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Dirty Charmer
Emma Chase
Release Date May 19, 2020
Abigail Haddock is stunning, sensible, and some would say . . . stuffy. But it’s not really her fault. She was raised in one of Wessco’s oldest, most affluent, aristocratic families—“stuffy” is their middle name. So is successful. Abby’s working overtime to distinguish herself as a top-notch physician, just as her family legacy demands.
She doesn’t have time for nonsense.
Tommy Sullivan’s all about nonsense.
Sure, he’s an elite bodyguard with lethal skills and co-owner of the renowned, S&S Securities Firm—protector of the wealthy and titled. But he’s also rowdy, fun and thoroughly irresistible.
Tommy knows how to have a good time, and he’s never seen someone more in need of a good time than Abby. The lass needs long, wet, filthy kisses—STAT—and he’s just the man for the job.
It doesn’t take long for a wildly sexy, sinfully satisfying, no-strings attached arrangement to turn into something more. Something sweet and addictive and real. But Tommy and Abby are too royally stubborn to admit it.
Tommy Sullivan is charming, handsome, outgoing, and a bit cocky. He used to work for royalty, but now owns a security company with his best friend, Logan. He is a man who always goes with his gut, says just what he thinks, and loves a challenge.
Dr. Abby Haddock otherwise known as Lady Abigail is proper, intelligent, focused, and logical. She always keeps up appearances and thrives on routine and rules. She has had a single-minded focus on her residency and wanting to become the best cardiothoracic surgeon.
After a surprise meet-cute, there are a few hits and misses with them, but both feel a pull and attraction. She is the perfect challenge for him and he knows under that facade is a fiery woman wanting to get out. He gives good teasing and flirty foreplay but nothing comes of it until she finds herself in need of stress relief. But in her typical organized manner, she thinks she can also enforce some rules. But these two are fire, fun, and find themselves totally enjoying each other.
But what happens if one of them catches feelings? And what would their very different families think of this mismatched potential couple?
This is a witty, sexy, opposites-attract story with just enough angst. Tommy is such a sweet, charismatic, swoony hero. I loved how he tried to help Abby become more spontaneous and let go. And she is the first girl that kept Tommy's interest. He is so protective of her and makes her feel special. Their banter and chemistry are spot on. But they are different personalities from diverse backgrounds and have almost conflicting goals. So can they find a way to mesh it all together without it being too messy for someone like Abby who is usually so anxious and compartmentalized?
This is a stand-alone, but I enjoyed getting to visit with his best friend, Logan(Royally Endowed), and some of the royals from the Royally series. And some of their other friends are fun as their lives start to intertwine. This makes you laugh, but also has some tense and emotional moments that tug at your heart. At some points it seemed a bit superficial and I wanted it to dig a bit deeper, but overall I enjoyed it. I hope we see more of these bodyguards from their company in future books.
But what happens if one of them catches feelings? And what would their very different families think of this mismatched potential couple?
This is a witty, sexy, opposites-attract story with just enough angst. Tommy is such a sweet, charismatic, swoony hero. I loved how he tried to help Abby become more spontaneous and let go. And she is the first girl that kept Tommy's interest. He is so protective of her and makes her feel special. Their banter and chemistry are spot on. But they are different personalities from diverse backgrounds and have almost conflicting goals. So can they find a way to mesh it all together without it being too messy for someone like Abby who is usually so anxious and compartmentalized?
This is a stand-alone, but I enjoyed getting to visit with his best friend, Logan(Royally Endowed), and some of the royals from the Royally series. And some of their other friends are fun as their lives start to intertwine. This makes you laugh, but also has some tense and emotional moments that tug at your heart. At some points it seemed a bit superficial and I wanted it to dig a bit deeper, but overall I enjoyed it. I hope we see more of these bodyguards from their company in future books.
This book came across my stack at the perfect time. It was quick, fun, and was a fun return to this royal world. This has appearances by several of the characters from the Royally series, and as such was a fun return to Wessco.
