, but more a novel of need and desire and the things that hold us back from what we really want in life. It is essentially a story about love with some well-written sex scenes, which means you may not want to read it on the tube in the morning if you blush easily. Kat Black is clearly a talented writer who crafts addictive characters.
Steamy, sexy and sultry and ideal for fans of the 50 Shades series, erotic fiction and romance, this book has it all.
7/10
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