Review: The Autumn Review for More Than Meets the Ink
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2012
This is a book I've been dying to read for quite some time. A lot of my blogging pals have loved it and raved about the high steam level. Did it live up to my expectations? Yes. Yes it did. More Than Meets the Ink had an interesting plot and steamy sex. What more could a girl want?Tate is typically a very cautious girl. She runs the family business after her father and brothers' deaths and doesn't have a whole lot of time for fun. But when she heads down to Florida to visit her mom, she meets James. He's tattooed and mysterious. Just the kind of guy she typically avoids. However, James isn't all that he seems. He's certainly thrilling and extremely sexy. So, Tate decides to have a fling with James thinking it won't go further. However, they both live in the Boston area and once they return home, their affair continues. What neither one of them expected was to fall in love.Tate still grieves for her brother and father and to top it off, she's being threatened by an unknown person. With James now in her life, he won't tolerate Tate being threatened or harmed in ANY way. See, James runs a security company, so he has resources to keep her safe and to find out who's causing trouble. While I had this part figured out pretty early on, it gave the plot some bones. I enjoyed it.Tate and James were both likable. The only thing that bugged me about Tate was that she judged James so severely by his appearance. She was just so far off base with her presumptions and didn't bother getting to know him in the beginning. Of course as their relationship continues, she changes her mind about what she thought he was like. In the end, I liked their relationship. It was definitely passionate and sexy as hell. As for the sexy..... I have to say the best part about their sex scenes were how James would talk dirty to Tate. Dude, it was seriously a turn on. I'll add some quotes below to give you a taste. *Warning: they are VERY explicit!*The supporting characters were all great. Cole and Elle are the characters I'm most looking forward to reading about. Cole's book is next and I don't think he's paired up with Elle, but I'm looking forward to it. I also like James' partners. Hoping they will be featured again as well.Overall, I really enjoyed More Than Meets the Ink. It's definitely a series I'm looking forward to following. I'll have Heavy Issues, the second book, up for next week's WWS. Looking forward to diving into Cole's sexy!