Abby Haddock has her schedule planned with no time for frills. Trying to live up to the family expectations and her own desires, she is working her way to being a surgeon. But her focus leaves little time for anything else.
Tommy Sullivan is all about fun, except when it comes to building the security business he runs with his best mate, Logan. He can see that she needs to let loose, and would love to be the one to convince her to have some fun.
Their paths crossed once briefly, just long enough to form a single memory. When their paths cross a second time, it seems the perfect opportunity to find some no strings attached fun. But the no-strings aspect of their relationship is tested when they start to catch feelings. Family is important to both of them, for different reasons, so what happens to the no-strings fun if both families are not sold on the match?
I loved watching these two form their friendship and then build a relationship. They are a great balance, pushing and pulling their opposite personalities. I loved Tommy from the start. He’s always up for fun, but also knows what he wants and goes for it. Abby took me a little longer to warm up to, but only because I already loved Tommy so much that I wanted her to give him a chance.
It wasn’t overly angsty or dramatic, relying on the building relationship between them for most of the plot movement. But they do have pressure from their families to sort through, which made for some interesting back and forth as they figured out how to bridge the differences.
Abby Haddock has her schedule planned with no time for frills. Trying to live up to the family expectations and her own desires, she is working her way to being a surgeon. But her focus leaves little time for anything else.
Tommy Sullivan is all about fun, except when it comes to building the security business he runs with his best mate, Logan. He can see that she needs to let loose, and would love to be the one to convince her to have some fun.
Their paths crossed once briefly, just long enough to form a single memory. When their paths cross a second time, it seems the perfect opportunity to find some no strings attached fun. But the no-strings aspect of their relationship is tested when they start to catch feelings. Family is important to both of them, for different reasons, so what happens to the no-strings fun if both families are not sold on the match?
I loved watching these two form their friendship and then build a relationship. They are a great balance, pushing and pulling their opposite personalities. I loved Tommy from the start. He’s always up for fun, but also knows what he wants and goes for it. Abby took me a little longer to warm up to, but only because I already loved Tommy so much that I wanted her to give him a chance.
It wasn’t overly angsty or dramatic, relying on the building relationship between them for most of the plot movement. But they do have pressure from their families to sort through, which made for some interesting back and forth as they figured out how to bridge the differences.
Abby
Me: Are you texting while you’re driving??
Apparently, Tommy and his bodyguard brethren are trained to text without actually having to look at their phones, so they can communicate covertly with the device in their pocket.
But I’ve explained to him—at length—that that doesn’t matter worth a damn.
I’ve informed him of the overwhelming statistics on the dangers of texting while operating a vehicle and I’ve disclosed my firsthand experiences of seeing the deadly carnage of such behavior during my emergency room rotations.
And still, after a weighted pause, he replies:
Godly Orgasm Giver : Maybe.
Me: Well, STOP IT!!
For a moment, the screen remains quiet . . . and then those sneaky little dots appear again.
Godly Orgasm Giver: I like it when you get all shouty caps at me—have I ever told you that?
I’m going to revisit the idea of Tommy teaching me how to throw a punch. It would come in handy at moments just like this.
“Is everything all right, Abby?” my mother asks. “You’re all flushed.”
She examines me above her glasses like I’m a bug under a microscope.
“I . . .”
Grogg, the butler, bends down and dips his large, square head towards my grandmother.
“A gentleman is out front, Lady Agatha . . .”
Oh no.
“On a motorbike.”
OH NOOOO.
“Well, send him away.” The Dowager Countess shoos her hand in the air, as countesses do. “We don’t accept solicitations.”
I scramble to my feet. “Actually, he’s here for me.”
I throw my tablet and phone and books into my satchel, to hasten my not-so-great escape.
“Pardon?” my father inquires.
“He?” my grandmother prods.
I swallow hard, rushing out the words. “Yes. He’s a friend. I messaged him for a lift.”
My brother Sterling’s eggs-Benedict-laden fork pauses midair on its way to his mouth.
