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A review by scorchingnix
Baiting the Maid of Honor by Tessa Bailey
5.0
Reviewed at http://www.scorching-book-reviews.com/a-nix-review-baiting-the-maid-of-honor-by-tessa-bailey-5-stars/
FTC : I requested the entire series on my love of this authors work. I am so glad I did.
When I think of Tessa Bailey’s work, I think of grumpy Alpha males with filthy mouths and even filthier intentions. I expect sex, angst and grit and I was not disappointed. This was one of my favourites of the series.
Reed is the kind of hero I expect from Bailey. He is intense, sexy and totally demanding. With lots of emotional baggage, I was more invested in this guy than many of her other heroes and it made his story that little bit more engaging. Reed wants Julie from the second that he sees her, manages to get into bed rather quickly (in a very hot yet slightly odd scene) and then spends the majority of the time trying to prove that she can’t dismiss him as just a roll in the hay. That is the one thing that I loved about him; at no point did he feel the need to try to prove that he was good enough for her, he just wanted to prove that he was more to her than what she wanted to label him as. I also liked that she brought out this reaction as, for the most part, Reed really doesn’t seem to give a damn!!
Julie had her own baggage. A people pleaser by choice, Julie was the person at the wedding that made sure everyone else was OK before seeing to herself. To be honest, I think that, if Reed hadn’t have been there, she would have ran herself into the ground as her friends were doing a pretty shitty job of not stopping her. Reed noticed when she hadn’t eaten, when the smile was too forced and when she wanted to be something other than the Stepford wedding planner that she had morphed into. I fricking loved Reed. It annoyed me when she pushed at him, when she tried to cheapen their developing feelings and inadvertently belittled him; I wanted her to chill the hell out. The scenes where she didn’t annoy me? The scenes where they were alone and she was allowing herself to feel and not think. The striptease scene was both the hottest and most character developing scene in the book for me as I could see what they could be like together without all the bullsh*t.
Another thing I expect from Ms Bailey is sex. Lots and lots of hot and dirty sex. Again, I was not disappointed. This book is filled with scenes to make your skin clammy and your toes curl; I enjoyed the hell out of all of them. Word to the wise Ladies and Gents, this is not one for public consumption unless you want to be all hot and bothered in-front of strangers!
Another fabulous story by Tessa Bailey and another fabulous story in this series. A tale of what happens when undeniable sexual chemistry pulls two people together, whether they are both onboard or not!
FTC : I requested the entire series on my love of this authors work. I am so glad I did.
When I think of Tessa Bailey’s work, I think of grumpy Alpha males with filthy mouths and even filthier intentions. I expect sex, angst and grit and I was not disappointed. This was one of my favourites of the series.
Reed is the kind of hero I expect from Bailey. He is intense, sexy and totally demanding. With lots of emotional baggage, I was more invested in this guy than many of her other heroes and it made his story that little bit more engaging. Reed wants Julie from the second that he sees her, manages to get into bed rather quickly (in a very hot yet slightly odd scene) and then spends the majority of the time trying to prove that she can’t dismiss him as just a roll in the hay. That is the one thing that I loved about him; at no point did he feel the need to try to prove that he was good enough for her, he just wanted to prove that he was more to her than what she wanted to label him as. I also liked that she brought out this reaction as, for the most part, Reed really doesn’t seem to give a damn!!
Julie had her own baggage. A people pleaser by choice, Julie was the person at the wedding that made sure everyone else was OK before seeing to herself. To be honest, I think that, if Reed hadn’t have been there, she would have ran herself into the ground as her friends were doing a pretty shitty job of not stopping her. Reed noticed when she hadn’t eaten, when the smile was too forced and when she wanted to be something other than the Stepford wedding planner that she had morphed into. I fricking loved Reed. It annoyed me when she pushed at him, when she tried to cheapen their developing feelings and inadvertently belittled him; I wanted her to chill the hell out. The scenes where she didn’t annoy me? The scenes where they were alone and she was allowing herself to feel and not think. The striptease scene was both the hottest and most character developing scene in the book for me as I could see what they could be like together without all the bullsh*t.
Another thing I expect from Ms Bailey is sex. Lots and lots of hot and dirty sex. Again, I was not disappointed. This book is filled with scenes to make your skin clammy and your toes curl; I enjoyed the hell out of all of them. Word to the wise Ladies and Gents, this is not one for public consumption unless you want to be all hot and bothered in-front of strangers!
Another fabulous story by Tessa Bailey and another fabulous story in this series. A tale of what happens when undeniable sexual chemistry pulls two people together, whether they are both onboard or not!