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Too Wilde to Tame

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Known as the Wilde Child, Mia has a reputation for being outrageous, brazen and unpredictable. She's been flirting with Cameron, but even though she can tell he's attracted to her, so far she's been unable get him to take the next step. Private Investigator Cameron Sinclair has been fighting his unwanted attraction to Mia Wilde for years. The Wilde men are protective of the only girl in the family. Plus, Cameron has been friends with his partner Steve Wilde, Mia's cousin, since they were teenagers and he has no desire to ruin a life-long friendship. Cameron firmly believes that Mia is not the type of woman he should get involved with, no matter how much he desires her. But when a stalker begins to send Mia photos of herself in various places, Cameron agrees to help her without letting her family know what's going on. Only the more Cameron is with Mia, the more he realizes that there is so much more to her than the Wilde Child the rest of the world sees. It isn't long before they are involved in a passionate relationship while they continue to look for Mia's stalker. But once the stalker is found, how can Cameron convince Mia to let down her guards and take a chance on forever with him?

I have read every Wilde story that Janelle Denison has written and have never been disappointed. Too Wilde Too Tame is no exception. It is hotly sensual and loaded with emotional intensity. There are appearances by all the Wilde characters whose stories have gone before and a tease for Joel's story that is yet to come. This book was so good I devoured it in one night. Readers who have been waiting for Cameron and Mia's book will love it!

Melissa
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

I've been drawn to Janelle Denison's work ever since reading her first full-length novel, WILDE THING. Although the protagonists of that novel were one-dimensional, the sex was incredible! My second Denison book was THE WILDE SIDE. Unlike her first novel, the protagonists were more fleshed out. However, I still didn't care very much for them or their story. The sex scenes had the usual Denison flair--very graphic with lots of explicit, contemporary language--which I really enjoyed. Yet, if we were talking about bedroom Olympics, then Scott and Ashley (THE WILDE SIDE) lose to the inventiveness, wild, and craziness of Steve and Liz (WILDE THING)!

Denison was correct in that Cameron and Mia's story was the most anticipated out of the Wilde series. I was one of many who anxiously awaited their story. My compliments to Denison for further improving on character development. In this story, I actually cared about the protagonists. However, a major disappointment (to my surprise) was the sex scenes! Not graphic enough and lacked a great deal of provocative dialogue. What happened, Ms. Denison? Since reading her previous two novels, I've come to rely on Denison for VERY steamy, hot, erotic reads. Sure...the sex scenes were titillating enough, but once again, they paled in comparison to WILDE THING. (I noticed that Denison is no longer with Brava and now publishes her books with Berkley Sensation. Wonder if that change has anything to do with it?).

Sex scenes aside, however, I rate TOO WILDE TO TAME as the best Wilde book so far. Mia and Cam are both delightful; their story enjoyable, fun, and really sexy! The ending is especially sweet--making me wish I had a man like Cam!! I can't wait for Denison's upcoming novel. BORN TO BE WILDE, featuring Mia's older brother, Joel, is the last member in the Wilde family to get his own story.

I was very disappointed in this book because of all the great reviews. I found Mia to be blindly self-centered and selfish and never came to like her character. Having insecurities is human, hurting others repeatedly and over long periods of time because of those insecurities shows a lack of courage and/or the intelligence required to be at all perceptive or sensitive to others' feelings, to say nothing of one's own. Towards the end of the book, Cameron tells her he loves her and she doesn't even acknowledge it. At all! Not to his face nor even in her private thoughts afterwards. She hurts her stepmother all her life, therefore, hurting her own father (although the author never acknowledges that part, but how could he not be hurt when his youngest and only daughter doesn't accept the woman he loves during all her growing up years! Maybe he too lacks perception, and never figured out his wife was hurt by Mia's lack of trust.) Mia shows her selfishness with her roommate, Gina, as well. Gina is involved in an abusive relationship, comes home with bruises and Mia won't push the issue because she doesn't want to lose her friendship! And this behavior and all of her insecurities stem from her mother dying when Mia was only 5? Sorry, but I just couldn't swallow it. Not only do most people not even remember much of what happened when they were five, but at that age kids are extremely resilient. It's hard to see this as the sole reason for Mia's many emotional issues since she was surrounded by a very loving family the whole time after that and nothing else bad happened to her, ever. Not even with boyfriends. After all, she was the one who broke up all her amorous relationships. And no, I do not accept her family's over protectiveness as a cause for her inability to form long term relationships. A cause for an overly developed sense of independence, yes, but not fear of getting emotionally involved. Frankly, if so little messed up a person's psyche to such an extent, our world would truly be hell on earth for everyone, all the time, everywhere. I gave this book 2 stars, because I've read worst. But that's not saying much. I'm very sorry I paid full price for this. I can't believe there are so many 4 and 5 stars! They really fooled me into buying this book.

Janelle Denison writes the much-anticipated story of Mia and Cameron in Too Wilde To Tame.

Mia Wilde has fueled her rep as the wild child in her family. She likes to push the limits. But someone is sending her disturbing photos that are less then flattering of herself out in public. To get to the bottom of this she goes to family friend and PI Cameron Sinclair.

Cam has fought his attraction to Mia since day one. Cam thinks he wants a calm, refine woman at his side. But Mia stirs up all kinds of emotions. He agrees to help her with the stalker but his only inflames his desire for her.

