Review: Hot and Romantic - my favorite mix
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
I recently read this book, Concealed Desire and I was completely blown away. I wasn't sure what to expect, to be honest. What I got was a book full of anticipation, flirtation, imagination, miscommunication, and well, the torture of love - which I love! Eden's writing is very good, in my opinion. It is not overly flowery or graphic, but very smooth flowing. Her ability to bring me into the story was fantastic, it was just a matter of a few words before I was sucked into Beth and Dean and their story.Beth receives an indecent proposal of sorts from her boss which basically sends her running from the office. Her boss is 25 years her senior and the man is truly a monster of a man, a very real villain. And an (censored). Beth, however, is definitely a woman to pay attention to. She isn't a damsel in distress, I envision her as young and independent. So when she takes off and finds herself in the bar throwing back shots, I can't really say I blame her.Enter Dean. Dean sees her take off and heads off after her and finds her well on her way to crocked. Right away I liked him. Tall, dark, and handsome with chocolate brown eyes! Oh, my dream man, for sure! Visually, he is perfection. His personality and reputation find him to be a bit of a player, so he definitely has that cocky persona where you don't know if you want to kiss him or smack him, and I just love that in my male characters! However, when it comes to Beth, his depths are untapped. But it seems even true intentions have trouble overcoming bad timing for deal ol' Dean.This book also has something else I adore - switching point of views. Getting both sides to a story really just fleshes everything out for me. Eden does a fantastic job showing us how both of these two hardheads feels, and I loved every minute of it.Let's talk heat. Yay! This book had a few really good scenes. One sure way to make me swoon is a good shower scene - and this book packs a heck of a punch with it's own. Hot, steamy, erotic and incredibly sexy - it hits every mark. And the rest of the scenes? They were definitely hot and sexy!So yep, I'm definitely telling you all to read this book! Eden writes perfect drama, and she tortures the heck out of these two. And I know if you are like me, you love that! I don't want some perfect and happy romance. I want my two main characters to have such passion that it burns them up - and these two have got it.