"Intense and sensual romance"

Jesse Chandler has been a part of Kyra Stafford's life for ten years. Their friendship was the only constant to Jesse's life. With Kyra there was a depth, a relationship that he wouldn't allow himself to feel with any other woman. He felt he shouldn't, he couldn't, love a woman, not the way he could Kyra. So what if he had noticed that she was no longer a child in pigtails and instead a very beautiful and talented woman. He wasn't about to risk their friendship, not over sex.

Krya knew the real Jesse. Knew the pain behind the determination not to form any kind of lasting relationship with women. She also knew her own heart, and her body's desire for her sexy friend. After years of wondering what he would taste like, dreaming of the passion to be found in his arms, she decides to force the issue, to make him see her as more than a friend.

At the yearly Gasparilla festival in Tampa Florida, she dresses the part of a lady pirate and kidnaps her handsome friend. As determined as she was to seduce Jesse, he was equally determined not to let her, and his own libido, destroy all they had together. What neither realized, until it was almost too late, was that they had a true relationship, based on trust, admiration, friendship ... and love. Sex was just a bonus.

WILD AND WICKED is a sensational sequel to Joanne Rock's September 2002 release WILD AND WILLING. Both Chandler boys feel they shouldn't love ... and both find out that the heart has a mind of its own.

Mia and Seth were a hard act to follow, but Ms. Rock managed it with flying colors. Jesse and Kyra's story is a bit more intense, a bit more sensual ... but with the underlying romance that makes Joanne Rock's Blazes an auto buy for me.

Reviewed by Michelle Houston
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted May 28, 2004

Read an Excerpt

Jesse Chandler may be a bad boy, but his one source of pride is having never seduced his best friend and business partner Kyra Stafford. But that was before she dons some sexy pirate clothes and "captures" him at the local festival. Now she won't release him until he shares some of his sensual expertise. And her wickedly hot kisses are making him forget why he's supposed to resist...

Summary

Horse trainer Kyra Stafford is tired of being Jesse Chandler's lifetime best friend, silent partner in their horse boarding business, all-around confidante—everything but his lover. When an opportunity presents itself for her to take part in Tampa's annual pirate festival, however, Kyra sees her chance to make Jesse notice her as a woman. Assuming, of course, he recognizes her when she's dressed up as a pirate hussy to abduct him and have her way with him.

Jesse nearly pops an eyeball when he catches a glimpse of his former playmate in a corset. In fact, all Jesse can think of is how to make Kyra his playmate again, in a much more adult way. But he isn't about to risk a friendship along with his business, even if Kyra has turned into a sex goddess with a penchant for role-playing. . . .

The sequel to WILD & WILLING.