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Mark Sullivan is
going undercover as a male stripper to take down a Mafia crime boss in
Las Vegas. Mark has misgivings about strutting his stuff on stage for
screaming women, but the job does have its rewards--taking down the man
who had an affair with his ex-wife and being in close proximity to the
owner of the club where he’ll be working. But while being next to cki
DiStefano often, Mark finds himself trying to stay one step ahead of
himself when he can’t stay away from her, or her body. Nicki affects him
like no other woman ever has. Can he separate personal from business,
especially when he finds evidence that Nicki might be involved in the
money laundering going on at the club…
Nicki DiStefano
doesn’t have time for distractions. It’s been years since she’s let a
man close to her, opting to spend time with boyfriends of the battery
operated kind instead. But when she meets Mark and sees him in action
onstage, her body comes to life, catches fire and never stops burning.
He wreaks havoc on her senses, her body and her heart. Not one for
entanglements, her club keeps her busy twenty-four seven, she finds
herself wishing for things that perhaps she should be wishing for.
Secrets, sex and
danger are found in Strip Search by Shelley Bradley. This
story could melt glaciers of ice during this one-sitting read. Mark and
Nicki explode in these pages and its heat, passion, humour and Mark
being undercover that hook a reader. Each character has their own
secrets, miscommunications and are barely in one another’s company five
minutes before they’re bodies take over. It’s a delicious and sexually
explosive contemporary romance that readers won’t forget anytime soon.
We met Mark Sullivan
in Bound and Determined, the story of his sister, Kerry.
It was great to reminisce about that story, seeing what life has held
for Kerry & Rafe once again. Mark’s love for his sister is felt in this
story, and his inner turmoil about Nicki, show who the man is underneath
the tough façade. And who knew that Mark had such moves in him--onstage
of course!
The intrigue of who
the leader of the money laundering scheme has a reader second-guessing
themselves. Just when you think you know the answer, you change your
mind, then change it back again. Ms. Bradley keeps her reader hooked by
the powerful writing, making the reader feel every emotional up and down
and creating magnificent characters. And the ending…I can’t give it
away, but I have to believe that we haven’t seen the last of these
characters, one in particular, who I had an inkling about but it wasn’t
confirmed right away. Shelley Bradley simply can’t stop now…we need
more!!
Strip Search
packs a hell of a wallop, is an exciting, steamy and magnificent story.
It receives The Road to Romance Reviewer’s Choice Award for all
the above and more. If I had to rate this book out of ten, it would
certainly get a fifteen! Twists, turns, titillating and explosive sexual
chemistry and memorable characters—readers can’t ask for more.
Strip Search is highly recommended!!!
Reviewed by Tracey West for The
Road to Romance
June 19, 2006 |
