S.E.X. Review~ Delicious Sin by Claudia Stevens

Eli Mattis had run the streets of New York City at an early age. He fell in with the wrong crowd and started making some bad choices. He was considered a bad apple throughout the neighborhood. However that all changed at the age of twelve when his dad was sent to prison and his mom died. Eli was put in a church foster care since he had no close relatives and no other foster care program was willing to take him in. It was there he met Sister Mary Agnes, who didn’t give up on the bad apple and after years of persistence, finally, helped Eli turn over a new leaf.

Naira Kang has been working hard in New York City as a lawyer. She hadn’t always wanted to be a lawyer. She had other goals and dreams for herself, but when Naira was younger and her grandmother was going to be deported Naira learned how important the judicial system was. Sister Mary Agnes had come to her family’s rescue by finding a lawyer. A lawyer who helped keep their family together. It was at that moment Naira decided she wanted to be a lawyer and help other people.

Fast forward ten years... Eli has become a man, who makes Sister Mary Agnes proud. He is a hard worker and helps those in need, especially women and children. When Eli sees an altercation between a man and a woman, he doesn’t hesitate to come to the woman’s rescue. But when the cops show up, Eli is arrested and thrown in Jail. Using his one phone call he calls Sister Mary Agnes, who comes and bails him out without hesitation. She gives him an address to a lawyer who will change his life forever… Naira Kang.
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Don't miss any of the stories in the Bad Apples series. Bad Apples is a series featuring five steamy contemporary romance tales bringing together the bad boys of New York City with the women who they are willing to change for.

Delicious Sin by Claudia Stevens
Big Apple Sin by Simone Evans
Sin in Blue Jeans by Dakota Trace
Sinfully Star-Crossed by Elouise East
Sweet Cider Sin by Rexi Lake

The first book in the Bad Apple series, Delicious Sin was my first introduction to author Claudia Stevens. (The books in the series are stand-alone) The premise of the series- bad boys and the women who fall for them- was something up my ally, but unfortunately, this book had too many issues for this reader to completely come on board.

Eli, a bad boy construction worker needed a lawyer- enter Japanese American Naira Kang. She came to Eli by word of mouth through the elusive defrocked nun Sister Mary Agnes (apparently the nun connects all the books in the series).

The book attempted to pack a lot into a novella-sized tale and the pace and happenstances occurred at lightening speed. I was thrown for a loop when Eli met Naira one night and then slept with her the next and without a condom. -I don’t think so-

Additionally, the blasé attitude of the accomplished lawyer deciding to leave her job for a man she just met, and everyone was okay with this, just didn’t seem real. No spoilers, but my list could probably go on.

Unfortunately, even the sex scenes didn’t spark or hold my interest. Delicious Sin was not for this reader.

A three handcuff review

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2020 ©Evelise Archer All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.

S.E.X. Review~ Sin in Blue Jeans by Dakota Trace

"Sin in Blue Jeans" is a standalone novel in the "Bad Apples" series.

The Big Apple is known to chew up people and spit them out...
An ex-con and bad boy, Mason Adams has worked hard for the last five years to put his past behind him and thinks he's finally begun to succeed.

Then walks in a fleeting encounter from his past. Ryleigh was supposed to have been a one night stand - she shouldn't still be haunting his dreams - let alone showing up on his work site.

She prefers blue jeans and a hardhat to dress blues and uniforms...

Ryleigh Fagin may love her overbearing Irish family, but they all seem to think they know what's best for her - no matter how many times she tells them she's a grown woman.

Then back into her life walks the ultimate sin in blue-jeans, Mason Adams.
Not only does he have two strikes against him in her family eyes: he's an ex-con construction worker, he's about to rack up a third when it comes to fraternizing with his boss's niece.

Don't miss any of the stories in the Bad Apples series. Bad Apples is a series featuring five steamy contemporary romance tales bringing together the bad boys of New York City with the love of their lives who they are willing to do anything for… even change.

Delicious Sin by Claudia Stevens
Big Apple Sin by Simone Evans
Sin in Blue Jeans by Dakota Trace
Sinfully Star-Crossed by Elouise East
Sweet Cider Sin by Rexi Lake

Sin in Blue Jeans by Dakota Trace was part of the Bad Apples series (each book written by a different author). This is the first book I read in the anthology and each is a stand-alone.

Mason was an ex-con fresh out of jail when he met a woman at a bar that struck his fancy. A brief encounter and a co.. block drove him from the mystery woman and the hell out of dodge. Some years later, the voice attached to said woman strolled into his office trailer at the construction site he worked for in New York City.

Ryleigh was a safety inspector, part of a construction company dynasty, and a female in a family of law enforcement. Her one-night stand starred in many of her subsequent fantasies until he came to life again, before her eyes.

I enjoyed the book and I am a fan of many of Ms. Trace’s work, but there were also some reservations. I am not a fan of the daddy romcom and a so-so fan of domestic discipline. I know this is a personal choice in reading material, but it is not at the top of my list. 

Additionally, as a fan of Ms. Trace and knowing how well her writing can draw a reader into the story, I found Sin in Blue Jeans very reserved- something was missing. Maybe it was the BDSM fire I know the author so well for. I will assume (and I may be wrong) that her way of infusing some of what she is known best for was the insertion of domestic discipline. Unfortunately, it did not work for this reader. The story seemed forced and reined in.

The introduction of an ex nun who has no qualms about talking about hot and heavy sex or who takes in bad boys and helps straighten them out seemed like an afterthought. There one minute, gone the next. I wondered if she was needed.

All in all, if you are looking for a quick one-hour read at a great price, pick up Sin in Blue Jeans. Dakota Trace is one of my favorite authors and you can never go wrong reading her works- Sin in Blue Jeans was just not my cup of tea.

Sexy & Sizzling

A four handcuff review

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2020 ©Evelise Archer All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.