She’s the woman he loves to hate.
Penn Foster wants a lot of things. She wants a spot on the board of a charitable foundation. She wants to win the stupid, plastic family trophy. And more than anything, she wants her tall, hot, and brooding boss naked in her bed. Now, on a Hawaiian vacation with her family, she’s desperately trying not to think about how he’d sound whispering dirty things in her ear.
He’s the man she can’t have…or can she?
Cole Murphy keeps himself locked down, away from the press and out of the spotlight. Still haunted by a traumatic childhood, his ability to trust has been decimated. Penn, with her sexy body and confidence, is the only person able to drag him out of his shell. Which is why he crashes her vacation and accepts her proposition for no-strings sex. But is the inescapable heat building between them a delicious temptation, or will it end in total disaster?
"Cole and Penn together were just perfect." --Angela, Goodreads
"A little drama, a little angst, and a whole lot of sexy times." --Bette Hansen, Goodreads
"Erotic, sweet, and just plain delicious!" --Rhianna, Goodreads
"The sexual tension and back and forth from them was killing me." --Mayas, Goodreads/"A man who does everything to avoid the spotlight because he fears that his past will come back to haunt him, a woman who for three years has done so much for him and his family and a trip in paradise made Recipe for Temptation a crazy sexy fun story and my favorite of this series." --Guilty Pleasures Book Review
Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
Psssst...I have a secret I'm a sucker for the Madewood Brothers, there I've said it and admitting it is half the problem or so they tell me. I love this group of men who were saved by a woman from the foster care system, I love the family they cr ...more
3.5 stars
Penn and Cole have worked together for 3 years. When Penn goes on her yearly family "vacation", Cole shows up to help her win the trophy but when he gets there, he sees a different version of Penn than he is use to. Normally, Penn is loud and a little wild but around her family, she is quie ...more
Recipe for Temptation is an enjoyable finale to Gina Gordon's Madewood Brothers series. It's not my favourite of the four, but she has brought us an endearing couple with a good chemistry, a fun and frustrating storyline and who don't scrimp on the sexy-time when they finally give in to one another. ...more
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I’m very much a mood reader when it comes to picking which books to read when (although I also do a lot of reading challenges, which make me get out of comfort zone). One of the reading challenge, I’m currently trying to finish up, required a book set in Hawaii and w ...more
Cole Murphy finally gets his story! He is the 4th of the Madewood brothers and emotional baggage should be his middle name. Penn Foster is the black sheep of the "perfect" Foster family. Having only brothers, she grew up in their shadow and was completely overlooked (at least in her mind) by her fat ...more
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Well this is the 4th and the last Madewood Brother series book and I have to say I will miss them. I have come to enjoy this series and I like Gina Gordon's work.
This is the story of Penn and Cole. Penn has worked for Cole and the Madewood ...more
Thoughts: If your looking for a feel good romance, the recipe can be found right here. I’m always a sucker for stories where the two leads have kind of been dancing around their attraction to each other for years. I thought it would play a little bit of a bigger role in this story than it did, but i ...more
Finally Cole and Penn give in to the undeniable chemistry! Penn is in hell. Well as close as you can come while still on earth. On vacation with her family and competing for a stupid trophy like they do every year. She knows she will once again lose. That is until Cole shows up to help her! As the c ...more
Penn and Coles story at last!
You couldn't choose a better location for them to come together than Hawaii.
Penn and Cole have both ignored the attraction between them for three years. When penn goes on holiday she's shocked when coke shows up. Somehow they agree to have a fun week on and out of the b ...more
4 SOLID STARS
Finally Cole and Penn got their story. The sexual tension and back and forth from them was killing me. Coles goal to help Penn ended up having the reverse effect. She helped him as much as he helped her but it was at a cost. Find out how the Hawaiian vacation of lust, seduction, and gre ...more
ARC provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review.. ...more
Madewood Brothers
This was about Cole and Penn which I was looking forward to. I don't know if I got the order of reading wrong but Finn and his significant other was already talked about . ...more
3.75 stars--
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 11, 2015
She's the woman he loves to hate.
Penn Foster wants a lot of things. She wants a spot on the board of a charitable foundation. She wants to win the stupid, plastic family trophy. And more than anything, she wants her tall, hot, and brooding boss ...more
Originally posted on my blog: Tangled Up In Books
I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating.
This is going to be one of those tricky books to review. Tricky in the fact that I need to figure out what to s ...more
COMING 8/11-NEW RELEASE: RECIPE FOR TEMPTATION BY GINA GORDON
RECIPE FOR TEMPTATION BY GINA GORDON
Release Date: August 11, 2015
SYNOPSIS
A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...
She's the woman he loves to hate.
Penn Foster wants a lot of things. She wants a spot on the board o ...more
*ARC provided by Publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review *
Recipe for Temptation by Gina Gordon is the fourth book in the author’s Madewood Brothers series and the first one I’ve had the pleasure of reading. Since this is a new-to-me author for an ongoing series, I wasn’t quite sure what t ...more
Penn Foster has had the hots for her boss, Cole Murphy for as long as she's worked with him but she knows that nothing will happen between them and her family vacation is a chance for her to get away from it all. And she does, until he crashes her vacation. His reason? He wants to help her win the t ...more
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Note: This ARC was provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
Recipe for Temptation is the fourth and final book in the Gina Gordon-penned contemporary romance series Madewood Brothers. The flirtation and sexual tension betw ...more
Well here comes the final Madewood Brother story and while it’s the last one (sob, sob) and while I’m sad to see the series end (yay for re-reads though), its finally Cole’s chance to get his HEA and its so worth the read.
I will admit that Cole has been my favourite brother and now that I’ve finall ...more
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Upon finishing, my initial reaction:
Extremely sexy and touching! LOVE LOVE LOVE.
My Thoughts (full review):
When I read Gina Gordon's Rush, I was blown away by how sexy and awesome the story is. It made me believe that after that one boo ...more
This delightful friends to lovers story is the romance between Penn and Cole. Coworkers and friends, they've long had an attraction to each other that they've kept under wraps. But when Cole shows up at Penn's family vacation to help her win an annual family games challenge that she's never been abl ...more
***A gifted copy was provided by the Publisher for my honest review****
This is the 4 and final book in the Madewood Brothers series- this is Penn Foster & Cole Murphy’s book. The one we have all been waiting for.
Penn wants so many things but the one true thing she wants, has always been denied- Col ...more
Penn Foster is trying to cement a place in her family as something other than the black sheep. Growing up as the only girl in her family, she found herself always lacking in her parents eyes, and has always fought to measure up to their standards, which has proven to be quite difficult for her over ...more
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Let the games begin! The Hero and Heroine of "Recipe for Temptation" are fun, flirty, and first rate sexy! Hawaii is the perfect backdrop for Ms. Gordon's titillating Romance, the final installment in the Madewood Brothers series. This book is def ...more
First things first... OMG I've been waiting what feels like forever for Gina's final book in the Madewood Brother series. Good lord was it worth the wait. Penn has always been a bad ass chick for me since she was first introduced to us. It was very interesting how Gina gave Penn a whole new dimensio ...more