Tempt Me

by Caroline Cross

Tempt Me by Caroline Cross released on Feb 14, 2006 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373767064
• ISBN13: 9780373767069
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Harlequin Desire
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Tempt Me

John Taggart has been tracking Genevieve Bowen for the past three months but so far she has eluded him. Genevieve is on the run trying to prevent being called as a witness to testify against her brother Seth in court. Genevieve knows her brother is innocent but circumstances will make her brother appear guilty of killing his best friend, so she is on the run desperately trying to get help. John works with his brothers in their security company Steele Security and he has been hired by the parents of the man Seth is accused of murdering to get Genevieve back. Just when John thinks he has her, Genevieve turns the tables on him and he finds himself the captive instead of the captor. Then their unstoppable desire for each other has the circumstances changing once again. John finds himself not just giving in to his desires for Genevieve, but also hearing her side of the story. John makes a decision about how to help Genevieve, but his chance is destroyed when in his absence, Genevieve is taken to jail and her fate is sealed. Now with the help of his brothers, John will do whatever it takes to help her and bring her back to him. Tempt Me is fantastic! It has some mystery and a bit of action, but what really got me, was John and Genevieve themselves. John, who can barely crack a smile, gets his life back because of sweet Genevieve, and Genevieve is given the gift of pleasure from John. They each have strong and compelling personalities. As a couple they took my breath away. There is a powerful chemistry between these two. Genevieve is so responsive to John, that I felt they really are soul mates. Tempt Me is a well-written story full of heartwarming romance and searing passion. I loved it! Nannette reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Real characters, but drags in the middle.

Cross does a good job of building her characters and defining a sense of place. However, several chapters in the middle could have been cut.

She's done it again!

After blazing throuhg Trust Me, one of my favorite reads in years, I was anxious to start Tempt Me, Caroline Cross's second book in the Men of Steel series. I couldn't have been more thrilled - it actually lives up to the success of the first book and takes the reader in an entirely new direction! While the action in this story is confined to a bed in a mountain cabin, Cross manages to pack just as much heat and intensity into this romance as she does into her jungle trek in Trust Me. For any avid reader, it's a riot to watch Genevieve use a how-to-book to evade the military-trained Taggart. And for any woman who's tried to figure out a man, John Taggart Steele exemplifies why they are worth all the trouble! Caroline Cross has really outdone herself with this series - I'm dying to know when #3 will hit stores!

'He scowled as part of him that was unapologetically male whispered PRETTY.'-P. 32

The book sparkles with gems like the above quote. John Taggert Steele's assignment is to track down and retrieve a missing witness, Genevieve Bowen. When he finally captures her in a remote cabin, he ends up her prisoner, thanks to a deer, some chain and a snowstorm. Caroline Cross's writing reminds me a little of Shannon McKenna's dialogue (Standing in the Shadows). Here's a sample scene that captures some of the best qualities of the book--Genevieve is trying to provoke a snowball fight: "While he sounded mightily aggravated, he couldn't entirely suppress the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. She took it as a hopeful sign. 'The way you're getting all pissy? I think that makes you what my friend Arnold calls a girlie man.' Her gleeful insult did it." John Taggert's appropriately alpha. Genevieve is considerably more capable than most heroines without losing her feminity. It's tough to show these qualities rather than just telling the reader to take them as articles of faith. Given the constraint of 179 pages, the author does a remarkable job in creating strong characters and an absorbing situation. If the format had been longer, the plot might have been more complex. And if Miss Cross isn't a one trick pony, she could be--soon--on the best seller list next to Linda Howard or Susan Elizabeth Phillips. At a minimum, this book is a great value for your romance book dollar.