Title: Decadent
Author: Shayla Black
Publisher/Year: Penguin Publishing 5/7/13
Length: 352 Pages
Series: Wicked Lovers #2
Overview
She may not be what she seems…
How can a virgin seeking happily-ever-after with a hot pop star who has a penchant for threesomes win her fantasy man? Kimber Edgington desperately needs a plan to convince Jesse McCall, who’s been her secret crush since they spent a summer together as teenagers, that they are meant for each other. But all the tabloid stories about his sexual escapades make her feel oh so inadequate.
But she’s exactly what men want.
Determined to prove she’s woman enough for Jesse, Kimber turns to bodyguard Deke Trenton for sexual education. Bold and brash, Deke warns Kimber that playing with him is playing with fire. But he can’t bear to imagine the innocent beauty in someone else’s arms. So Deke and his super-sexy cousin, Luc, take Kimber under their wings and dangerously close to the edge of ecstasy. Though she’s saved herself for Jesse, Kimber soon learns he’s not the man adept at stoking her aching, endless need. That’s Deke, and he can’t resist when Kimber begs for more—and more…
My Thoughts
I’ve been looking for something new and light to read and i guess that’s what i got here when i stumbled upon a series that i had started a while back and never continued. don’t know why to be honest but oh well. So we’ve reentered the world of Wicked Lovers and this 2nd installment into the series takes us on a journey of Kimber – a girl who wants to be what her crush/love wants, and yet she’s all that encompasses innocence.
This is where she goes to Deke, a man who worked for her father when she was younger – a guy that she knows has interesting taste in women, and perhaps can help teach him everything that he knows so that she can perform for Jesse, and make him lover her even more. What she doesn’t expect is that there were mutual crushing feelings back when she was younger, and more so a major physical attraction that created problems for everyone.
The story that we have here is a journey of a virgin (of course) who wants to know how to please a man who’s into menage. And of course Deke being the derelict that we’re supposed to have in a story like this, he’s happy to oblige in teaching her yet really really against it at the same time. He actually wants to scare her away because of his history in the past and because he has feelings for her that he’s not quite resolved with, but of course that doesn’t work.
There’s also the added benefit of Luc, Deke’s cousin and the one that he lives with. Luc is also into menage and the one that’s able to really help ground Deke into reality when they’re with a partner. Luc though is everything that Kimber could want – sensitive caring and gentle. While Deke is rough and sharp edges.
You can imagine that Kimbers quest to be taught all about sex is going to complicate things when it comes to Jesse since you can’t expect her to come out of this unscathed – without feelings for the other guys. That’s precisely what happens even though she fights it. That makes the story more complex since we learn that Jesse has different motives in mind for Kimber and we get a second story line there.
Top that off with yet another story line – someone is out for revenge of Kimger’s father – a man who her father had put in jail for whatever horrible crime, and not just is he going after her father, but she’s become a target. So all in all we have 3 complex story lines where people end up in the hospital, dire situations are to be had, relationships are build and broken, and where we hope the story will net out is one that may not be possible.
I’m curious where the other installments of this series pick up, so i may have to go on and read book 3 to see which character it covers off on. So on that note, have a great friday everyone!