Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Wilde Nights in Paradise – Tonya Burrows

He’ll guard her body all night long.

Former Marine Jude Wilde’s motto has always been “burn bridges and never look back,” so nobody is more surprised when Wilde Security is hired to protect assistant district attorney Libby Pruitt, the woman he loved and left. Although she makes it clear she wants nothing to do with Jude, they’re forced to fake a relationship for her safety. He can’t ignore the heat still simmering between them, and when her stalker’s threats escalate to attempted murder, he’s left with no choice but to whisk her away to a friend’s safe house in Key West, FL.

Cooped up in paradise together, Jude begins to chip away at Libby’s resolve to hate him. But even as she gives in to his proximity and her body’s demands for his, she refuses to fall for his charms again. Maybe a torrid affair in the sun is exactly what she needs to get him out of her system. But when her stalker tracks them down, can they escape the steamy Key West night without anyone getting hurt?

Title: Wilde Nights in Paradise
Author: Tonya Burrows
Series: Wilde Security #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 250 pages
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Imprint: Brazen
ISBN: 9781622662241
Reviewer: Shannon
Rating:

Reviewer’s Thoughts

Jude Wilde, youngest of the Wilde clan, was always “the screw up”.  Because he always had a smile on his face, loved adventure and fun, it was a label that had been placed on him and one he tended to live up to.  His biggest screw up:  Elizabeth Pruitt….the woman he’s been hired to protect.

I wasn’t sure I was going to like Jude or Libby as the story unfolded.  She seemed cold and bitchy and he was a little to nonchalant (or so it appeared) about things.  But as the story went on, Jude displayed so many different layers to himself you couldn’t help but like a man trying to break out of a mold that was never really a fit for him.

Jude and Libby had history.  Big history.  College “sweethearts” who’s engagement lasted two days before Libby caught Jude with another woman at a bar.  Fast forward eight years, both Jude and Libby are different people.  They’ve been molded by the demise of their relationship and what they’ve seen and done since that time.  But the moment the two of them are back together, the spark they had flares to life.  Libby fought the spark.  She didn’t want her heart broken again, which she was convinced Jude would do.  Jude knew, immediately, that he was going to do whatever he had to in order to get Libby back.  She was it for him, and he knew it eight years ago.  The lengths he went to and the smoking hot way he convinced her made it hard to put this book down.

I wasn’t so involved in the mystery around who was threatening Libby, because whatever the reason it got these two back together and made them face everything that happened eight years ago and now.

I really enjoy Tonya Burrows style of writing.  It’s a perfect mixture of fun, suspense, sexy hotness and the emotional punch that will bring a tear to your eye.

Great read and one that is perfect this summer while at the pool or beach.

Purchase from Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Nights-Paradise-Security-Entangled-ebook/dp/B00CVNRWUA/ref=la_B00AHCGQZY_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369357562&sr=1-2
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Author Information

Tonya Burrows | Writing has always been my one true love. I wrote my first novel-length story in 8th grade and haven’t stopped since. I received a B.A. in creative writing from SUNY Oswego and I’m now working on a MFA in popular fiction at Seton Hill University.

When I’m not writing, I spend my time reading, painting (badly), exploring new places, and enjoying time with my family. Give me a good horror movie over a chick flick any day. (And, let’s be honest, I’ll take a bad horror movie too!) I’m a geek at heart and pledge my avid TV fandom to Supernatural and Doctor Who. I’m also a big fan of The Voice. What can I say? Guilty pleasure.

I share my life with two dogs and a ginormous cat. We live in a small town in PA, but I suffer from a bad case of wanderlust and usually end up moving someplace new every few years. Luckily, my animals are all excellent travel buddies.

Author Website: http://www.tonyaburrows.com

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