Review: Obsession by Design by Ravenna Tate

Please have mercy on me, Ravenna Tate.  I am only human, after all.  If you keep writing books like “Obsession By Design”, I might be headed to an early grave because my heart can’t take it.

I’m not sure if I could love this story any more than I did.  It has everything…literally, everything.  The main characters are interesting, and they’ve got amazing chemistry.  The subject is timely, and even a bit on the scary side (No…I don’t mean their relationship).  The plot is well written and thought out.  There’s great dialogue and humor, and it’s intelligent.  And I would be completely remiss if I didn’t mention the sex.  Oh, the sex!  From the first kiss until the very end, Emmett and Liane have just THE hottest sex.  It was nuclear, and I found myself wiggling in my chair just a bit.  Ok…more than a bit.  It was incredible, and it was intense, and I am not kidding when I say it included perhaps the BEST anal scene I’ve ever read (if you’re into that kind of thing).

I want to give you a quick plot rundown, but not too much because the book speaks for itself.  It’s the future, and a group of hackers have destroyed a program that was supposed to help maintain the weather.  Now, the earth is 80% uninhabitable, and most of the people live in underground cities.  There is a group of men who are trying to find those hackers and to stop the virus they infected the project with.  Here, we have Emmett who owns a software/web design company.  He hires Liane, a talented programmer to help work on a database that can be used to search for codenames and identies of the hackers.  There is an instant attraction, and while Emmett isn’t a relationship kind of guy, his intention to bed Liane for only a little while begins to fall apart VERY soon after they’re first encounter.

That’s the gist, and you really MUST read the rest.  “Obsession By Design” is the second installment in “The Weathermen” series, and what a great series it’s shaping up to be.  The first story, “Appetite for Blackmail” is fantastic too.  Obviously, it’s going to follow the adventures of the men who call themselves The Weathermen, and the hackers will eventually be discovered and brought to justice.  I’m excited to have been able to get in on the ground floor, and I can’t wait to see what else Ms. Tate has in store.

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