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Bad Boys To Go (Watson Brothers)

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Lori Foster, Janelle Denison and Nancy Warren have three hot bad boys for our reading pleasure.

In Bringing Up Baby, Lori Foster writes a tale with her usual wit, charm and sizzle. Gil Watson has just had his orderly world turned upside down. Gil has just found out he is a father of a two year old, Nicole. Nicole's mom has passed away and her friend Anabel Truman has brought her to Gil. She offers Gil a deal that will let her continue to be Nicole's mom. Anabel and Gil are opposites but it's the opposites that make them such a wonderful pair.

Janelle Denison takes us back to those Wilde men in her story, The Wilde One. Adrian Wilde has been avoiding Chayse Douglas for months. Not that he isn't attracted to her, he is, but he wants no part of her real men calendar. But a steamy kiss between them leads to a dare that Chayse can't pass up. Adrian will pose for her calendar if she spends a "wild" weekend with him.

Going After Adam by Nancy Warren has Gretchen Wiest, a PI following a cheating husband, or so she has been lead to believe. Adam Stone a petroleum engineer is on the run after discovering illegal practices at his workplace. This company wants Adam stopped at all cost. After finding out the truth Gretchen decides to help Adam. On the way to delivery the evidence, they find their way to love as well.

All three stories in the anthology are fantastic. You will not go wrong with this book.

I have read all the Bad Boy Anthologies and this one towes the line pretty good. So far I would say there is more humor in this book than the others. Quite refreshing.

Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster - like lots of Ms. Fosters' stories this is a continuation of the Watson Family, a short story on Gil Watson. You can read his brother,Sam Watson's, romantic story in one of the other Bad Boy books. Gil is a professional man, business owner, professed work-aholic and has just found out he's a father. Anabel an acquaintance has just showed up with the baby girl he knew nothing about and things are getting complicated fast. The mother of his baby has passed away and Anabel wants to keep the baby. Of course sparks fly, Gil and Anabel have instant chemistry but they are like night and day. Read to find out how they resolve this complicated situation.

The Wilde One by Jannell Denison - Chayse is doing a charity beefcake calender and she has the perfect person in mind for the cover but Adrian Wilde won't give in to her request to pose. Adrian can't seem to convince her he's not going to do the calender and dares her to spend the weekend in the woods with him. Chayse refused his invitation but curiosity and needing his picture got the best of her so she chases him to his little cabin in the woods. Both of them have secrets that will be unearthed on this very hot and sexy weekend.

Going After Adam by Nancy Warren - Gretchen was hired as a PI to track down Adam catch him with a mistress and report back to the lawyer who hired her but things just aren't going her way. Not only does she get caught but she gets married to him. find out how she goes from tracking him to marrying him in less that 36 hours.

I enjoyed this easy read of romance and hot sex but I must say that some of the other Bad Boy books were better that's why this only got 4 stars. Also, I thought this book was funnier that the others, more romantic comedy than boy wants girl and etc. So if you like the bad boy series you'll like this book. It will make you laugh and it still sizzles.

Lori Foster heads up another great anthology with her story about Gil Watson and free spirited Anabel Truman. Anabel has dropped the bomb that Gil is a father and that the mother of their baby is dead. Gil can't believe he is a father. Anabel then surprises him by showing up on his doorstep with two year old Nicole in tow. She is desperate to make sure that she remains a part of Nicole's life even if it means that she has to marry the uptight Gil. What neither one of them knows is the reason there has been so much friction between the two of them is due to the fact that they both want each other. Now they just have to prove to each other a marriage of convience would actually be a love match.

Janelle Danison's story is Adrian Wilde's story. Adrian has been hounded for the past four months by Chayse Dougals for a beefcake calendar. Chasye can't understand why the yummy risk taking Adrian refuses to help her with her charity project. Finally he says he will help her out but she must go to his family cabin for the weekend and she needs to be aware that they will do more then just take pictures! Thinking he has seen the last of the beautiful Chasye but little does he know...she shows up at the cabin. Together they explore their mutual attraction and find out that they have more in common then they thought.

Nancy Warren's story is about Adam and Gretchen. Gretchen is a P.I. that goes after cheating husbands. She has been given the task of catching Adam in the act of cheating but finds out that he is actually a whistle-blower and he is on the run from hit men. From San Francisco to Las Vegas these two try to stay two steps ahead of the bad guys while posing as a couple. But will the act turn into reality?

