Wanted
by Dee Palmer
Genre: Erotic Romantic Comedy
Release Date: March 30th, 2017
Blurb:
I waited ten years for the right guy, then four come along at once.
I wasn’t even looking for my Mr Right. I thought I’d found him and he was just waiting for that perfect moment to pop the question. When the time came it was far from perfect the event left me a humiliated, broken-hearted mess.
Still, a person would have to be batshit crazy to do what I’ve done, or I’m about to do.
I’m Orange County bound with all my worldly possessions crammed into five suitcases and an agreement to marry one of four complete strangers.
Excerpt:
“Stay, Finn…please,” she mutters, her fat lip wobbling. She’s killing me.
“I can’t, Hope” I shake my head and the heaviness in my heart, the sadness I feel is a fraction of the sorrow I have endured and she knows this. “I wasted ten years of my life with a man who had no intention of marrying me H, and he even took delight in humiliating me about that fact in front of all my friends. He made me feel utterly worthless and now...” I stutter and draw in a fortifying breath, “I have these men and one of them promised to marry me. I get to choose…me, I—” I clamp my mouth shut at my apocalyptic fuck-up.
“Men?” she snaps.
“Man, I meant man.” I wave my hand to dismiss my seemingly silly mistake,
“You said men,” Hope corrects and then gasps. “Finn you didn’t answer that advert?” Her hands fly to her mouth, eyes like saucers and we both suck in a shocked breath.
“I…I…—” I can’t construct a sentence. She steps up to me and interrupts so I don’t have to. I wish she didn’t.
“That’s who you’ve been talking to so secretively these last three months every spare minute. That’s what all this gym shit you’ve been dragging me to morning, noon, and night for the last three months has been all about. It’s because you need to be fit enough to take on four guys?” She stares at me and her mouth is open so wide it’s comical, but I’m not laughing. I’m waiting for the scream, the howl of judgement to rain down on my slutty arse. I draw in a breath and brace.
“Yes.” I tip my chin and time comes to a halt…and continues to halt I frown at my friend, the statue. Her wide emerald eyes are fixed and focused, though I’m not sure on what. I wave my hand in from of her face but she doesn’t flinch. Is it possible to be catatonic standing up?“Hope? Are you okay? You’re kind of freaking me out.” I look around to see if anyone else is observing my friend’s weird behaviour, but no one is paying us any attention. Well, other than the parking officer who is scowling between Dolly and the No Waiting sign. “Hope!” I hiss a little loud, and she blinks and gives a full body shudder, regaining her senses.
“Four guys?” she asks with a degree of aw in her tone.
I hesitate but answer.
“Yes.”
“At one time?” She arches a brow and her lips begin to curl into a wicked smirk.
“Not necessarily. We haven’t actually gone over the logistics,” I reply, a little straight-laced given the topic, but we’re hardly in a secret-sharing environment.
“But they wanted a twenty year old?”
Her incredulous face pisses me off and I place my hands on my hips and tip my chin, my tone is a little on the defensive side.
“Well, they got a mid-to-late twenty-year-old, that has worked her arse to knock the last several years off her clock…literally.” I straighten my back and subtly tighten my tummy in lieu of drawing in an obvious slimming breath.
“Oh babe, you do. You look smoking hot don’t worry about that.” She pats my arms and flashes her best friend reassuring smile. “No. You need to worry more about the fact that you don’t have enough holes, because babe, that’s something you can’t fix at the gym.” She bites her lip to hold in her trademark filthy laugh, but I crack first and she’s quick to follow. She throws back her head, full on belly aching, dirty laughter falling from her lips, eyes streaming, shaking her head. “Oh my God, you’re going to be kept busy around the cock.” She doubles over at her own joke and waves me down because I think she has another. “They’re in the Forces right? They’re going to want everything to run like cockwork.”
“Okaaaay then, are we finished?” I pat her back as she attempts to regain her composure.
“Sorry. So sorry…too tempting, but you’re right, you have a flight to catch…the cock is ticking. No time to be dicking around now.” She snorts out another laugh.
“Hope.” I sigh.
“Look, Finn. I still think you’re batshit insane, but if you have to go crazy at least you’ll have lots of nuts to keep you company.” She pulls me in for a final hug, but I can see she’s genuinely smiling, and her face is a little wet from her tears, but her expression doesn’t hold any anxiousness or tension. There’s a little worry, but that’s understandable. Maybe I should’ve told her sooner. “I just want you to promise to do one thing for me.” She clears her throat and her tone is soft but serious.
“What’s that?” I ask and wait with bated breath for her to tell me what she’ll need from me to ease her mind, and if it’s anything within my power. She hesitates a moment before her shoulders start to shake.
“Pictures…I want lots of pictures.” She snickers some more.
“I’m gone. I’ll call you when I land.” I turn on my heel and start to push the half-tonne trolley away from my best, but annoying friend.
