IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS

Author: Toni Blake ISBN: 0446614874 7/2005 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: WARNER FOREVER

FORBIDDEN... Stephanie Grant’s first step onto the secret third floor of Chez Sophia frightens her...and strengthens her resolve. Here in New Orleans, in this luxurious world of beautiful women, wealthy men, and heady champagne, she’s about to begin a perilous charade to find her missing sister. But her most reckless—and thrilling—journey will be surrendering to the spell of one man’s desire. DANGEROUS... Her guide will be Jake Broussard, the bartender and ex-cop who immediately sees through her act and becomes her ally. As his eyes and soft Cajun accent send her senses reeling, she’ll find herself experiencing pleasure for the very first time in her life...and losing control. Her defenses are about to slip away with her satin gown and her lacy lingerie, baring her body and soul.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

When you read a book and are drawn in from the very first sentence, you know it is going to be one heck of a book. That is absolutely the case with IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. From the first word of the first paragraph, you will not want to put this book down.

Ms. Blake writes a book of blatant, mouthwatering sensuality and heart stopping love without missing a beat. Every word keeps you in suspense and dying to see what is going to happen next—and yet, not wanting it to ever end.

Stephanie Grant has come to New Orleans to find out what has happened to her sister, whom she has not heard from in weeks. On her first night out, while trying to run with her sister's crowd to see what she might find out, she meets Jake, a down on his luck ex-cop. From the moment that Jake and Stephanie meet, sparks fly. The sexual tension between these two characters is so thick that you could cut it with a knife. It is the good old-fashioned, heart stopping, earth shattering love that, for many of us, is the reason we read romance.

I am thoroughly impressed with IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. Ms. Blake gives us beautiful, sexy lead characters, a storyline that is interesting and will bring you to tears, at times, and a great cast of secondary characters that give the book that little something extra. Toni Blake has made a fan of me with IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS, and I look forward to reading more of her work in the near future.

Kristal Gorman