Simply Irresistible

· Deborah A. Cooke
4.5
85 reviews
Ebook
320
Pages

About this ebook

Tyler McKay has had enough...

Going to his fourth sister's wedding without a date will only encourage his female relations to ÒhelpÓ him find romance. Ty's ready to wait for Ms. Right and is busy enough as the finance guy for F5. When he learns that the cute woman who works in his building is in the same predicament, he's sure that fake dates are the perfect solution. She agrees, but Ty soon realizes that there's far more to Amy than meets the eye. When she enrolls in a bondage class at F5, he finds himself taking a disguise as dangerous Matteo to keep her safe. How far will he go to win the heart of a woman he finds...simply irresistible?

Amy Thornton canÕt get enough...

Amy canÕt resist another romance about a hot hero and the woman who steals his heart away with naughty games. When she decides to write her own book, she knows she needs to do research. Her fake date, Tyler, is gorgeous but too nice to play naughty gamesÑunlike Matteo, AmyÕs mysterious personal instructor at F5, who plays them so well. When Amy has to choose, will she pick the nice guy or the promise of the forbidden pleasures she finds...simply irresistible?

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Deborah Cooke's Flatiron Five World.

Once upon a recession, five friends banded together to find success. Ten years later, their exclusive fitness club, Flatiron Five, is the hottest destination in Manhattan. People flock to F5 to get fit, to get lucky, and even, to fall in love. The founding partners have been immune to F5Õs spellÑat least, so far...

The Flatiron Five series of contemporary romances and romantic comedies are set in New York City, and feature the partners in a successful gym. The books should be read in order.

1. Simply Irresistible

Tyler needs a fake date for his sister's wedding and the pretty woman who works in his building seems like the perfect choice. Little does he know that Amy has a taste for hot romance novels, much less that he'll take on a secret identity to ensure that he's the one to fulfill her fantasies. What if Amy wants his alter ego more than Tyler?

2. Addicted to Love

Kyle has always known that Ty's sister Lauren is the One, even before he realized she was Ty's sister. He also knows that he isn't the right guy for her and that he'll only let her down. When Lauren's marriage collapses, though, and she asks Kyle for sexual satisfaction, he can't say no to a fling. In this second chance romance, both Kyle and Lauren have to reconsider their assumptions. Can they find a happily ever after together?

3. In the Midnight Hour

Haley wants to learn therapeutic massage and the guy who visits his mom at the hospital and eases her pain with his touch is clearly the teacher she needs. He's also incredibly hot. She learns a lot more from Damon than she anticipates, when his touch awakens her sensual side, but Damon knows his nightmares mean he can never fall asleep with anyone. He thinks he's better off alone, but can Haley heal him with her love?

4. Some Guys Have All the Luck

Cassie returns home to the small town she couldn't wait to leave, only to meet the high school bad boy one more time. Reid is a local success, against all odds, but just as tempting as before. Cassie surrenders to a fling, just to satisfy her curiosity, not realizing that Reid wants a whole lot more. In fact, he's hoping to convince Cassie to stay this time...

5. Going to the Chapel

This short story is subtitled Two Weddings and a Baby, which pretty much tells you what it's about.

6. Bad Case of Loving You

Lyssa comes back into Theo's life and he takes a second chance on love - but Lyssa has a secret that she has to share, even though she fears her confession will destroy his feelings for her forever. Can they have just one last night together?

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In In the Midnight Hour, the partners add a tattoo shop to F5's services for members. A legendary tattoo artist, Chynna, runs the shop and gives away a tattoo on each full moon. The rumor is that the tattoo will bring true love to the recipient. Cassie gets the first one in In the Midnight Hour.Ê

The Secret Heart Ink series are shorter contemporary romances, telling the stories of those full moon tattoos and their bearers. They should be read in order. The first three feature three friends who were on a girls' weekend in NYC when one of them won the first tattoo.

1. Snowbound

Olivia doesn't believe in magical tattoos or relationships lasting forever, but the tattoo is a good reminder to take advantage of everything life offers. She's always wanted her best friend's brother, Spencer, and she's leaving the country. Her best friends help her plan one seduction, an hour with Spencer that will disguise her identity from him - but once Spencer realizes it's Olivia who is seducing him, he changes all the rules in his determination to turn this fling into forever.

2. Spring Fever

Reyna wants a taste of the new resident in town, a hot guy who walks like a cop and is just what she believes she needs to end a long run of celibacy. But Kade wants more than just sex with the gorgeous woman who runs the most successful business in town, selling cupcakes - he intends to unravel Reyna's secrets and once he starts, there's no stopping him from falling love. Can he convince Reyna to take a chance on love again?

