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She drives him crazy\u2026 In more ways than one.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Every time Leah Holt encounters Quantum Production\u2019s chief counsel, Emmett Burke, the only thing she can think of is how much she wants to lick him. Everywhere. She\u2019s never had that kind of reaction to a man, and the fact that he\u2019s a much-older colleague makes her out-of-control attraction to him far more complicated than it should be. Every day, she brings a new legal question to Emmett, hoping to catch his attention and make him see her as a grown woman who wants him desperately. She walks a fine line in trying to remain professional as the assistant to superstar Marlowe Sloane while lusting after Marlowe\u2019s sexy attorney.<\/p>\n To Emmett, Leah is a fly buzzing around his head who can\u2019t be swatted away. She\u2019s always there, looking at him, asking him legal questions that have nothing to do with his specialty in entertainment law and generally driving him mad with her overt sexiness and sassy mouth. He wants to toss her over his desk and run the sass right out of her, which is hardly the way a professional who loves his job should behave in the office\u2014especially with a young, fresh, sexy colleague. As the author of the company\u2019s policy on inter-office dating, he\u2019s painfully aware of all the reasons he should stay far, far away from her and the tantalizing temptation she represents.<\/p>\n Then Leah gets her chance to step up for Emmett, to help him through an unfortunate \u201caccident\u201d and to show him she\u2019s much more than just a smart mouth and a sexy body. When she realizes she has genuine feelings for him\u2014and that those feelings are returned\u2014she wonders if he will take a chance on her or continue to hold her at arm\u2019s length. Slowly but surely, she chips away at his resistance, and he begins to crave more of her. But Emmett knows if he\u2019s going to let her in, he has to let her all the way in. What will she think when he introduces her to his BDSM lifestyle? Will she still want him the way she does now or will she run away in horror? And what will he do if she runs away?<\/p>\n When Leah confronts a dangerous threat from her past, Emmett is forced to acknowledge that his \u201cannoying little fly\u201d has worked her way firmly into his heart\u2014and his bed.<\/p>\n Also, join the entire Quantum team at the company\u2019s vineyard in Napa for Hayden and Addie\u2019s wedding!<\/p>\n Contains the full TAME edition in the back for those who want all the romance with a less scorching heat level!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.5 fun, sexy stars stars!<\/b><\/p>\n Book #7 in the Quantum series and, as with all of the other books in this series, I have been so excited to get my hands this one. I love the Quantum world, and love diving back into this series which features a group of Hollywood hotshots who own their own production company\u2026. and their own sex clubs. They are best friends who share similar kinks, and one by one they are each falling in love.<\/p>\n Emmett Burke is the Chief Counsel for the Quantum group. Having grown up with Flynn (hero of books #1-3) and Hayden (hero of book #4), he is the best of friends with his colleagues, and there is nothing more important to him in his life than his friends and his job.<\/p>\n Leah is the ex-roommate of Natalie (heroine of books #1-3) who moved from NYC to LA to take up a job as Marlowe\u2019s personal assistant. She has had a rough life, but she loves her work and has been openly accepted into the Quantum circle, and she is relishing in her new life\u2026 and that includes ogling and daydreaming about the delectable Emmett.<\/p>\n I want to lick him. I want to strip him naked and lick every hill and valley of his muscular body. I want to know if all his muscles are as big as the ones on his arms. I want to ride him like a cowgirl. And then I want to ride him like a <\/i>reverse cowgirl. <\/i><\/p>\n Me and Emmett Burke? That is <\/i>so going to happen.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Serious, uptight Emmett is definitely attracted to Leah, but he does his best to ignore it. Not only is he a one-night-only, complication-free man, but he doesn\u2019t want the complication of getting involved with somebody from work. He is also ten years older that Leah and he has certain kinks that he doesn\u2019t want to expose her to. It\u2019s best that he keep his distance\u2026 until an unfortunate accident puts them in seriously close proximity and then it\u2019s all on.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll give you one night.\u201d Emmett and Leah agree to one night only in an attempt to assuage their mad lust for each other. But with one touch it\u2019s clear to both of them that it will never be enough, and oh holy God, their chemistry is explosive!\u00a0 They are literally helpless to resist their attraction, which brings them both to their knees (literally and figuratively). Their irresistible attraction brings an open and honest intimacy between them, and they both begin to open up to each other. And when Emmett reveals his need for dominance and his love of (mild) kink, rather than being turned off, Leah is curious and all kinds of turned on, and the exploration of that\u2026.. hot damn!<\/p>\n \u201cTake what you want.\u201d Leah is an absolute riot! Bold, sassy, confident and absolutely filterless, when she decides to go after Emmett, she does so openly and determinedly. She holds nothing back from him, letting it all out there, and I love her brave boldness.<\/p>\n \u201cHave you ever been in love?\u201d she asks. And she brings out a sense of playfulness in Emmett that we haven\u2019t seen before, and that he didn\u2019t even realise still existed. She brings him to life, and I just love the way that he embraces it.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, I like you. I haven\u2019t made any secret of that. This was fun tonight, but I don\u2019t want to be here if I\u2019m not wanted.\u201d It\u2019s a fantastic dynamic, and so much fun and there are a lot of laughs as the two of them figure it all out. But how will they handle things when it all begins to get real? Neither of them have really done the relationship thing, and their deepening feelings for each other open up all kinds of wounds and fears. There are a few surprises along the way as they both react to the shift in things between them, but on the whole it\u2019s an easy, natural and fast-moving ride for them, as they revel in all that they are experiencing together, and it\u2019s so much fun to watch, with lots of steamy time and romance, and a surprising amount of swoon.