Sweet quick read. If you love good boys with a touch of bad you will love Mike. He is a down to earth teacher who thinks women are only for a good time. That is, of course, until he meets fiery Morgan. Mike’s character was easy to relate to and likeable. Truly he is wonderful — you will love him!!

Morgan is a dancer and wants nothing more than to dance professionally. She is a strong willed/minded character who I thought was a little on the bitchy side. She has some unresolved issues with her mother and her mother’s choice of family over dance. She is bound and determined love and professional dancing don’t mix.

This is just a fun story. Cute story line that was easy to follow. The author does a great job making all her character and scenes natural. She also has a true knack of developing deep situations but with just the right amount of humor to make it a smooth fun read. Great read!

Rating: 4

Heat Rating: Hot – Profanity is frequent

Reviewed by: A. Lyn

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First off...I have to say I LOVE the cover for Take Me. I mean seriously who wouldn’t?

I feel a little behind the eight ball so to speak when it comes to this series. I didn't read the first two books, only the third one and this one. But from the third book (Take Me), I could tell Mike was going to be someone special. And he was going to need someone just as special to capture his heart and let him know that it was okay to love someone. Mike totally met his match with fiery red-headed Morgan.

There’s nothing like waking up in Vegas realizing you're married. That’s exactly what happened to Mike Worth and Morgan Collins after knowing each other for a very short amount of time. Mike is a middle school history teacher and Morgan is a Vegas Showgirl. The two originally met at a bar while Mike was with his friends celebrating one of them getting married. Mike mistakes Morgan for a stripper and the sparks fly for these two in more ways than one.

Mike comes across being an alpha player, but deep down he's a good guy with a heart of gold. He's all talk with his red light, yellow light, and green light theory on relationships. Mike and Morgan are so much alike. I mean these are two people whose life goal is to NOT get married or have meaningful relationships. Mike watched his mother lose herself to the bottle after his father left the family. And in Morgan’s mind, her mother lost herself and her dreams to being married and having kids.

The story is told from the points of view of both Morgan and Mike. I love that because you get to see what each is thinking. See their hopes, dreams, and biggest fears.

One my favorite lines is from a drunk Mike, on why he’s marrying Morgan.. “I think I’m gonna fall head over ass in love with this woman, and she’s mine. I love how determined she is to succeed, and I want to watch her grow. Help her.” ~ To that end, once these two realize they’re married, Mike begs Morgan to at least give them a week to see if their hot sexual chemistry will just fizzle out or if there really is something to their relationship. I have to admit what happened between the pages of this book almost brought me to tears.

Sadly, this is the last book in Diane’s Take a Chance series, but it brings all the series’ couples together and gives the series a very nice send off.

Rating: 4.5

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So if I was walking through a bookstore, glanced over & saw this cover, I would consider it a personal invitation from the universe. Um, YEAH! I’LL TAKE YOU!! Wahooooo! Okay, now that I have that out of my system… here’s the deets. “Take Me” is the fourth book in the “Take A Chance” series – and yes, I’ll be going back to read the first three, thankyaverramuch. Novella length – 112 pages for $1.99. Publisher is Entangled, and as I’ve mentioned recently, I’m really diggin’ their authors! Since I’m participating in the blog tour, I did receive a copy of this in exchange for an HONEST review.

The story starts with Mike at his best friend’s (& future brother-in-law) bachelor party. He is explaining his “stoplight method” of dating – which is basically if she gets too clingy, you’re at a red light and hightail it out of there even if your pants aren’t done up yet. There were so many times in this book when I just had to laugh about something Mike said – like when he was thinking about how he didn’t think marriage was for him because the thought of waking up with the same person day after day was “Madness. Pure madness.” LOL! Of course, we can all figure out where this is going — Mike picks up a girl in the bar, Mike & girl, Morgan, admit to no desire to ever marry, Mike & Morgan get drunk, Mike & Morgan wake up… MARRIED. In the interest of placating their libidos, Mike & Morgan decide to stay married for a week & then decide what they want to do.

While the plot may seem overused, it’s the use of the characters by Diane Alberts that makes “Take Me” worth the read. (Well, okay, so there are some happy-happy scenes that are good, too [wink]). Here are two people scared from marriage based on their perspectives of their parents’ marriages, but so obviously wanting to have that connection with a partner that they are willing to work through the hard stuff. I do have to say that I thought it was a bit of a flip-flop — Mike seemed to be the one who was clinging & pushing so hard for everything to work, whereas Morgan was the one who was repeatedly drawing a line in the sand and marking the deadline on the calendar. What a role reversal!

It’s a HEA for Mike & Morgan, and a happily ever after for the reader, too! Pick up this book for a great read during soccer practice! ( )