Fifteen
years ago, three girls were thrown together because their brothers were best
friends. Now they're all grown up, and their brothers are grown up too. The Tea
for Two series tells their stories. Fans of New York Times Bestselling Author,
Noelle Adams, will love this newest playful friends become lovers story
featuring Carol and Patrick, releasing January 10, 2017.
Seducing her Brother's Best Friend
Tea for Two #3
By Noelle Adams
Releasing January 10th, 2018
Self-Published
After too many years being overlooked by men, Carol is ready to take action. She wants a man, and she knows which man she wants. Her brother’s best friend, Patrick Stevenson.
Patrick is funny and brainy and the sexiest man she’s ever known, but he has never looked at her as anything except his friend’s little sister. That’s going to change.
Carol isn’t good at flirting. Or seduction. Or anything that requires putting herself out there. But she’s going to make sure Patrick sees her as a desirable woman—and one he wants for more than one night—even if it turns her whole world upside down. He already likes her a lot. He just needs to open his eyes to how good they’d be together.
After all, how stubborn can he be?
Patrick is funny and brainy and the sexiest man she’s ever known, but he has never looked at her as anything except his friend’s little sister. That’s going to change.
Carol isn’t good at flirting. Or seduction. Or anything that requires putting herself out there. But she’s going to make sure Patrick sees her as a desirable woman—and one he wants for more than one night—even if it turns her whole world upside down. He already likes her a lot. He just needs to open his eyes to how good they’d be together.
After all, how stubborn can he be?
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In Seducing her Brother's Best Friend (Tea for Two #3) by Noelle Adams,
Carol has wanted her brother's best friend for as long as she can remember, but
he's never seen her as anything other than a little sister. However now, Carol
is determined to make him see that she's a desirable woman; one good enough to
seduce him to make him realize that they're right for each other. Will Carol's
plan come to fruition, or will Patrick break her heart?
This is the first book I've read in
the Tea for Two series by Ms. Adams, but I've got to say I really enjoyed Carol
and Patrick's book, which is a friends to lovers and brother's best friend
trope encompassing story that entertained me from start to finish with a
heroine that tried her best to make the hero see what was right in front of him
-- a woman that loves him for him. Will Patrick realize how much Carol means to
him before it's too late? However, it was from the moment the hero and heroine
came face-to-face for the first time that had me smiling, as Patrick does his
best to resist Carol while the heroine is determined to make the hero remember
things they've done in the past. Yet, what I liked most of all about the
growing relationship between the hero and heroine is the help they received
from the secondary characters, especially the hero's sister, as Carol is a good
friend and she wants her brother to have what she's found -- love with the
right person.
As for the dialogue, it was intense due to everything
this couple go through on their journey to happy ever after, as Patrick can't
seem to do anything right when it comes to Carol. Will he find the right words
to say to the heroine before he loses her for good? Moreover, the heroine is
strong and brave with everything the hero puts her through in their one-step-forward-two-steps-back
path to happiness and forever after, but I liked that she didn't let it get her
down too much. Really, she was resilient and I liked that she did everything
she could to protect herself from getting hurt by Patrick in the moments where
their relationship could have gone either way in the pair staying together or
going their separate ways.
While the hero, he's quite a
refreshing character and I loved him right from the moment he was introduced
into this story. He's a total genius, loyal, kind and I liked the way he
interacted with the heroine, as they're comfortable with each other and it's
easy to banter playfully with her at times. I also liked that he didn't give up
on the heroine, even when he makes the biggest mess of things that he might
never be able to earn the heroine's forgiveness for. Does Carol overreact?
Overall, Ms. Adams has delivered a
delightful read in this book, which was filled with plenty of tension and
emotion; and where the chemistry and romance was intense, especially since
Patrick is determined to resist Carol and believe that she’s too good for him.
Yet, it was the last chapter and the epilogue that wrapped this story up
brilliantly, as Patrick is determined to win Carol's heart once and for all. No
way can he let her get away, not when they are so good together. I would
recommend Seducing her Brother's Best Friend by Noelle Adams, if you enjoy the
friends to lovers trope, the brother's best friend trope, or books by authors
Jeannie Moon, Melissa Foster, Bella Andre and Sherilee Gray.
She narrowed her eyes even more and
gave him a cool glare. “You might as well just admit it. I know exactly what
happened.”
He groaned softly. “All right. Fine.
I couldn’t believe you’d be acting like… like that.”
“Like what?”
She was making this as hard as
possible for him, and he couldn’t even blame her. “Like you… liked me.” It
sounded ridiculous, immature, but he couldn’t think of any other way to put it.
“And you really can’t believe that I
do?”
He wanted to be anywhere but here,
put on the spot like this. He wanted to get up and leave, somehow escape
everything he was feeling.
