Sandy M’s review of Baby, It’s Cold Outside by HelenKay Dimon
Contemporary Romance published by Samhain 25 Feb 14
I’ve groused in a few reviews that I’m sometimes not happy with stories that make me wait until the last quarter of the book for the hero and heroine to hit the sheets. I’m all for sexual tension in a story, but sometimes don’t you wish all that passion, all that lust, all that tension would just belt you big time and the characters feed off it the rest of the way? Well, get ready for this latest book from HelenKay Dimon. Big-time belt right off the bat.
Chemistry doesn’t have a thing on Lincoln and Thea. You meet them when he pushes her up against the wall in his office, something Thea’s been wanting and waiting for since she became his assistant. Sexual harassment? Ha! Doesn’t mean a thing because Thea is as hungry for Linc as he is for her. Linc does try to do the right thing, but as determined as Thea is after so many months of wanting this man, he doesn’t stand a chance. That first scene is fierce and frenzied between them, and that sets the pace for the rest of the book, despite what happens to them – the very next day.
There’s been a breach in the company’s information, a mole in their midst, and everything points to Thea. Without asking for an explanation, with a heavy heart, Linc has his beautiful betrayer escorted from the building. He has doubts, he knows Thea and her ethics, but how can he refute the evidence? It’s completely damning. In the aftermath of all the drama, Linc is no good at work, his friends, or for himself. Deciding he has to talk with Thea, find out what she has to say, he discovers she’s left the city with no trail to follow.
Thea’s life only goes into a further spin after her termination, and now Linc is on her doorstep after putting one over on a visiting friend. Having to nearly force himself over the threshold to see her, Linc suddenly realizes what he’s lost and will do anything to get her back. But Thea is hiding something and she’s not sure her secret is what they need between them right now. But I love these scenes that have them vacillating from anger to hunger at the drop of a hat. The emotion is high amid sassy banter and intense loving. And there’s a lot of forgiveness going on along with it all.
I’m so totally hooked on HelenKay Dimon’s books. I have fun, I laugh, and I run the emotional gamut in nearly every scene. Her characters are always charming and real, and I have such a good time with them. Every time. I won’t be missing any of her books in the future.
Grade: A
Summary:
He usually gets what he wants. What he wants is her…and all that comes with her.
Sex in the office? Lincoln Campbell knows better. His assistant, Thea Marshall, is off limits—until her back hits the door and her clothes come off. The next day brings more than morning-after regrets. It brings damning evidence that Thea stole business secrets.
Three months later, he can’t shake the doubts in his gut, so he heads for Thea’s family cabin by the lake, ready to talk. He’s not ready for the woman who answers the door. She was shapely before…and it won’t be long before she’s a totally different shape.
After Linc escorted her off company property while her protestations of innocence fell on deaf ears, facing off with him now isn’t exactly Thea’s idea of a good time. She needs a few more weeks to plan the drastically different direction her life has taken, but now he’s here—and refusing to leave.
With a storm rolling in and snow piling up, there’s nothing to do but face the past…and try to resist the real man behind the suit.
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