Enjoyable albeit a little predictable story focusing on the struggles between family duty , professional duty and trust. Great chemistry between Luke and Quinn!

Quinn is struggling with coming back to top physical shape for an action hero role she has landed as an actress. Secrets surround how she got out of shape. More family secrets on top of that.

Luke, a celebrity trainer, is good friends with Quinn's agent, Eddie. Eddie calls Luke with Quinn in the room to convince him to take on Quinn as an emergency case with the goal of getting Quinn back into star shape in 6 weeks. Luke has disparaging words for Quinn, or more correctly Quinn's "type" ("spoiled starlet") that leaves no question as to where he stands with her.

But Quinn is not the stereotype he believes she is. Without giving the story away, she is much deeper than he thinks.

If you like sexual tension between characters and an island paradise setting for sexy times, this is a great escape read!

Thank you NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

Yes! Samanthe Beck can write dirty, in this case it's the games two people play when forced to spend 6 weeks on a secluded island; she submitting her entire being to him. Ahh, but wait. Quinn and Luke have a contract. Quinn is a popular Hollywood actress ready to make the big leap from the squawk box to the big screen. Problem is her agent tells her she's not "camera ready." What that means is she's a tad out of shape for the lean, action hero of computer games that is slated to be her big role.
She's already a shoe in for the part. Due to some personal things inherent life, she's slacked off a little but feels confident, until her Eddie agent lets the air out of her tires in one big swoop.
Calling in a huge favor from a friend and personal trainer he calls his secret weapon Luke. Talking on speaker phone, Quinn remains silent while Luke who is ready to leave on a long overdue vacation rattles off about spoiled Hollywood, narcissistic, divas who are high maintenance and he wants no part of that. Until Eddie reminds him he owes him one and with a pared down schedule of 6 weeks and a huge chunk of money (hers) which for personal reasons she really needs, she agrees to this.
Arriving early, he spots her at the bar eating a molten chocolate cake and drinking champagne. (I loved that past), he's also taken with her beauty. To him she's perfect the way she looks, but he's familiar with Hollywood. So he wanders up to her, she not knowing who he is, and he goads her a little. Then she finds out who she is. Wow do these two get off on the wrong foot. It stays that way for a good part of the book, him reminding her that he controls her every waking moment.
While she's focusing on getting herself back on track she's fielding calls from her drug dependent brother who's in rehab and her mother who lays it on thick. It's co-dependancy at it's best. Quinn does a good job dealing with it, but you can see how it effects her.
All the while Luke and Quinn and sending off sparks that are growing ever more difficult to contain.
Wow do they sizzle. His punishment is not to be missed.
I loved the storyline, these two characters and everything about this story. I think this is Sam's hottest book to date, she knows how the set the kindle ablaze, that's for sure. Honestly though, this was a great story and one not to be missed. I loved it!
4.5 stars


**arc from NetGalley and Entangled in exchange for a fair review**

Boy, I had no idea how hard it could be for some celebrities just to get a role and keep it. Although my inner fat girl wants to slap Quinn. I guess if you have to go through what she did, I would want Luke to be the one to whip me into shape.