Review: Refreshingly funny, steamy read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
4.5 laugh-out-loud stars!If you're looking for a light-hearted, funny, breath-of-fresh-air read, this one delivers in spades! Thank you Avery for breaking my book funk! Taddy was the PERFECT heroine!Unscrupulous is written with a witty, sassy dialect that kept my attention combined with steamy hot, albeit comical at times, sex scenes.Manhattanites are noted as a jaded bunch. We own designer footwear in excess, overspend on vodka cocktails and work sunup to sundown. By accident love takes a backseat but we always find time for sex (wink)."Taddy Brill is an uber successful Manhattanite, owning her own company with the help of her very gay, unhappily married friend Blake (can't wait for his book btw). Sorry to digress.... Taddy has close friendships with Lex and Vive, also very successful businesswomen. Their lives are about a lot of work, drinks, and singledom (is that a word?). Taddy has no functional family to speak of...being an emancipated minor, she's worked hard for where she is and her friends are her family. She's uber loyal and will do anything for them in times of need.Warner Truman is a widower, very private and doesn't date much since a betrayal of his ex fiancée. He's the third richest man in the world and has worked hard for where he's at. When he runs into this stunning redhead at his St Barths resort, sparks fly. He hasn't felt this pull towards a woman in years.... They get acquainted over champagne talk.Taddy hasn't been told "I love you" ever in life. Not from parents, not from friends. Regardless of her profound loyalty, she's very guarded to accept any man's affections beyond sex. She's been rejected in the worst way as a child and those scars run deep. Warner sparks something in her she WANTS to pursue but can she take a chance with him?What did I love about this book, you say? The cast of characters, especially Taddy. She's got insecurity issues but she's a tough broad and doesn't wallow in self pity. Hallelujah to a strong heroine. She drops anything to aide her friends and dominates the business sector. What a breath of fresh air! Awesome! Loved Taddy!Then there's Warner, sexy beast that he is. Love, love, love that he's all alpha strong, successful, rich, and doesn't have a ton of secrets in his closet.... Another common "trait" of late in erotic novels... Weak heroines, rich men with secrets. Nope, not here. It was refreshing to see a relationship with a fair share of baggage but both people approaching it maturely. Some of their antics and "issues" in bed were comical yet true to life. He's a talker....she's not.This book has serious laugh out loud moments. It wasn't forced, just flowed with the personality of this crew. It has a very Sex in the City feel to it. And we all know who Mr Big is in this book....Looking SO forward to Blake, Vive, and Sheldon's books! Hint hint. Sheldon....Warner's tattooed badboy little brother..swoon. Some of my favorite quotes.....Taddy getting a pedicure......"“Please do not masturbate while I do your feet. I cannot take another moaning horny white woman this week.”Taddy-"I'm a perfectionist. I'm also an obsessive masturbator, a workaholic, and I started smoking again.Taddy talking about when she had Mononucleosis-"I had lymph nodes the size of grapefruits...and my enlarged spleen caused constant abdominal pain. My skin had gone jaundiced." So yellow she could've passed for Laa-Laa the yellow Teletubby.Thanks Avery Aster for the opportunity to read your brilliance and provide my HONEST review! You're the shizzle!