Ladies' Man by Suzanne Brockmann ... QC #148

4 Stars! ~~~ Suzanne Brockmann delivers again in this sizzling romantic suspense.

Ladies’ Man by Suzanne Brockmann

Random House Audio – 2006

Narrator ~ Kathe Mazur

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The sexy young man at the airport bookshop was checking her out!  And Ellen couldn’t keep herself from throwing caution to the wind and flirting back. But when he asks for her number, Ellen knows this Ladies’ Man is not one for commitment and besides, she’d be robbing the cradle, he’s got to be ten years younger. But fate has other ideas, and it seems that the person Sam is to meet is the same person Ellen is meeting. They share a very long limo ride alone, and end up stuck in traffic for hours. They can’t keep their hands off each other, and soon find themselves mostly naked and having the most combustible sex either have had. Sam’s astonished when Ellen announces that, though the encounter is one she’ll never top, she doesn’t want to see him again. Ellen’s Uncle a TV talk show host, is being stalked. But Ellen and her two teenage kids are also in the lime light with their tv commercials and guest appearances on Soaps. To Ellen’s dismay the NYPD detective that handles this case is Sam, and he’ll be living with her and her kids in her Uncle’s home. Sam’s not sure who the target of the threatening letters that start to arrive, and the nasty dirty phone calls Ellen and her daughter, Lydia receive. Sam’s determined to have a relationship with Ellen, but is he ready to give up his playboy ways, and can she get over her older woman, younger man hang-ups.

There’s much more to this book than the sizzling chemistry. The stalker plot is done quite well, with the stalker becoming bolder with his threats. There’s a wonderful twist to that plot that I hadn’t seen coming. This was an audio I downloaded from Audible, and I found it the perfect book to help raking the numerous willow twigs at Mom’s a chore not so minded. I know I would love this book in print, but it was a wonderful treat as an audio. The narrator is very talented, and her various accents were exceptional. Sam had always been a player but events in his life had him thinking of changes. Ellen’s a divorcee whose ex-husband had been cheating on her for years, so she’s gun shy. Both are great characters. Suzanne Brockman delivers again in this sizzling romantic suspense. I’ll be happy to listen to this one again!

Excellence: Very Good ~ Steaminess: Yummy

My Totals = 56 ~ Harlequin Imprint = 55 ~ Other Publisher = 1

This was originally published by Loveswept / Bantam ~ July 1997 ..... it was a promotional release ... this original cover is hard to find. Brockmann fans were given a treat when Dell rereleased it in 2006.

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