Review: Absolute must read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
Pippa Rowantree's life really can't get any worse. Since her mother died, her father shunned her and all her attention seeking attempts publically ruined her reputation. Tempted by Trouble begins with Pippa flying out to the Caribbean to stay with her childhood crush to recover from an assault.Marco Cappello absolutely loathes Pippa, and he has very good reason to. He only agreed to take Pippa in because his mother begged him. He's Pippa's opposite in many ways, growing up in a loving family and having to struggle hard to become the way hotter version of Bill Gates.Having never known love since her mother's death, Pippa keeps her emotions hidden from everyone--especially Marco. He still sees her as the wild adolescent who almost ruined him, not the hardworking woman who struggles to make ends meet. But Pippa has a backbone made of steel. She doesn't bow down to his knee shaking presence and accusations like I would have. There were times, when he admonished her, I'd have happily run away if it were me ;o).Eventually, Marco begins to believe her, and help her in ways he'd tried to do since she was a sad little girl at his aunt's wedding. It's not just compassion he feels though, there's still a lot of distrust on his part and a raging desire between them that both refuse to act on for very different reasons. And you'd think after all that simmering tension an explosive bout of sex on a piano would diminish it right? Wrong, it just cranks it higher.Okay, so I don't risk spilling it all I'll stick to why Tempted by Trouble blew my mind, made me giggle, and run off for a couple of cold showers. The author has this beautiful flowing voice that drags you into the story and holds you hostage. The simmering sensual tension inherent through every story of hers I've read has my heart hammering in my chest each time. The deep emotional connection she creates between Marco and Pippa not only in the present time, but how she shows it winding through both their lives since they first met eighteen years before is simply beautiful and extremely addictive.I'd highly recommend this book to all readers and lovers of romance worldwide. It's the perfect escape from the gloomy winter. Be warned though, you may need tissues!