RECKLESS - Maya Banks 
Red Hot Summer
Samhain www.samhainpublishing.com
ISBN: 1-60504-034-7
June 2008
Erotic Contemporary Romance - Short Story
Rated: Red Hot

Barley - Present Day

Sheriff J.T. Summers is pretty sure that the promise he made to his best friend is going to kill him.  He’d promised Lucas that he would watch over Lucas’ younger sister, Nikki Durant, but Nikki has other ideas about what J.T. should be doing to her.  She’s determined to seduce him, and he is just as determined to avoid her.  J.T. can’t deny that he’s attracted to Nikki, but between the twelve year age difference, J.T.’s promise to Lucas, and the fact that J.T. is sure that Nikki won’t stay in town for long, he figures it’s best not to get involved. 

The only reason Nikki came back to Barley after college is because of J.T., and she’ll go to any length to get her man.  She even goes so far as to get arrested, but being handcuffed in his jail still doesn’t give J.T. any ideas.  Just what does a girl have to do to get a man to notice her?

A sizzling summer read, RECKLESS pits a very stubborn woman against the man trying very hard to resist her.  There is history between J.T. and Nikki, and friendship, but J.T. needs to understand that Nikki has grown up and is sure of what she wants.  The interaction between them is both sexy and emotional.  Helping to get Nikki and J.T. together are Jasmine, Zane and Seth Morgan, the trio from Ms. Banks’ previous release, BRAZEN.  Though connected, this story stands on its own, as it focuses completely on the relationship between Nikki and J.T.  A sensual tale, check out RECKLESS.

Jennifer Bishop