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Bad Boys in Black Tie

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If you haven't read any of the books in this series you're really missing out. If on the other hand you have been a faithful reader (such as myself) then you MUST add this one to your collection. The three author's have all managed to pen winners and that is something since these are short stories and not full length novels. You won't feel cheated at all.

In Ms. Foster's story 'Good With His Hands' we have two neighbors that are friends but each has been thinking a bit too much about the other. Then one day everything changes! Cassidy decides that she will try to make herself a bit more attractive (think tomboy here) and Pete (You've met him in the past. Brother to Gil, and Sam) is willing to change become a little more refined. Well, duh...each likes the other just the way they are. After one day of amazing...relations these two realize that they can still be friend and lovers too. What a concept.

In Ms. McCarthy's 'Miss Extreme Congeniality' we hook up again with Wyatt Maddock (Smart Mouth) and CJ White (Also Smart Mouth). This is their story. CJ has an autistic child and she is very weary about men in general. Especially after Sam's dad takes a hike because he can't stand the pressure of a special needs child. Unfortunatly Wyatt is everything CJ knows she should avoid but she makes a deal with him. One night with Wyatt with him calling the shots and he will request a transfer out of the Chicago FBI Office. Well, one night only proves to Wyatt he's not going anywhere...he wants it all with CJ! Can he show this injured woman that he is willing to stay around for the long haul?

In Ms. Leigh's 'Last Call' Tess Braeden falls in lust at first sight with hunky Fletcher. She thinks he's the town mechanic and he can help her with getting an audience with the mayor who seems reluctant to give her even one second of his time. Well, she's had more then a second with the mayor, she's kissed him.

Fletcher knows exactly who Tess is and he's now in a rock and a hard spot. He wants to help but first he has to fess up to what his day job really is. Hello mayor Fletcher!

These were great stories, very steamy (like you're used to with any Lori Foster or Erin McCarthy reads) Morgan Leigh is also a great author and one I look forward to reading again, and a great addition to the 'Bad Boys' line. Pick this up for your summer reading list. A great beach book, or airport book, or traveling in the car book...you get the picture.

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I loved this anthology, Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy and Morgan Leigh wrote fun, sexy novellas that are the perfect thing to read by the pool.
In GOOD WITH HIS HANDS by Lori Foster, Pete gets back what he has dished out to his brothers. He is good friends with his next door neighbor Cassidy McClannahan, but things get steamy quick, when he finally realizes the woman he has been looking for is right next door. Ms Foster is the author that started me on reading anthologies in the first place, and GOOD WITH HIS HANDS is a good example as to why.
In MISS EXTREME CONGENIALITY by Erin McCarthy, CJ White and Wyatt Maddock fight like cats and dogs all the time. CJ even goes so far as to put in for a transfer but before she goes
Wyatt proposes spending one night together to get each other out of their systems. Will one night be enough?
I loved the sparks that flew between CJ and Wyatt in SMART MOUTH and I was so happy to see them get their own story. CJ's son is also a adorable and so is her mom.
In Morgan Leigh's LAST CALL, Tess Braeden has just moved to Justice, North Carolina when she inherits an old farmhouse. But when she arrives she finds that her house is slated to be demolished to make way for a new firehouse. She has tried time and again to get an appointment with the mayor but he has ignored her requests. Tess gets the suprise of her life when she realizes that the hunky mechanic she just locked lips with is the mayor Fletcher Graham. LAST CALL was so much fun and I just fell in love with Coop the bartender. If there is any justice, Coop will have his own story soon.

Bad Boys In Black Tie has three immensely entertaining novellas by Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy and Morgan Leigh.

Good With His Hands by Lori Foster gives us grown up Pete Watson with his own story. Pete's home and work life are interconnected to his neighbor Cassidy McClannahan. They have been buddies since Pete started to work at the same sport center. When they start to see each other in a new light, one steamy kiss changes it all. Pete and Cassidy are so laugh out loud funny. The steam they generate leaps off the page. Seeing Pete having his own story is so worth the wait.

Erin McCarthy gives characters from her novel Smart Mouth, agents CJ White and Wyatt Maddock a chance to explore their relationship. CJ and Wyatt have butted heads from the get go. CJ is very by the book agent and has always made her feelings for Agent Wyatt know. Wyatt cannot figure out why is so attracted to this woman. He convinces her to spend one night with him. OH what a night it is. CJ and Wyatt are hysterically funny and knock your socks off steamy.

Morgan Leigh's Last Call has a great mix of instant attraction and humor. Fletcher Graham is the mayor of Justice, NC. He is enthralled with the newcomer singing at the local bar, Last Call. The sexy man winking at her throws Tess Braeden for a loop. Tess is starting over in Justice trying to fix up the family home. Their first meeting is electric. Fletcher is keeping a huge secret from Tess that might change everything.

This book is definitely a keeper. I loved all three stories.

GOOD WITH HIS HANDS by Lori Foster was a great story that had fully developed characters and sexy loves scenes. I always enjoy Ms. Foster's books and I have been eagerly awaiting Pete's story. He has a very unique way of wearing a tie! I was pulled into this story from the first page and was sorry to see it end. MISS EXTREME CONGENIALITY by Erin McCarthy features two FBI agents who dislike each other and boy, sparks sure do fly when they get together! What a fun read! I thoroughly enjoyed the chemistry between Wyatt and CJ. Erin McCarthy has a way of writing stories that make you laugh out loud and want to root for the characters. I can't wait to read what Ms. McCarthy has in store for readers next. LAST CALL by Morgan Leigh really grabbed my interest and I fell in love with Fletcher, the sexy hero of this story. The scene where Tess and Fletcher first meet really sizzled.

