Bad Boys With Expensive Toys [Paperback]

Nancy Warren (Author), MaryJanice Davidson (Author), Karen Kelley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2004

The Fourteen Million-Dollar Poodle - Nancy Warren Labour dispute negotiator Vince Grange has a reputation for being a tough guy. Tough guys hammer out deals, drink beer, and keep their well-muscled, six-foot-four physiques in shape. What they do not do is inherit frou-frou toy poodles named Mimi who only understand French. Good thing Vince was a softy for his late eccentric aunt, and really good thing she left him fourteen million dollars so he can hire a French dog nanny. The World is Too Darned Big - Mary Janice Davidson The name's Dyson. Benjamin Dyson. Genius engineering geek by day and unfortunately, genius engineering geek by night. Ben may work for the CIA, but he's the mild-mannered brainy type who wouldn't know a gun from a gear shift. Enter Tara Marx. She's six feet of big, bad, booty-kicking fearlessness, and she needs Ben on her mission ASAP. Guilty Pleasures - Karen Kelley Computer entrepreneur Alex Cannedy loves women - the way they move, talk, smell...and other things. He'd love to get to show Kagen Yates a good time, but his sister has declared the wealthy designer off-limits. She even makes him pinkie-swear not to so much as wink at the hot babe who's had her heart broken by men just like Alex. But Alex has no idea how his resolve, will be tested. Kagen has plans of her own

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758205864
• ISBN-13: 978-0758205865
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hot and steamy read, November 23, 2004

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Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Boys With Expensive Toys (Paperback)

Bad Boys With Expensive Toys has three hot and steamy stories by three favorite authors.

The Fourteen Million Dollar Poodle by Nancy Warren has Vince Grange a tough and manly labor negotiator who inherits a rich toy poodle. This poodle only answers to French, so Vince hires a nanny. Sophie Veneau agrees to watch Mimi, but her owner Vince is make her heart race. Vince is having serious problems with Sophie he wants her for himself. Nancy Warrens story is funny and sexy, it's a must read.

MaryJanice Davidson's The World Is Too Darned Big has Dr. Ben Dyson wishing he could use the fancy spy gadgets he makes to help safe the world. He gets his chance when spy Tara Marx falls into his willing lap. Tara Marx is working to retrieve some stolen Intel. She wasn't planning on a spy wannabe helping. Ben and Tara's wit and passion will make you laugh and swoon. MaryJanice delivers another story that will tickle your funny bone and steam up your night.

Karen Kelley's in Anything You Can Do... has playboy Alex Cannedy being a roommate for a week with the one woman he promised not to touch. He promised his sister that he would not make a move on her new hubby's best friend Kagen Yates. But all bets are off when Kagen throws a dare that Alex can't last 48 hours before he gives in to his desires. What follows is an amusing and sexy game of one upmanship. Alex and Kagen are a hot and titillating couple.

This is a fun and sexy anthology, you can't go wrong it getting it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just the title alone makes you want to pick up the book., October 28, 2004

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Juliet Burns "Silhouette Desire author" (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Boys With Expensive Toys (Paperback)

BAD BOYS WITH EXPENSIVE TOYS. Just the title alone makes you want to pick up the book. But Karen Kelley's novella, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, makes it worth the read all by itself.
A hunky computer entrepreneur, Alex Cannedy pinky-swears to his sister to leave her hubby's best friend, Kagen Yates, alone. Seems Alex has a history of lovin' `em and leavin' `em. But Alex and Kagen must share the newlyweds' apartment for a week and unfortunately Kagen has lovin' on her mind. When Alex acts uninterested, she tries every dirty trick in the book to make him cave. And watching Alex squirm under the pressure is pure delight.
The race is on to see who will win in this sexy romp that sizzles with sexual tension. The lovin' steams up the windows when Alex has finally had all he can take and Kagen gets just what she deserves. Karen's comedic voice really shines through in this fast-paced novella.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only average, November 18, 2008

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schnuppi "*katie*" (Wherever the Military sends me) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Boys With Expensive Toys (Paperback)

The fourteen million dollar poodle: Nancy Warren (2 stars)
Vince Grange is not really the guy you would picture having a spoiled French poodle so when he inherits one from his grand aunt he is a little "overwhelmed" . The catch: The poodle is worth 14 million dollars and Vince is going to get that money sometime - but only if the poodle dies of natural causes. If the poodle dies of unnatural causes the money goes to Vinces' money chasing cousins. Can you see where this story is going ? The plot was so predictable I almost couldn't believe it . Anyway, the spoiled poodle only speaks French so Vince hires a Sophie, a nanny from France to take care of the poodle . I'm just not going to say more because you can see the plot from miles away and I couldn't get myself to care about the hero or the heroine.


The world is too darned big: MaryJanice Davidson (3.5 stars)
Benjamin Dyson is a geek with tons of doctor titles who designs gadgets for the CIA or Secret Service . One of the devices he designed is a key card that gives you access to every room worldwide. The key gets in the hands of some bad guys and when Tara Marx shows up at Dysons' door he teams up with her to get the key back . I liked the story because it's written funny, and Ben and Tara aren't the typical hero / heroine . However, there wasn't really any romance there and I just skipped the part at the end with their HEA because it just didn't strike me as real .


Anything you can do...: Karen Kelley (3.5 stars)
Ok, I don't know what this story had to do with the name of the book - the hero might be a bad boy but there weren't any expensive toys in a ten mile range - but it was my favorite of the three novellas . Alex is a player and he moves into his sisters apartment to finish a computer program while she is on honeymoon. What he doesn't know is that his sisters husband hired an interior designer to redecorate the apartment while they are gone. So Alex is stuck with a roommate . And Kagen is the woman he is attracted too but he also made a promise to his sister to not seduce her. Anyway, Kagen is more than willing to seduce Alex and it's very funny because they both try to turn each other on but they are also trying to fight the attraction they have for the other person . It's a pretty nice and hot love story and it's the story that saved this anthology for me.