Wilde Nights in Paradise (Entangled Brazen) (Wilde Security, #1)

by Tonya Burrows

• ISBN10: 1622666976
• ISBN13: 9781622666973
• Publish Date: 11 June 2013 (first published 10 June 2013)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Out of Print: 16 February 2017
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Entangled: Brazen
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I really enjoyed Wilde Nights in Paradise! I knew I would as soon as I saw the mentioning of a stalker! I love stalker stories! I do wish it had played a larger role in the overall plot, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Libby is the Assistant District Attorney, so threats aren't anything new to her. But this time, her father feels the situation is different, so he hires Jude and his brothers to protect her. Well, Jude and Libby had been engaged eight years ago until he shattered her heart. As much as he doesn't want to take the job, he knows he's perfect for it, since no one would find it suspicious if he reappeared in her life. Jude whisks Libby away to a beach house in Key West to keep her away from her stalker, but he can't keep her away from his heart.

Wilde Nights in Paradise was quite sexy! There's no dancing around the issue, since Libby is still attracted to Jude and hasn't been with a man since him. She asks for one night to get it out of her system, but obviously one night won't be enough. Those two are great together! I was a bit annoyed with the whole "Wah, I'm not sexy! No man wants me since him!" thing, especially since Libby is blonde with D-cups! Seriously?! She's like the definition of sexy! But whatever. Then there's strip Battleship! That is genius! Those two get quite creative in their sexual endeavors!

The plot was also pretty fun, if not totally exciting. Of course, everyone suspects it's the drug-lord she tried to put behind bars. But, being well-read in romances with a suspense plot, I knew it wasn't. In fact, Jude doesn't think it is either. And it's not, although I didn't figure out who. I do wish there had been a bit more tension involving Libby's stalker. For the most part, they're not even mentioned, and there isn't much going on until the very end. I suppose that's okay, since I was really into the second chance romance.

Wilde Nights in Paradise was really fun. I love stalkers and second chance romances, so everything worked for me. I also liked the sprinkles of humor throughout. And I'm sooo glad that protection was mentioned before Jude and Libby jumped into bed (or onto the pool table, as it were). I did not want to deal with another "Oops, we're pregnant. I wonder how that happened?" plot, and thankfully didn't have to.

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[Cocktails and Books]

3.5 Stars

Jude Wilde, youngest of the Wilde clan, was always "the screw up". Because he always had a smile on his face, loved adventure and fun, it was a label that had been placed on him and one he tended to live up to. His biggest screw up: Elizabeth Pruitt....the woman he's been hired to protect.

I wasn't sure I was going to like Jude or Libby as the story unfolded. She seemed cold and bitchy and he was a little to nonchalant (or so it appeared) about things. But as the story went on, Jude displayed so many different layers to himself you couldn't help but like a man trying to break out of a mold that was never really a fit for him.

Jude and Libby had history. Big history. College "sweethearts" who's engagement lasted two days before Libby caught Jude with another woman at a bar. Fast forward eight years, both Jude and Libby are different people. They've been molded by the demise of their relationship and what they've seen and done since that time. But the moment the two of them are back together, the spark they had flares to life. Libby fought the spark. She didn't want her heart broken again, which she was convinced Jude would do. Jude knew, immediately, that he was going to do whatever he had to in order to get Libby back. She was it for him, and he knew it eight years ago. The lengths he went to and the smoking hot way he convinced her made it hard to put this book down.

I wasn't so involved in the mystery around who was threatening Libby, because whatever the reason it got these two back together and made them face everything that happened eight years ago and now.

I really enjoy Tonya Burrows style of writing. It's a perfect mixture of fun, suspense, sexy hotness and the emotional punch that will bring a tear to your eye.

Great read and one that is perfect this summer while at the pool or beach.