These were great stories and I liked them all. These three ladies know how to pen a short story but not short the action, attraction, and fun! For a fun fast paced read you can't beat this anthology!

This is another installment in the Bad Boys Series which is one of my favorites. The 3 stories in this book are:

1. Bringing up Baby by Lori Foster. Gil Watson suddenly finds out that he is the father of a 2-year old daughter. One whose mother, Gil's ex girlfriend, is dead and she is being raised by acting mother/caretaker, Anabel. Gil has always been attracted to Anabel despite her wild and unique personality and the fact that she was his ex girlfriends best friend. But now, Anabel has a deal for Gil- marry her and he can become a part of his daughters life. Anabel wants Gil and is determined to show him how their life can be together.

2. The Wilde One by Janelle Dennison. Chayse wants Adrian Wilde to pose for her charity calendar, but Adrian is adament against it. He makes a deal with her ...he'll let her take the pictures at his secluded mountain cabin. Chayse agrees and they embark on a hot relationship, but she chayse has her doubts and runs away.

3. Going After Adam by Nancy Warren. Gretchen is a private investigator who has no trouble tracking down adulterous husbands for her clients. She mistakenly finds Adam and soon she and Adam are running from hitmen who want him dead. Their adventures have them posing as a couple on their way to Vegas, and they quickly find that their partnership has a lot of chemistry.

These stories are good, but Lori Foster's is the best--- she is adept at writing for this genre and the Bad Boys series. Janelle Dennison's story is a great addition to the Wilde brothers- you can easily image Adrian brother's and their own storys.

I couldn't wait to read this after reading the wonderful "Bad Boys on Board." As good as the authors' were there, they fell short here.
Foster's story was dull and VERY predictable, and I didn't like Anabel at all. This type of woman simply didn't fit the story, not when a toddler is involved. As such, the story should have been more romantic, sweet, if you will, to match the innocence of Gil's young daughter, not contradict it. Gil's lust for Anabel came from the gutter, without one iota of respect for her; therefore it was hard to believe he could fall in love with her.
Denison's story wasn't much better. It too was very dull. Chayse dogged Adrian into the ground with her request for him to pose for her calender!!! Any other man would have called her a stalker, but Adrian didn't seem offended in the least. I can only believe that Adrian didn't really mean 'no' all those times he declined her offer. Once we discovered why Adrian kept backing off, the story was pretty much done for. And it was a lame reason anyway! Good God, one would think he'd been maimed in battle the way he kept vehemently denying Chayse's request! Stupid.
Warren's story was the best, which surprised me because in "Bad Boys on Board", hers was my least favorite. But this story had an interesting plot, and it was funny. It didn't lack for romance either.

Bad Boys? I must have missed something, cause I didn't find one in this book. We have a nice guy, normally Mr. Responsible who let himself go crazy once and now has to face the consequences. Then we have a supposedly "wild(e)" extreme sports enthusiast and lady's man who is actually scarred and wounded beneath the surface. Lastly we have a nice guy whistleblower that's in way over his head. If you're looking for real Bad Boys, you might want to read something else.

Foster's story is of Gil Watson who discovers he has a two-year-old daughter when the child's mother dies. He is reluctantly drawn to the seemingly wild woman who has been raising his daughter. Anabel arrives at Gil's office with baby Nicole in tow. First she proposes that they get married so that Nicole will have two parents and some continuity. Then, in desperation, she decides that using sex to convince Gil to let her stay in the baby's life is a good idea (!) and throws herself at him ("I'll do anything, Gil. Any time you want, any way you want."). She then proceeds to grab his privates while his daughter sleeps on the office couch just a few feet away! UGH! Kinda in poor taste, I think. But she goes on to prove that she is a good mother and he decides he can't live without her, yadda, yadda, a family is born. Ms Foster has written a few stories I've enjoyed, but this was not one of them. 2 1/2 stars

Janelle Denison's story of Adrian Wilde was hot (as usual) but pretty predictable. Chayse wants Adrian to pose for a beefcake calendar for charity, but convincing him proves difficult. Until she shows up at his cabin in the woods and lots of one-on-one extreme sports heats up the wilderness. We find out why he's so reluctant to bear his body and to trust women and why she's afraid of love and abandonment - all in a long weekend. Though the two have a nice chemistry, it's not Ms. Denison's best either. 3 stars

