Tempting Fate

by Amber Lin

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This is my first Amber Lin book and won't be my last. Tempting Fate is the third book in The Lost Girls series and reads very well by itself. I would even say this is more of book 2.5 since it was novella length rather than a full novel length. Tempting Fate tells the story of Rose Murphy and Drew Laramie. Rose is the sister of Colin who was the hero in book #1 (Giving it Up). Rose was raised by her older brother Phillip, who has some questionable business dealings that are not all within the law. Rose lived in a group home when she was younger and experienced some bad things while living there. Because of this Phillip is protective of his sister and brother. Rose has been sheltered and has just gone along with life.

Rose is making decisions and slowly waking up. That's the best way to describe what she's going through. It's like she's been asleep and just going along but now waking up and seeing things. Her attraction to Drew has been simmering and building through the years. Going after Drew is one of the decisions she's making. When an opportunity presents itself, Rose throws down the gauntlet and let's Drew knows she wants him.

Drew has been the lawyer for Rose's brother Phillip for a long time now. He has always been attracted to Rose and as the years has gone by he's been slowly waiting for some signal from Rose that she was ready. He knows there will be some backlash from Rose's brother but he's willing to face them because for him, Rose is it.

Whew boy! When these two give into their attraction it's in one of the hottest ways. Talk about voyeurism sexiness. For a shorter length book there was a lot happening. I never felt lost though. I felt the connection between Drew and Rose right away and never questioned their attraction or pull to one another. I loved these two together and enjoyed all the moments where they interacted. There was a lot of steam whenever they were around one another. I hope we see more of them if Amber is continuing with any more characters from this series. I really hope she writes a book for Phillip the older brother. He needs a feisty woman in his life to set him straight. Overall an enjoyable, steamy and sweet read.

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