Leveling The Field

Leveling the Field by Megan Erickson 

Reclusive magazine exec Ethan Talley is furious when his business partner hires a photographer—a gorgeous photographer who insists on speaking her mind, damn it—to take pictures for an upcoming article. No matter how badly he wants the woman…under him, over him, against the nearest wall…he has reasons for not wanting to be on camera anymore, and his scars are only one of them.

It takes approximately two seconds for Lissa Kingsman to recognize Ethan as the popular YouTube gamer who fell off the planet years ago. But this Ethan is different than the charming man she used to watch, and the crush she had on him then is nothing compared to the way she’s lusting after the brooding man he is today. If sex is all he can give her, fine. Why not use that bearskin rug in her studio for something other than a prop? But she’s determined to put a chink in his armor, no matter how much he resists.**
Oh man, I really have enjoyed this series and I'm so sad to see this last one.

Ethan is part owner of Gamer magazine, and pretty much a hermit. He doesn't like being in the public eye anymore. He blames himself for the death of his sister and wears the scars to show it. He's short with people, especially the beauty that wants to take his picture for an article in the paper about Gamers. She makes him feel things that he really felt like he shouldn't feel anymore. He can't stay away from her, and he's starting to think maybe he does deserve to be happy.

Lissa wanted Ethan the first moment she saw him, shes a sucker for a man that has a confident walk and lord did he ever have one. Then she sees him and thinks he would be perfect for the project she's working on. A few years ago her sister was in an accident and it left her scarred and depressed. No one saw it and she took her life. Now Lissa wants to support other people like her, she wants to show that scars aren't an end game. The more she's with Ethan though the more she wants to just be with him and knows that he's not right for her project because of that.

Ethan fights the feelings for her hard core, so much so that I wanted to shake him. Just when I thought he's totally going to screw it all up he fixes things spectacularly. Lissa wasn't innocent in their issues, she did something that Ethan saw as a betrayal and it set off a big misunderstanding. I loved Lissa and Ethan together. Both are confident people that shoot straight but have vulnerabilities that surface when they doubt each other. Another hit from Megan Erickson. If you've not read her books what are you waiting for?!?!? They're awesome just like her. Leave her a review, she writes good words and deserves them!

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