Bound to Happen (Blaze, 40)

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Summary: Game playing has never been so fun!
Review: In ALL TIED UP, Macy Webb begins this adventuresome series with a scavenger hunt when she gathers the other employees of gIRL-gEAR and some male friends for "game night." Present are Sydney Ford and Ray Coffey, who team up for Macy's scavenger hunt. Ray wins the scavenger hunt, receiving a promise of a pleasure cruise aboard Sydney's father's yacht. Although Ray would have preferred a vacation for two, to keep Sydney company he invites several of her business partners and friends. Now the repercussions from Macy's scavenger hunt continue to reverberate in BOUND TO HAPPEN.

What should have been a vacation pleasure cruise becomes a vacation at an island paradise instead when their yacht strands them on a Caribbean island only twelve hours out of port. Fortunately, Sydney's father happens to own the island and it has every amenity. Sydney blames the island for casting a sensual spell, leaving her desirous of the man to whom she gave her virginity eight years ago. Perhaps if she seduces him, Sydney can get Ray out of her system before they return to the states.

Having Sydney to himself fulfills Ray's fantasy. So the privacy afforded by the change in plans pleases him greatly. The time they spent together during the scavenger hunt merely whetted his appetite for the girl he'd never forgotten-only now she's the woman of his erotic fantasies. He has always wondered why she chose him on that one wild night when she gave him her virginity. Eight years later he still feels a connection. He is not looking for permanence, but he sure would like to find answers and share a good time.

Author Alison Kent neatly ties off the loose ends begun in the previous two installments of the gIRL-gEAR trilogy in BOUND TO HAPPEN. Everyone on the vacation seems to get plenty of heated action, in scintillating detail, with the exception of Sydney and Ray. Indeed, the hero and heroine spend much of the novel lost in a frustrated, needy, desirous condition, which makes for great fun for the reader! The secondary plot concerning Annabelle Lee, nicknamed Poe, develops nicely as this antagonist from the previous novel, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, becomes a solid partner in gIRL-gEAR. I admit to having a weakness for this outspoken, ambitious, sensual, intelligent woman! I also must admit to my favorite scene: a little too much rum in the fruit leads to highly erotic dancing, which the men eventually chance upon. BOUND TO HAPPEN is a sizzling, sensual delight that comes very highly recommended!

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Summary: Long winded
Review: It was awesome, don't get me wrong, but compared to other girl-gear books, and blaze series I have read, I found it a little wordy, and long winded...Good grief I am half way through the book and there is still no sex, I read the sexual excerpts to my fiance when he is at work,...it gives him something to look forward to on the way, home...Since I discovered the Blaze and girl-gear series, we almost always play, before we settle down to supper and our evening at home....You guys are good, but sometimes you could use a little help.....Thanx for listening...Love Ya...

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Summary: Not a book for me.
Review: This book takes place on a Caribbean island where Sydney decides she will have a "fling" with Ray. Sydney feels that Ray distracts her from her career and therefore she could never have a relationship with him. I had a problem picturing Sydney as a sophisticated CEO, especially when she would stick out her tongue at work colleagues. I also couldn't figure out why the two had a problem being together. I did like the Carribbean setting but would've enjoyed the book more if they had a larger problem to overcome.