3. One Hot Summer Night

One hot summer night, Lexi takes a chance and seduces Gabe, whose intensity and principles have interested her for a long time. Little does she realize that Gabe has been waiting for her to make a choice, so that he can share a secret with her. The revelation changes Lexi's life, but can she find a way to have a future with Gabe?Ê

4. Under the Mistletoe (coming 2019)

Chynna, the tattoo artist, travels to Honey Hill for Gabe and Lexi's wedding, never guessing that she'll find some romance of her own over Christmas. Can Trevor convince her to try for forever, or are Chynna's scars too deep?

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Ratings and reviews

4.5
85 reviews
Sandy S.
August 13, 2018
3.5 stars--SIMPLY IRESISTIBLE is the first instalment in Deborah Cooke’s contemporary, adult FLATIRON FIVE erotic romance series focusing on five friends-owners and proprietors of the exclusive Manhattan fitness club Flatiron Five-Tyler, Kyle, Damon, Cassie, and Theo. This is financial investor Tyler McKay, and receptionist Amy Thornton’s story line. NOTE: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE is an erotic, romance story line with some light BDSM scenarios including spanking and bondage that may be triggers for more sensitive readers. Told from several third person perspectives including Tyler and Amy SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE focuses on the fake relationship between financial investor Tyler McKay, and receptionist Amy Thornton. Tyler McKay is tired of the his mother’s need to marry off her only son, and with the upcoming wedding of sister number four, Tyler needs a ‘fake girlfriend’ to ward off his mother’s matchmaking advances. Enter receptionist Amy Thornton, a ‘plain Jane’ woman whose interests include erotic romance story lines, and BDSM. When his very own F5 Fitness Club offers classes in sexual awareness, Tyler soon discovers that the ‘shy and dower’ Amy Thornton has signed up for some awareness of her own. What ensues is the building romance between Tyler and Amy, as Tyler makes Amy an offer she cannot refuse. When Tyler asks Amy to be his plus-one for his sister’s wedding, he also offers to be Amy’s plus-one for her cousin’s wedding in return. Amy Thornton is a bit of a ‘door-mat’ in that she is easily pushed around by her boss, and a cousin who demands all of Amy’s time in advance of her own wedding. Her inability to say no, and need to help didn’t do our heroine any favours. Having no knowledge about her extended family, Amy is pulled into the vortex that will become her own personal h*ll. Tyler McKay doesn’t do relationships but meeting Amy Thornton, something about our heroine tugs at Tyler’s heart including her need to discover her kinkier side. The relationship between Tyler and Amy begins as an arrangement; a fake relationship to appease Tyler’s mother, and the growing entourage of aunts and sisters who are determined to marry Tyler to the first suitable bachelorette. With no plans for anything permanent, Amy considers a relationship with someone else, someone who isn’t quite whom they appear to be. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense with some light BDSM scenarios. We are introduced to Tyler’s business partners at F5: Kyle, Damon, Cassie, and Theo; Amy’s best friend and book store owner Jade; Tyler’s sister Lauren whose own marriage is spiralling out of control; and an assortment of well-meaning sisters and cousins, including a ‘bridezilla’ intent on abusing Amy’s quiet nature. Kyle and Lauren’s story line is next in ADDICTED TO LOVE. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE is a story of family, honor, betrayal and trust. Because this is a story with a secondary premise focusing on BDSM, the issues of trust come into question. The ‘Dominant’ is deceitful with his identity, and continues to perpetuate a lie throughout most of the story, but in the end, all is forgiven rather quickly and without any emotional fall-out. The premise is entertaining; the romance is passionate; the characters are energetic and flirty but the heroine’s need to ‘save’ everyone interfered with my overall enjoyment.
Rachel Henderson
August 18, 2019
Wow! I raced through this book, could not put it down! Appearances were deceiving, the plot twist of Ty's alter ego & Amy's exploration of BDSM and their dates to their family weddings made it so compelling
Helen S.
November 12, 2019
I thought it was a great read. It had everything I want in a novel and then some, smoking hot.

About the author

Deborah Cooke sold her first book in 1992, a medieval romance called The Romance of the Rose published under her pseudonym Claire Delacroix. Since then, she has published over fifty novels in a wide variety of sub-genres, including historical romance, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, fantasy romance, time-travel romance, womenÕs fiction, paranormal young adult and fantasy with romantic elements. She has published under the names Claire Delacroix, Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. The Beauty, part of her successful Bride Quest series of historical romances, was her first title to land on the New York Times List of Bestselling Books. Her books routinely appear on other bestseller lists and have won numerous awards. In 2009, she was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library, the first time the library has hosted a residency focused on the romance genre. In 2012, she was honored to receive the Romance Writers of AmericaÕs Mentor of the Year Award.

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Currently, she writes the Dragons of Incendium series of paranormal romances and the Flatiron Five series of contemporary romances under the name Deborah Cooke. She also is writing the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval romances as Claire Delacroix, which continues the story of the family introduced in her popular title The Beauty Bride. Deborah lives in Canada with her husband and family, as well as far too many unfinished knitting projects.

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