{"id":25549,"date":"2020-06-03T08:17:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T12:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=25549"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:58:50","slug":"review-forbidden-lust-by-karen-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/03\/review-forbidden-lust-by-karen-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Forbidden Lust by Karen Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-25549\" data-postid=\"25549\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-25549 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/forbidden-lust-karen-booth.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Forbidden Lust by Karen Booth\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Forbidden Lust by Karen Booth\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong>Giving in to desire with her brother\u2019s best friend\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A secluded island resort is the perfect romantic setting for the night of passionate abandon Allison Randall plans to share with Zane Patterson. Her elder brother\u2019s best friend has always been off-limits\u2026and Zane is determined to keep it that way. But when a storm strands them together, neither can hold back. Everything Allison dreamed of is finally in reach\u2026until unwelcome revelations threaten a rude awakening!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Harlequin Desire:\u00a0<em>Luxury, scandal, desire\u2014welcome to the lives of the American elite.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>One man\u2019s betrayal can destroy generations. Fifteen years ago, a hedge-fund hotshot vanished with billions, leaving the high-powered families of Falling Brook changed forever. Now seven heirs, shaped by his betrayal, must reckon with the sins of the past. Passion may be their only path to redemption. Experience all Seven Sins!<\/em><\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg?resize=146%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 1, 2020<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Dynasties: Seven Sins<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Harlequin<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Desire<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Forbidden Lust<\/strong> is book 2 in the<em> Dynasties: Seven Sins<\/em> series, a category romance in the Harlequin Desire line. The story is a forbidden love story between <strong>Allison Randall<\/strong>, and her brother\u2019s best friend <strong>Zane Patterson<\/strong>. They\u2019ve known each other for years, but only when they are stranded on a tropical island together do they explore their lingering feelings.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love that a category is like watching a soap opera, you get a short story that fits into one larger world and it\u2019s usually a bit crazy in the best possible way. It\u2019s been years since a read a category romance, but I use to go through them voraciously in the 90\u2019s. This book serves up a brother\u2019s best friend trope with a dash of forced proximity and danger in a most satisfying way.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allison and Zane end up at a resort owned by Allison\u2019s family for separate reasons. Wouldn\u2019t we all love to have family connections like that? After a day or so of enjoying the sun and sand together, a hurricane rolls in. For some rather convenient reasons they are the only two left on the island, and of course that means all that sexual tension that\u2019s been brewing is going to come to a head.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like many category reads the pacing of this book is pretty fast, only occurring over about a week. This quick pace worked pretty well for me since the two main characters had known each other for over fifteen years. Though, it did mean that there were a few points where the action felt put into hyper drive. Also, some of the conversation came off a bit stilted. For example, at one point in the story Allison sustains a mild injury and Zane says they \u201cneed to get ice on that, stat\u2026\u201d. It just seemed an odd phrasing for a scene that wasn\u2019t happening in an emergency room.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are three sex scene which were all at about a 2-3 on the heat level scale. The hero was apparently quite the playboy, but when they\u2019re in bed together he seemed pretty tame and it left me a bit wanting. Some more athletic and intense sex is referenced in conversations, but never shown on page. I was expecting a bit more heat from a book named Forbidden Lust.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from those minor issues I enjoyed reading this book. It was like cotton candy for the soul; sweet, fluffy, and exactly the sort of break I wanted after several more angst filled reads. Zane and Allison have good chemistry and the tropical setting was a nice change of pace for me. Overall, I\u2019m giving this 3.5 stars and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick escapist read.<\/p><p><em>~ Lindsey<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BmgWwW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/forbidden-lust\/id1487133392?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/forbidden-lust-karen-booth\/1134800042?ean=9781335209146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/forbidden-lust-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Karen_Booth_Forbidden_Lust?id=4iW9DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving in to desire with her brother\u2019s best friend\u2026 A secluded island resort is the perfect romantic setting for the night of passionate abandon Allison [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,116,48],"tags":[148,202,216,217,420],"class_list":["post-25549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-harlequin","category-lindsey","category-reviews","tag-3-5-stars","tag-category-romances","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-romance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Her elder brother\u2019s best friend has always been off-limits\u2026and Zane is determined to keep it that way. But when a storm strands them together, neither can hold back. Everything Allison dreamed of is finally in reach\u2026until unwelcome revelations threaten a rude awakening!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Harlequin Desire:\u00a0<em>Luxury, scandal, desire\u2014welcome to the lives of the American elite.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>One man\u2019s betrayal can destroy generations. Fifteen years ago, a hedge-fund hotshot vanished with billions, leaving the high-powered families of Falling Brook changed forever. Now seven heirs, shaped by his betrayal, must reckon with the sins of the past. Passion may be their only path to redemption. Experience all Seven Sins!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 1, 2020<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>Dynasties: Seven Sins<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Harlequin<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Desire<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Forbidden Lust<\/strong> is book 2 in the<em> Dynasties: Seven Sins<\/em> series, a category romance in the Harlequin Desire line. The story is a forbidden love story between <strong>Allison Randall<\/strong>, and her brother\u2019s best friend <strong>Zane Patterson<\/strong>. They\u2019ve known each other for years, but only when they are stranded on a tropical island together do they explore their lingering feelings.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love that a category is like watching a soap opera, you get a short story that fits into one larger world and it\u2019s usually a bit crazy in the best possible way. It\u2019s been years since a read a category romance, but I use to go through them voraciously in the 90\u2019s. This book serves up a brother\u2019s best friend trope with a dash of forced proximity and danger in a most satisfying way.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allison and Zane end up at a resort owned by Allison\u2019s family for separate reasons. Wouldn\u2019t we all love to have family connections like that? After a day or so of enjoying the sun and sand together, a hurricane rolls in. For some rather convenient reasons they are the only two left on the island, and of course that means all that sexual tension that\u2019s been brewing is going to come to a head.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like many category reads the pacing of this book is pretty fast, only occurring over about a week. This quick pace worked pretty well for me since the two main characters had known each other for over fifteen years. Though, it did mean that there were a few points where the action felt put into hyper drive. Also, some of the conversation came off a bit stilted. For example, at one point in the story Allison sustains a mild injury and Zane says they \u201cneed to get ice on that, stat\u2026\u201d. It just seemed an odd phrasing for a scene that wasn\u2019t happening in an emergency room.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are three sex scene which were all at about a 2-3 on the heat level scale. The hero was apparently quite the playboy, but when they\u2019re in bed together he seemed pretty tame and it left me a bit wanting. Some more athletic and intense sex is referenced in conversations, but never shown on page. I was expecting a bit more heat from a book named Forbidden Lust.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from those minor issues I enjoyed reading this book. It was like cotton candy for the soul; sweet, fluffy, and exactly the sort of break I wanted after several more angst filled reads. Zane and Allison have good chemistry and the tropical setting was a nice change of pace for me. Overall, I\u2019m giving this 3.5 stars and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick escapist read.<\/p><p><em>~ Lindsey<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BmgWwW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/forbidden-lust\/id1487133392?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/forbidden-lust-karen-booth\/1134800042?ean=9781335209146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/forbidden-lust-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Karen_Booth_Forbidden_Lust?id=4iW9DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}