[Blog Tour- Review] Cassie's Temptation by Sophie Stevens [GIVEAWAY] $50 Amazon/B&N GC

 

Cassie's Temptation

by Sophie Stevens

If there are only three truths in life, they are these. Women will always try to change a man. Men will always say anything to get a girl in bed. Tyler Mason will always have a long line of girls trying to domesticate him, and none will succeed. If one of these ceases to be true, the world will cease to exist.

These are the rules as college student Cassie Faye knows them, so when she gives up on dating in favor of a man who can satisfy her without tempting her heart, her next-door neighbor Tyler tops the list. Tyler isn’t the type of boy Cassie would fall for, but he’s the perfect guy to teach her how to claim her sexual independence without losing her heart in the process. Too late, Cassie finds out that under his womanizing exterior is an attentive, considerate lover who brings out passions in her that she'd barely glimpsed before.

What if she’s wrong about the third truth? What if the world as she knows it is about to cease to exist?

EXCERPT

Tyler edges next to me, and I draw in a deeper breath, reveling in how good he smells. I don’t think he’s wearing cologne. Tyler doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who’d douse himself in a smelly spray. His scent’s probably just a mixture of soap and laundry detergent. It practically makes me swoon, though I’ll never tell him that. 

He leans down next to my ear. “Still mad at me?”

“Yes.” Despite how good he smells, I’m still annoyed he kissed me after doing god-knows-what to two other girls.

“I tried to leave,” he whispers. 

“Could have tried harder.”

His knuckles skim my spine and stop just above my tailbone. “Never underestimate the power of your rack, cupcake.”

I flush as much from his touch as his words. “Why do you call me cupcake?” I ask. 

His hands slide to my hips, and my breath catches. He pulls me against him, my rear pressed into his crotch. It’s a tiny movement, and the room’s dim enough that nobody seems to notice. His body is hard where I’m soft, and I clench my hands to keep from touching him. 

His fingers twists in my hair, and he gently tugs my head back until his lips are almost touching my ear. His hot breath shudders against my skin. “Because you’ve got chocolate hair and chocolate eyes and a creamy middle I want to delve my tongue into.”

My breath catches in my throat, making a kind of shrieking noise. Every eye in the room turns to me. Tyler releases my hair as I slap my hand over my mouth. I’m such an idiot. I’d thought he’d say something cute like, “Because you’re so sweet.” Leave it to him to turn a Hostess snack cake dirty.  

This book gave me all the feels. Cassie has just gotten through a bad breakup and has sworn off relationships for the foreseeable future. But, her roommate brings up that a "hug buddy" aka f buddy would be a great idea. Cassie is hesitant at first, but when Liz recommends their hot, promiscuous neighbor, she eventually concedes. 

Tyler is the neighbor player. He's tall, dark, and Caribbean blue eyed. What's not to like? But, deep down, Tyler is so much more. Cassie is only looking for a hug buddy, but she gets way more than she bargained for in the end. Tyler has a multitude of layers that Cassie would never know, and in the end she doesn't know what's coming for her. I loved the chemistry between Cassie and Tyler. It was so natural. I also loved Tyler. He could be an a-hole sometimes, but mostly he was really sweet and genuine. I was rooting for him from the start. 

This book had me swooning. Cassie and Tyler's relationship was just too cute, and I really loved their dynamic in the book. It had a natural flow to the relationship, and there were layers to the characters and the story. There were many times I caught myself smiling, because I just loved the dialogue between the two. Tyler is just too sweet for his own good. I am excited to see what his backstory is pertaining to his sick girlfriend and his hate of hospitals. 

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys contemporary romance. I am kind of picky when it comes to contemporary romance, but this book did not disappoint. 

Thank you to the Goddess Fish Promotions for providing a copy of this book. These opinions are my own, and were not influenced in any way. I was not obligated to provide a review. 

Sophie Stevens is a southern girl at heart, living in Texas with her husband and three kids. During the day she’s an aviation engineer. At night she moonlights as a naughty romance novelist with a passion for writing steamy love scenes that make her husband blush. When she’s not testing PCB boards, driving children to practice, or writing, she can be found curled up next to her black kitty reading a good book—a romance of course.  

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