Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) [Mass Market Paperback]

Leslie Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Blaze | Publication Date: September 1, 2007

If only he knew…

Isabella Natale is living a double life. By day she whips up desserts in the family bakery. But at night she becomes The Crimson Rose, Chicago’s most notorious exotic dancer, an enigmatic siren whose velvet mask and sultry moves drive men wild. Nobody knows about her secret – not even Nick Santori, the strip club’s smouldering new bodyguard...and her first crush. Nick has always treated Izzie like a kid.

But that was before his sizzling reaction to Rose! Can Izzie still tantalise Nick if she unveils the woman behind the mask?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373793510
• ISBN-13: 978-0373793518
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When I'm not chained to my keyboard writing, I'm enjoying my life with my husband of 25 years and our three daughters. Let me tell you, raising three girls has been way more challenging than publishing romance fiction!

I write sexy novels for Harlequin, and also write dark romantic thrillers under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. Check out my websites, www.lesliekelly.com and www.authorleslieparrish.com

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ex-Marine, Stripper, Italian families and lost of heat ...., November 27, 2007

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This review is from: Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Isabella and Nick both feel that they escaped Chicago and their overbearing families and now are feeling trapped. Nick and Isabella have a long history and when they meet again - it's great reading! Looking forward to more from this family - One Wild Wedding Night due out Jan. 2008.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining torrid contemporary romance, September 11, 2007

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This review is from: Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Chicago, former marine Nick Santori knew Isabella Natale when she was little "Izzy" growing up in Little Italy. When he sees her in her family's bakery, Nick thinks she is beautiful and wants her. When she sees Nick in the bakery, her feelings of wanting him as a teen remains as strong as an adult.

Nick works as a bodyguard at a night club that some might say is a strip joint. Though confused and wondering how shallow he feels; as he desires Izzy, Nick also has the hots for exotic dancer Crimson Rose, whose velvet mask is almost as enticing as her exotic G-string. Crimson Rose knows the new bodyguard as she has desired him since they grew up in Little Italy together. Although as Izzy she does not have the guts to seduce Nick, as her alterego Rose she does.

This is an entertaining torrid contemporary romance that seems a bit over the top as Nick fails to realize that Crimson Rose is his Izzy. The story line is character driven by Izzy whether she is the baker or the erotic dancer. In either persona, she knows she loves Nick, but assumes he does not reciprocate beyond being a pal. He will prove her wrong as he willingly is seduced by the dancer and plans to seduce the baker because he may feel fickle but loves "both" women.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good story & characters, but this mask and dancing thing is ridiculous!, October 20, 2010

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This review is from: Overexposed (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Great character build up, good story, humorous sections!
But the way author describes the workings of a strip club and that the main female character is so spell-binding that no one moves when she's on, is laughable, author obviously has no clue how strip clubs really are. And when I'm reading conversations between the 2 main characters and conversations they are having that are seemingly 20 minutes, and female character is STILL wearing this ridiculous mask, you just wanna go, ...seriously?!