Dare to Seduce (NY Dare)

Lucy Dare and Max Savage have each secretly had the hots for each other since they were young. Neither one had any clue that the other felt the same. Max even got married to someone who was a safe alternative. He still feels guilt over her untimely death. Lucy sees his marriage as her never getting what she wants so she runs from NY to CA. She comes home for her brother's wedding. Max is her brother's best friend so he's there as well. Max forces her to confront her feelings and they decide to give in to those feelings. They start a very hot affair, thinking that it will be just a way to scratch an itch while they work together. Of course, it does not work that way and they try to work through their issues to get their happily ever after. This was another fantastic visit to the Dare family. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Review
5 Controlling Stars

Oh Max, you are not a Dare man, but you know what they say guilt by association. This series has been so good. Each book taking a new twist in the romance genre. Dare To Seduce takes us back to the Submissive/Dom relationship. Who would have guessed that Lucy was interested. Max that is who, but like every Dare, Lucy is afraid to commit. So Max will have to use his Dom moves to get what they both want.
While Max is trying to win Lucy’s heart, Lucy’s brothers are becoming more involved with the women that they have fallen in love with. Now Lucy feel she must keep her wall intact. Not wanting to risk her heart.

ARC Provided by the author through Alpha Book Club. Honest review done by Mollien, for Alpha Book Club without influence from publisher or author.

Fantastic story about Max Savage and Lucy Dare. Max is a childhood friend of Gabe, Declan and Lucy Dare, of the New York Dares. Max finally gets the approval of her brothers and moves full speed ahead to win Lucy's heart. Is it too late? Are the changes he sees in her permanent or can he seduce the wild and free out of her?

His marriage to Cindy crushed her! I can almost feel Lucy's pain and hesitation over Max's sudden attention. It breaks my heart that because of life's tragedies, they've wasted so many years. I love that Max wants her so much and has the patience to wait it out. This is a great addition to the Dare to Love series. Carly Phillips has done it again! I can't wait for the next one.

I love Carly Phillips!! I have read all her stories in this series and I always find them a fun read. If you like your stories hot then this is the series for you! The characters in this book were introduced in earlier stories so it would be helpful to read those in order to get a better feel of the personal dynamics going on in the book (these are the New York Dares there are more Dares in Florida). I liked Max and Lucy from the start and enjoyed them throughout the book. My only complaint is that I would have like to see more of a seduction of Lucy by Max....it almost seemed like she caved a bit too easily but again we saw them in earlier books. If you want a fun, hot read this one is for you.

Max has guilt. He loved his wife, but not enough. It was always Lucy Dare for him. Nothing and no one could make him forget Lucy. Max lost his wife and punished himself for not loving her enough for four years. When he sees Lucy again at a party her family is throwing, he sees Lucy's boyfriend treating her badly and he steps in. Can Lucy see that Max is right for her? Will her current boyfriend be her crutch? Max does everything in his power to make Lucy see that coming home is the right thing to do.

Another wonderful Dare story. I loved reading about some of my favorite Dare characters. It was like coming home. Max and Lucy's story was hot and sweet. I can't wait for the next one!

Max Savage owns restaurants and he hires Lucy Dare to decorate the interior of his newest location. Max and Lucy jump into a sexual relationship pretty early in the book. Max is the ultimate alpha male. He hired a famous tv chef to run the kitchen at his new restaurant. I wanted to read more about the restaurant, I love books with restaurants in them. Carly Phillips does not disappoint with this book, except I still haven't found out the sex of Meg and Scott's baby (Dare to Hold), and I really want to know, as I am sure everyone else who is reading the Dare books also wants to know. We get to catch up with Lucy's family, and who has babies now.

This was yet again another great addition to the Dare series. I loved Lucy Dare and Max Savage. I was looking forward to Lucy's story and Carly did not disappoint in production. I loved that the two were so relatable in their feelings and that Max had understanding and patience for Lucy. I could not put this book down. The flow is so smooth and the characters lovable.
a copy was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.

I received this book from Rock Star Lit in exchange for an honest review.

An excellent book about the Dare family. This time was about Lucy Dare and Max Savage. Max's love for Lucy was sizzling the pages but Lucy was fighting her feelings. It was a good story how Max fights for Lucy's love. A good sweet romantic story.

I am definitely enjoying reading these books in this series.

Carly Phillips just keeps getting better and better. I absolutely loved this next book in the Dare to Love series. Max and Lucy were just amazing together. Working together to overcome their past fears and issues was so touching. And the loves scenes were just smoking hot. Loved every moment of this story. Can't wait for the other books in the series!

Lucy sure knows how to make her man react, “you, Max .” She threaded her fingers through his hair, her nails scraping along his scalp. He barely managed to stifle a groan. “While we’re here, I’m yours.” I loved this book Max was attentive, sexy and entertaining.

This book is told in dual third person perspectives. I enjoy books like this but I know some don't. I love the dare series and this book is no exception. Great story line and great characters. They are well developed.

Dare to Seduce jumped right into the seduction immediately. Max wanted (to do brazen things to) Lucy. He didn’t hesitate making his move and desires known. Lucy didn’t seem to have a problem with that since they both had harbored secret feelings for each other for years and through other relationships.

Lucy may not have had a problem with the immediate seduction, but I kind of did. I get they had pent up sexual frustration from years of longing but it felt too quick to me. It’s not because I’m against jumping into the sack immediately in books. It happens all the time. But Lucy and Max were supposed to have this amazing connection based on past history. I was told they had this connection, but I didn’t feel the connection. I’m pretty sure it was because I didn’t get to read about their previous interactions except for from their thoughts. I would have liked a flashback or two to make me feel and believe it.

I started to like the story better once I got to know Max and Lucy better and they transitioned into a relationship. It was fun watching Max’s jealous side come out. And the sex scenes…Dang! They were hot.

I wish I would have connected as well with the characters in the first half of the book as I did in the second half of the book. The book was well written, but that initial missing connection made a book that could have been great good.

Dare to Seduce is part of the Dare to Love series but can be read as a standalone novel.

Another Great Edition to the Dare Family Saga. Love this whole family and the story's just get better and better. Loved the recurring characters of Gabe and Declan and the rest of the Dare family. Absolutely loved Max Savage and how crazy sweet he was to Lucy. Total book boyfriend material. Glad Max didn't give up on Lucy and also loved how he cleared a relationship with her brothers first. Can't wait for Tyler's story.

Loved this book and all the others in the series. Max has always had a thing for Lucy but never did anything about it until be sees her with her poor excuse of a boyfriend. They are together at her brothers engagement party and he kisses her. When they go to the island for the wedding he get them a secluded bungalow instead of a room in the main hotel. He pulls out his dominant side and things progress and she agrees to help him with the new restaurant but keeps herself in check as she is always afraid of losing loved ones. Things get really heated between the two of them and she realizes that you sometimes have to let the past go.

Another good story from Carly Phillips. Dare to Seduce was book 8 in the series and was as well written as the others in Phillips' usual style. But I didn't connect with the characters in the same way I had with the previous books. Still an enjoyable read, and I will continue to read Carly Phillips' books in this series and her others.