HARD COMPROMISE (Compromise Me #2) by Samanthe Beck-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 21, 2016

Laurie Peterson assumes her impulsive one-night stand with sinfully sexy Sheriff Ethan Booker is the biggest surprise of the year…until her bakery burns down while she’s basking in the afterglow. It looks like her dreams are up in smoke, but then Ethan proposes a deal too tempting to resist.

Ethan has no intention of settling for a one-night stand with Laurie. Nor does he want anything to do with the women his wealthy family wants him to meet. Not when he’s waited ten years for his chance to make his move. His deal might have strings—and Laurie may not know the stakes—but nothing will stop this sexy cop from staking a real claim on her body and her heart.

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REVIEW: HARD COMPROMISE is the second installment in Samanthe Beck’s contemporary, adult COMPROMISE ME erotic, romance series. This is Sheriff Ethan Booker, and pastry chef/bakery owner Lauralie ‘Laurie’ Peterson’s story line. HARD COMPROMISE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Laurie and Booker) HARD COMPROMISE follows the building relationship between Sheriff Ethan Booker and pastry chef Laurie Peterson. Ten years earlier twenty two year old police officer Ethan Booker took it upon himself to ‘safe guard’ a much younger, sixteen year old Laurie Peterson. For ten years Ethan waited; bided his time until the girl with whom he fell in love transformed herself into an independent and beautiful young woman, and Ethan Booker decided it was time to claim the woman his heart knew belonged to him. But Laurie’s life comes with baggage in the form of an alcoholic and abusive mother who is constantly demanding money or more, and Laurie’s bakery recently burned to the ground. Ethan will offer up a proposal that benefits them both but losing her heart was never what Laurie in mind.

The relationship between Laurie and Booker is one of immediate attraction but Laurie refuses to add her baggage to Booker’s life. Booker comes from a well-to-do family and Laurie’s mother’s lifestyle will only complicate a relationship with Booker or any man with whom she will fall in love. Opposites attract but Laurie fears dependency on anyone but herself. The $ex scenes are intimate, graphic, numerous and erotic.

We are introduced to Booker’s family including his parents Rebecca and Richard Booker; his sister Kate and her soon to be husband Aaron; Laurie’s best friend Chelsea Wayne (Compromising Her Position 1), and Laurie’s out of control mother Denise Peterson.

HARD COMPROMISE is an emotional story line with a heartbreaking heroine, and a hero who never gave up. The premise is intoxicating; the characters are passionate and sultry; the romance is encouraging and provocative. Laurie’s ‘speech’ at Kate and Aaron’s wedding will cause a tear or two to fall.

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Reviewed by Sandy