Ms. Warren's story, on the other hand, was a fun ride! Funny, sexy, crazy - the only reason to buy this book! PI Gretchen thinks she's been hired to bust cheating husband Adam. But all is not what it seems when it turns out that for one thing, he's not even married and second, that he's a whistleblower on the run. Now they are both in danger and need to get out of town quick. How they wind up on a bus full of seniors and on their way to Vegas with said seniors planning their "Elvis" wedding is just a really fun, wild ride and I enjoyed it immensely! Gretchen and Adam make a sweet and likeable couple. Ms. Warren has yet to disappoint me. 5 stars!

I am one of those zany readers that reads books such as this one simply for the fun of it! BAD BOYS TO GO has a cast of wild and sexy characters and why shouldn't it? It has three of the best romance writers out today that wrote it! If you want to have a little light-hearted fun give this one a try!

What is up with this writing??? First of all, I've reached my breaking point with Lori Foster's work. It has just gotten too dorky. I really can not take it anymore with her give-every-hero-3-brothers-so-I-can-not-only-write-their-stories-but-also-bring-them-back-on-cue-in-every-other-book-for-a-corny-lamebrained-cameo. It's really tiresome after a while! Also, it was hard to get past the fact that given the news that he had a 2 year old daughter, and was about to meet her, ALL Gil can think about is how hot Anabel used to be and what it would be like to see her again. In fact, when the door opens, with Anabel and Gil's little daughter standing there, for the first few minutes he ONLY notices Anabel and her belly ring! Yeah, great father. He finally snaps himself out of his lusty trance to notice his child standing there, too. Ugh!

Janelle Denison's story wasn't much better, though it was a little hotter, which helped make it bearable. The problem here is that the heroine has got to be one of the most annoying people in the entire world. The premise is that she's a photographer putting together a beefcake calendar, and really wants this guy, Adrian, in it because he's hot. Okay, fine. But after he tells her he does NOT want to pose for the calendar fifty times, and she declares that she won't take no for answer, but will follow him around until he says yes, I was like, who could stand this person? And then she proceeds to make good on her word, following him to the place he's out with his friends, badgering him relentlessly about the calendar, getting all his friends to gang up on him ("Come on, Adrian, why won't you do it?? Just do the calendar, come on, Adrian" etc.). When he goes to the men's room to escape the relentless pressure to pose for a cheesy beefcake calendar, she follows him in there, too!!! It is utterly ridiculous. And if all that was not bad enough, she comes to his mountain cabin with her camera, and continues snapping cameo shots of him constantly. Yet THIS is the woman he can't get out of his mind? Sorry, not buying it. She even asks at the end, after they've supposedly fallen in love, if his family will mind that she's going to be snapping pictures of them all the time without warning whenever she's around them. And he says "they'll get used to it"--oh, and isn't that adorable? No, try annoying, annoying, annoying!

If you don't mind corny writing with some hot sex thrown in amidst grating, juvenile characters and unrealistic dialogue, then this one's probably a good choice. Otherwise, I'd say skip it.

I don't read romance often, so when this book eventually reached the top of my TBR pile, I looked forward to a fun read. For the most part, the book delivered, although the first two stories were light on plot. The first story, Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster, shows a lot of angst and emotion as handsome Gil Watson learns that he has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter; however, the child clearly loves her caregiver, Anabel, who was the deceased mother's friend. Gil is attracted to Anabel, but doesn't want her in his life, yet Anabel will pretty much do anything to keep her role as the baby's mother. Unfortunately, the story had too much repetition in both words and sentiment.

The Wilde One by Janelle Denison is about photographer Chayse Douglas' determination to have the gorgeous Adrian Wilde appear in a beefcake calendar she's creating for charity. Adrian refuses to be part of the project for personal reasons that Chayse is bent on learning, even if means sleeping with the guy to find out. Again, there's too much repetition in the inner monologue of both characters.

The final story, Going After Adam, was the best. The plot had more depth than the previous two, along with plenty of action and humor as PI Gretchen Wiest is hired to track down cheating husband, Adam Stone. She soon learns that Adam isn't married but is being hunted by people who want to kill him. It was a fun story which I would have enjoyed even more if the plot had been developed into a full length novel.

Lori Foster is one of my favorites authors. Anything she writes is good reading!