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winemakerssister's review
4.0
This series centers around the various couples attending a destination wedding in Colorado. Each volume is written by a different author and features one of the couples.
The book focusing on Julie, the perky party planner and Reed, the SWAT commander is the best written of the bunch. The writing is tight and the chemistry between the two is sizzling.
Cover: the covers of this series are all similar and all okay. My only objection to this one is her arm - it looks plastic.
Narration: this volume had a male narrator. He did a fine job.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: He is a Slytherin, she is a Hufflepuff.
Themes: destination wedding, Colorado, opposites attract
The book focusing on Julie, the perky party planner and Reed, the SWAT commander is the best written of the bunch. The writing is tight and the chemistry between the two is sizzling.
Cover: the covers of this series are all similar and all okay. My only objection to this one is her arm - it looks plastic.
Narration: this volume had a male narrator. He did a fine job.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: He is a Slytherin, she is a Hufflepuff.
Themes: destination wedding, Colorado, opposites attract
javalenciaph's review against another edition
4.0
Baiting the Maid of Honor by Tessa Bailey is the second book and third release in the Wedding Dare series from Entangled Brazen. Just a note: I already read the last book in the series, Best Man with Benefits by Samanthe Beck, prior to reading the rest of the books since it was given to me as an ARC for review. ^.^
Julie Piper and Reed Lawson are part of the bridal party for the impending nuptials of their friends, Kady Dresco and Colton Brooks, respectively. Julie and Reed may have nothing in common but there are some definite sparks between the two. I guess that in their case, opposites really do attract.
This was a good story with two interesting characters. There were times that I didn't feel they were really suited for each other but, by the end, I wanted them to have their happily ever after as much as they did. ♥
Baiting the Maid of Honor gets four out of five stars!
Julie Piper and Reed Lawson are part of the bridal party for the impending nuptials of their friends, Kady Dresco and Colton Brooks, respectively. Julie and Reed may have nothing in common but there are some definite sparks between the two. I guess that in their case, opposites really do attract.
This was a good story with two interesting characters. There were times that I didn't feel they were really suited for each other but, by the end, I wanted them to have their happily ever after as much as they did. ♥
Baiting the Maid of Honor gets four out of five stars!
rihoward's review against another edition
4.0
4.1 stars
I have a love for how this author creates her dirty talking men. Every time she raises the bar. I loved the characters in the story and the premise of each story being interconnected but written by other authors. I'll be looking into getting those books later.
I did want a few areas fleshed out, such as a resolution concerning Jules's parents or how Logan finally came to them with his baggage. However, still another good book from this author.
I have a love for how this author creates her dirty talking men. Every time she raises the bar. I loved the characters in the story and the premise of each story being interconnected but written by other authors. I'll be looking into getting those books later.
I did want a few areas fleshed out, such as a resolution concerning Jules's parents or how Logan finally came to them with his baggage. However, still another good book from this author.
mvbookreviewer's review against another edition
4.0
Baiting the Maid of Honor is book 2 in the Wedding Dare series. Written by Tessa Baily, my go to author for smut of the kind that delivers, and by delivers I mean truly she does; Baiting the Maid of Honor is a novel that had the classic Tessa Bailey in it. From a larger than life hero to a heroine you can root for, not to mention the out-of-this-world variety of scorching sex scenes, Baiting the Maid of Honor is a novel that delivers on many fronts.
Julie Piper is the type of person who defines people pleasing behavior, not in a bad way mind you. Julie is the kind that is enthusiastic over wedding planning, making people feel better, perhaps because there is a loneliness inside of her that people, those that are even closest to her don’t realize. When Julie encounters the big, bad and brazen Reed Lawson, the antithesis of everything that she looks for in a man, it is not just her hackles that are raised but her desire levels to be taken, possessed and taken yet again.
A SWAT commander by profession, Reed knows what its like to be looked down on as bug that crawled from under a rock. It had never bothered him prior to this, thick skinned from growing up on the wrong side of the town. But when Julie looks at him that way, something inside of him wants to roar, the beast inside of him wanting to claim her as his and only his. The thought itself frightens him, the concept of being vulnerable to anyone, but even that doesn’t stop him from seeking Julie out, and the more he does, the more he falls for everything about her, not to mention the mind blowing variety of sex that they both have which keeps him coming back for more.
