Review: Turn on the A/C, you're gonna need it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.Bethany is a 20-something with a great job (although she’s not a fan of her boss) working as an events planner. In an attempt to try to win some of their business, Bethany had familiarized herself with the Indigo Lounge, a sort of mile high club where all of your fantasies come true. She found out that they give away one free trip a year and at her best friend Keely’s urging, she applied and was accepted. When she goes to check in for her flight, she makes the acquaintance of the elusive owner of the Indigo Lounge, Zachary Savage. He’s hot, he’s loaded, he’s sex on a stick. Soon Bethany finds herself in Zach’s exclusive company and her chance in a lifetime trip around the world takes a detour.(please note I have taken some liberties with the actual quote due to the community decency guidelines)"We met thirty-eight hours and forty-six minutes ago, Bethany Green. I intend to extract a kiss from those bee-stung lips of yours for every minute of that time—when the time is right. I will kiss you till you beg for mercy. Then I’ll kiss you elsewhere, right between your legs. I intend to [nom, nom, nom on your lady bits]  for hours, until you beg for my [trouser trout]. And then I will [tickle] you until you pass out from screaming my name. And if you think those are just words, that I don’t intend to rock your [freakflagflying] world, then I feel sorry for you. Because the reality will blow your [gosh darned] mind."Yeah, this book is HOT. I kid you not. If you are uncomfortable with sex and the human body, take a pass on this because this is erotica at its finest. But unlike some erotica out there, there is an actual storyline and it is pretty good. Both Bethany and Zach are tending to wounds from their past, but Zach especially has some pretty big secrets that he can’t legally divulge. This lends an air of mystery to the storyline and I’ll be honest, there is the mother of all cliffhangers at the end! Thankfully you’ll be able to dive right into the next book, Higher, as it is out now. I know I wanted to, the ending seriously had me pounding my head against the wall, I wanted MORE!High is well written and an easy read. Like I said, it’s definitely hot and that kept me glued to the pages, but the storyline was riveting as well. I found it a little hard to warm up to Zach at first because to say he is an alpha male would be an understatement. He comes off as a little cocky (pun intended) and until I could really get a feel for what his motivations were, I didn’t want to get too invested in him. By the end of the book though, he had definitely won me over and could see that Bethany indeed was a lucky, lucky woman.Because of that ending I don’t feel comfortable giving High five stars, but it is definitely a 4  star read. I understand the cliffhanger as a plot device, but normally I would shy away from reading something like this until all of the volumes of a series were out. I don’t have a whole lot of time to reread books and if months go by between volumes, I just don’t find that I remember the story as freshly as if I jump right into subsequent books. I can’t wait to jump into Higher!