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Praise for the novels of Maya Banks, author of the Breathless Trilogy
“[For] fans who prefer torrid temperatures.”—Midwest Book Review
“Definitely a recommended read . . . filled with friendship, passion, and most of all, a love that grows beyond just being friends.”—Fallen Angel Reviews “Ignites the pages…Exciting erotic romance.”—The Best Reviews
“Grabbed me from page one and refused to let go until I read the last word . . . When a book still affects me hours after reading it, I can’t help but Joyfully Recommend it!” —Joyfully Reviewed
“I guarantee I will reread this book many times over, and will derive as much pleasure as I did in the first reading each and every subsequent time.”—Novelspot
“An excellent read that I simply did not put down . . . A fantastic adventure . . . covers all the emotional range.”—The Road to Romance
“A must-read author . . . her [stories] are always full of emotional situations, lovable characters, and kick-butt story lines.”—Romance Junkies
“[For] fans who prefer torrid temperatures.”—Midwest Book Review
“Definitely a recommended read . . . filled with friendship, passion, and most of all, a love that grows beyond just being friends.”—Fallen Angel Reviews “Ignites the pages…Exciting erotic romance.”—The Best Reviews
“Grabbed me from page one and refused to let go until I read the last word . . . When a book still affects me hours after reading it, I can’t help but Joyfully Recommend it!” —Joyfully Reviewed
“I guarantee I will reread this book many times over, and will derive as much pleasure as I did in the first reading each and every subsequent time.”—Novelspot
“An excellent read that I simply did not put down . . . A fantastic adventure . . . covers all the emotional range.”—The Road to Romance
“A must-read author . . . her [stories] are always full of emotional situations, lovable characters, and kick-butt story lines.”—Romance Junkies
About the Author
Maya Banks resides in Texas with her family. She is also the author of the Breathless Trilogy, the KGI series, and the Colters novels, among other titles.
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Maya Banks lives in Texas with her husband, three children and assortment of pets. When she's not writing, she can be found hunting, fishing or playing poker.
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107 of 114 people found the following review helpful
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on September 19, 2010
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Angelina moves to Houston to flee a stalker and to woo her true love Micah, who sees Angelina like a kid sister. Angelina is a submissive who will do anything to convince Dom Micah that she is the woman for him.
Maya Banks is a talented writer whose story telling gets better and better. She has a smooth style and I've enjoyed several of her books, especially the Sweet series. I liked the characters and was pulling for our hero Micah and our heroine Angelina to come together up until the football game at about p. 200. At this point I think Banks alienated her readers - at least me - as I took myself out of the story and shook my head.
Our former nice guy from the other books Micah treated Angelina so badly that I started rooting for the stalker (at least he sent chocolates and flowers). I wanted the stalker to rescue Angelina from her horrid boyfriend Micah who "gave" her to his buddies, at one point leaving the room, while they held her down and used her. But apparently she likes this, which is why I felt sorry for Angelina and wanted her to get some therapy for her low self-esteem. At this point I ceased to care whether Micah worked out his issues or discovered he really loved Angelina since I wanted him to choke on a gag ball.
Football stats: It almost takes a spread sheet to keep track of the football game gang-bang that went on for 40 pages. This really was a complicated and skillfully executed piece of writing but it did push the limits of my suspended disbelief. First, you have to believe a Texan would choose sex over football. Then in a 4-hour game (adding an hour for over time and the postgame show) 4 guys in their mid-thirties jizzed 12 times. (I don't think this is possible after about age 18.Read more ›
Maya Banks is a talented writer whose story telling gets better and better. She has a smooth style and I've enjoyed several of her books, especially the Sweet series. I liked the characters and was pulling for our hero Micah and our heroine Angelina to come together up until the football game at about p. 200. At this point I think Banks alienated her readers - at least me - as I took myself out of the story and shook my head.
Our former nice guy from the other books Micah treated Angelina so badly that I started rooting for the stalker (at least he sent chocolates and flowers). I wanted the stalker to rescue Angelina from her horrid boyfriend Micah who "gave" her to his buddies, at one point leaving the room, while they held her down and used her. But apparently she likes this, which is why I felt sorry for Angelina and wanted her to get some therapy for her low self-esteem. At this point I ceased to care whether Micah worked out his issues or discovered he really loved Angelina since I wanted him to choke on a gag ball.
Football stats: It almost takes a spread sheet to keep track of the football game gang-bang that went on for 40 pages. This really was a complicated and skillfully executed piece of writing but it did push the limits of my suspended disbelief. First, you have to believe a Texan would choose sex over football. Then in a 4-hour game (adding an hour for over time and the postgame show) 4 guys in their mid-thirties jizzed 12 times. (I don't think this is possible after about age 18.Read more ›
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Zelda Gillian
on June 13, 2010
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The Plot: The fourth book in Maya Banks's Sweet series tells the story of Micah. Micah's mysterious past comes to full light in this book--the tragic story of how his wife and best friend were killed in a tragic car accident and how he abandoned his best friend's kid sister, Angelina, in Miami when he fled the city trying to escape his past. But, Angelina is now all grown up and has been longing for Micah for years, waiting for him to move past the loss of his wife and to be able to love again. Taking cues that he is finally ready, Angelina moves to Houston to try to seduce Micah and, while she finds his friends more than welcoming, Micah is resistant to her advances at best. On top of this, Angelina's mysterious Miami stalker has followed her to Houston and begun threatening her and her newfound friends.