“I didn’t know you had the sort of friends who road motorbikes.”
“I didn’t know you had friends,” my sister Athena comments, not in a cruel way, but with sincere surprise.
I shrug, looping the strap of my satchel over my shoulder.
“Yes, well . . . you know . . .”
With that brilliant retort, I turn and walk out of the room.
I head towards the foyer, the heels of my knee-high boots clicking rapidly on the marble floor like a ticking time bomb. I yank open the giant front door and . . . come to an immediate stop on the veranda outside of it.
Because Tommy’s there, down the long gray steps on the front drive, sitting easily astride a shiny contraption of chrome and steel, wearing work boots, snug blue jeans and a black leather jacket—looking so sinfully good it might actually be illegal.
I have to remind myself that I’m angry with him, and when I do, I march straight down the steps. His eyes alight on my boots, skirt and light gray sweater—the ensemble gives off an unintended “naughty schoolteacher” feel—and the corner of Tommy’s wicked mouth hooks up accordingly.
“Hello, sweetheart.”
“Are you mad?!”
He takes a moment to think it over.
“Not the last time I checked.”
“What are you doing here?” I hold out my hands. “And what is this?”
“It’s a motorbike.”
“It’s death on wheels.”
He chuckles. “James loaned it to me for the day. The hills are beautiful this time of year—I thought we’d take a ride together. You wanted stress relief, didn’t you?” Tommy taps the shiny handlebar. “A ride on this is as stress-relieving as it gets—better than normal-bloke sex.”
I peer at him. Do I want to know?
Apparently I do, because I hear myself asking, “Normal-bloke sex?”
“Yeah.” He winks. “I mean it’s not better than how I do it—obviously. But the way an average bloke has sex—this is definitely better.”
I shake my head, folding my arms. “Do you have any idea how dangerous these things are? The statistics on motorbike fatalities are—”
Tommy covers my mouth with his hand.
His palm is warm, and so is his voice—a thick, sweet, honeyed tone.
“Do you trust me, Abby?”
After a moment, he takes his hand away and I gaze into those deep, dark eyes . . . falling into them so easily it should be frightening.
My answer is simple. True ones always are.
“I do.”
Tommy smiles fully, and my stomach flutters with that lovely swirling sensation.
“Then climb on.”
He places a helmet on my head, buckling the strap under my chin.
“And you might want to do it fast—your granny’s coming.”
I glance over my shoulder to see the whole family gathered outside the front of the door, a spectrum of curious and gob-smacked expressions plastered on their typically reserved faces. And my grandmother is indeed headed this way, her jeweled necklace jingling as she quickly descends the long slope of stone steps.
“Abigail!”
Her voice is high-pitched and harried—a tone I’ve never heard her use before, and one I’m not keen on exploring now.
“Have to be going!” I lift my hand and give them a thumbs-up. “Talk soon!”
Like a teenager running off with the town bad boy, I hike up my skirt and climb onto the motorbike behind Tommy. He clasps my hands together securely over his stomach.
“Hold on tight, lass.”
I do just that—squeezing my arms around his solid frame and resting my cheek against the warm leather on his back as he revs the engine to life and we pull away with a roar that vibrates in my bones.
And as strange as it is—or maybe it’s not strange at all—I’ve never felt safer.
A stand-alone spin-off from the Royally series.
Royally Screwed (Royally #1)
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Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crowned Prince of Wessco, aka His Royal Hotness, is wickedly charming, devastatingly handsome, and unabashedly arrogant; hard not to be when people are constantly bowing down to you.
Then, one snowy night in Manhattan, the prince meets a dark haired beauty who doesn't bow down. Instead, she throws a pie in his face.
Nicholas wants to find out if she tastes as good as her pie, and this heir apparent is used to getting what he wants.
Dating a prince isn't what waitress Olivia Hammond ever imagined it would be.
There's a disapproving queen, a wildly inappropriate spare heir, relentless paparazzi, and brutal public scrutiny. While they've traded in horse drawn carriages for Rolls Royces, and haven't chopped anyone's head off lately, the royals are far from accepting of this commoner.
