Oh, Naughty Night

A Holiday Romance

By Leslie Kelly

Synopsis

Hot for the holidays!

Every Halloween party has its share of eye candy, and journalist Chaz Browning has just spotted a treat he can’t resist—a deliciously wicked witch with sparkly red hair and deep, dark eyes that promise all kinds of sexy tricks. She wants no names. No strings. Just a night of lust-filled magic.

The witch’s mask may hide her face, but Lulu Vandenberg knows exactly who Chaz is. They spent most of their childhoods tormenting each other. So the moment Chaz touches her and everything turns to lust, Lulu knows she can never reveal her identity. But desire has a memory of its own, and Chaz has vowed to find his fantasy woman before the holidays end…

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Tina’s Review

*** ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ***

Lucille is looking for a little fun at the Annual Halloween costume bash she and her two best friends are attending. She recently moved to Washington D.C. after interning in Rwanda and taking a job with the local NGO. Chaz Browning is a photojournalist. He’s fresh back from an assignment from Pakistan and, at the last minute, decides he needs a little American holiday traditions.
They spot each other from across the room. She knows almost immediately who he is, even after nine years, but Chaz does not recognize her through her costume. Lucille is glad that he does not recognize her as the girl from next door that teased and tormented him all through childhood up to graduation.
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Although the recognition was one-sided, the instant attraction was mutual. After an hour or so of give-and-take at the bar, they decided to go back to his place. She’d been adamant about not revealing her identity and only staying for a few hours of fun. He’d been determined to change her mind, wanting to keep her for as long as possible. Several hurtles were thrown in their path and eventually, his mystery girl slipped through his grasp. Like in Cinderella fashion, he’d lost the girl and could not find her anywhere.
Living only a few doors apart, Chaz and Lulu found themselves bumping into one another at a fairly regular rate. The sparks of attraction kept amplifying.
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Ms Kelly writes some very dynamic characters, it’s not hard to become emotionally invested in them. The main characters are very enjoyable, as are the secondary characters. The story flowed smoothly with excellent dialogue and interaction. The plot had enough dimension to keep it from feeling stationary. Overall, it was a sweet romance about childhood neighbors / frenemies that meet years later and discover that their adult selves recognize the deep-seated emotions from childhood may have been “more”. Second chances and forgiveness play a large role in the plot. A slight conflict was presented with wonderful resolve and good closure.

Author Bio:

New York Times Bestselling author, Leslie Kelly writes sexy romances and dark romantic thrillers. A four-time RWA RITA Award nominee, eleven-time Romantic Times Award nominee and 2006 RT Award winner, Leslie has become known for her delightful characters, sparkling dialogue, and outrageous humor in her romances, and for the dark grittiness of her thrillers. Since the publication of her first book in 1999, Leslie has gone on to pen more than forty sassy, sexy romances for Harlequin Temptation, Blaze, and HQN.

In 2009, Leslie began tapping into her love for dark suspense by penning several books under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. The Black CATs and Extrasensory Agents series quickly put Leslie on the must-read list of romantic-suspense fans.

Tired of writing under various names, Leslie decided to go into her next genre–futuristic thrillers with a suspense element–under her real name. Look for her dark, gritty Veronica Sloan books and watch her website, http://www.lesliekelly.com, to see what she will be writing next.

Leslie lives in Maryland with her husband Bruce–her real-life romance hero–their three daughters, two spoiled-rotten dogs, a cute hedgehog and an icky rat that is adored by her animal-loving daughters.

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