HARD TO GET

Author: Alyssa Brooks ISBN: 9780425221754 7/2008 EROTIC Publisher: BERKLEY HEAT

Who needs boys when a girl's got toys? Lizzy Cross has given up on men. She can't trust them. She can't depend on them. When it comes to sexual fulfillment, they don't come close to a night alone with her fantasies and a wide variety of immensely pleasurable substitutions. Then on the night of her sister's bachelorette party, Lizzy finds herself staring at the very naked and very familiar torso of her ex . . . Cockier than ever as a cowboy stripper in leather chaps (and nothing else), Ty is determined to win Lizzy back by taking his act off the stage and putting it back between the sheets. With Lizzy's hard edges and her penchant for toys, it's a good thing Ty likes playthings too. But will he be able to get past the kink that stands between them and show her the true pleasure a flesh-and-blood man can give her?

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Lizzy has had enough of men. Who needs them, when she has an array of toys that don't break her heart or talk back or cause any conflict whatsoever. They are safe and predictable and she totally doesn't have to worry about her heart anymore. These are exactly the thoughts that are floating through her head on the night of her sister's bachelorette party when she hears a voice that takes her right back to her past, a voice that causes her as much pain as it does joy. A voice she never thought she would hear again—and never thought she WANTED to hear again. You see, Lizzy is man free, even going so far as to make her appearance as wacky as possible to distract men from her looks. But, one look into the eyes from her past and she knows she is in big-time trouble.

Ty cannot believe his luck when he finds himself stripping at Lizzy's sister's bachelorette party. Not only did he never think he would see Lizzy again, he definitely never thought she would be one of his paying customers. And then there is the fact that this Lizzy is so very different from the girl he once knew, and he doesn't know how to get through to her anymore. She's changed, she's guarded and angry, and he will do anything in his power to change that, to get his love back. So he sets off on a course to bring back the love he once knew, against all odds.

Alyssa Brooks has given us a fabulous erotic romance with HARD TO GET. While there are lots of steamy love scenes in this book, they do not overshadow the romance that is going on with the lead characters, and I definitely can appreciate that. This book is hot, hot, hot in all the right ways, and had my glasses steaming up more than once! Lizzy and Ty are a power couple and burn up the pages as they rekindle an old flame, and I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed watching everything unfold in this story!

Kristal Gorman