BOOK REVIEW: Hook by Elisabeth Grace

Title: Hook

Author: Elisabeth Grace

Series: Duplicity Duet #1

Genre: Erotica, Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 25, 2016

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Women loathed me without even knowing my name. Men coveted the very idea of me.

Escort. Call girl. Prostitute. Hooker. Whore.

I'd heard it all. Done it all. 

Over the years I'd felt a lot of things about my occupation...but not regret--never regret. I had my reasons for doing what I did and nothing and no one had ever made me question them.

UNTIL MARCO VALENTI.

He'd changed me and I'd naively fed into the fairy tale.

But Marco wasn't my Prince Charming. He had secrets of his own. Secrets that would eventually rip away everything I held dear.

. . . . . . . . . MY REVIEW . . . . . . . . .

5/5 stars

The title definitely speaks for itself. Hook got me Hooked! The wonderful mix of sexy and sweet in this book made every scene intense and suspense-filled. Elisabeth Grace delivered this tantalizing read with a prose so palpable and exciting that I made it quite hard to put down. 

I was no longer a woman with a life and hopes and dreams. I was simply a vessel, filled to the brim and overflowing with pleasure.

Brandi lived a double life of temptation and hope in the city of sin. During the night, she would let her body be owned so she could be everything her son needed during the day. It was amazing how Brandi's character was perfectly tailored into both being an escort and a mom. Her courage, determination, and fierce heart sets her differently from other heroines. She carried confidence like a queen and carried hope like a saint. 

'And though I’d been with a lot of men, he was the first one to ever see into my soul.'

Marco Valenti was the type of man who preferred uncomplicated pleasures with a woman. But one glance at Brandi and he was sure he would rather have complications with her than none of her. At first glance, Marco was this dream-like alpha male who did everything to get what he wanted. He seemed like a pleasure-driven man. But as the story progresses, little by little, Marco is stripped off of his dominant streak (although this streak definitely set the pages on fire) and showed how much of a good man he is.

“You will curse my name like the devil and then scream it out like a benediction.”

This is one of the rare books that deliciously mixes erotica with contemporary romance. It has the perfect amount of scandal with an equally stimulating sweetness in between. The lead characters' chemistry was ah-mazing! There was a sizzling fire between them that was made more intense by the delay of their contact. And by God, the love scenes were intense. Hot as hell but sensual, too. I would say this book encapsulates all the core needs that we seek out on books. Hook was intense, palpable, exciting, sexy, and hopeful. The kind of book that unleashes all kinds of feels. Get ready to be swept away by #HurricaneMarco