Four stories happen simultaneously in the Wedding Dare series. Julie’s story is one that is entwined with the other stories as well. I would love to pick up the novel written by Samanthe Beck, Best Man with Benefits. Perhaps one of these days I will. While Baiting the Maid of Honor worked for me on so many levels, I did wish that the backstories of the characters were a bit lengthier. I would have loved to see Julie deal with her family issues – those sounded deep and like ones that would tend to leave emotional scars of the kind that cannot be just shrugged off. However, maybe, the length of the novel didn’t actually give the time to indulge in those issues which definitely was a lacking factor for me.
The rest of the aspects of the story worked, and boy did they work well. A SWAT commander with tattoos over his over the top delicious bod was enough to make this reader go crazy! Reed’s take charge attitude was a definite turn on, not to mention the dirty talking he does, and oh so well. Julie, being the direct opposite to his roughness, feels like the tall and cool glass of water that soothes your parched throat on an especially humid day. She is that to Reed in more ways than one and I loved her for all of it. If there was anything that I would wish to change about the sex scenes, its the way Reed tends to call Julie “baby”. I think almost all of Tessa Bailey’s heroes have a tendency of doing that, and perhaps its just me, but it is kind of off putting.
Recommended for everyone who loves the good variety of smut with the emotional wallop!
Rating = 4/5
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Julie Piper is the type of person who defines people pleasing behavior, not in a bad way mind you. Julie is the kind that is enthusiastic over wedding planning, making people feel better, perhaps because there is a loneliness inside of her that people, those that are even closest to her don’t realize. When Julie encounters the big, bad and brazen Reed Lawson, the antithesis of everything that she looks for in a man, it is not just her hackles that are raised but her desire levels to be taken, possessed and taken yet again.
A SWAT commander by profession, Reed knows what its like to be looked down on as bug that crawled from under a rock. It had never bothered him prior to this, thick skinned from growing up on the wrong side of the town. But when Julie looks at him that way, something inside of him wants to roar, the beast inside of him wanting to claim her as his and only his. The thought itself frightens him, the concept of being vulnerable to anyone, but even that doesn’t stop him from seeking Julie out, and the more he does, the more he falls for everything about her, not to mention the mind blowing variety of sex that they both have which keeps him coming back for more.
Four stories happen simultaneously in the Wedding Dare series. Julie’s story is one that is entwined with the other stories as well. I would love to pick up the novel written by Samanthe Beck, Best Man with Benefits. Perhaps one of these days I will. While Baiting the Maid of Honor worked for me on so many levels, I did wish that the backstories of the characters were a bit lengthier. I would have loved to see Julie deal with her family issues – those sounded deep and like ones that would tend to leave emotional scars of the kind that cannot be just shrugged off. However, maybe, the length of the novel didn’t actually give the time to indulge in those issues which definitely was a lacking factor for me.
The rest of the aspects of the story worked, and boy did they work well. A SWAT commander with tattoos over his over the top delicious bod was enough to make this reader go crazy! Reed’s take charge attitude was a definite turn on, not to mention the dirty talking he does, and oh so well. Julie, being the direct opposite to his roughness, feels like the tall and cool glass of water that soothes your parched throat on an especially humid day. She is that to Reed in more ways than one and I loved her for all of it. If there was anything that I would wish to change about the sex scenes, its the way Reed tends to call Julie “baby”. I think almost all of Tessa Bailey’s heroes have a tendency of doing that, and perhaps its just me, but it is kind of off putting.
Recommended for everyone who loves the good variety of smut with the emotional wallop!
Rating = 4/5
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amebco's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
mandyreads's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED it! Couldn't put it down! But then it's Tessa Bailey and she's an all time favorite of mine.
alisonhori's review against another edition
3.0
I started with this one....aside from Julie's Southern belle yammering which was totally annoying, I enjoyed this one. Reed didn't ring true at all but still...kind of appealing. Fun and very light...nice escapism which I could really use at the moment.
bellatap's review against another edition
Okay. The first sex scene the main character was drunk and she was unknownlingly fucking a different man. And he let her. Knowing she was drunk and thought he was someone else. I’m disgusted.