Taming Lily by Monica Murphy Series: The Fowler Sisters #3
Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Women
Published by Random House Publishing Group Publication Date: July 7th 2015
Pages: 400
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Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren, Emma Chase, and Maya Banks, the anticipated finale in New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy’s sexy contemporary romance series about three fiery and determined sisters with their own ideas about life and love.
I’m in trouble. Again. And instead of facing my problems head on, I’ve run away. Far away this time, and no one can catch me—not my two younger sisters, Violet and Rose, not my father, my grandmother, or that witch Pilar who wants to take control of my family’s cosmetics company. Now I’m in Hawaii, enjoying the sun and the sand and water, where nobody knows the hot mess known as Lily Fowler. And I’m loving every minute of it.
But someone is watching me. Following me. He’s gorgeous. And soon we’re talking, and against all my instincts, I reveal bits and pieces of myself to Max. It feels good, though I know he can’t be the man for me. These sudden feelings we share are way too complicated, too fraught, too intense.
Then everything explodes and I’m forced to return home. My intentions have always been true, but now everyone’s mad at me. I don’t know who to turn to anymore . . . except to Max. He’s who I want to trust. But I’m not so sure I should. Maybe it’s worth the risk—and what-ifs be damned. . . .
Taming Lily is the third installment of the Fowler Sisters series. We meet “trouble maker” Lily as she runs away from a problem at home and goes to Maui. Max, hired by her enemy, follows her there with the goal to steal her lap top.
It doesn’t take long for Max and Lily to cross paths and his plan to get thrown out the window by a case of mutual instant lust. The action and sexy times between Max and Lily take up a lot of the time in the first part of the book with just dribbles of plot development. As hot as the sexy time was, it started to feel a little repetitive without more to break it up.
The bits and pieces of plot development we got early on come to fruition in the later part of the book. We see both Max and Lily grow up a little and work to do the right thing. They also confront what happened in Maui and what it means now that they are back in New York. Lily’s tender side comes out once they are back home and we see behind the bravado to issues she’s been dealing with for a long time.
I definitely enjoyed Taming Lily, but I do wish that there had been a better balance between the story and sexy times. Having not read the prior book in the series, I was a little worried that I would be lost in the one, but I wasn’t, it works well on its own.
About Monica Murphy
New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite with her husband and three children. She’s a workaholic who loves her job. When she’s not busy writing, she also loves to read and travel with her family. She writes new adult and contemporary romance and is published with Bantam and Avon. She also writes romance as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson.
