Bad Intentions by Tara WyattMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
One of my hottest reads this year!
Bad Intentions may be part of the Prescotts' series but can totally be read as a standalone. I did, so I would know. This is an age gap romance with mafia elements and I totally loved this!
Lucien is the leader of the Kings' of Hells Kitchen, a group that grew organically from smoothing relations between the different organised crime groups in the city. He is also the oldest of the Prescott kids, although family in this instance did not play a huge role. Olivia is the daughter of his biggest investor; they meet on her 21st birthday and although we have flashbacks of interactions over the years, this story starts when Olivia is 26. This makes the age gap part of the story much more palatable as you don't have this super young female MC that has little life experience. This book would be a hidden gem in the Age gap genre for this reason.
In general Oliva is a strong character, knows what she wants and are able to communicate this and stand up to Lucien for the most part. She is also not tstl as we so often find in these types of protector books, although she does end up kidnapped! Lucien has a strong sense of ethics and I appreciated that he did not make a play for Olivia when they first met. He is an anti hero that would easily sacrifice his happiness and himself for his loved ones. Not only does this relate to Olivia but also hints of this regarding his family are all over the book. If you have read all the Prescotts' books, you may know even more.
So, I loved the characters, I liked the troupe and story line, what else is there to say? Well, the thing that this writer did that I found perfect was her smexy scenes! Wow, drool, and scorching heat! These were written very well and I have not enjoyed a book this much in a long time. I read a lot, much of my romance reads borders on or are erotica. After a while it seems to get boring and blah, but Tara Wyatt put some new oomph into the scenes that were perfect. Not meant to shock, no new fandangled kink or weird positions - just really hot love scenes! Well done.
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Lucien is the leader of the Kings' of Hells Kitchen, a group that grew organically from smoothing relations between the different organised crime groups in the city. He is also the oldest of the Prescott kids, although family in this instance did not play a huge role. Olivia is the daughter of his biggest investor; they meet on her 21st birthday and although we have flashbacks of interactions over the years, this story starts when Olivia is 26. This makes the age gap part of the story much more palatable as you don't have this super young female MC that has little life experience. This book would be a hidden gem in the Age gap genre for this reason.
In general Oliva is a strong character, knows what she wants and are able to communicate this and stand up to Lucien for the most part. She is also not tstl as we so often find in these types of protector books, although she does end up kidnapped! Lucien has a strong sense of ethics and I appreciated that he did not make a play for Olivia when they first met. He is an anti hero that would easily sacrifice his happiness and himself for his loved ones. Not only does this relate to Olivia but also hints of this regarding his family are all over the book. If you have read all the Prescotts' books, you may know even more.
So, I loved the characters, I liked the troupe and story line, what else is there to say? Well, the thing that this writer did that I found perfect was her smexy scenes! Wow, drool, and scorching heat! These were written very well and I have not enjoyed a book this much in a long time. I read a lot, much of my romance reads borders on or are erotica. After a while it seems to get boring and blah, but Tara Wyatt put some new oomph into the scenes that were perfect. Not meant to shock, no new fandangled kink or weird positions - just really hot love scenes! Well done.
Get your copy now!
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