Blurb
When Brent Mason looks at Kennedy Randolph, he doesn’t see the awkward, sweet girl who grew up next door. He sees a self-assured, stunning woman…who wants to crush the most intimate—and prized—parts of his anatomy beneath the heels of her Louboutins.
When Kennedy looks at Brent, all she sees is the selfish, Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue–worthy teenager who humiliated her in high school in order to join the popular crowd. A crowd that made those years a living hell for her.
But she’s not a lovesick social outcast anymore—she’s a Washington, DC, prosecutor with a long winning streak. Brent is the opposing attorney in her next case, and Kennedy thinks it’s time to put him through a little hell of his own.
But things aren’t exactly working out the way she planned. Brent has his sights set on Kennedy, and every fiery exchange only makes him want her more—and makes her wonder if he’s as passionate in the bedroom as he is in the courtroom. In the end, they may just find themselves in love…or in contempt of court.
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Review
I’ve absolutely adored Emma Chase’s The Legal Briefs series. There’s no other author I’ve read who can consistently deliver the male point of view as confidently and realistically as Chase. Her heroes are driven men who want what they want and make no qualms about what they’re willing to do to get it, even if that means playing hard ball with the object of their affection.
In a court of law, there are rules to follow…points to be made, but those same ideas apply outside the courtroom where the stakes may even be higher than a guilty or not guilty verdict because logical reasoning is not the only factor in real life – emotions play a huge role in the judgment of the defendant, and the judge and jury in this case is definitely not impartial.
Brent’s always been the wild card in this trio of men, so it doesn’t surprise me that his lack of intimacy in his relationships stems from a past that readers are now privy to…and that backstory is all about the girl who got away…the one who may or not have broken his heart and led him down a 15 year path of selfish and irresponsible acts when it comes to the opposite sex. But when Kennedy Randolph walks back into his life and his courtroom, his game changes and it involves finally getting the girl he’s always wanted even if he made quite a few missteps along the way.
Brent and Kennedy’s story is definitely a battle of wills both in the courtroom and the bedroom. Kennedy doesn’t make things easy on Brent, which is exactly what he deserves for his obliviousness all those years ago. Kennedy’s changed a lot from the girl she was 15 years ago; she’s just as funny and intelligent as she was before, but there’s a fierceness as well as a fragility that Brent didn’t see back then and wants to understand why it’s there now even if he’s somewhat to blame.
I love second chance romance stories where the hero realizes things about himself from his past and does everything in his power to rectify his mistakes, and because the story is told completely in Brent’s POV, readers hear firsthand everything he’s thinking and feeling as he works to make things right with Kennedy and woos her in a way that only a confident and smart ass man can do.
I loved catching up with Stanton, Jake and their respective families and the fact that they make Brent eat his words when it comes to being domesticated makes Appealed even better!
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
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