Asking for Trouble

by Leslie Kelly

Book Overview

Budding journalist Lottie Santori is dying to escape her overprotective family and experience a little sexual adventure. And her upcoming, out-of-town (thank God ) job, researching scary old Seaton House, offers some very definite possibilities.... Lottie has always had a thing for the tall, dark and mysterious type, and her reluctant host, sexy Simon Lebeaux, looks as if he can give her the thrill of a lifetime. But when she finds herself at the...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373792840
• ISBN13: 9780373792849
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

couldn't put down

This is the 2 nd book I read from Leslie Kelly. For me it started out slow, I am not used to reading a story from their own words. Every other chapter was from Simon and the next From Lotti. When I got into to it I could not put it down, Only took me a few chapters. Simon's uncle died and Simon moved into the Hotle that he nows claims as his home. He only wants to be left alone so he could write his book. Lotti's Professor does not know that the hotel is not that, he has her go and do some research on a former owner. The heat turns one and one, Strange things are happening there and Simon thinks he is losing his mind. But Lotti helps him and together they figure out the mystery. It was interesting.

Asking for Trouble- A Joyfully Recommended Title

Simon Lebeaux inherited Seaton House from his uncle. He is recuperating from an injury while staying in the seemingly haunted house. Simon is haunted by his memories of one fateful night with a beautiful stranger. Simon has stayed away from women for the past four months and intends to keep it that way until one rainy night when another beautiful stranger shows up at his door. Lottie Santori is in Trouble, Pennsylvania, researching Josef Zangara for her psychology professor. Zangara made Seaton House an exclusive hotel in the nineteen thirties and was later convicted of being a serial killer. Lottie is overprotected by her five older brothers, so she is relishing the idea of solving a mystery or two while relaxing and hopefully finding a hot guy to fool around with while she's at it. Arriving at Seaton House during a thunderstorm, Lottie meets Simon and falls instantly in lust but Simon clearly wants nothing to do with her. Lottie's not giving up though; she plans to discover the mystery surrounding the house and Simon, all while trying to seduce him into bed, but strange things are happening. Is someone out to get Simon? Or is he going crazy? Leslie Kelly has written another hit with Asking For Trouble! This funny, sexy, and sometimes spooky story is a blast to read! Simon had me from the beginning. His haunted memories and guilt-ridden soul made me want to hold him and never let go. Lottie is a sweetheart; she's beautiful, witty and fearless too. The chemistry between Simon and Lottie simply sizzles. Asking For Trouble is just as entertaining to read as Here Comes Trouble, the first book in this series, and with Trouble Or Nothing still to come, readers get plenty more from the town of Trouble, Pennsylvania, where something scary and passionate is bound to happen! Nannette reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

delightful investigative romance

In Chicago, her five overly protective older brothers and her Italian parents are driving Lottie Santori crazy as they leave her with no breathing room. Being the only female and the youngest, she enjoys any opportunity to escape from their constant vigil. Thus she looks forward to her out of town work in Trouble, Pennsylvania to conduct on site research into a serial killer who owned Seaton House though she doubts she will find any sexual relief in the small town. At Seaton House, Lottie meets new owner Simon Lebeaux, who inherited the old hotel from his late uncle. She immediately revises her thoughts that Trouble means abstinence. However, several accidents occur including some near fatal ones as if someone wants to prevent Lottie from completing her assignment. Simon thinks the hotel is haunted, but Lottie believes a mortal person wants her stopped. The sequel to the amusing contemporary HERE COMES TROUBLE is a delightful investigative romance in which the lead couple explores the haunting of the hotel and their hearts. The story line contains plenty of action, but it is the lead couple who keeps it focused and entertaining as she knows what she wants (sex not a lasting love) and he knows she is trouble (he has enough tsuris without her). The trouble with this novel is that Leslie Kelly will keep her audience up late reading in one sitting. Harriet Klausner

It Was a Dark and Sexy night...

Yes indeed it was! Whew! Here is yet another sexy, fabulous book by Leslie Kelly. Everyone should run not walk to get a copy! Asking For Trouble is set in the town of Trouble, Pennsylvania for this latest Santori family story. Lottie Santori, a budding journalist and youngest member of the Santori family, is dying to escape her over protective relatives for a little adventure, both sexual and career-wise. She heads out on a...yes, you guessed it...dark and stormy night, to do research on an old scary hotel called Seaton House. Simon Lebeaux, her reluctant host and new owner of Seaton House, is looking for quiet alone time to recover from a recent and very tragic accident. From the second these two meet, on that dark and stormy night, the sexual tension between them fairly melts the pages. Hot, Hot and more Hot! In a skilled new twist, Ms. Kelly has written the heroine's point of view in first person. I loved it. Don't miss this latest dark, sexy, gothic tale from Leslie Kelly.