Zelda's Take: In the first three books of the Sweet series, Micah comes off as a true-blue kind of guy. He's good looking, likes to play, a hard worker and extremely loyal to his friends. What we don't see lurking below the surface is that he has run from his old life Miami, from the memories of his wife and lover... his best friends. We find that he has also run from the orphaned kid-sister of his best friend, whom he'd promised his best friend he'd care for in the event anything ever happened to him. He just walked. And forgot about her. It's kind of sad.
So Micah is obviously damaged goods--he has baggage and emotional issues that would be hard for anyone to move beyond. That being said, he responds to Angelina in what I felt was a really rude and inappropriate manner. He's downright mean to her when he is obviously attracted to her at the same time.Read more ›
Zelda's Take: In the first three books of the Sweet series, Micah comes off as a true-blue kind of guy. He's good looking, likes to play, a hard worker and extremely loyal to his friends. What we don't see lurking below the surface is that he has run from his old life Miami, from the memories of his wife and lover... his best friends. We find that he has also run from the orphaned kid-sister of his best friend, whom he'd promised his best friend he'd care for in the event anything ever happened to him. He just walked. And forgot about her. It's kind of sad.
So Micah is obviously damaged goods--he has baggage and emotional issues that would be hard for anyone to move beyond. That being said, he responds to Angelina in what I felt was a really rude and inappropriate manner. He's downright mean to her when he is obviously attracted to her at the same time.Read more ›
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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L. Green
on April 30, 2012
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This book will appeal to those people who want to read about a woman being sexually abused by her "boyfriend's" pals. With a boyfriend like Micah, who needs sexual sadists and rapists. There was not a likable character in this book... that is in the part of the book I could manage to get through. More importantly, there was not a man that would appeal to you, and isn't that why we read romance? To me the other books pushed the limit, but the dominant men at least cared for their submissives, showed respect. This was abusive sex, by disgusting men. I finally deleted the book from my reader....never even finishing the obscene, grotesque, abusive gang bang scene. It made me sick. I'm not sure why Ms. Banks felt the need to take this D/s theme so far, but all I know is that i'm done. I even deleted the next book in the series without reading it. Lastly, I don't care if the female lead loved pain. I don't care if she was game for a gang bang. I don't care that she was a willing participant, it was sexual assault, pure and simple. I do care that the romantic lead, "hero" of the book arranged the sadistic scene, allowed it, participated in, and worst of all enjoyed it. No man that cares for a woman would have allowed what occurred in this book to happen. In fact, most men would not allow it, even if they did know the woman.
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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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VINE VOICE on April 6, 2010
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Micah lost his wife as well as his best friend in a tragic accident that left him unable to cope with the painful memories of his loss, so he moves to a different city and creates a new life for himself in hopes to be able to forget the agony of all that he has lost with their deaths. Each year he makes a pilgrimage to their graves, then secretly visits a club to submit to inflicted pain as a physical manifestation and release from his grief and anguish that he suppresses and hides in his replacement life.
Angel is a determined, strong, and resilient woman who knows what she wants...and she wants Micah. She will stop at virtually nothing to prove to Micah that she is the one woman who understands him and can fulfill both of their needs. Running from a stalker she feels the timing is perfect to pursue Micah; to let him know how she feels about him and hopefully gain his love while hiding from the dangerous admirer who is pursuing her.
I've loved the Sweet series, and Sweet Temptation is no exception. One of the things that I think Maya Banks does so well is create a world of friends that readers crave to know more about again and again. Readers of this series will not be disappointed as they get a glimpse into the lives of the characters they have grown to love. I think her dialogue between friends whether they be male or female is close to genius. When reading these passages it feels exactly like you could be there taking part in the fun.
That being said, I had some serious doubts about Micah as a hero about half way through the book. I questioned whether I liked Micah because of how he treated and reacted to Angel...in more than one scene. But Micah is a very complex Alpha hero. He feels guilt, rage, desire, fear, lust....and finally love.Read more ›
Angel is a determined, strong, and resilient woman who knows what she wants...and she wants Micah. She will stop at virtually nothing to prove to Micah that she is the one woman who understands him and can fulfill both of their needs. Running from a stalker she feels the timing is perfect to pursue Micah; to let him know how she feels about him and hopefully gain his love while hiding from the dangerous admirer who is pursuing her.
I've loved the Sweet series, and Sweet Temptation is no exception. One of the things that I think Maya Banks does so well is create a world of friends that readers crave to know more about again and again. Readers of this series will not be disappointed as they get a glimpse into the lives of the characters they have grown to love. I think her dialogue between friends whether they be male or female is close to genius. When reading these passages it feels exactly like you could be there taking part in the fun.
That being said, I had some serious doubts about Micah as a hero about half way through the book. I questioned whether I liked Micah because of how he treated and reacted to Angel...in more than one scene. But Micah is a very complex Alpha hero. He feels guilt, rage, desire, fear, lust....and finally love.Read more ›
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