REVIEW: Holding on Tighter by Shayla Black

 
Holding on Tighter by Shayla Black: Jolie is determined to follow her path. She’s created a very successful fashion company and she’s ready to expand her business. Jolie has no time for love or romance and she’s committed to not following her mother’s path of perpetually falling in love with the wrong man. She cherishes being in control and not answering to anyone.

Heath is looking for something different. After tragically losing his wife, he cut himself off from family and friends. While he considers his next steps, he takes the job of enhancing the security at Jolie’s offices. This was only supposed to be a temporary job, until a series of events that show Jolie may be in danger.

The Brit is a well-trained, sexy distraction for Jolie. She needs to focus everyone on expansion and securing additional funding, but she can’t escape his presence or her reaction to having him around. She has a strict no fraternization policy and Heath definitely tempts her to break that rule.

“You’re egotistical.”
“But I’m right.” He gave her a tight smile. “For the record, if I intended to disregard policy and pursue a woman in the office, I wouldn’t bother with your sister. As you say, she’s naïve and provides no challenge. But you… You would be far more interesting. Pretty, strong, smart, and not easily bendable. Color me intrigued.”

When it appears Jolie may be in danger, Heath steps up as her bodyguard. He’s determined that she won’t be hurt on his watch, but this also means they have to spend almost all of their time together. She chafes at the loss of control, but their explosive chemistry has its own rewards. Heath is so very different from all of the men she’s ever known and she doesn’t know quite what to do with him or the feelings growing between them.

“Guiding you can be like herding a cat, somewhere between difficult and impossible.”
Jolie had to laugh because she knew it was true.
“Most often, you don’t want my interference,” he went on. “You don’t need it.”

In the final book of the Wicked Lovers series, Shayla Black brings the drama, suspense, tension, and dials up the heat you’ve come to expect from the alpha males and their strong women. Holding on Tighter is a sexy battle of wills as they fight to stay one step ahead. Ms. Black provided great characters and enough surprises to keep you engaged. Holding on Tighter can be read as a standalone book in the Wicked Lovers series. Fans of Roni Loren, Lexi Blake, and Lisa Renee Jones will enjoy Holding on Tighter.

Book Info:

 Expected publication: February 7th 2017 | Berkley Books | Wicked Lovers #12

Jolie Quinn is a woman in charge. Her no-nonsense attitude has made her a rising star in the fashion world and her brand a household name among the Dallas elite. Nothing will stop her from achieving her goals—not even the gorgeous British security contractor who seems just as interested in seeing her personal assets as he is in protecting her professional ones.

After a tragedy left him broken, Heath Powell made a rule of staying unattached. But Jolie challenges him in a way he can’t ignore, and he isn’t used to backing down from a confrontation—especially when the reward for winning could feel so good. As passion blazes between them, the stubborn, confident beauty arouses more than his desire. She touches his heart.

When a mysterious enemy threatens Jolie and her company, Heath is the only person Jolie can trust to help. But working with him to save her business might put her dangerously at risk of falling in love…