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Dare to Love

Dare to Love
By Jaci Burton

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A romantic game of chicken-and they're both too stubborn to flinch. Lucy Fairchild, lawyer and heiress to the Fairchild fortune, has just had the worst day of her life. Her father has found the perfect man for her to marry. Yes, she's thirty and single, but that doesn't give her father the right to run her life. She'll choose her own husband-someday. Jake Dalton is struggling to make his fledgling construction company a success. Ever mindful of his father's derogatory comments that he'd never amount to anything, he's spent his entire life trying to prove he's not a failure. From their first meeting on a construction site, verbal sparks fly. Their argument escalates into a dare for a date-and the game is on. Lucy thinks Jake is the perfect fake boyfriend to parade around in the hopes of getting her father off her back. Jake is amused by the chance to annoy both Lucy and her dad-he doesn't intend to take the dating thing seriously. But the heart is a fickle thing, and not above playing dirty. In their quest to prove something-to each other, or maybe to themselves-they find themselves building a case.for love. And suddenly all the rules have changed. Warning: This book does NOT contain hot monkey lovin', threesome action or anyone swinging from the chandeliers (sorry 'bout that). It does contain sexy romancin' on a trampoline under the stars, fun one liners, a dog named Rascal and a smokin' hot construction worker named Jake that the author is convinced you're going to fall madly in love with. She dares you to read it.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #159088 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 216 pages

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About the Author

Jaci Burton is addicted to paranormal stories and has been writing for Ellora's Cave since 2003. She is married to a man who keeps her fantasy life enriched.

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Dare to Love3
Lucy Fairchild was frustrated beyond belief. Her father had just dropped a bomb on her. Lucky her - he found her a husband! He was trying to dictate her life, and she was not going to stand for it. The man he wanted her to marry was the most vile man she had ever set eyes on. When she met a workman at a local construction site, she accepted a date with him all the time knowing how much her father would hate it. Keeping that information at the forefront, she wrote her address on the back of her business card, so he could pick her up.

Jake Dalton knew the second he extended the offer of a date to Lucy; it had been a colossal mistake. He had no business taking the attractive attorney out anywhere. They were different people from different backgrounds, and nothing could ever be between them. He just wished his head could relay that message to his heart because after only spending a short time with her, messages like forever kept running through him.

When Lucy introduced Jake to her father, he was horrified at the choice she had made, but she had no idea of the lengths he would go to for that control. The all-powerful Raymond Fairchild wanted to be in charge of every facet of her life. Jake just hoped they could survive the interference because they learned the hard way that he played for keeps.

This is a more traditional style romance that is very sweet. There are a few sensual moments, but this book is more about the story than the heat. Lucy and Jake are challenged at every turn, and will have to fight to be together.

A Great "Against All Odds" Love Story5
`Dare to Love' is the story of Lucille `Lucy' Fairchild and Jake Dalton two of the most unlikely lovers I think a reader could envision. Lucy comes from the social `elite' and is a successful lawyer and partner in her father's law firm. Jake is a new owner of a construction company, comes from the `wrong side of the tracks' and has worked extremely hard to achieve business success.

Ever walk along a sidewalk where there is a construction project underway and admire some of the handsome man flesh in the vicinity? Well, one of those hotties could be Jake Dalton, tall, rugged, handsome, intelligent and determined to be successful. Lucy walks by Jake's construction site and through a series of rather comical incidents ends up agreeing to go out on a date with him.

Raymond Fairchild, Lucy's father is a controlling, snobbish, manipulative man with Machiavellian tendencies, who has intensions of marrying his daughter off in a `business arrangement', to this slimy repulsive millionaire named Alex. Jaci wrote Raymond Fairchild to be extremely repulsive and I have to say, "I hated that guy"!!!

Needless to say, when Jake turns up at the door of the Fairchild mansion to take Lucy out, old Raymond very nearly busts an artery. Jake and Lucy have `nothing in common', don't you know, because of her `social status'.

Lucy, against her better judgment, opens up to Jake about her father's attempts to control her life and arrange a marriage for her. Jake takes pity on Lucy and presents her with a plan to foil old Raymond by `pretending' to be her boyfriend.

The romantic plot written for these two lovers can only be described as a roller coaster ride as they try and maneuver through barriers of social class, their own preconceptions about each other, and Raymond and Alex's interference.

The love scenes once again are tasteful and written into the plot with perfection. As Jaci likes to say there is no "swinging from the chandeliers", sex in this novel but it is rife with sexual tension and sweet moments. I have to say though, "the trampoline scene" is great fun! Jake and Lucy's story is endearing as it tells a tale of a love strong enough to survive social, personal, business and family conflict.

Dare to Love- A Joyfully Recommended Title 5
When Lucy Fairchild stomps out of her office after her domineering father announces that he has selected a husband for her, she gets heckled at a construction site. This is more than she can take, and she gets into an argument with the owner.

Jake dares her to go out on a date with him - thinking that this spoiled little princess won't be able to handle being in his world. But Lucy surprises him at every turn.

Jaci Burton is a fantastic storyteller and Dare to Love keeps you glued to your seat from the very beginning. I read this all in one sitting - I could not put it down. The characters are so real and believable. Lucy's initial reaction to Jake is charming and funny. They both struggle with their own issues of insecurity and together they discover a lot about themselves. I am Joyfully Recommending Dare to Love and it is definitely one for the keeper shelf.

Vivian
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