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Charade: Impetuous / Outrageous by Lori Foster, Lori Foster
3.0

IMPETUOUS

Grade school teacher Carlie McDaniels dresses up in a harem costume at Halloween and has sex with Best Friends brother-in-law Tyler Ramsey. It's hot, heavy and anonymous. Tyler wants to find his mystery harem woman as he felt they had a connection (other than body parts) and Carlie doesn't want him to find out it was her (she'd be embarrassed).

Carlie hides behind baggy clothes and bad hair styles due to the emotional and psychological damage caused by her first marriage leaving her insecure. Tyler is sick of women using him for money or status and wants desperately to have someone 'know' him. Tyler pursues a friendship with Carlie though she keeps pushing him away and this friendship leads down the inevitable romance/sex path.

Generally a nice story. The protagonists compliment each other though Tyler for me was a lot more likeable than Carlie. They both have baggage and Tyler seemed more accepting of it and their building relationship than Carlie who at times came across rather rude and selfish though she is an apparent Saint of the community.

OUTRAGEOUS

Judd Sanders is working undercover as a stripper to build a case against a gun trafficker. Emily Cooper is trying to find evidence of the gun trafficker after her little brother was scarred by a back-firing illegal weapon.

Emily is a an upper-crust lady who comes across rather impetuous - I really don't think she has thought about how she is going to get the evidence to convict someone as a gun trafficker... anywho, it is just a story... Judd is strong, good lucking cop and has a personal stake in busting the bad guy.

An ok storyline, again the male protagonist seemed a more likeable character but a nice story of opposites attracting but finding out that who a person is and not their background or upbringing makes them a good person, and they have more in common because of this.

In both stories the females have prudish tendencies - I just don't understand female characters who claim intelligence, maturity and independence and can't say the word "sex" or "penis" - this 'demureness' turns me off characters which is probably why I liked the male leads more in these instances. The relationships build very quickly and love matures fast.

Both stories are decent Sunday afternoon reads.