Wicked Takeover
By Tina Donahue
3.5/5
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About this ebook
Lauren's in a helluva mess. Not only has she lost her corporate HR job, she's just inherited Wicked Brand, a struggling West Palm Beach tattoo parlor…along with the virile dude who runs it. Lauren's full-figured, sorta pretty, and wanting him badly. Dream on. She's here to sell the place as quickly as possible for some much-needed cash and score a new position in the corporate world.
Dante's sinfully hot with a killer smile and beautifully inked biceps. He sees the heat in Lauren's eyes despite her conservative appearance, recognizing the dynamite woman she could be if she'd just loosen up and have some wicked fun. Dominance and submission. Making love in a public place. Having her lush body always accessible to and ready for his.
Unwilling and unable to keep their hands to themselves, Lauren and Dante turn to carnal games and seduction. Until lust turns to surprising need and friendship to something deeper.
Warning: This erotic romance features a sexy Latin hunk who likes to spank, and the feisty Ms. Practicality who baits his itchy palm.
Each book in the Wicked Brand series is STANDALONE:
* Wicked Takeover
* Wicked Seduction
* Wicked Times Two
* Wicked Design
Tina Donahue
Tina Donahue is an award-winning, bestselling novelist in erotic, paranormal, contemporary and historical romance for Kensington, Ellora's Cave, Samhain Publishing, Siren Publishing, Booktrope, and indie. Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. Three of her erotic novels (Adored; Deep, Dark, Delicious; Lush Velvet Nights) were named finalists in the 2011 EPIC competition. Sensual Stranger, her erotic romance, was chosen Book of the Year 2010 (erotic category) at the French review site, Blue Moon reviews. The Golden Nib Award at Miz Love Loves Books was created specifically for her erotic romance Lush Velvet Nights. Deep, Dark, Delicious received an Award of Merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competition. Take Me Away captured second place in the NEC-RWA contest. And The Yearning was honored with an Award of Merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competition. She's featured in the 2012 Novel and Writer's Market. Before penning romances, she worked in Story Direction for a Hollywood production company. You can find her online at www.tinadonahue.com, twitter.com/tinadonahue and facebook.com/DonahueTina1.
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Reviews for Wicked Takeover
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wicked Takeover was a wickedly naughty and romantic book. I think it walked right up to the line of romance looked over at erotica and blew it a kiss with a saucy wink. For you romantic readers who enjoy romance with plenty of sexy times and a lot of heat, this is a perfect story for you.Lauren has been unemployed for just over six months. She had a career in human resources but her job was outsourced and she has been unable to find a new one. Things were looking pretty scary for her. When she found out that she had inherited a struggling tattoo parlor her first reaction was to have the lawyer just handle the details of liquidating or selling the business. Given the amount of money the lawyer was going to charge she decided to just try and sell it herself.Lauren was not the kind of girl who would ever get a tattoo and she knew next to nothing about running a tattoo business but what she did know was that she needed to get down there and check it out. On first glance Lauren was surprised that the parlor was neat and clean, what stood out the most to her was the artwork. When she met the employees, she liked them immediately, especially Dante. Now there was a man that Lauren wanted to sink her teeth into.Dante was basically sex on a stick and Lauren knew that a guy like him would never look twice at a girl like her. In addition to being dreamy, he was a kind and considerate person who cared about his co-workers. Lauren knew she had two things that she needed to focus on, selling the business and finding herself a job, but it was truly hard to focus on those tasks when all she could do was fantasize about Dante. She has a very active and healthy imagination.Dante’s character is just wow! From the moment he saw Lauren he was captivated. He knew that she was there to sell the business but he was still kind to her and tried to help her out in any way that he could. When he was not helping out Lauren though, he was fantasizing about doing naughty things to her. There was just something about her that made him crazy….in the best way possible. He knew he wanted to have her and it was just a matter of time until he made his move.When Lauren and Dante finally acted on their attraction, it was explosive. They were sooo cute together. There was also the workplace romance angle that many readers would enjoy. Swoony times my friends, swoony times! I really appreciated that although there was some conflict between these characters it was nothing cliché or overly dramatic.Wicked Takeover was a nice girl meets guy romance. It had plenty of humorous times, some BDSM, and a whole lot of lovin’. I want to be clear that there is a lot of sex in this story. Just know that going in. This book is a guilty pleasure that will have you crossing your fingers for this couple and enjoying their sweet relationship.This review is based on a complimentary book I received from NetGalley. It is an honest and voluntary review. The complimentary receipt of it in no way affected my review or rating.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wicked Takeover by Tina DonahueWicked Brand #1Great introduction to a new series! Lauren has lost her job, has no family and has inherited a tattoo parlor from a father she has not seen in over 20 years. She has wanted nothing to do with her father but the possibility that the shop might bring income to her depleted accounts is something she cannot ignore. So, off she goes to check out Wicked Brand. Dante, Van Gogh and Jasmina are the people manning the shop. Van Gogh is a young artist that is able to create masterpieces on skin or off but he is a quiet soul who no doubt has an interesting backstory we do not hear in this book – I do want to hear it. Jasmina is also young, in college and beautiful within and without – I look forward to hearing her love story in the future. Dante is older and almost a father figure to the two younger employees. He is in charge, the manager, deals with just about everything, is paternal in some ways to the younger two and a whole lot more than a tattoo artist – he knew Lauren’s father and has a huge family – one brother joins the tattoo team at the end of this book so my guess is that he will have a book of his own in the future. As for this story – it is about family and what is truly important in life – is it money or is there more than money that is of greater importance. Well, Lauren is feeling the need for money and Dante is on the other side of that thought so the two bump heads sometimes. Lauren has body image issues and Dante thinks her body is fine – more than fine, in fact. The two spend a lot of time thinking steamy thoughts then eventually acting some of them out. They hit a bump in the road – related to the money – and do manage to work it out to provide a HEA by the end of the book. I liked the story and would like to thank NetGalley and Entangled Scorched for the ARC – I am eager to read book two in the series – this is my honest review. 4 Stars
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. Well, did not enjoy it, however the writing was good so I could not give it less stars. We could have really had a great story, and the character could have been developed more if the author would have given them time to get to know each other than just hitting the sheets.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. Well, did not enjoy it, however the writing was good so I could not give it less stars. We could have really had a great story, and the character could have been developed more if the author would have given them time to get to know each other than just hitting the sheets.