Book Review: Dare to Take by Carly Phillips

Dare to Take (Dare to Love #6)
Author: Carly Phillips
Published by: CP Publishing
Publication Date: May 3, 2016
Page Count: 292 (paperback)
Buy it at: Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Source: Kindly Provided by Publisher
Audience: Adult (18+)
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dare to Take is the 6^th (and what appears to be the last) book in Carly Phillips’s Dare to Love series. I was a little nervous that I would be missing important pieces to the story since I have not read any of the other books in this series, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it reads well as a stand-alone. Ella and Tyler’s story is one of second chances.  He is the cliché older brother of her best friend, and Ella has always had a crush on him until the one and only night they spent together years ago after which he broke her heart. Now Tyler is there to rescue her, at his sister’s request, and he and Ella have a second chance at love. It’s a cute story, short and sweet, but there were elements that just felt shallow to me.

Teaser Tuesday: Dare to Take & Club Shadowlands

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat.

"Ella woke up on the hospital waiting room couch, stretched out beside Tyler. Every muscle in her body cramped from the uncomfortable sofa and the unnatural position in which they'd slept. She wondered what had woken her, then she heard the distinctive sound of throat clearing."

-- Dare to Take by Carly Phillips

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"Being in control in bed isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially for a woman," he murmured. She stiffened a little. *He really did read minds, didn't he?* "Seems like the world expects you to have to do everything these days: care for yourselves, your families, your children, your jobs... Who takes care of you, Jessica?" 
--Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair

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