Private Lessons (Harlequin Temptation, 724)

Rating:
Summary: Sweet Sizzler
Review: As hot as Private Lessons is, and, boy, is it hot, I enjoyed it equally for the characters and the storyline. Julie Elizabeth Leto's books have at their center a lot of emotion and heart. Grant and Harley belong together, their intimate love scene requires a fire extinguisher, and this book demands a spot on my keeper shelf.

Rating:
Summary: Was she, or wasn't she?
Review: For the life of her, Harley couldn't remember if 'professional stripper' was part of her r?sum?. Not after an accident at the client's house left her without her memory. She figured she had to be, given the state of her dress and the bachelor party she'd been hired for. But something about her struck host, Grant Riordan, as being totally out of synch with the picture she presented. He offers to let her stay at his house, a quiet place where she can rest and regain her memory. But resting is not quite the way things work out.

In a sizzling story of true first-love, the author makes us privy to the characters' sensual awakening. Grant, divorced from a cold, corporate wife, had decided that the loner, stuffed shirt life suited him just fine, until 'Harley' showed up at his door the night of a bachelor party for his co-worker. From the moment Harley entered his life, Grant felt his heart begin to melt. First with concern, then with something much stronger, for there was no denying the strong sexual tension simmering between him and his houseguest.

Harley's heart began to pound each time they came close, until the their attraction could no longer be denied. Grateful for his generosity and caring while she attempted to patch the holes in her memory, Harley made sure nothing she did threatened Grant's position in the community or his job. Little did she know that for Grant, none of it mattered. She had come to be the overriding reason for his living. But what would happen when she did recover her lost past? How could they reconcile the two opposed worlds from which they came?

Private Lessons is one red-hot love story. Be prepared to turn up the air conditioning. I may never look at hot tubs or swimming pools quite the same way ever again. And I won't reveal anything further, except to say: The ending will leave you breathless.

Rating:
Summary: Was she, or wasn't she?
Review: For the life of her, Harley couldn't remember if 'professional stripper' was part of her résumé. Not after an accident at the client's house left her without her memory. She figured she had to be, given the state of her dress and the bachelor party she'd been hired for. But something about her struck host, Grant Riordan, as being totally out of synch with the picture she presented. He offers to let her stay at his house, a quiet place where she can rest and regain her memory. But resting is not quite the way things work out.

In a sizzling story of true first-love, the author makes us privy to the characters' sensual awakening. Grant, divorced from a cold, corporate wife, had decided that the loner, stuffed shirt life suited him just fine, until 'Harley' showed up at his door the night of a bachelor party for his co-worker. From the moment Harley entered his life, Grant felt his heart begin to melt. First with concern, then with something much stronger, for there was no denying the strong sexual tension simmering between him and his houseguest.

Harley's heart began to pound each time they came close, until the their attraction could no longer be denied. Grateful for his generosity and caring while she attempted to patch the holes in her memory, Harley made sure nothing she did threatened Grant's position in the community or his job. Little did she know that for Grant, none of it mattered. She had come to be the overriding reason for his living. But what would happen when she did recover her lost past? How could they reconcile the two opposed worlds from which they came?

Private Lessons is one red-hot love story. Be prepared to turn up the air conditioning. I may never look at hot tubs or swimming pools quite the same way ever again. And I won't reveal anything further, except to say: The ending will leave you breathless.

Rating:
Summary: Was she, or wasn't she?
Review: For the life of her, Harley couldn't remember if 'professional stripper' was part of her résumé. Not after an accident at the client's house left her without her memory. She figured she had to be, given the state of her dress and the bachelor party she'd been hired for. But something about her struck host, Grant Riordan, as being totally out of synch with the picture she presented. He offers to let her stay at his house, a quiet place where she can rest and regain her memory. But resting is not quite the way things work out.

In a sizzling story of true first-love, the author makes us privy to the characters' sensual awakening. Grant, divorced from a cold, corporate wife, had decided that the loner, stuffed shirt life suited him just fine, until 'Harley' showed up at his door the night of a bachelor party for his co-worker. From the moment Harley entered his life, Grant felt his heart begin to melt. First with concern, then with something much stronger, for there was no denying the strong sexual tension simmering between him and his houseguest.

Harley's heart began to pound each time they came close, until the their attraction could no longer be denied. Grateful for his generosity and caring while she attempted to patch the holes in her memory, Harley made sure nothing she did threatened Grant's position in the community or his job. Little did she know that for Grant, none of it mattered. She had come to be the overriding reason for his living. But what would happen when she did recover her lost past? How could they reconcile the two opposed worlds from which they came?

Private Lessons is one red-hot love story. Be prepared to turn up the air conditioning. I may never look at hot tubs or swimming pools quite the same way ever again. And I won't reveal anything further, except to say: The ending will leave you breathless.

Rating:
Summary: Was she, or wasn't she?
Review: For the life of her, Harley couldn't remember if 'professional stripper' was part of her résumé. Not after an accident at the client's house left her without her memory. She figured she had to be, given the state of her dress and the bachelor party she'd been hired for. But something about her struck host, Grant Riordan, as being totally out of synch with the picture she presented. He offers to let her stay at his house, a quiet place where she can rest and regain her memory. But resting is not quite the way things work out.

