Deadly Sexy
Beverly Jenkins
Avon, October 2007
$6.99 US, ISBN 0061246395
Love on a lonely highway…
When sports agent JT Blake, or Lady Blake as she is better known, and Reese Anthony, a highly respected attorney and part owner of his family’s international trucking company, meet on a deserted stretch of highway after JT’s car breaks down, the attraction is instantaneous and so explosive that the two don’t even try to fight it.
JT is a little leery at first of getting involved with Reese, but Reese is having none of it. Even though they live on different coasts, Reese’s new job with the football league brings them within close proximity of each other. Determined to wear down JT’s defenses, he begins courting her. And despite her best efforts, JT succumbs, and the two embark on a beautiful, torrid love affair. But as life is known to do, more than a few curve balls, some with serious consequences and repercussions are thrown at Reese and JT.
What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man! Maybe I should change that to what a book, what a book, what a mighty good book! Either way, the line from a classic Salt-n-Pepa song aptly describes how I feel about Reese Anthony and Deadly Sexy. I’m a die-hard romantic, and I love the courting aspect of romance. Courting is an aspect of romance that has really been lost, but Jenkins brings it back in true fashion. Reese is the perfect epitome of old school and new school. And let’s not forget JT. She is, to sum it up in one word, fierce!
Needless to say, I truly enjoyed this book. I’ve read every Beverly Jenkins novel to date, and I must say, this is my favorite. And I believe it’s her best work yet!
- Renee Williams, All the Buzz