But to Olivia, Nicholas is worth it.
Nicholas grew up with the whole world watching, and now Marriage Watch is in full force. In the end, Nicholas has to decide who he is and, more importantly, who he wants to be: a King... or the man who gets to love Olivia forever.
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Some men are born responsible, some men have responsibility thrust upon them. Henry John Edgar Thomas Pembrook, Prince of Wessco, just got the motherlode of all responsibility dumped in his regal lap.
He’s not handling it well.
Hoping to help her grandson to rise to the occasion, Queen Lenora agrees to give him "space"—but while the Queen’s away, the Prince will play. After a chance meeting with an American television producer, Henry finally makes a decision all on his own:
Welcome to Matched: Royal Edition.
A reality TV dating game show featuring twenty of the world's most beautiful blue bloods gathered in the same castle. Only one will win the diamond tiara, only one will capture the handsome prince’s heart.
While Henry revels in the sexy, raunchy antics of the contestants as they fight, literally, for his affection, it’s the quiet, bespectacled girl in the corner—with the voice of an angel and a body that would tempt a saint—who catches his eye.
The more Henry gets to know Sarah Mirabelle Zinnia Von Titebottum, the more enamored he becomes of her simple beauty, her strength, her kind spirit... and her naughty sense of humor.
But Rome wasn’t built in a day—and irresponsible royals aren’t reformed overnight.
As he endeavors to right his wrongs, old words take on whole new meanings for the dashing Prince. Words like, Duty, Honor and most of all—Love.
Royally Raised (FREE short story)
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“He’s a joy to us. They all are. When they’re not giving us migraines.” ~King Henry
No one ever said raising children was easy...but raising a future monarch? That's another story all-together. Get a glimpse into the happily ever after of Wessco's irresistible royals, in Royally Raised - a fun, romantic, heartwarming short story set twenty years after Royally Matched.
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A boy from the wrong side of the tracks...
But these days he covers his tattoos with a respectable suit. He’s charismatic, good looking, smart and trustworthy—any girl would be proud to bring him home to her family.
But there’s only one girl he wants.
She’s an angel on earth, his living, breathing fantasy. For years he’s known her, sometimes laughed with her, once shared a pint with her...he would lay down his life for her.
But she doesn’t see him—not really.
A girl endowed with royal relations . . .
She dreams of princes and palaces, but in her quest for happily ever after, harsh truths are learned: castles are drafty, ball gowns are a nuisance, and nobility doesn’t equal noble intentions.
In the end, she sees her true heart’s love may just be the handsome, loyal boy who’s been beside her all along.
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Our 4.5 star reviews
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Our 4.5 star reviews
Princess Lenora Celeste Beatrice Arabella Pembrook had an unusual childhood. She was raised to be a Queen—the first Queen of Wessco.
It’s a big deal.
When she’s crowned at just nineteen, the beautiful young monarch is prepared to rule. She’s charming, clever, confident and cunning.
What she isn’t…is married.
It’s her advising council’s first priority. It’s what Parliament is demanding, and what her people want.
Lenora has no desire to tie herself to a man—particularly one who only wants her for her crown. But compromises must be made and royals must do their duty.
Even Queens. Especially them.
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Years ago, Edward Langdon Richard Dorian Rourke, walked away from his title and country. Now he’s an adventurer—climbing mountains, exploring jungles, going wherever he wants, when he wants—until family devotion brings him home.
And a sacred promise keeps him there.
To Edward, the haughty, guarded little Queen is intriguing, infuriating…and utterly captivating. Wanting her just might drive him mad—or become his greatest adventure.
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Within the cold, stone walls of the royal palace—mistrust threatens, wills clash, and an undeniable, passionate love will change the future of the monarchy forever.
Every dynasty has a beginning. Every legend starts with a story.
Emma Chase is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the hot and hilarious Tangled series and The Legal Briefs series. Emma lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two naughty (but really cute) dogs. She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
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