180
pages
Cover
artist: Meredith Russell
Available
on KU
Blurb
Can
a touch of Satin bring a straight copper to his knees?
Detective Joel Hunter is on surveillance when he first lays eyes on Satin, the singer with the amazing voice, which is as beautiful as she is. But when the stake-out comes to an end, he can’t resist going back to the bar. He gets a shock when he learns what lies beneath the satin dress, but an even bigger one when he realizes he’s attracted to the owner of that sultry voice - Ross Dauntry.
Detective Joel Hunter is on surveillance when he first lays eyes on Satin, the singer with the amazing voice, which is as beautiful as she is. But when the stake-out comes to an end, he can’t resist going back to the bar. He gets a shock when he learns what lies beneath the satin dress, but an even bigger one when he realizes he’s attracted to the owner of that sultry voice - Ross Dauntry.
Ross can’t figure out why the cop keeps coming back, even after he’s learned the truth. Is Joel attracted to him, or to Satin? Because the answer is important, and one way or another, Ross needs to know…
46,000 words. A standalone novella of satin and sensuality...
Although this story is in the same series as Lace, you will not find Dave and Shawn in these pages - Joel and Ross provide enough heat of their own.
Review
Before I get into my review
proper of this charming, delightful, and sexy story I want to say that while Satin
may be the second book in a series, there is no reason why you couldn’t read it
as a stand-alone. That’s not to say that I don’t urge you to read Lace
too, but you can do on either side of reading Satin.
The problem with giving five
stars to a book is that officially you can’t go any higher. And I have to admit
that no matter how much I adored Lace, I loved Satin even more. I felt
closer to the main characters in this book, I got a bit more drawn into their
dilemmas. In fact, and I might as well be honest about it, I fell a little bit
in love with both Joel and Ross while reading Satin.
I loved that the big issue in
this story wasn’t Joel’s
bisexuality. It may take him a short while to get his head around the fact that
for the first time ever he wants to act on the attraction for another man he
feels, he doesn’t obsess about it or try to deny it. No, the angst in this
story is the result of both men’s past experiences with (failed) relationships.
Ross doesn’t trust Joel’s reasons for being attracted to him and, after that
issue has been result doesn’t believe he will stick around. Joel, on the other
hand, has a hard time believing that it is possible to fall hard, fast, and
deeply for someone he’s only known for a few weeks. It takes these two men a
while before they get their acts together and talk and listen to each other for
long enough to realise that they’re actually on the same page. But their
journey towards that point is intriguing, at times very hot, and both humorous
and angsty in just the right proportion.
As I’ve come to expect from
this author the secondary characters were a refreshing, necessary and
delightful addition to the story. Just as it wasn’t a surprise that the writing
smoothly pulled me along, or that the story captivated me. By this stage I’m
pretty sure in the knowledge that when I pick up a book by K.C. Wells I’m about
to start a story I will lose myself in. Satin once again confirmed all those
qualities.
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