If you are looking for three entertaining, sensual love stories in one anthology, this is the book for you. You can't miss with anthology!

In Lori Foster's 'Good With His Hands', we get Pete Watson's story. Pete's brothers stories are told in 'Bad Boys to Go' and 'Bad Boys on Board'. Pete and Cassidy are friends and neighbors who become something more. Ms Foster brings back Pete's brothers Gil and Sam to tease little brother. Cassidy has her life planned out and thinks she knows what she wants. Pete and Cassidy are a great couple. All I can say is that you will never look at a black tie in the same way again!!!!!

Erin McCarthy's 'Miss Extreme Congeniality' has FBI agents CJ White and Wyatt Maddock working together on a case and getting together after hours. The sparks really fly between these 2!!

In Morgan Leigh's 'Last Call', we meet Fletcher Graham and Tess Braeden. Fletcher and Tess meet in the small town where Fletcher is mayor. Add a bartender named Coop who is playing matchmaker and you have a very good read.

These 3 stories were all laugh-out-loud funny and also touching at the same time. I have read Lori Fosters books before and have enjojed them. I have never read anything by Erin McCarthy
or Morgan Leigh prior to this, but I will certainly look for other book by these talented authors.

Anthologies are a great way to 'sample' an author and see if you like their writing style without buying a full length book. If you liked the other 'bad boy' anthologies, you won't be disappointed with this one. Foster, McCarthy and Leigh's contemporary shorts are very entertaining and full of steamy love scenes. A great way to spend a lazy afternoon.

For anyone interested in Foster's story of Pete Watson, his brother's Gil Watson is in the Bad Boys To Go book and his other brother Sam Watson is in the Bad Boys on Board book.

Good With His Hands by fav Lori Foster was very enjoyable with believable characters who were fun and easy to like. The secondary characters were also interesting; the descriptions of Cassidy's parents are, I think, reminiscent of everyone's parents. This was a fun, easy read with sweet characters and a warmly satisfying ending. Miss Extreme Congeniality by Erin McCarthy offers a fun look at the lives of two FBI agents who secretly wanteach other. CJ White has an autistic son that her co-workers don't know about and an ex-husband who left them because of the handicap; she is wary of letting any man too close. Wyatt Maddock wanted all of CJ - her body, her love, and her son, to be a part of his life. Hot sex and tender dialogue bring these two characters together - a very pleasing read. Last Call by Morgan Leigh is a real steamer! Hot characters who knew what they wanted and weren't afraid to go for it, until a misunderstanding comes between them and threatens to keep them apart. Love does prevail in this charming story; I found myself wishing for more pages when I reached the end. These three very talented ladies have done it again with a very enjoyable anthology that was fun and easy to read. Kudos!

I can't believe I waited this long to read Pete's story by Lori Foster (GOOD WITH HIS HANDS)!! I read it in one sitting recently, it was fabulous. Ms. Foster's book was just a intense romance! I love reading stories about friends to lovers and too that they can be both. It too was sensual and just a perfect couple for Cassidy and Pete. Too, McCarthy and Leigh's stories are the first I ever read by them. Now I plan to read more of them!

I love the Brava Bad Boys series! Bad Boys in Black Tie was one of the better ones. It starts with Lori Foster's story which is about Cassidy and Pete. This one was my least favorite of the three and involved two co-workers and friends who decide to become more. It was just ok. Erin McCarthy's story was my favorite and had better plot development. It involves Wyatt and CJ, two characters introduced in Smart Mouth. Erin McCarthy is one of my favorite authors. Working together, Wyatt decides he wants to get to know CJ better. CJ is the type that hides behind clothes and Wyatt is determine to find out what she is hiding even if it means that he has to transfer to another job. I really liked Wyatt! McCarthy writes the best heroes. Morgan Leigh's story involves Tess and Fletcher. Tess is the new girl in town who has inherited a run-down home from her grandfather. She has been trying for several months to get the mayor of the town to see her to no avail so that she can get the place declared as an historical home. One night the mayor (Fletcher) hears her sing at a bar that he co-owns and he is hooked, line and sinker. The only thing is that he doesn't tell Tess who he really is and wait until she finds out on her own. This was a cute story although things moved really fast for Tess and Fletcher. Of course, that does happen sometimes with anthology stories. 5 stars!

Good with His Hands was funny and hot. Loved the addition of the parents. May never look at a black tie again without thinking of the final scene.

Miss Extreme Congeniality - both C.J and Wyatt have some baggage. C.J. goes from nice to witchy rather quickly (see hot tube scene). Aside from the witchyness I liked the hot tube scene. Thought it was kind of odd that he didn't know she had a child and he slept with her underwear under his pillow. Overall pretty hot though.

Last Call is all about not telling the full truth. I think Tess let Fletcher off the hook pretty easy. All in all though I thought he proved himself to be a pretty good guy. Not as hot as the others but the story is better.