Review: Taking Chances – S. J. Maylee

Lydia’s father walked away from her when she was eight. She’s struggled to not let him affect her, but fears she wasn’t loveable enough to make him stay. Jake wants to love one woman, but after scaring the last woman he met outside of the club, he doubts he has the right. She protects her heart by sticking with her fantasies, and he lives by a set of rules that excludes women who choose a vanilla lifestyle.

The two will be kept in a conference room working together until their special project is complete. If Lydia and Jake hold tight to their bland lives, they’ll always yearn for love that is out of reach. But together they can find common ground, passion, and a reason to take chances. Once they discover the grand possibilities of the love they desire, they find themselves in the very place they tried never to be again, facing unguaranteed love.

Series: The Love Projects #1
Release Date: August 23rd 2013
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Kenna
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

This book was so good!!  I’m so tickled about it.  I’m such a fan of S.J. Maylee.  Her stories are short, exciting, and sexy with characters who have chemistry to spare.

Just a quick rundown.  Lydia is struggling with the idea that there must be something wrong with her because her father left when she was a child.  Jake believes that he can never actually be in love.  He thinks that the fact that he’s a Dom scares women away, so he sticks to unattached subs at the club.

Watching these two come together was really fun.  There was angst of course, but that is necessary to move a story along, and there wasn’t so much that you would want to skip chapters.  There was also some humor, and to me, that just enhances the whole thing.  The first time they had sex was so gratifying!  It happened rather quickly, but that’s mostly because “Taking Chances” is not a long book.  I want to mention here that, this is a BDSM novel, so there are spankings, paddlings, and other toys.  YUM!

I love the background characters (well…all but one of them).  They were perfect, and I’d be more than happy to work in this office, and having friends like these would be awesome.  Life would be so much cooler!!

This is the first in the “Love Projects” series.  There is already a second called “Taking Courage”, and it’s awesome too.  I can’t wait to see if Ms. Maylee will be adding more.  I’ll happily read them.  I’m recommending this one to everyone who likes their romance to be sweet, their sex to be hot, and their BDSM well written.  This book is definitely for you!