🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 Dare To Tempt by Carly Phillips

Dare To Tempt by Carly Phillips

Release Date: August 4th 2020 by CP Publishing

Series: Dare Nation #2

Pages: 268

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

He’s a smooth talking jock in trouble
She’s the solution to his problems.
Love is the last thing they expected to find.

Damon Prescott had it all. Star quarterback. Money. Fame. Now? He’s being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs and banned from the sport and team he loves.

Determined to prove he’s innocent, he hires tough as nails private investigator, Evie Wolfe. She’s able to bring a man to his knees with a glare, yet sensual in ways that take him off guard - and she’s everything Damon didn’t know he needed.

Evie’s used to men dismissing her, especially playboys like Damon Prescott so she’s not buying the sexual lines he’s trying to sell. She’s with him to do a job, nothing more. But you know what they say about the best laid plans? Sometimes you end up between the sheets with an arrogant football player anyway.

But when the case is over, can Damon convince Evie she’s the only woman for him or will she leave him tied up in love?

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My Review:

Ever since I read the first book in the Dare Nation Series, Dare To Resist, I couldn’t wait to read Damon and Evie’s story in Dare To Tempt. Needless to say, the story did not disappoint at all. Phillips once again had me hooked from beginning to end.

In this story we get to meet Damon Prescott, a quarterback for the Miami Thunder who has recently suffered a concussion during one of his games. As a star athlete his team depends on him and that alone is a lot of pressure. What made things worse for him was to test positive twice for using performance-enhancing drugs in a random drug test for the team. Now he is suspended from playing and his career is at the verge of meeting its end. Damon knows that he hasn’t taken any drugs to help his career and he wants to show his teammates/fans that he is innocent. It’s his family/management team that make a rather unique suggestion if he wants to save his career. To hire a private investigator to prove his innocence and find out who wants him out of the team. He is shocked to see Evie Wolfe walk through his door ready to help, she was never his type, but looking at her act as his girlfriend suddenly makes him want to turn that into reality if only she’d see that they can have a future together.

Evie Wolfe has been through a lot and that has made her tough and wanting to succeed at the job she loves even more. As a licensed PI, she left her job as an investigator for the District Attorney’s Office and has gone to work for herself instead. Proving to everyone that Damon is innocent will help her business, and bring new clients as well. Yet, no matter how attractive he is, Evie can’t get involved with a client no matter what. Her last relationship was horrible and she is not looking to get into a new one right away. But pretending to be Damon’s girlfriend would prove to be difficult when all she wants is to be with him. Evie has worked really hard to get to where she is and she feels the need to prove to those around her that she can do her job, and she wasn’t expecting to develop feeling for Damon in the process. Now she’ll have to decide if she is ready to jump into relationship before it’s too late.

I’m loving this series, the stories are not only short but they also well developed and pack full of emotions. In this story we get to follow Evie and Damon’s story as they try to solve the mystery behind his positive drugs tests. It was great seeing them work together and be a team. Damon was sweet and attentive towards Evie, especially when she goes through a few hurdles of her own. Evie was such a great investigator, she is mart and knows how to do her job. As the two spend more time together, they start to develop feelings for each other. They understand each other very well, but the question of what is going to happen after the case is closed is in their minds all the time. There isn’t a huge conflict in the story, but it does have a bit of a suspenseful moment towards the end. The ending/epilogue was so sweet and fit them so well. I would highly recommend checking out this book as well as the first in the series. They are somewhat interconnected, so it’s best to read them in order to get the full effect. :)

**I voluntarily read an early copy of this title in exchange for an honest review**

My Rating:

Check out Book #1 in the Dare Nation Series

Dare to Resist

My Review

Meet Carly Phillips:

NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. Want to keep up with Carly? Sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive TWO FREE books at www.carlyphillips.com.

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