How to Trap A Tycoon by Elizabeth Bevarly

When Dorsey MacGuinness who’s about to receive her doctorate in sociology, wrote a book entitled, How to Trap a Tycoon, she never expected it to reach the top of the best seller lists. Fortunately she’s able to keep her success as an author separate from her graduate studies, where she’s studying the relationship between stuffy men’s clubs and a male dominated society by working behind the bar in such a club serving drinks and listening to the member’s stories. She’s become especially fond of on individual, Adam Darien. Adam really liked the bartender at Drakes and often discussed his problems with her, including the how the recent success of a pop culture book threatened the readers of his men’s magazine. When Dorsey bows to her publisher’s pressure to go on tour, she creates a persona opposite of her normal self in order to protect her identity, but she runs into a big problem now that Adam is stalking her alter ego. Now will Dorsey lose everything if Adam pierces her secret identity or will she end up following her own book’s advice and land herself a tycoon?

If you’re looking for a little fun and a good time, you can never go wrong with an Elizabeth Bevarly book. In addition to the main storyline, Elizabeth created an extremely strong secondary story that was just as good as the main one and both are guaranteed to keep you smiling from the first page. Highly recommended.

Details: Avon, 2000

Excellence Rating: Great

Steaminess Factor: Yummy

My Only Vice by Elizabeth Bevarly

When Sam Maguire agreed to be the Northaven chief of police, the small New England college town that was much farther away from Boston than mere distance would indicate. Here, Sam hoped to escape from the types of crimes he used to investigate on the during his time on the vice squad. The local campus police turned over their lead about a suspected drug dealer to Sam, who followed the information to Rosie Bliss, the sexy owner of the local floral shop. As far as Sam could tell, Rosie didn’t exist prior to moving to Northaven, but after a sip of her special tea, he didn’t care. He only knew that he wanted her and wanted her bad. Rosie was just happy to escape from her past and while she missed the touch of a man, she knew that any relationships would have dire consequences. When Sam entered her life, all she wanted was a temporary replacement for her vibrator, but she got much more than she bargained for. Knowing that sharing her secret with anyone could mean the end of her life, can Rosie find the strength to stay?

This is one hot book with a pair of characters that keep you wanting to read more. I absolutely loved the start of this book and nearly laughed out loud several times while reading it. The rest of the book is equally lighthearted, so if you find yourself in need of a smile, I think this book will provide the cure. Highly recommended.

Details: Blaze #273, September 2006

Bottom line: A great book

Express Male by Elizabeth Bevarly

Marnie Lundy was on her way to her car after spending the evening playing piano in the middle of a ritzy department store when she was assaulted by three different people. In each case, the person mistook her for someone named Lila Moreau, supposedly the most dangerous woman in the word. While the first two men merely terrified her, the third man, Noah Tennant left her feeling both scared and hot at the same time. That is until he arrested her as a threat to national security. Now Marnie must convince Noah she’s a victim of mistaken identity before he puts her in prison or worse, uses her at bait to trap her confederates.

What can I say, I’m hooked on this series too. This story has a very strong plot and a few unexpected twists and turns. It would help if you read the previous book, You’ve Got Male, which introduces the back story for this series. Unfortunately, it looks like next spring for the next volume in the series, Overnight Male. I guess I’d better prepare myself for a long wait :) .

Details: HQN June 2006

Bottom line: A great book