Silk Masquerade set (2 books)

: Silk, Lace and Videotape ~ In Hot Pursuit [Import] [Paperback]

Joanne Rock (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263829030
• ISBN-13: 978-0263829037
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,922,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scintillating! Very highly recommended, May 15, 2002

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silk, Lace & Videotape (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)

It's amazing the trouble Detective Duke Rawlins can into with silk, lace and videotape. And it all started so simply. The New York Police force detective stakes out suspected drug smuggler Victor Gallaghar. By association, the police also have his high society girlfriend Amanda Matthews in their files. As Duke makes his move, Amanda arrives with incredibly ... legs and feet swathed in pink, peaking enticingly from beneath her trench coat. Her picture had enough allure for Duke, and the thing kicks his libido into overdrive.

Duke accompanies her in the elevator to the tenth floor, where he pretends coincidence as they both knock at the same door. Plans go awry, however, when a lipstick smeared bimbo in a man's bathrobe answers the door. Duke holds Amanda to question last, leaving squirming. After Amanda leaves, Duke finds her videotape. It's not until he views it the following day at the station, thinking it might prove to be evidence in his case against Victor, that Duke realizes the beautiful vision before him yesterday was naked beneath her coat.

Instead of her planned seduction, however, Amanda sits through some bimbo's questioning, her now ex-boyfriend's arrest, and her own questioning -- embarrassingly aware that she's clad in nothing but a trench coat. Terrified she's going to be caught and arrested for inadvertent flasher charges, Amanda struggles to keep her coat carefully arranged and promises she'll give up her desire to live a little if she can only go back to her anonymous, but respectable, existence.

Joanne Rock creates a dynamic, scintillating tale of romance and chemistry in SILK, LACE & VIDEOTAPE. She's a princess, and he's nothing but a frog from the wrong side of the pond. She's a suspect, and he's a cop. She's fabulously sexy, and he can't resist. The thrills and teasing quickly consummate in a fantastically heated encounter that leaves them both stunned. After all, it's supposed to be just about sex. But when one's entire world is rocked, it's no longer just about sex. Duke proves himself a typical male in that he's not got a clue how to cope. With emotional challenges added to the difficulties presented by their disparate backgrounds, these character's motivations are convincing and realistic. Very highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hotter Than Fire!, May 5, 2002

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Romance At Its Best (Warminster, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silk, Lace & Videotape (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)

SILK, LACE, & VIDEOTAPE is hot! From the start with Amanda Matthews meeting sexy Detective Duke Rawlins! Amanda was going to meet her boyfriend and give him a little surprise when she was the one who got the surprise. Then Duke took her in for questioning, he got a surprise tape with some secrets Amanda had been keeping hidden.

From there, Amanda went back to her business of designing and Duke back to his detective work but the images of the tape stuck in his mind. When he visited her to give back the tape, he propositioned her for a night of pleasure out on the town. One night turned into heat, sweat, and love in bed with each other. Trying to take down the bad guys, Duke juggled his duty with his emotions and growing love for Amanda. Amanda, on the other hand, juggled her loyalty with her love for Duke.

Throughout this book I was thinking how hot it was and how much steam it created. I love the emotions Ms. Rock created with the characters. I especially enjoyed the tug of emotions that played between Amanda and Duke. I wanted my very own Duke! Ms. Rock made a book of sex, love, and attraction all in one - good going!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, February 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Silk, Lace & Videotape (Harlequin Blaze) (Paperback)

What an awesome read! Silk, Lace and Videotape hooked me from the start. The characters absolutely come to life in this story - a hunky detective named Duke with stars on his tie - a glamourous heroine with a wonderful vulnerability from her days as an overwieght teen - a father who sings arias and guzzles coffee - and a flamboyant best friend who begs to have her story told in a sequel. All that AND a bang-up intrigue with lots of steam. Wow! Readers sure get their money's worth and more. WTG, Ms. Rock on another winner!