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Desire Unexpected (Assassins and Sweethearts Book 1) Kindle Edition

by S.J. Maylee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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Life is passing Nadia Duskin by from her position in the mailroom. It only fulfills two necessities, keeping the repo man away and keeping her up to date on her sexy CEO.

Ethan Wright is prepared to frighten and fire the nosey girl who sorts his company’s mail. After engaging with her at one of his favorite places in the world, he digs deeper.

Together, they find the kind of pleasure that could keep them satisfied for a lifetime. Her love may be the key to putting both of their lives back on track, but to what end? When a man he’s been contracted to kill threatens Nadia’s life, he forces her to face reality. Either they’ll delve deeper into the desires neither expected or they may die trying.
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  1. Book 1 of 3
    Assassins and Sweethearts
  2. Print length
    98 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    April 8, 2015
  6. File size
    1006 KB
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  8. Word Wise
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Cocktails and Books: "Their love for each other was very fierce, and when they began to have sex, it goes completely off the charts. Their love scenes were intense and oh, so hot! They had feeling of a kind of desperation to them. They've found what they were looking for in each other, and they're clinging to it with everything they had." Sizzling Hot Reads: "It had the hot steamy sex scenes but also the mystery behind the group Ethan belonged too. I look forward to more from the Assassins and Sweethearts series."
Redz World Reviews: "over all this is a great start to what promises to be a good series"

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VUE2OOA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Evernight Publishing (April 8, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1006 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 98 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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S.J. Maylee

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S.J. Maylee fell in love with storytelling at a young age and with it came a deep-seated desire for everyone to find their happily ever after. She's finding the happy endings for her characters one steamy story at a time.

When she's not reading or writing, you can find her caring for her garden, laughing with her two young sons, or dancing to her husband's music. She's a PMP (Project Management Professional), Nia instructor, and coffee addict.

As a writer she has a tendency to break hearts, but she always glues them back together.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Sandie Buckley
5.0 out of 5 stars One Hot Assassin
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2016
I don't know about any of you, but I have a tendency to do two things when reading a good book. one) I tend to put myself in the female lead's place, after all, that is what escapism is all about. Two) I also tend to play books out as a movie in my head, complete with dream cast. For me, Ethan Wright was Channing Tatum. So, to say that this book got me seriously hot under the collar would be an understatement of epic proportions.

I'll give you a brief synopsis. Nadia Duskin works in the mailroom at her boss, sexy Ethan Wright's company. This fulfills two purposes, it keeps her in her apartment, and it lets her ogle and keep in the loop about Ethan. One day, on her daily lunch trips to the Art Institute, said sexy boss shows up to ask her why she's been asking about him. Because asking questions about Ethan typically gets one fired.

But once Ethan gets a taste of Nadia, he wants to spend more time with her. And as he leaves her standing in the rain, he decides instead of firing her, he's going to fix her deplorable food truck habit. But Ethan is an assassin. And he can't afford to let distractions get in his way, so after having lunch every day and then the hottest non-vanilla, vanilla sex ever, he decides to keep his distance. Until Nadia sees something she shouldn't.

This, happily for me, is just the start of this incredible series by S.J. Maylee. Every page invites you to keep going, you want to know what's going to happen next. The characters were real, and I found myself rooting for a happy ever after. S.J Maylee is most definitely on my one-click list of authors to buy from.

This was my own book, from my own library.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Needs a lot more background filling in
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2017
I kind of struggled to get into this book. I found Nadia, the female lead, rather spineless and definitely clueless; seriously, who takes a job as a mailroom clerk and doesn't even know what the company she works for does?

Ethan, her hero, if even more of an enigma. We never find out anything about his past other than that his father was a museum curator and he lost his sister in tragic circumstances. That's literally it. No mention of how he got his skills, how he became an assassin, where he and his 'colleagues' met. Nothing. And I'm afraid that I like characters to be drawn in a bit more completely so that I can get to know them, get to understand their motivations and to like them.

Ethan pings my radar in another bad way; he comes off distinctly stalkery on more than one occasion, getting his tech guys to tap Nadia's phone, following her around... at least he didn't force her to change anything about herself, which would have been a real red flag for me.

As it is, I can't say that I particularly enjoyed this book, but I didn't hate it either. The story and dialogue came off a bit choppy, but it all hung together logically. It just needed a lot more of the background filling in. About all I can say, I think, is that it was OK. And consequently I'm giving it 3 stars.

Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book for review through ReadingAlley.
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Tina Redz
4.0 out of 5 stars reviewed by redz world reviews
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015
Desire Unexpected by author S.J. Maylee is the first in the Assassins and Sweethearts series. Nadia works in the mail room. She has always been interested in her boss. She goes to the art museum every day on her lunch hour. She doesn’t expect the man of her dreams to be there waiting for her one day. Ethan is the Ceo of the company that Nadia works for. He really is trying to find out why she keeps asking about him. But when they meet they have a chemistry they both cannot deny. Nadia is the submissive to his dominate nature.
I like the story, it was sweet, with the right touches of heat but the right touches of it. I did find the flow of this story to be choppy. And Ethan can come off as obsessive stalker, but if you can suspend your belief this story is really great. There are some strong BDSM elements in this story but I found that they added to the whole story.
The transitions with moods were what I found choppy. Going from I don’t want you, to I want you, to obsessively thinking about the other person that was a bit much. However over all this is a great start to what promises to be a good series.

Four Twinkling Stars
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Treena Ross Rockstar Book Muse
5.0 out of 5 stars Tall, dark and dangerous DOM...yes please
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015
Desire Unexpected by SJ Maylee was given to me for an honest review. This is about the 6th book I have read from SJ and The Assassins and Sweethearts Series is by far my number 1 favourite!! I loved all the characters the 2 main characters Ethan and Nadia...welll it is chemistry that is beyond hot. Although Ethan is a DOM he is caring, loving and sensitive...his life is full of tragedy but his shining light is Nadia if hecould just see her. Nadia is a no holds barred kind of woman she likes to be controlled and submissive in the bedroom by Ethan of course... but in all other aspects she is a strong independent tell you how it is kind of chick...I love her!!! This series is hot, erotic and so full of suspense with this group of men and their careers just brings a whole new level to the story...I recommend anyone to read this if you like tall, dark, sexy DOMS with a bit of a dangerous edge. Another winner SJ!!!
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Cara Bristol
5.0 out of 5 stars SIX stars for a sexy read
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2015
Wow! SIX stars! I loved this book, and it is SJ Maylee’s best one so far. Nadia is a mail room clerk who works for a company but isn’t allowed to know what they do. What she does know is that she’s helplessly attracted to her boss, Ethan. When her questions into his private life attract too much attention, he plans to scare her, and then fire her—but his desire for her won’t allow it. There is an undercurrent of moodiness, secrecy, and sexiness that runs through this novella that pulls the reader from page to page. I read it in one sitting and couldn’t put it down. I can’t wait to see what SJ does with the rest of the series.
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