<\/p>\n \u201cHold on to me. Don\u2019t ever let go.\u201d Of course the rest of the Quantum group are a big part of the action, watching with rapt interest as Emmet and Leah finally act on their attraction, and there\u2019s some progression for their stories \u2013 most notably for Hayden and Addie as the time has finally come for their wedding. And there\u2019s something brewing for both Marlow and Sebastian, and I\u2019m keeping my fingers crossed for what I\u2019m hoping will come from that particular storyline.<\/p>\n I really enjoyed this book. It was lots of fun and I loved seeing Emmett and Leah\u2019s surprising romance play out.<\/p>\n 3.5 stars.<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Virtuous (#1)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie) Valorous (#2)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie) Victorious (#3)<\/strong>\u00a0(Flynn & Natalie) Rapturous (#4)<\/strong>\u00a0(Hayden & Addie) Ravenous (Quantum, #5)<\/strong>\u00a0(Jasper & Ellie) Delirious (Quantum, #6)<\/strong> (Kristian & Aileen) Outrageous (Quantum, #7)<\/strong> (Emmett & Leah) Famous (Quantum, #8)<\/strong> (Marlowe) <\/p>\n Marie Force<\/b>\u00a0is the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author of contemporary romance, including the indie-published Gansett Island Series and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series. In 2019, her new historical Gilded series from Kensington Books will debut with\u00a0Duchess By Deception<\/i>.<\/p>\n All together, her books have sold 6.5 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestseller list many times. She is also a\u00a0USA Today<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/i>\u00a0bestseller, a\u00a0Speigel<\/span>\u00a0bestseller in Germany, a frequent speaker and publishing workshop presenter as well as a publisher through her Jack\u2019s House Publishing romance imprint. She is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America\u2019s RITA\u00ae award for romance fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n Her goals in life are simple\u2014to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.<\/span><\/p>\n Join\u00a0Marie\u2019s mailing list<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on\u00a0Twitter @marieforce<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0Facebook<\/span><\/a>. Join one of Marie\u2019s many\u00a0reader groups<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Contact Marie at\u00a0marie@marieforce.com<\/span><\/a>. Subscribe to her new blog to hear the latest and greatest news, including giveaways and other great prizes.\u00a0Go to the\u00a0blog\u00a0<\/a>and enter your email address on the upper right-hand side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Website\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 Facebook\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 Twitter\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 Instagram\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 Newsletter\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <\/strong>Reader Groups<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amazon US\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon UK\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon AU\u00a0 iBooks\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 Google Paperback\u00a0 |\u00a0 Signed Copy from Marie’s Store Blurb She drives him crazy\u2026 In more ways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":3.5,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,65,9,29],"tags":[59,889,70,48],"class_list":["post-35799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friends-to-lovers","category-lol-funny","category-romance","category-steamy","tag-arc","tag-marie-force","tag-quantum","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Outrageous.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-9jp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Outragerous-Teaser.png?resize=396%2C332&ssl=1\")
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\nShe rolls her full bottom lip between her teeth.
\n\u201cBut I have conditions.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat conditions?\u201d
\n\u201cWe do it my way or not at all. I\u2019m in charge. And you don\u2019t tell anyone. It\u2019ll happen once, and that\u2019ll be the end of this little fixation you have on me. We\u2019re never going to be a couple of live happily ever after. We\u2019re going to fuck and be done with it.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t say that to me when you have no idea of the full extent of what I want.\u201d
\n\u201cTell me.\u201d
\nHe moves so he\u2019s on top of me, the heavy weight of him pinning me to the bed. \u201cI want everything.\u201d
\n\u201cOkay.\u201d
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t know what everything entails.\u201d
\n\u201cI assume you\u2019ll show me?\u201d
\nHe pauses for a long, breathless moment, staring down at me in the fierce, intense way of his, before he appears to make some sort of decision. \u201cYeah, I\u2019ll show you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThe question startles me, and I debate whether I should lie or tell the truth. I go with the truth. \u201cOnce.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat happened?\u201d
\n<\/i>What didn\u2019t happen? \u201cDidn\u2019t work out.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019ve only been in love once, too.\u201d
\n<\/i>Don\u2019t ask. Don\u2019t ask. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u2026
\n\u201cI don\u2019t know yet. I\u2019m waiting to see how it\u2019ll work out.
\nI choke on the wine. Son of a bitch. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\u201cI believe there was ample evidence of the fact that you\u2019re wanted earlier.\u201d
\nShe shrugs. \u201cThat was awesome, but since then, you\u2019ve been kinda\u2026bitchy.\u201d
\n\u2026 \u201c<\/i>Bitchy?\u201d I ask in my most sinister tone, the one that has no effect whatsoever on her.
\nShe looks me dead in the eye, fearless and gorgeous. \u201cYep.\u201d
\n\u201cTelling a Dom he\u2019s bitchy can get a little sub in a lot of trouble.\u201d
\n\u201cWhat kind of trouble?\u201d she asks, her eyes glittering with excitement.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\u201cI won\u2019t let go. I\u2019ll never let go.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Quantum series<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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