Title: Love in Lingerie
Series: (Standalone)
Author: Alessandra Torre
Genres: Adult Contemporary Erotic Romance
Tropes: Coworkers, Office Romance, Forbidden Love, Friends to Lovers
Rating: 3.5-Stars
Recommend: Yes
I hired her to fix my company, to bring Marks Lingerie back to life. I didn’t expect her to become my friend. I didn’t expect to fall in love with her.
The first rule of business is to never touch your employees. I think there is another rule about not falling for your best friend—a rule against imagining the curves of her body, or the way her breathing would change if I pulled down her panties and unzipped my pants.
Now, I can’t wait any longer. I’m tossing out the rules.
Damn the company.
Damn our friendship.
Damn my fears.
Alessandra Torre's book are always so
well-written, and
Love in Lingerie was no exception. It was a
slow-burn romance that
put a match to friendship,
set fire to desire, and
blazed into a sexy romance.
"If our love was lingerie, it’d be a corset, one laced so tightly that it takes your breath."
Trey Marks was a business owner, and
Kate Martin was the creative director for his company, Marks Lingerie—which made
Love in Lingerie a light and sexy, fun and flirty office romance with just a bit of angst.
If this woman was lingerie, she’d be black leather, with studs along the seams and enough of a dominatrix vibe to give a man pause.
The only reason I'm rating it 3.5-Stars is because I didn't quite connect to Trey and Kate's love as much as I wanted to. It's quite confusing for me actually—since
I love Alessandra's writing style, as well as the friends to lovers and slow-burn romances.
"If our relationship was lingerie, it’d be fur-lined handcuffs, latched around you, the key lost, escape impossible."
But I think that because the Hero and heroine spent so many years apart, living through love and life, that their
friendship was more developed than their
romance...which is probably why I didn't feel that genuine connection between them as
more than just lovers.
"If my need was lingerie, it'd be blood-red with lines that scream for attention."
Though,
I would still recommend Love in Lingerie to those who want to read a book that is
like the best, sexiest lingerie—
fun and sexy, but it may
take a while to get off with all the laces and buttons, though
it's well worth the time spent pulling ribbons and kissing special places. *wink*
Hero: 3.5-Stars
Heroine: 3.5-Stars
Romance: 3.5-Stars
Sex: 5-Stars
Plot: 4-Stars
Dialogue: 5-Stars
Writing: 5-Stars
PS: I was given a complementary copy of this book. But I do solemnly swear that I am up to...good. *wink* This is a fair, honest review and/or rating(s) of this book, pinky promise.