“With pictures!” she calls after me.
“Sure, with pictures.” I turn my back to the trolley, so I’m facing her but pushing the beast up the ramp, away from the cars.
“You go, girl. Take one for the team! Oh wait, no. Take four with the team!” she shouts over the entire departures drop-off area, with the volume of a crowd control foghorn.
About the author:
Dee Palmer hates talking about herself in the third person so I won't. My husband had my iPod engraved one Christmas with 'sing like no-one's listening' and I know my family actually wish they weren't listening because I am, in fact, tone deaf but it doesn't stop me and this gentle support has enabled me to fulfill a dream. This has been a truly brilliant experience. Amazon Best seller in Erotic Romance category and short listed for Erotic Author Guild Best Breakthrough Author and Best Series for The Choices Trilogy in 2015..it's been a pretty fantastic first year!
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My Review:
What did you say? 4 Navy Seals looking for one wife? You've got my full attention!
It's always risky to read a book by an author you don't know but the few words of „4 Navy Seals seeking A Wife“ got me hooked. What am I saying, „4 Navy Seals” was all it took! I didn't care for the woman. Haha! Just kidding ;) But seriously, the storyline with four off-the-charts hot Navy Seal Alphas looking for one woman for all of them together is toe-curling sexy. *fanning myself*
I was thrilled when the book turned out to be perfect!!!
I usually don't like multiple POV's, at least not more than two, but I absolutely loved to get more insight on the men with all their POVs and I'd say the book was much more interesting that way. I don't think I would have liked it as much would it have been just from Finn's perspective especially because of her lack of self-esteem.
Before you say „Oh you love it just for the sex and rant about how much you love it“, let me tell you that in the beginning of the book, I thought that I would have liked to know a bit more about their calls and messages over the months before she flew to the men because maybe I wouldn't have been so surprised and a little shocked at how quickly they hit it off. I mean, they were strangers after all. But I got over my troubled thoughts pretty fast when the temperature skyrocketed.
I believe that bloggers tend to be a bit more criticizing than an average reader so I didn't want the above mentioned tiny details to lessen my love or lower my rating on this book which I actually wanted to re-read instantly after I've just finished it. And honestly, there is no book where you won't have at least one tiny thing that you'd like to change. Nothing's perfect just like in real life because people have different tastes and not everyone likes the same stuff, luckily.
Even though I still don't know much about the guys since it's mostly just easy banter between the characters than get-to-know-one-another-on-another-level-than-physically, I loved all of them equally. Although one of them gave a little more insight on his past. *wink*
The Story:
Finn cannot believe how that one day - the day she had hoped to be one of the best and happiest days - turned out to be the most humiliating and worst of her life.
Now, though, she's about to board a plane to spend the next month with four men; strangers of which she agreed to choose one to marry.
Which one of those four Navy Seals will it be? Can one even decide?
Thoughts:
Oh my! I knew I would like this but I didn't know I would love it so much! I was worried at first that the men would start to outplay one another or that the story would drift off to just bad gang-banging and feared repetitive scenes. But I didn't have to fear any of that because OMG this was off the charts amazing! There were so many scorching hot scenes and some toe-curling gang-banging but also lots of laughing-out-loud moments and deeply emotional events. I was gripped by this intense book and its intriguing characters!
This story - besides the arsehole ex-boyfriend - is like a woman's wet dream coming true although I'm nothing like Finn's character because I couldn't be so open to strangers but I really loved the whole storyline! It was never in any way less than freaking amazing, scorching hot and unputdownable.
And what's better than porn? Exactly, this book! It's scorching hot! Even a kiss will get you wanting more!!
I was wiggling in the seat on the bus on my way home from work while reading this book. It made me laugh and so fucking turned on. People were looking at me strange. HaHa!!
I'm not kidding when I say this book will have you dripping! It's one of the hottest books I've read! Because what's better than four hot navy seals taking turns with their woman? Let me tell you, this book ruined me for all the monogamous men and romance books out there. I just need more than one alpha! =P
Anyway don't worry when you aren't into porn, I mean I more than enjoyed reading it but there is lots more happening to quench your desire about almost anything. This story made me laugh out loud a few times and I rarely laugh with book, it brought me to tears, made my heart ache and most of all, made my pants wet! Haha!!
I was a little worried at one point where the author could have ruined this book for me but luckily, she made me love it even more!!! I just have no more words for how much I LOVED this book!!!
People! Even if this is a new author to you, as long as you are up for four hot alphas and love a good erotic romance than you have to check out this book!! I'm sure it won't disappoint you. And if this author isn't new to you, well then, why haven't you read this book yet?
I would totally jump on any next book with these characters. I loved them so much. Until then, I'm off to re-reading this beauty! =)
Hot, Hotter, Wanted!!
I FREAKING LOVED THIS! <3
-- I received an ARC of this book from Give Me Books Promotions in exchange for an honest review. --
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
