Reckless

Lex Martin

Feb 2018 · Lex Martin

About this ebook

*** A USA TODAY BESTSELLER ***

Tori…

For the record, I’m not going to hook up with my boss.

I'm a lot of things—a screwup, a basket case, a flunky. But when I take a nanny job to be near my pregnant sister, I swear to myself I’ll walk the straight and narrow, which means I cannot fall for my insanely hot boss.

I don't want to be tempted by that rugged rancher. By his chiseled muscles or southern charm or the way he snuggles his kids at bedtime. Ethan Carter won't get the key to my heart, no matter how much I want him. 

Ethan…

Between us, she's the last thing I need as I finalize my hellish divorce. 

What sane man trying to rebuild his life wants a hot nanny with long, sexy hair, curves for miles, and a smart mouth? A perfectly kissable, pouty mouth that I shouldn't notice.

My focus is on my kids and my ranch, not the insufferable siren who sleeps in the room next to mine. It doesn't matter that she wins over my kids in a heartbeat or runs my life better than I do. Tori Duran is the one woman I can't have and shouldn't want, no matter how much I crave her. 

Ratings and reviews

Lex Martin finds the laughter hiding behind the tears. With humor she gets to the heart of emotions with tempting, yet unforgettable characters. I have not been a fan long, yet somehow it seems like I've read her forever. From Kat and Brady to Tori and Ethan, she writes stories that get under your skin and into your heart. Reckless, is a tale of two strangers finding their way back to love. Through the painful moments, Tori and Ethan learn that life can be full of surprises. Love being the biggest surprise of them all. Endearingly, seductive, yet always entertaining.

Lex Martin is a master in the department of men. Her men are not only visually impeccable, hello Wrangler wearing, tatooed, dad Ethan!!!! But her men are a mix of sweet and alpha with a little (or a lot) rough and tumble mixed in. For me, that equals a recipe for perfection. The picture Lex paints on the ranch in Reckless is lovely, imagining you're sitting under the stars with the characters or cleaning out the stables. You'll feel like you're right there. Getting a sneak peak into Kat and Brady's life (from Shameless) is an added bonus. I loved Ethan and Tori's chemistry. From the first moment they are together, you can feel the heat. Another slam dunk from Lex!

GAH! I was glued to my iPad until I finished this little gem! Wowzah! I loved this single dad and sassy nanny romance. It was so much more than that though. I absolutely loved Tori and Ethan. I met Victoria (Tori) Duran in Shameless. She is Katherine’s little sister. Where Katherine was responsible, Tori is the wild child. She lived life by the seat of her pants. She partied too hard, drank too much, dated the wrong men and got kicked out of college. It wasn’t until Tori had a wake-up call and a spiral down the rabbit hole that she realized she needed to get her life back. She dated a man for 6 months that she thought was her forever. He was everything to her until she found out he was married. He had lied to her through their whole relationship. She was heartbroken and swore off men. She couldn’t trust her instinct when it came to men. She always got it wrong. She moved in with Kat and her wonderful brother in law Brady to help out with the lavender farm and to help with the production of Kat’s business. When Kat and Brady approached Tori about a temporary nanny position with Brady’s friend Ethan, Tori was adamant that she didn’t like kids and wanted no part in it. Even though she loves her niece and was amazing with her. She finally had to give in and reluctantly agreed to an interview. Ethan runs the family business of raising, training and boarding cutting horses. Ethan is the best at what he does, and he used to compete until his father passed away and then he and his brother Logan were in charge of the farm and business. Ethan married his college girlfriend because she had gotten pregnant. Allison came from a wealthy family and Ethan always had a thing for women that were high maintenance. Little did he know that his marriage would be over not long after the birth of their second child, Cody. Mira, his daughter is an adorable, smart and very sensitive 5-year-old. Cody is now almost 2. His wife was never a very attentive mother and she just up asked for a divorce and walked out. For over a year Ethan tried, begged and finally gave up asking Allison to come home. It didn’t work. Logan, Ethan’s very charming and funny younger brother cooks up a scheme to get a nanny to take care of the kids, so his mother can go visit her sister and be able to take a break from the wild children. Logan finds out from Brady about Tori and sets up an interview. Without Ethan knowing about it. Katherine and Tori show up and Ethan is dumbfounded. He isn’t very nice to Tori and she gives as good as she gets, and an agreement is struck that she will be a temporary nanny until they can find someone through an agency. Then the fun begins! I laughed so much. Between Tori and her crazy self and Logan the crazy gigolo, I was giddy. This book had it all! It was funny, sweet, very sexy and there were sad moments where I cried. My heart hurt of Tori, for Ethan and for those sweet little kids that were abandoned by their cold and heartless mother. I wanted to slap that woman! She was quite the actress! Ethan was an amazing hero. He loved with his whole heart. He was so sweet and tender, but he could also be all macho alpha male too. There was a scene in the barn with him and Tori that I needed to turn my fan on high! Good gracious! Just delicious! There were twists I didn’t see coming that just added to the ride! I can’t wait for Logan’s book! If you want a book that will give you all the feels, then I suggest you get going and read this book! I promise you will love it as much as I do. This is definitely going on my re-read list!

About the author

Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of the Dark Texas Nights series (Reckless/Shameless) and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romances, the sexy kind with lotsa angst, a whole lotta kissing, and the hot happily ever afters. When she's not writing, she lives a parallel life as an English teacher. She loves printing black and white photos, listening to music on vinyl, and getting lost in a great book. Bitten by wanderlust, she's lived all over the country but currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and twin daughters.

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