Tall, Dark and Tempting

I DO LOVE THE BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS ROMANCE, in this story we have Dylan a tech genius who has made himself very rich and had a few bad experiences with women. His best friend Serena who has been in love with him for years. Serena wants the whole package marriage and kids. Dylan thinks she deserves the best and he doesn’t think he is good enough. Then they take a trip to Las Vegas for business, and Dylan can’t resist her any more. The sex is explosive, and Serena feels she has finally got the man of her dreams. Dylan is trying to protect her from himself, and he creates lots of misunderstanding Dylan is a geek doesn’t know how to express himself properly. This is so hilarious with lots of fun and HOT and SEXY, what more do you want?    

TALL, DARK AND TEMPTING is the third instalment in Erika Wilde’s contemporary, adult TALL, DARK AND SEXY erotic, romances series. This is app developer Dylan Stone, and primary school teacher Serena Fields’ story line. TALL, DARK AND TEMPTING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Told from dual third person perspectives (Dylan and Serena) TALL, DARK AND TEMPTING focuses on the friends to lovers relationship between app developer Dylan Stone, and primary school teacher Serena Fields. Dylan and Serena have been life-long best friends but something has changed between them recently, something that stirs deep inside our story line hero. Having watched Serena struggle in the world of on-line dating, Dylan sets out to develops a ‘boyfriend app’ in the hopes of helping the woman that has always called to his heart but a call to which Dylan is completely unaware. What ensues is the on-going but deteriorating friendship between Dylan and Serena, and the fall-out as Dylan is unable to commit beyond their friendship as Serena wants a happily ever after, a fairy-tale and more. The relationship between Serena and Dylan is a friends to lovers relationship, a relationship wherein Serena’s love for Dylan goes unanswered and unknown. Dylan is oblivious to his best friend’s attraction and want of our story line hero, an attraction that Dylan struggles to return. The 4ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. The colorful secondary and supporting characters include Dylan’s brothers Leo and his girlfriend Peyton (Tall, Dark and Irresistible #2); Aiden and Daisy (Tall, Dark and Charming #1), as well as their mother Grace, and her fiancé Charles, Serena’s friend Chelsea, Leo’s business partner/Dylan’s best friend Eric Miller, as well as a number of men who come and go in our heroine’s life. Eric and Chelsea’s story line is next in TOTAL PACKAGE, co-authored by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde. TALL, DARK AND TEMPTING is a story of friendship and love, heart break and sorrow. The premise is spirited and realistic; the romance is sexy and spicy; the characters are sassy and dynamic. TALL, DARK AND TEMPTING is a fast paced, playful and character driven storyline that will captivate and entertain.

Let me start by saying that I haven't read the first two books in this series, but it's written in such a way that you can totally read it as a standalone. I love the friends-to-lovers genre and this one (a best friends-to-lovers) hit MANY of the highlights of a good one....however, I found it just a touch lacking in that in the attempt to build some angst and drama, Dylan comes off as being a bit wishy-washy. He's known forever that Serena had very UNfriendly feelings for him but HE feels that he's not "relationship material", even though he has the same feelings for HER! It FINALLY takes Serena's severing of the friendship (and a "conversation" with his brothers' and their significant others') to make him really see what's been in front of him the whole time! I did enjoy the banter and the obvious connection between the brothers and their wives and I will read the other 2 books in this series. And once Dylan realized that there ARE no guarantees in love (and life) I actually kinda fell in love with him, too! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves this genre...I love Ms. Wilde's writing style and she is an auto-click author for me!