Tempt Me (The Wolf Hotel, #1)

by Nina West

[Cocktails and Books]

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WOLF BAIT is one of those books that I'm still on the fence about, weeks after reading it. On the one hand, it had a hero I couldn't help but like....even when he was being an enormous ass. But it was the heroine and her complete 180 when it came to her values that has me wondering what I read.

Abbi catches her fiance cheating on her. After spending the remaining months of the school year having him flaunt his new relationship in her face and her family pushing her to forgive him, Abbi decides to take a job in Alaska for the summer. She hopes this is going to be a tie to figure out who she is and what she wants, as she clings to her Christian faith. But as soon as she sets foot on the Wolf Resort things do not go as Abbi plans. And when she catches the eye of owner Henry Wolf her world is opened up to much more than she thought.

Henry was one of those heroes I love to hate. An enormous ass when we first meet him, he soon opens up to Abbi and proves to be every bit a domineering Alpha male. I could understand why Abbi's naivety would be alluring to him, but I had to wonder why he continued to pursue her, pushing her faith and values. He was every bit a wolf prowling for his prey.

Then there was Abbi. Her faith was very important to her when she was with her fiance. She had abstained from sex, holding onto her belief of waiting until marriage. So it was a bit confusing when Abbi was making passes at strange lumberjacks, watching her roommates in an intimate moment and flirting with Henry. Who was this girl? It was because of Abbi that I had such an issue with this book. For someone who's faith was so important, she practically abandons it all as soon as she sets foot in Alaska. I can understand questioning what you believed, but she seemed to have just tossed all that out the window a little too easily for someone who didn't want to let go before. In my mind, I couldn't reconcile what she believed in versus what she was doing.

Lots of other readers have loved this book, so I'm guessing I'm in the minority when it comes to this book. But I couldn't get past the changes in Abbi and believe this romance.