Review: Great Value!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
Knight & Play - Rating:  3.5 StarsThe story of Lucien (Owner of BDSM clubs, Sex stores...all things sexy) and Sophie (married to Dan, personal assistant).  This is about a married woman whose husband, Dan, is cheating on her.  Bottomline, this is about one woman who is torn between two men, her cheating husband and a guy who she could fall in love with.  What's a girl to do?  In this book, we will not find out.  This has a cliffhanger as the stuff hits the fan.  There was lots of sexy hot scenes throughout this book.  Lucien is hot, controlling in the bedroom, but yet romantic.  Sophie is very shy and has not been exposed to many sexual adventures/enjoyments.  While this appears to be the standard love triangle, I found a few of the twists interesting.  The POV alternated between Lucien, Sophie and Dan which added to the intrigue.Why Not 5 Stars?While the sex scenes where hot, hot, hot, I would have liked a better balance with the actual story.  Perhaps more insight to the issues between Dan and Sophie, more on Lucien's backstory.  At some point, I thought OK, enough of the sex, let's move this along now.Knight & Stay -  Rating:  4 StarsThis starts at the drama with our little love triangle between Lucien, Sophie and Dan.  Book 2 focuses on the relationship between Lucien and Sophie.  As Sophie gets deeper into Lucien's fast paced world, it may be difficult for her to go back to her old vanilla life with Dan.  She knows that she can not afford to fall in love with Lucien as he's told her over and over again that he does not believe in Love.  It's rare that I like both H/h, and I did in this series.  Sophie was a strong woman who knew what she ultimately wanted and did not want.  She did not shy away from speaking her mind.  No crazy head talk either.  Her character rocked!  Every girl needs a sexy Lucien in her life.  Overall, great story and  characters!Why Not 5 Stars?When they were in Paris, at some point the story dragged and became boring to me.  I think it went on too long.  In fact, I put this book up and read another book and made myself came back to finish this.  However, when they come back from Paris, I was totally engaged in the story and could not put it down.Knight & Day - Rating:  2.5 StarsThe third, and hopefully final book in the series.  This is an extended epilogue 5 years into the future with Lucien and Sophie.  The main focus of the book is the beginning relationship between Sophie's BFF, Kara, and Lucien's newly hired club manager, Dylan.  However, there were plenty of scenes with Lucien and Sophie (thank goodness for that!).  What I initially thought was a cleaver idea for a book to continue the main couples happily ever after and mix in a new story...was not a good idea.  All of the scenes with Lucien and Sophie were excellent and kept my attention.  This was probably due to the fact that I bonded with the couple in the previous two books.  The wedding scene...AMAZING!!!  One of the best wedding scenes I have read to date.  From the start of the wedding scene to the end of the story was engaging (about 85% in).  I give thumbs up for all things Lucien and Sophie!  Let's let them walk into the sunset and enjoy their life!!Why Not 5 Stars?Dylan and Kara, I could not bond and relate to them at all.  I found myself skimming through their scenes.  There was just not enough time for me to want to cheer for the couple.  I had little interest in them.  I also did not like Kara in this book.  Her dialogue was OTT.  She was annoying and acted childish when she discovered Dylan's secret.  I hate the female character that runs and cuts off communication without getting the full story.Dylan's secret came too late in the book.  While it was interesting, I think I would have enjoyed it more if it would have come out earlier and then read how each of them dealt with it.  It all happened during the last 10% of the book and was quickly resolved.Unresolved/Open items at the end.  There were some lingering questions that I wanted resolved:  What was Justin's deal?  What did he stand to gain by ruining his brother's life?  Justin and Suzie, how could they afford to just jump on a plane and go across the country?  How did Justin find Dylan's exact location?  What happened to Justin and Suzie?  Did Justin continue to show up in Dylan's life?  Inquiring minds wanted to know!!