"Very hot and steamy contemporary romance."

By: Shelley Bradley

Genres: Romance Erotica Sensual

Posted: June 13, 2006

Mark Sullivan is not happy about the role he's playing in his most recent assignment -- auditioning as a male stripper to get close to nightclub owner Nicki DeStefano and see her books, which the Feds are sure will show she's laundering money for her Mafia uncle. They're unsure whether Nicki's involved in the crime, but they're convinced it's going on.

Mark plans on getting his job completed before he actually has to go on stage for real -- though he doesn't mind his audition for the sexy Nicki. In fact, it's going to be no hardship to gain her trust and slide into her bed as well.

Nicki hasn't had a relationship in two years, focusing all of her energy on starting her club and making it successful. Shedding her playgirl image, she can't wait to buy out her uncle's 30 percent and own the club herself. But her self-imposed sexless life is certainly being challenged by the new dancer. He is so hot that Nicki can't stand it when the women fall all over him. Learning of his CPA background, she quickly pulls him off the dance floor, into her bed and ultimately, into her books.

I love well-done erotica, but this story just didn't do it for me. The sex scenes feel as if they're inserted into the plot to steam it up -- they don't seem comfortable. It would have been a great storyline without the awkward sex. Hmmm, I said that wrong. The sex isn't awkward and is sometimes pretty hot -- but it seems to throw off the flow of the book.

Book Summary

If the Feds want to nail a Mafia kingpin, they need a slick trap to catch him. Enter Mark Sullivan, built for the job—to go undercover as a male stripper in the mobster’s Vegas club. The perk? The club’s owner. Sure she’s got some unsavory connections but how can anyone with those legs be all bad? When it comes to business, Nicola DiStefano’s a pro. As for pleasure, she’s been out of commission too long to care. If anyone can strip her of her inhibitions it’s the new guy who’s stirring her wildest G-string fantasies. But Mark and Nicki have more in common than sizzling sexual chemistry. They each have their share of secrets and motives, and with the mob closing in, what gets exposed is as irresistible as it is dangerous.

Strip Search by Shelley Bradley

Strip Search

by: Shelley Bradley

Sequel to Bound and Determined

Berkley Sensation
July 1, 2006
On Sale: June 28, 2007
Featuring: Nicki DeStefano; Mark Sullivan
368 pages
ISBN: 0425211096
EAN: 9780425211090
Paperback

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