★★★★★
5 Stars
No one can know about our love—and hiding only makes it hotter.
Dallas Sykes has a reputation. He is known for his parties, his money, and the countless women on his arm. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man—darker, smarter, and unbearably sexy. Just one look from him can leave me breathless; the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control.
Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other’s secrets. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it’s the truth that threatens us most of all.
Dallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right.
Dallas Sykes has a reputation. He is known for his parties, his money, and the countless women on his arm. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man—darker, smarter, and unbearably sexy. Just one look from him can leave me breathless; the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control.
Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other’s secrets. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it’s the truth that threatens us most of all.
Dallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right.
We're finally back with Jane & Dallas.
At the end of the first book we were afraid that finding out about Dallas and his DELIVERANCE group would be too much for Jane to handle. But in the end Dallas could convince her to give him another chance. And now we're back at his house in the Hamptons, happily sexing it up with our darlings. While there's still no penile penetration ☺☺☺ there's still LOTS of sexy times to be had.
But the forbidden part about loving your sibling in that way is almost too heavy a burden to bear for Jane and Dallas. Nobody can know about them. They can never hold hands in public.
I'm terribly afraid that our secret is going to destroy us.
And there's still Dallas and his secret agent stuff that's on Jane's mind - she understands his reasons, but she's still against all those vigilante groups.
Can this almost otherworldly love survive all that's coming at them?
"This whole thing is a hot mess, you know. How are we ever going to make this work?"
"I don't know, but we will. Don't ever doubt it. Don't ever doubt us."
Secrets and dangers could destroy everything they've waited 17 years to have again...
At the end of the first book we were afraid that finding out about Dallas and his DELIVERANCE group would be too much for Jane to handle. But in the end Dallas could convince her to give him another chance. And now we're back at his house in the Hamptons, happily sexing it up with our darlings. While there's still no penile penetration ☺☺☺ there's still LOTS of sexy times to be had.
But the forbidden part about loving your sibling in that way is almost too heavy a burden to bear for Jane and Dallas. Nobody can know about them. They can never hold hands in public.
I'm terribly afraid that our secret is going to destroy us.
And there's still Dallas and his secret agent stuff that's on Jane's mind - she understands his reasons, but she's still against all those vigilante groups.
Can this almost otherworldly love survive all that's coming at them?
"This whole thing is a hot mess, you know. How are we ever going to make this work?"
"I don't know, but we will. Don't ever doubt it. Don't ever doubt us."
Secrets and dangers could destroy everything they've waited 17 years to have again...
What will happen with Dallas & Jane?
Will there be a HEA?
Will everybody survive this 2nd booK??
Or will there be a horrible Cliffy?
Will there be a HEA?
Will everybody survive this 2nd booK??
Or will there be a horrible Cliffy?
I'm not telling you that of course ☺ But yes - CLIFFY ☺☺☺
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eeeeep ☺ finally back with Dallas & Jane - and of course Liam and Archie et cetera ....
I just love Dallas! This poor guy. He's been in love with Jane almost his whole life and she's been in love with him. They shouldn't love each other the way they do, but they do.
And it's so adorably heartbreaking to watch them fight for their love in this impossible situation.
And all those secrets and lies are so hard on our darlings.
Added to the whole DELIVERANCE thing is the sex part. I really hope that Dallas will be able to overcome his kidnapping-terror one day soon.
But of course there's still LOTS of amazing sexiness in this book!
Phew!!! ☺☺☺
I want Dallas and Jane to have their Happily Ever After now, but of course we know that there are still lots of problems; secrets, lies, et cetera to overcome until we might see a HEA on the horizon. ☺
But we're having an amazing time reading how they'll get there.....
HOTTEST MESS was an extremely erotic & exciting 2nd book in this amazing series! The perfect sexy mystery-suspense-romance. ☺
...and even if the story wouldn't be interesting at all - you still don't want to miss reading it - you'll sooo fall in love with Dallas Sykes too☺ ☺ ☺
Now please hurry with book #3 Julie- I NEEEEED to read it asap!
ARC received from publisher via Netgalley for an honest review
Continuing on from where the first book Dirtiest Secret ends, I was enraptured from the first word to the last.
Dallas and Jane's story is not an easy one, there are so much darkness lurking being the smiles and the reputations. My heart just keeps on breaking for them both, but especially for Dallas.
I just want this adorable broken pair to get their happy ever after, but just as I think they might be getting close, Ms Kenner rips it all away from me... again!
There are so many ups and downs, twists and turns in Hottest Mess that I never know which way I am going to be pulled next - and I love it.
I didn't want this installment of the S.I.N series to end, but it had to. But be warned...
We were cliffhangered! And OMG WHAT a cliffhanger!
Can't wait for the last installment, The Sweetest Taboo to hit my kindle.
Continuing on from where the first book Dirtiest Secret ends, I was enraptured from the first word to the last.
Dallas and Jane's story is not an easy one, there are so much darkness lurking being the smiles and the reputations. My heart just keeps on breaking for them both, but especially for Dallas.
I just want this adorable broken pair to get their happy ever after, but just as I think they might be getting close, Ms Kenner rips it all away from me... again!
There are so many ups and downs, twists and turns in Hottest Mess that I never know which way I am going to be pulled next - and I love it.
I didn't want this installment of the S.I.N series to end, but it had to. But be warned...
We were cliffhangered! And OMG WHAT a cliffhanger!
Can't wait for the last installment, The Sweetest Taboo to hit my kindle.
J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, Victorian-era thrillers (coming soon), and paranormal mommy lit.
Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, has been consistently in development in Hollywood since prior to publication. Most recently, it has been optioned by Warner Brothers Television for development as series on the CW Network with Alloy Entertainment producing.
JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swopn for him.” A three time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy).
Her books have sold well over a million copies and are published in over over twenty countries.
In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.