Under The Influence (Harlequin Blaze) [Mass Market Paperback]

Nancy Warren (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Blaze | Publication Date: February 1, 2009

Sexy bartender Johnny Santini mixes one wicked martini. Or so efficiency expert Natalie Fanshaw discovers when she takes a seat at his beachfront bar one lonely night. It's Valentine's Day, and they're the only single people in the heart-strewn place!

Natalie knows she spends too much time with her spreadsheets--she's forgotten what it's like to be between the sheets. Johnny is such a charmer, mixing his signature cocktails while making her feel s-o-o-o very special. And when he asks her to help him create a fab new drink for the town's upcoming martini contest, Natalie can't say no.

A fantasy fling with Johnny could be a recipe for disaster. But hey, she could always claim to be under the influence!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373794568
• ISBN-13: 978-0373794560
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not all that hot, April 29, 2009

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Ginny, not Hermione "Ginny" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Under The Influence (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

The story isn't all that "HOT", there are various sex scenes but nothing out of the ordinary, no vivid descriptions.

There are actually 2 romance in the one story, Johnny and Natalie are the primary couple. Opposites attract and they eventually find a way to be together. There isn't much of a connection or disconnection. It's more "He's cute,she's interested, put them together and figure out how they can live in the same place..the end"

So why 4 stars? The secondary romance. Rita (Johnny's competitor) is a bartender, Ben (Johnny's best friend) is a contractor. They have a much better story, you get to know their characters, their background, what makes them who they are. The author would have had a great book if she had concentrated on that couple. As is their story, albeit short, is much more involving.

5.0 out of 5 stars Under the Influence- A Joyfully Recommended Title, May 6, 2009

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Under The Influence (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Natalie Fenshaw forgot it was Valentine's Day. When the sexy bartender reminds her she has thoughts about more than work.

Johnny Santini mixes a mean drink and Natalie wants a taste. Natalie throws caution to the wind for a little fun in the sun.

Under the Influence is a yummy concoction that left me a little buzzed. Nancy Warren can influence me anytime she wants to. Natalie is so uptight and she just needs to relax a little. Johnny is just the person to help her, but he gets more then he bargains for. The great thing about Under the Influence is you get a twofer with Johnny's best friend and his girl.

Under the Influence had me so drunk on love and laughter that I have to Joyfully Recommend everyone get a little tipsy.

Jambrea
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fabulous torrid contemporary romance, February 3, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Under The Influence (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

On Valentine's Day, management consultant Natalie Fanshaw is working temporarily at a resort hotel on the beach in Orca Bay, California. She stops at the Driftwood Bar and Grill where she meets bartender Johnny "Hot Johnny" Santini; known for his orgasm inducing cocktails. Lonely, she decides to taste Hot Johnny that night.

As they spend the evening together, the bartender and the consultant heat up the sheets. However, comes morning she will return to prim and proper Natalie and he will return to Hot Jonny. Compromise between them to begin forging a relationship beyond a one night stand seems impossible though both desperately crave a second and third and fourth, etc. round.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE is a fabulous torrid contemporary romance starring two opposites in every way except for their attraction. He is "blue crush" known for his "screaming orgasms", "one sex on the beach" and a roll between the sheets; she is a consultant who knows about Hot Johnny and cold Natalie. Although a late spin re his background takes away some of the edge of opposites attract, fans will enjoy Nancy Warrens cocktail of love.

Harriet Klausner