"Sometimes it's fun to be bad."

WICKED AND WILLING by Leslie Kelly is the first of Harlequin's Bad Girls Club miniseries. If this book is any indication, this is going to be the most fun miniseries that Harlequin has done.

Venus Messina thinks that the man sitting at the end of the bar is all wet. Claiming she is the long-lost daughter of millionaire Max Longetti, she agrees to go to Atlanta for a week to meet with her "grandfather" in the hopes that maybe this guy wasn't lying.

Troy Langtree is in a slump, but that comes to an end when he sees Venus sitting on the balcony of Max's office. Venus is everything Troy loves in a woman but he puts his attraction on hold when it appears that Venus may be a gold- digger trying to get his new employer's money.

Venus and Troy are so much fun as they work together to find out whether Venus is really the granddaughter of Max, whom she has come to care for, or whether Venus is being used as a pawn in a sick, cruel plot.

Max is the kind of grandfather everyone would love to have. You feel sorry for him considering all that he has lost, but he is also not as feeble as some people would like to think.

I loved WICKED AND WILLING so much. Leslie Kelly continues to show why she is one of my autobuy authors. Her characters are the kind of people you would love to hang out with.

I know you will love this book as much as I did and WICKED AND WILLING will have you hungering for more Bad Girls Club.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted January 26, 2003

The Bad Girls Club — Membership has its privileges!

Summary

Bad Girl #1: Bartender/heiress Venus Messina
Her Motto: Attitude is everything!

Venus Messina has seen it all. Growing up in the system, she's learned how to take care of herself. So when she's approached by a stranger who claims she's the long-lost granddaughter of a millionaire, she's wary. Especially when she meets her "grandfather's" new business partner, sexy Troy Langtree, and falls in lust at first sight.

With his latest fling having ended in disaster, bad-boy businessman Troy Langtree is starting over — in a new city, in a new job. He's hoping he'll be able to figure out what he wants from life. Only, once he meets bad girl Venus Messina, all he wants is to have his wicked way with her — again and again! And if he's lucky, Venus will be as bad as she looks.