Once these two opposites give in to their attraction its explosive. Cameron realizes there are deep insecurities with Mia and he will do anything to make her feel safe. Mia starts to believe Cam isn't as stuffy as she first though and is someone she can depend on.

Too Wilde To Tame lived up to everything I was looking forward to in this pairing. Their chemistry is hotter then hot, their banter witty and charming. Looking forward to the next Wilde tale.

The long awaited story of "Mia Wilde".....This is a must read, once you pick it up you can't put it down. The "Wilde series" is by far my favorite. I have read them over and over again, and enjoy them as much as the first time I read them. This book has it all romance, suspense, etc. I have read all of Ms. Denison's books and have never been disappointed. I own a used bookstore in Orlando Florida and will be sure to recommend this book to my customers, friends and family. If this is the first book of Ms. Denison you have read make sure you read her other books and you won't be disappointed.

Mia Wilde has a reputation for being too wild to tame, but that doesn't mean she's going to let someone get away with distributing provocative photographs of her. She needs to find out who is threatening her before her overprotective brothers find out. For that, she's going to enlist the help of private investigator Cameron Sinclair - - the one man who seems immune to her flirtatious and outrageous personality. But Mia soon learns that appearances can be very deceiving.

The moment Cameron agrees to help, he knows he's in deep trouble. Because Mia isn't just your average bad girl. In fact, beneath that wild, untamable facade is a beautiful, too sexy woman who's been driving him crazy with desire. And if he isn't careful, the hot passion sizzling between them might just tempt him to do something he might regret. Like propose something hotter and wilder than either of them had ever imagined . .

Cathy
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Ms. Denison has introduced us to the sassy Mia Wilde in previous books. The reader finally gets to know this wonderful character in "Too Wilde to Tame."

Mia Wilde is the youngest and only girl in the Wilde family. Her brothers and cousins take their collective jobs of protecting her seriously. After all she is a bit of a wild child to begin with right? What most don't understand is that it's all a front to cover up insecurities that Mia feels since the death of her mother. When she beginnings receiving horrible pictures of herself she goes to Cameron Sinclair. This handsome hotty is the one man that Mia has always been drawn to because it's safe, they will never have a real relationship...they're just too different.

But, when Mia and Cam spend time together trying to figure out who wants to hurt Mia, they both learn things about the other that change their feelings. The burning chemistry between them doesn't hurt either. Will these two accept that they're meant for each other or will they let preconceived ideas keep them apart?

Mia and Cam were wonderful characters. I've read every one of Ms. Denison's "Wilde" reads and each and every single one has been wonderful. She hints that there are more to come and for that I can only hope. If you love family, romance, and heat look no further than Ms. Denison. She delivers on all counts!!!

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Eh. Too Wilde to Tame is not horrible, but it's not great, either. Kinda meh.

The heroine is your standard acts-&-dresses-like-a-slut-but-is-just-misunderstood. The hero is a P.I. and partners with her cousin. Somebody's stalking her and calling her a slut, tramp, etc, and her roomie is in an abusive relationship.

I figured out the stalker immediately, but still didn't buy the motive, and didn't like the consequences.

But the main reason for the "meh" is the writing. It's kind of bland--telling instead of showing. At one point, she tells us that the position they're having sex in is erotic. Good grief. If it's really erotic, you don't have to tell us that.

Anyway, like I said--not a bad story, but there are too many better writers to waste my time on more books by this one.

For easy, fun reading, Janelle Denison really makes for a great time! I love her dialogue, the sex sizzles, the characters are fun and attractive to imagine in my head, and it certainly takes me away from the ho-hum life of raising 3 stinky kids and carting them around their soon-to-be summer activities--yikes! For those of you looking for serious literature, I suggest you look for the classics section in the library. For the rest of us who are looking for some fun--Janelle and the WILDEs are the greatest! The characters are believable, the relationships are not just flat on the page but are actually believable, the romance and sex scenes are great and I find them very enjoyable. Keep writing--I can't wait for the next installment!

Mia is the wild child in a family of overprotective brothers who loves to tease stuffy PI Cameron, who seems immune to her charms. When a stalker starts sending disturbing photos to Mia, she turns to Cameron to help her find the culprit and the two agree to a brief no strings affair, which quickly heats up. But when the person behind the photos is found, will it mean the end of the affair? Mia's roommate Gina is going through difficulties too as her relationship starts to turn abusive; could he be behind Mia's stalking?

While the characters (even the secondary ones) were well developed and there was plenty of chemistry, I had a hard time swallowing the mystery aspect of the story - readers could guess the identity a mile away, so it seemed very anti-climatic when it was revealed. I loved the character of Cameron - he was sensitive and well developed and a perfect foil to Mia's impulsiveness. I also liked that Mia had a talent and dream that she was able to pursue once her confidence was achieved. There were numerous love scenes that got pretty redundant after awhile - sometimes less really is more. But the dialogue was good, the premise of the story interesting, and the pacing just right. I only wish that Denison would've either dropped the mystery aspect altogether (since she couldn't pull it off) or beefed it up to make it more believable. It's kind of a drag, as this novel had potential to be better.

I admit I was waiting for these characters to get together for quite a while now. I admit I was expecting a logical reason behind her wildness, but I was pleasantly surprised to see a girl who has insecurities just like the rest of us.