Review: Hot, Steamy, Good storyline, Great characters!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
***SPOILERS***I absolutely loved this book!  Author Shannon Dermott creates a believable and fascinating storyline.  The main characters are Kalen and Bailey.  Bailey meets Kalen on New Year's Eve at a party and against all of her normal instincts has sex with Kalen in a bathroom. It's the best sex she's ever had but she's appalled by her behavior and runs out of the bathroom and hotel thinking she'll never see Kalen again.  She doesn't even know Kalen's name at this point.  He's just an anonymous quest.  This was also supposed to be her wedding night until she called things off with her fiance after finding out he was cheating on her. Did I mention the sex in this book is hot!New Year's Day while out on a blind date Bailey sees Kalen again with a tall leggy blonde.  Even though she likes her date she is jealous and mad because Kalen appears to have already moved on.  Bailey had felt an attraction to Kalen in the bathroom and she thought he had felt it too. Bailey assumes Kalen is a player, after all a man that good looking could have any women he wanted. Kalen confronts Bailey outside of the bathroom at the restaurant they are at and says he wants to see her again.  He demands that she meet him the next night. Kalen is definitely an alpha male!Bailey is not sure what's going on but she can't deny her sexual attraction to Kalen.  While Bailey deals with the precarious, sexual relationship with Kalen she also has a new job to start.  Bailey will be auditing a large company in New York where she is living with her best friend and former college roommate, Lizzy, while looking for her own apartment.  Bailey is left without a place to live after the break up with her fiance.While working, Bailey's pig of a boss, Kevin, starts hitting on her. Bailey tries to avoid Kevin and makes it clear she's not interested. Kevin doesn't take the hint. To get her boss to back off Bailey takes Matt, her roommates twin brother, up on his offer to help her out. (Matt also has the hots for Bailey). Matt meets Bailey for lunch and gives her long deep kiss in front of her boss, Kevin.  Bailey tells Kevin that Matt is her fiance. Bailey's boss accuses Bailey of coming on to him (NOT) and is obviously pissed that she has a boyfriend.  As Bailey continues her work, things are looking fishy in her part of the audit but Kevin, her creepy boss, blows it off and tells her to work on something else.  Bailey can't let the anomalies of the audit go because her instincts tell her something is terribly wrong.  Bailey's probing seems to have hit a nerve because she receives a threatening note.  Her boss laughs it off and says it is nothing.Once again Bailey and Kalen get back together when he says he wants more than sex...he wants to get to know her. It's obvious from their dates that Kalen has money but Bailey doesn't really care about money and doesn't know who Kalen really is. Bailey comes from a humble background...from a community that is one step above an Amish community.  Bailey hated where she grew up and swore she'd never go back.Kalen is very possessive of Bailey and doesn't want any other man touching what is "His". He is also protective of her and worries when he finds out about the threat against her.  Kalen is out of the country when the threat against Bailey occurs.  When he gets back in town, before he has a chance to talk to Bailey, he overhears a conversation that makes it sound like Bailey is with another man and he leaves Bailey without allowing her to explain.  Bailey cries herself to sleep for several nights. She misses Kalen and his warn arms around her.  Kalen still doesn't contact her,but when Bailey gets a much more dire threat at work she calls Kalen because she has nobody else to turn to for help. Bailey is shaken up and Kalen takes her to his home and settles her down.  They start to talk about where their relationship is going because Bailey doesn't want this to be about sex alone.  Kalen want more than sex too but can't promise her anything long term and says he will be going back to Scotland in a few months.  Bailey ends the relationship right there.  She's heartbroken but knows that she won't be able to handle having her heart totally ripped out if she and Kalen stay together any longer and then he leaves her.But before the break up Kalen has advised Bailey to go to the CEO of the company she's auditing and tell him about the threats against her and the anomalies in the books and the missing money.  When Bailey goes to see the CEO she is in for the shock of her life.  Bailey gives the information to the CEO but then quits her job and heads home to the one place she swore she'd never go again.  When Bailey gets home the first person she sees is the only man she has ever truly loved, Turner.And yes we are left with a cliffhanger!  We know of 3 men who love Bailey; Kalen, Matt and Turner.  What will Bailey do now?  And is she still in danger from her last job... does someone still have it out for her?I can't wait for the next book in the series!  This book is so well written and the characters so well developed. I love Bailey and Kalen and can't wait to see what's in store for their future.  Or will Bailey's future be with Matt or Turner?I highly recommend this book and give it a strong 5 stars!