Thursday, August 21, 2014

Review: Detained by Ainslie Paton

Title: Detained
Author: Ainslie Paton
Genre: Romantic Suspense/Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: 1st September 2013
Pages: 250
Book Source: own purchase

Synopsis: Confined in a cold, dull room in the depths of a Shanghai airport, a journalist chasing a career break and a businessman with a shadowy past play a game of truth or dare — deliberately not exchanging names.

They tell each other their most painful secrets and burning desires. One dare leads to a kiss and a wild night of illicit passion, setting off a dangerous sequence of events, bringing exposure and disgrace.

Only the brutal truth can save them. But it will also rip them apart. And it will take more than daring before they can build a new truth together.

My Thoughts:
I'm blaming Kathryn @ Book Date for this one HA, Ainslie Paton is an Australian author I hadn't read or even heard of until I read Kathryn's review of Detained. This is story that benefits from going in 'blind' so I'm not going to give much away. Let me just say I was expecting one thing and got a whole lot more.

Journalist Darcy Campbell has just snagged a career making interview with the reclusive Will Parker, Australian billionaire entrepreneur living in Shanghai. I loved both characters, far from cookie cutter perfect, fascinating back-stories, believable. 

Detained has quite an erotic start, I'm actually surprised I wasn't rolling my eyes muttering *unbelievable* ... far from it. I was sucked in ... hooked on the danger and hotness. And if that isn't enough to get your heart racing, top notch character development is backed up by a story with depth and bucket loads of emotion. Detained has it all ... in spades. It's intense and edgy and sexy as all hell. 

I'll definitely be reading more from Ainslie Paton :)


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15 comments:

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    1. it was pretty HOT Julie, but emotional too :)

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  2. So I'm rather hooked on romance this year, cant really explain why. Glad you liked this one so much.

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    1. Same Ryan lol, I don't normally read heaps of romance but it's been good. Would love to know what you think of this one!

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  3. I like it when you go into a book knowing very little and end up being pleasantly surprised.

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    1. me too Nise, it definitely works in Detained's favour!

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  4. Great! Smiles!
    At the moment I am reading (just started) Nalini Singh's new contemporary Rock Addiction - and I feel like saying - Nalini, go read Ainslie Paton. Rock Addiction starts off very HOT, but well.... so far missing something! Hasn't hooked me like this one did.

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    1. :) I'm so glad I finally got around to reading Detained!
      that's high praise for Ainslie's writing ... not quite so for Nalini Singh. Disappointing when a fave author has one that's not quite up to scratch!

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  5. Maybe. i really can't say what I feel

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  6. Wow, hadn't heard of this one. Sounds like a good story - glad to hear there's some depth too.

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    1. the combination certainly worked for me Mary, I really enjoyed Ainslie Paton's writing!

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  7. This is unrelated but the cover totally reminds me of the Deep Blue Sea movie, haha. Anyways, this one sounds really good. I like the sound of all the romantic moments but the character development is a great bonus.

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    1. haha Alise, we only had the movie cover with the shark on the front so I had to look up others and you're right!!

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