Crave by Janet Nissenson Series: Splendor #2
Published by BookBaby Publication Date: August 30th 2016
Pages: 467
Also in this series: Covet
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The next chapter in one of the most romantic love stories ever told
Luxury hotel heir Ian Gregson longed for his beloved Tessa from afar for more than two years, forced to keep his attraction towards her well hidden. But now that his feelings no longer have to remain a secret, he is free to indulge his constant craving for the woman of his dreams.Shy, innocent Tessa Lockwood is dazzled by her handsome, sophisticated lover, and falls deeper and deeper under his spell with each passing day. But their newfound relationship will be tested by Tessa’s lifelong insecurities, and her fears of succumbing to the throes of depression that have always tormented her.It will fall to Ian to convince her that their love is strong enough to overcome any obstacles that life might place in their way. And that now that he’s finally been able to make her his own, nothing and no one will ever keep them apart again.
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I am really enjoying this series – I do have to warn readers though, if you have read Splendor in the Inevitable series, this is close to the same story with some new content to help drive the story within the new Splendor trilogy.
Crave starts shortly after where Covet left off. Ian is looking for a way to finally tell Tessa how he feels, while Tessa is still trying to find her way on her own. I was happy that the love story between Ian and Tessa takes off fairly quickly and Ms. Nissenson doesn’t make us wait. I do have to say once the love story takes off it really takes off, the heat from Ian and Tessa is sizzling off the page. Told in dual POV’s you get a view of what is going on with both Ian and Tessa. I do have to say there is a lot of sex which I loved but can see it being distracting for others.
If you are a fan of the author’s other books, you do get to see Nathan and Julia from Serendipity and in Crave and I really enjoyed having them in the story. The other great thing that Ms. Nissenson does so well is having her different storylines run parallel with each other. So you get to see different events from other characters POVs and there are other cameos that are fun throughout the story. If I had 1 concern I would have liked a little more conflict – Ian and Tessa against the world. There is some towards the end of the book with some of the previous characters from Crave, I would have like a little more.
The great news is that there is still 1 more book in this trilogy which I can’t wait for – this is a great middle story in this fabulous trilogy.