But, if he did, that would be it.
He’d never have Carol in his life again. He might have messed this up
completely, but he wasn’t prepared to lose her for good. So he told her the
truth. “No. I really can’t.”
“Why the hell not?”
Carol almost never used to rough
language—even something as mild as “hell.” It seemed to emphasize how upset she
really was.
“I… I don’t even know.”
She stared at him for a full minute.
He could see her chest rise and fall with her heaving breathing. Then she
finally got up, muttering, “You’re a real idiot sometimes. You know that,
right?” She went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.
He hauled himself to his feet and
followed her. “I know I’m an idiot. I know that. But I’m still here, trying to
fix things.”
She was staring into her open
refrigerator, like she’d forgotten what she’d come here for.
“Carol,” he said, touching her
shoulder gently. She looked so hurt and wounded. He couldn’t believe he was
important enough to her to make her feel this way.
She whirled around to face him. “Why
shouldn’t I like you?” she demanded.
He blinked. “Because… because it
seems pretty obvious that it’s just because the others have gotten together.”
“What does that even mean?”
“I mean Emma and Noah got together,
and then Ginny and Ryan got together. So now we’re the only two left. I get it.
I do. It would make sense for us to get paired up in the same way. But that
doesn’t mean it’s… it’s real.”
She made a loud, throaty sound of
naked frustration.
Patrick contorted his face as he was
washed with self-consciousness and confusion. “I’m trying to be honest here.”
“I know you are. I know you are!”
She closed the refrigerator, having
taken nothing out. “Why wouldn’t we be good together?”
“We’re totally different. If I wasn’t
the last guy left in our little group, you’d choose someone totally different.”
He knew this much for sure. He’d been rehearsing it over and over again—for
months now—reminding himself that any soft looks she’d given him had been based
on something other than real attraction.
“How do you know that?”
“Carol, please. I know I act stupid
sometimes, but I do have a functioning mind. And neither one of us deserves to
be stuck with… whoever happens to be left.”
She gaped at him. Literally gaped.
Then her cheeks paled even more. “You think I’m… just whoever happens to be
left.”
“Not you,” he gasped, shocked that
she’d ever even imagine he felt that way. “Not you. Me. I’m whoever is left.”
“You… you… you…” She was panting,
couldn’t even get the words out.
“Me what?”
“You idiot!”
He was processing her uncontrolled
outburst and so he wasn’t prepared for what she did next.
What she did was launch herself at
him, grabbing his head and pulling it down into a kiss.
Since he wasn’t prepared, he couldn’t
control his response. And he’d been wanting her too much, for too long, and not
letting himself act on that desire.
So he didn’t stop it, even though he
knew he should.
He didn’t push her away gently and
explain that it couldn’t happen.
He kissed her back.
Other Books in the Tea for Two Series:
After
too many bad decisions in romance, Emma is going on a man-fast. For the next
six months, she's fasting from men. No sex. No dating. No soulful gazes. No
fond memories of her first crush. She's going to spend the time focusing on her
career, getting in touch with herself, and helping her two best friends with
the launch of their new tea room. No men.
And
that includes her brother's best friend, Noah Hart, who has just returned to
their hometown.
She
doesn't want Noah anyway. He might be even hotter than he was before, but he's
not a nice guy anymore. He's made a fortune by acting ruthless in business, and
the last thing he's looking for is small-town domestic life. He doesn't even
want to be in town again, but a sick grandmother guilted him into it. Then he
has nerve to not even recognize Emma when he sees her again. Maybe it's been
seven years, but a decent guy would remember his best friend's little sister.
Noah
is not a decent guy. Anyway, Emma is on a man-fast. And she doesn't want Noah.
At
all.
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Ginny
Hart loves men. And she loves dating. She just doesn't want a serious
relationship. She's tried it before--with her brother's best friend, Ryan--and
it's clear she's not cut out for it. So she'll keep having fun and focusing on
the new tea shop she recently opened with her best friend.
That's
all she needs in her life.
She
definitely doesn't need Ryan, who is always hanging around and has turned into
a real player. When he challenges her to prove which of them is more popular
with the opposite sex, she takes him up on the bet. One month. Four Saturday
nights. She'll show him she's not still holding on to old feelings. It doesn't
matter if she can't seem to keep her hands off him.
She's
not about to let him win.
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Noelle handwrote her first romance novel in a
spiral-bound notebook when she was twelve, and she hasn’t stopped writing
since. She has lived in eight different states and currently resides in
Virginia, where she reads any book she can get her hands on and offers tribute
to a very spoiled cocker spaniel.
She loves travel, art, history, and ice cream. After
spending far too many years of her life in graduate school, she has decided to
reorient her priorities and focus on writing contemporary romances.
