BOOK REVIEW ~ COVERT SEDUCTION BY CALLIE CROIX

Title:  Covert Seduction

Author:  Callie Croix

Expected Release Date: January 14, 2013

ARC provided by NetGalley

Navy SEAL Reid Galvin is back from hell and eager to find comfort in Becca Anderson's arms. He knows he hurt her when he cut contact during his deployment, so when his call interrupts her date with another man, he has only himself to blame. But he can't forget what she means to him—or the sexy email she sent him—and he won't miss this chance to claim her as his own.

It's been weeks since Becca heard from the man she thought she was involved with. So when Reid wants to take up where they left off as if nothing happened, she refuses. Then he rescues her from a first date gone very wrong, and she realizes she's not quite ready to let him go.

Reid and Becca have a lot to talk about, but since she's not listening, he's going to have to regain her trust another way—by bringing her most erotic fantasies to life. Making her surrender to pleasure just might be his most important mission.

Book Review

I became a fan of Croix's work since reading her book, Let Me In. She writes with such emotion and startling honesty. Her characters are flawed but full of heart and passion that steam up the pages. 

And Covert Seduction was everything that I hoped and expected. 

Reid and Becca met at a wedding and their relationship grew, blossomed, and then--Reid, a Navy SEAL, left for Afghanistan, with the promise that he would return to her. 

Six weeks later, Becca has given up on the man she thought she was falling in love with. Even though her heart is still emotionally attached to this perfect, wonderful man, she feels that it is time for her to move on. Obviously, she was wrong about the strong connection that they had shared. It must have meant way more to her than him. 

Reid has just returned state side after a military Chinook crashed, killing several SEALs and brothers-at-arms. All the while, he has thought about Becca--the woman who has stolen his heart and he's determined to keep his promise. When he calls her after weeks of silence, he's shocked to hear that she won't be home waiting for him. Instead, she's going on a date with another man.  

What is so obvious a story about a huge miscommunication between two lovers turns into a battle to save Becca's life. And while hiding Becca away, Reid must show her that she means everything to him.

Scorching, mind-blowing sex against a window with the possibility of discovery? Check
Highly intense and erotic love making in front of a mirror? Check
Reader fanning self to help release, er...relieve the heated flush of her checks? Uh...triple check.

Callie Croix writes some serious smexy times with an emotionally and compelling backdrop. I am now a loyal fan.

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ARC REVIEW ~LET ME IN BY CALLIE CROIX

Title:  Let Me In

Author: Callie Croix

Publisher:  Carina Press

Release Date:  May 21, 2012

Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance 

Novella, eBook- 37,000 word count

On leave for Thanksgiving, the last thing marine lieutenant Talia Barnett expects to find is Liam Brodie waiting for her at the airport. He's had a starring role in her fantasies for the past two years, and although she'd love to make them a reality, she has a dark secret that prevents her from taking things further.


A former marine, Liam's specialty is planning tactical operations, and that's just what he plans to do to win Talia. The woman has kept him at arm's length for too long, and this time he's finally going to claim her—body and heart.


What begins as comfort quickly turns hot. When Liam shows Talia a hint of the dominant nature inside him, the submissive part of her flares to life. Though she desires him, she's going back on deployment and doesn't want to dump all her drama on him. Will he find a way to break through the protective walls around her heart and convince her they have a future that goes far beyond the bedroom?

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I am a sucker for a great romance involving a military man. There is just something super sexy about them-and my knees go weak at the sight of a man in is dress blues (or whites--or nekked).

Let Me In has a two-for: Liam Brodie is a former Marine and Talia has just recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan. She is a strong female character and Marine that any woman can admire.

This novella was the first book that I read of Callie's--and it most definitely won't be the last. Her powerful and emotional story hooked me in and drew a tear or twenty. And I thought it was pretty damn clever of her to write about a very real topic of hoarding.

If you haven't caught Hoarders: Buried Alive on TLC, you may not know what I am talking about. But hoarding is a very real and very serious medical condition. People who hoard their belongings until they are almost literally trapped inside their homes have a deep psychological illness and Callie explains how

Talia's mother desperately needs to accumulate things in her life.  And she explains how this uncontrolled obsession effects Talia and her inability to connect to anyone.

Let Me In shows vunerable and tender moments between Talia and and Liam, and the dominant side of Liam as Talia explores her newly found submissive nature.

But the main theme for this novella is acceptance--and the ability for Talia to let Liam into her life. To finally lean on someone and let them in.

"What are you going to do?"

What I've wanted to do to you for almost two years.


"Shhh. Let me in"

Callie Croix packs an emotional story that you fall into and feel in such a short amount of time.