Review: Some Like It Hot!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
In the third installment for the New York series, Innocence Defied, the heat reaches new heights!We first meet Gage when he shares an intimate moment with his best friend, Brice and his wife. But readers, who knew that this Southern gentlemen was able to turn of his manners and take hospitality to another level!Gage Hollister has been searching for a full time slave that is a true submissive at heart. Unfortunately, he hasn't been so lucky finding a submissive to match his dominant side since being in New York. Just when he starts to worry that his one true slave doesn't exist, the tables are turned on him, and the most unlikely woman comes into play. Zoe Marshall, Brice's young sister, has had her dreams set on the dominant, loving, and absolutely scrumptious Gage since she was 14-years-old. By the time she was 18-years-old Zoe knew that her feelings for Gage was more than just a crush, but love, and she knew that she would one day marry and have a family with him. Of course all of this was unknown to him. Zoe's trouble comes with finding a way to capture Gage's attention in more than a sisterly way.With careful planning Zoe books a trip to New York with the intent of seducing Gage and finally losing her virginity. It's only been most of her youth and young adult life that she's been lusting and loving Gage from afar and now she can't wait to seize the opportunity.But it's not just that, Zoe is determined to show Gage that she's all grown up and ready to have something serious with him. Oh boy...is she in for a ride! (Pun intended)The chemistry is palpable between these two. The harder Gage tries to deny his reaction to the baby girl-turned-sexy-woman, the harder Zoe tries to prove that she can be what he wants...what he needs. Finally, after a lot of denying and then debating, Gage breaks down and jumps at the opportunity to have Zoe. To Gage's surprised, Zoe is just the woman he's been searching for and fall crazy in love. Unfortunately their little rendezvous is interrupted and the secret is out.The question of the day is whether or not Gage and Zoe will be able to withstand the negative response to their relationship and all the hang ups that Gage is feeling. And what about Gage's relationship with his best friend Brice?The Best Thing:Man this book was so hot! From the beginning to the end I thought I'd just melt right out of my seat. I love that there was never a dull moment and each scene just built on the next. I loved Gage!I don't know if it was his ability to adapt (being the life long family friend to the sexy ALPHA that dominated Zoe) or if it was his sincerity in wanting the best for Zoe no matter what, but this man had me at HELLO. Of course I absolutely looooved the HEAT! Lainey never fails to leave me hot and panting and the great thing about her books, they have a good plot.The Worst Thing:The series ended.