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Guilty Pleasures

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Guilty Pleasures by Donna Hill, introduces us to Jake and Eva Kelly. Jake works for a car dealership and Eva works for a fashion designer. However, secretly they run a con game that has been very successful.

After ten years of playing the game, Jake and Eva have never gotten caught. However, Eva is tired of the game and wants to get out. She is ready to settle down and have a nice `normal' life with Jake and have a child. Jake does not want out but because he loves Eva, decides that they will quit...after one more con.

Reluctantly Eva agrees and sets out to find the mark. Unfortunately for them she picked the wrong mark this time. Stan Ingram is married to Lenora, an FBI agent, who will not be blackmailed. What happens after all parties are exposed is a train wreck waiting to happen as Jake and Eva set out to pull off the biggest con of their lives.

I really enjoyed this book. It is definitely a page turner. I found it very suspenseful and I could not wait to know what happened next.

Reviewed by Shaquitta Leday
APOOO BookClub

I have been faithful fan of Donna Hill. Honestly, her others books have nothing on Guilty Pleasures! From page one you're hooked into the lives of Bonnie and Clyde. There was never a dull moment, and more often than once I found myself talking to the characters. This is one book where I was praying the bad guys got away! The only thing I have to say is I wish the book was longer! This book is a perfect and easy 10!

Super-sexy couple Jake and Eva Kelly are living life to the fullest. Upstanding and law-abiding by day in their jobs in the fashion and luxury car industry, by night is a whole different story. They are con artists and though they met on individual cons, they're now married and continue their cons as a couple. Eva, however, is tired of the game and wants to settle down for real and have a family. Jake convinces her to perform one last job, not knowing that the mark is actually the husband of an FBI agent. A pissed off one at that. She is clawing her way to the top, but has already decided that she's going to make it there, no matter what she has to do. She flips the script on Eva and Jake, and blackmails them into what will become their biggest heist ever; stealing from a South American druglord.

Eva and Jake call in the assistance of Jake's brother (a hacker) and Eva's cousin Rita (a forger/seamstress extraordinaire). With their individual and combined talents, they set a master plan which will either make them very very rich or very very dead.

GUILTY PLEASURES reminded me of several movies I've seen in past years, in the vein of Mission Impossible and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, complete with an on-the-edge-of-your-seat plot, sexy characters with believable flaws, and the thrill of the chase. While I enjoyed the read for the most part, too much was left hanging and I simply couldn't see how the main characters got to the end point. Their journey there, however, was exciting and thrilling, yet unbelievable in a few places. The characters, though not too high in the ethics department were fun and sexy, and the reader can't help but root for them. I also enjoyed the bonus of their background/past issues which threatened to not only destroy their relationships, but cost them their safety. I only wish that Hill had not left so many questions unanswered once again, as did her previous title Getting Hers, setting the reader up for a sequel.

Reviewed by Tee C. Royal
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Power couple Jake and Eva are used to living life on the wild side, pulling heist after heist like second nature. It wasn't until there last heist gave Eva a bad feeling that turned out to be right on point that their lives turned upside down. Rita, Eva's almost twin in appearance cousin and Jinx, Jakes little brother all pair up when a greedy FBI agent wants in on the action too.
This book had me horny, happy, sad, and shouting out loud as the book went from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds flat. There is so much energy in the book, and Donna Hill was cleverly able to slide a little romance in the mix that had you turning the pages and wanting more.
This book is meant to be read in one sitting!
Donna HIll, you have mastered the art of story telling. Keep up the good work!

Eva and Jake Kelly look like the typical married couple. They're living the high life in a breathtaking apartment in Manhattan with successful careers in fashion and car sales. But this is not your ordinary couple. Although they get an incredible rush from the insatiable sexual energy between them, they enjoy a different kind of rush even more: the con. Eva and Jake figured out long ago how to extort huge amounts of cash from drunken businessmen in town on business and away from their wives. Eva is looking to settle down and get out of the business but Jake wants to do one last con. Unfortunately, things aren't in their favor when the mark of this last con turns on them after they demand blackmail money. Eva and Jake aren't out of the game yet when they come up with a plan to rob a cruise ship with the help of Eva's cousin Rita and Jake's brother Jinx. They plan to turn the tables around on their mark and his wife. But will this be the perfect crime or will this send them to an early grave?

Guilty Pleasures is a sexy thriller by Donna Hill. Hill did an excellent job of adding the perfect blend of espionage and drama to this story. I absolutely loved Eva and Jake. Although they were the "villains" of this story, I couldn't help but root for them and hoped that they got away with this last con. Readers will enjoy the non-stop, beat-the-clock style action type scenes that can rival any movie. Fascinating characters, a fast-paced plot, and deliciously erotic sex scenes makes this the perfect novel to curl up with on those cold autumn and winter nights. Guilty Pleasures is an example of the wonderful style and versatility of Donna Hill as an author.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It kept me entertained and wanting to know what was going to happen next...it was like a thriller/romance novel/kinda erotica all rolled into one. It's a good read and I definitely recommend it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This is my first Donna Hill novel, but it definitely will not be my last. Guilty Pleasures had lovable characters that had you intringued in their lifestyle as well as their love lives. This book was like being trapped in a terrific episode of Miami Vice. Fun, sexy, and fast-paced. Keep up the good work Ms. Hill

This book was suspenseful and kept me on the edge of my seat. I hope there is a sequel and I hope she doesn't wait too long to write it!!! Keep up the good work.

Eva, her hunky husband Jake, his brother John(Jinx), and her cousin Rita make grifting so sexy. This book was so good and I really enjoyed reading it. I hope there's a sequel in the future. Lenora is such a lovely name..(nudge-nudge,wink-wink).

I must say that this was the first Donna Hill book that I have read and I was very pleased.The action was gripping and the story line was very exciting.I look forward to reading more works by this author.