In a sizzling story of true first-love, the author makes us privy to the characters' sensual awakening. Grant, divorced from a cold, corporate wife, had decided that the loner, stuffed shirt life suited him just fine, until 'Harley' showed up at his door the night of a bachelor party for his co-worker. From the moment Harley entered his life, Grant felt his heart begin to melt. First with concern, then with something much stronger, for there was no denying the strong sexual tension simmering between him and his houseguest.

Harley's heart began to pound each time they came close, until the their attraction could no longer be denied. Grateful for his generosity and caring while she attempted to patch the holes in her memory, Harley made sure nothing she did threatened Grant's position in the community or his job. Little did she know that for Grant, none of it mattered. She had come to be the overriding reason for his living. But what would happen when she did recover her lost past? How could they reconcile the two opposed worlds from which they came?

Private Lessons is one red-hot love story. Be prepared to turn up the air conditioning. I may never look at hot tubs or swimming pools quite the same way ever again. And I won't reveal anything further, except to say: The ending will leave you breathless.

Rating:
Summary: Very Good!!
Review: I recently discovered the author Julie Elizabeth Leto. I was so impressed with her style of writing that I am now searching for her earlier titles.

In Private Lessons, Hailey (aka Harley)was desperate for some quick cash and decided to accept an offer to substitute as a stripper for her cousin. The gig was a bachelor party at the company owned home of banker Grant Riordan. Upon entering his home and after a slight accident Harley developes amnesia. (Now we all know that the amnesia bit has been played to death but Ms. Leto's writing style prevents the story from becoming just another amnesia story.)

Grant allows Harley to stay at his home to rest and recover her memory. What follows is a well written story of two very likeable characters as they fall in love.

This story was published as a Harlequin Temptation Blaze. The series is known for very sensual, sexy stories and Private Lessons surely delivered on that account. If you like quick, fun, sexy reads with love scenes that are steamy, don't pass this one up.

Rating:
Summary: Very Good!!
Review: I recently discovered the author Julie Elizabeth Leto. I was so impressed with her style of writing that I am now searching for her earlier titles.

In Private Lessons, Hailey (aka Harley)was desperate for some quick cash and decided to accept an offer to substitute as a stripper for her cousin. The gig was a bachelor party at the company owned home of banker Grant Riordan. Upon entering his home and after a slight accident Harley developes amnesia. (Now we all know that the amnesia bit has been played to death but Ms. Leto's writing style prevents the story from becoming just another amnesia story.)

Grant allows Harley to stay at his home to rest and recover her memory. What follows is a well written story of two very likeable characters as they fall in love.

This story was published as a Harlequin Temptation Blaze. The series is known for very sensual, sexy stories and Private Lessons surely delivered on that account. If you like quick, fun, sexy reads with love scenes that are steamy, don't pass this one up.

Rating:
Summary: Red Hot Read!
Review: Julie Elizabeth Leto is a definite rising star. She writes with such emotion and passion her books are impossible to put down.

If you're looking for hot romance with engaging characters in an equally engaging story, look no further than Private Lessons. And don't forget to clear a space on your keeper shelf for all the great Leto books to come!

Rating:
Summary: Leto is a shining new voice in Romance!!
Review: There comes once in a great while an actor or writer that grabs you from the first time you see their work. From that moment on, you know you will see quality work from them. Julie Elizabeth Leto is such a writer. She is a charming, fresh voice in the romance field, and I love how her characters are very down to earth people; they are your friends or someone you know. She is able to imbue them with a vitality that lets them leap off the pages and into your heart.
Private Lessons is quirky, typical Leto, with sexy, intriguing characters that is written with incisive sharp wit. Grant Riordan is a stuffed shirt. He is an investment broker with a firm that deals with elderly clients who abhor scandal. The firm already has weathered one such front page sex to-do and definitely does not want another. Grant has been pegged to live in the firm's property for a year, and is under the constant spot checks of his boss. Worse, is the old bat across the street is a local reporter for a gossip columnist and she is watching Riordan like a hawk hoping to find more dirt on the firm.

Grant's brother Gus springs a small bachelor party at the house - with Grant sweating bullets, and the nosey neighbour already calling Grant's boss reporting there are too many cars outside. Just as the boss calls to inform him he is coming over to check on Riordan, in walks Harley: the hired stripper. In the fuss that follows Harley informing she refuses to perform, she is knocked on the head and when awakens cannot recall who she is.

Grant is stuck with Harley, since he cannot call the police knowing the questions about a missing person would attact notice of the press and his boss. He has to maintain this stuff shirt life because his ex-wife took him to the cleaners. He needs the job, despite all the extra hassles, because he is fixing up his grandmother's home so she will be able to stay in it until she dies.

In spite of the problems presented by Harley, Grant is immediately attracted to her. He knows she came supposedly to be a stripper for the party, but she seems just the opposite. She is intelligent, well-educated and presents a caring, upright mind.

Harley and Grant are delightfully charming people that will have you smiling and laughing at their predicament.

Leto pulls the hat trick again!!