What You Need (Need You, #1)
Lorelei James
New York Times bestseller Lorelei James introduces a new family for readers to fall in love with in the Need You series. The Lund name is synonymous with wealth and power in Minneapolis-St. Paul. But the four Lund siblings will each discover true love takes a course of its own… As the CFO of Lund Industries, Brady Lund is the poster child for responsibility. But eighty hour work weeks leave him little time for a life outside his corner office. His brothers stage an intervention and drag him to a seedy night club...where he sees her, the buttoned up blonde from the secretarial pool who's starred in his fantasies for months. Lennox Greene is a woman with a rebellious past—which she carefully conceals beneath her conservative clothes. She knows flirting with her sexy, but aloof boss during working hours is a bad idea. So when Brady shows up at her favorite dive bar, sans his usual snappy suit, and catches her cutting loose, she throws caution aside and dares him to do the same. After sparks fly, Brady finds keeping his hands off Lennox during office hours is harder than expected. While she makes him feel alive for the first time in years, a part of him wonders if she’s just using him to get ahead. And Lennox must figure out if Brady wants her for the accomplished woman she is—or the bad girl she was.
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0My introduction to this author was a few years ago with her Rough Riders series. I only got a few books in before I had a hard time finding the books available to borrow, but I definitely saw growth in her writing from the first book to the third. With each book I found she added more substance to her characters. Soon after I found the Mastered series and read the first couple of books there. I found them very well written and plan to finish the series someday. Honestly, the only reason I haven’t finished it yet is because cowboys appeal to me way more than martial artists. So I was beyond happy to discover her Blacktop Cowboys series. It had a slow start for me, but I really love that series. Somehow, until recently, it escaped my notice that Lorelei James has a new series. I couldn’t wait to get to the first book.
The concept of this story is great. I love both Brady and Lennox, too. Somehow it fell a bit flat for me though. This time I can’t even explain why. I know I really enjoyed most of the back and forth between the characters. And Brady’s decision to not have sex right away was the catalyst to many hot petting sessions. I even felt the connection between the H and h. When they weren’t together there was something missing. It’s like I was told they both had layers and shown they both had layers, but didn’t feel they both had layers. It’s frustrating to not be able to explain that better. Ugh!
That all being said, I still enjoyed the story and even finished it quickly. Something about their story kept me reading. I was also hoping to get to know Brady’s siblings more (which I’m sure I will in future books) but didn’t see them as much as I would have liked. The scene you think will happen with Lennox’s mother doesn’t happen the way you would expect and I appreciated that. It was a bit anticlimactic, but it was nice to not get the same old story there. From my experience with Ms. James’ other series, they tend to gather steam as she goes along and get better and better. Therefore, I’m looking forward to going along on this ride.
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