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A review by mslizalou
Dare Me Tonight by Carly Phillips
5.0
In Dare Me Tonight we have two series from Carly Phillips collide. Ethan Knight, oldest sibling from the Knight Brothers series meets Sienna Dare, youngest of all the siblings from the Dare series. I'm just going to tell everyone now this book was the book I've been waiting for forever, and Ms. Phillips absolutely blew me away with this story.
My heart absolutely broke for Ethan when he discovered his wife Mandy not only had a drug problem, but was stealing from his company and cheating on him. Even a year later he isn't the man his siblings have always come to rely on and he is pretty much only existing for work. When Ian Dare, contacts Ethan to have him chaperon his youngest half-sister while she is in New York City, he really isn't excited about the prospect, yet as soon as he meets Sienna, he feels attraction to someone for the first time since his wife died.
Sienna Dare is the youngest of all the Dare siblings, and her childhood illness was the reason Robert Dare had to let his wife and legitimate children know about his second family. Sienna has just finished college and is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. The opportunity to go to New York to check out a prestigious graduate school program comes just as her half-brother Ian is working with Ethan Knight, and Ian sets it up for Ethan to be her escort while in New York.
I absolutely loved Sienna and Ethan together. Their chemistry was scorching hot from the first moment they laid eyes on each other. Ethan had pretty much been a shell of a man since the truth came out about his wife. However, he starts to have feelings again pretty much from the moment he sees Sienna at the graduate school mixer. Yes I loved how strong the attraction was between Ethan and Sienna, but Sienna as the baby of the family didn't really seem like anyone listened to her thoughts, and Ethan seemed to not only listen to her thoughts and dreams, but support them from the beginning. OMG I loved that Sienna was the one to proposition Ethan, and she knew her mind and heart from the very beginning.
I'm just going to say it; I really love a good secret baby story, and loved it even more with Dare Me Tonight. Sienna really wanted to be the one to talk to Ethan, but per the norm in the Dare family, Ian pretty much looses it when he finds out Ethan got his baby sister pregnant. Sienna showed such strength not only standing up to Ian, but Ethan as well. She didn't roll over and let either man control her life. I absolutely loved that while Sienna didn't know exactly what she wanted to do for her career, the moment she found out she was pregnant, she knew that was the most important thing in her life and I felt like it made her even stronger than she was already.
Ethan definitely wasn't the picture perfect hero in this story. He had so much baggage from his first wife, he stuck his foot in his mouth so much with Sienna, I honestly was surprised she forgave him a few times. He had his flaws for sure, but I loved seeing him come back to the land of the living and get his head on straight not only for Sienna and their baby, but for himself as well. I loved how protective he was of Sienna and how he had not problem stepping up when she needed him to do so.
Robert Dare has been my least favorite character from the moment we first met him. He honestly is my favorite character to hate from the Dare series. He is a selfish bastard and destroyed both sides of his family when the truth came out about his affair. He once again shows his true colors in Dare Me Tonight and it absolutely broke my heart for Sienna and her siblings, but I loved she became so much more empathetic for her half-siblings now that she understood what they had been through all those years ago. I absolutely wanted to fist-bump Sienna when she confronted her father and then give her a big hug.
Dare Me Tonight is such an amazing story! I got to spend time with two of my favorite series in one and I loved getting to visit with all the Dares and Knights as Ethan and Sienna found their happily ever after. Buy this book and make sure you have free time, as you will want to devour it as soon as you have it in your hands!
Rating: 5 Stars (A+)
Review copy provided by publisher
My heart absolutely broke for Ethan when he discovered his wife Mandy not only had a drug problem, but was stealing from his company and cheating on him. Even a year later he isn't the man his siblings have always come to rely on and he is pretty much only existing for work. When Ian Dare, contacts Ethan to have him chaperon his youngest half-sister while she is in New York City, he really isn't excited about the prospect, yet as soon as he meets Sienna, he feels attraction to someone for the first time since his wife died.
Sienna Dare is the youngest of all the Dare siblings, and her childhood illness was the reason Robert Dare had to let his wife and legitimate children know about his second family. Sienna has just finished college and is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. The opportunity to go to New York to check out a prestigious graduate school program comes just as her half-brother Ian is working with Ethan Knight, and Ian sets it up for Ethan to be her escort while in New York.
I absolutely loved Sienna and Ethan together. Their chemistry was scorching hot from the first moment they laid eyes on each other. Ethan had pretty much been a shell of a man since the truth came out about his wife. However, he starts to have feelings again pretty much from the moment he sees Sienna at the graduate school mixer. Yes I loved how strong the attraction was between Ethan and Sienna, but Sienna as the baby of the family didn't really seem like anyone listened to her thoughts, and Ethan seemed to not only listen to her thoughts and dreams, but support them from the beginning. OMG I loved that Sienna was the one to proposition Ethan, and she knew her mind and heart from the very beginning.
I'm just going to say it; I really love a good secret baby story, and loved it even more with Dare Me Tonight. Sienna really wanted to be the one to talk to Ethan, but per the norm in the Dare family, Ian pretty much looses it when he finds out Ethan got his baby sister pregnant. Sienna showed such strength not only standing up to Ian, but Ethan as well. She didn't roll over and let either man control her life. I absolutely loved that while Sienna didn't know exactly what she wanted to do for her career, the moment she found out she was pregnant, she knew that was the most important thing in her life and I felt like it made her even stronger than she was already.
Ethan definitely wasn't the picture perfect hero in this story. He had so much baggage from his first wife, he stuck his foot in his mouth so much with Sienna, I honestly was surprised she forgave him a few times. He had his flaws for sure, but I loved seeing him come back to the land of the living and get his head on straight not only for Sienna and their baby, but for himself as well. I loved how protective he was of Sienna and how he had not problem stepping up when she needed him to do so.
Robert Dare has been my least favorite character from the moment we first met him. He honestly is my favorite character to hate from the Dare series. He is a selfish bastard and destroyed both sides of his family when the truth came out about his affair. He once again shows his true colors in Dare Me Tonight and it absolutely broke my heart for Sienna and her siblings, but I loved she became so much more empathetic for her half-siblings now that she understood what they had been through all those years ago. I absolutely wanted to fist-bump Sienna when she confronted her father and then give her a big hug.
Dare Me Tonight is such an amazing story! I got to spend time with two of my favorite series in one and I loved getting to visit with all the Dares and Knights as Ethan and Sienna found their happily ever after. Buy this book and make sure you have free time, as you will want to devour it as soon as you have it in your hands!
Rating: 5 Stars (A+)
Review copy provided by publisher