4.25⭐
This was a really enjoyable story. That drew me in from the start. As it was well paced, engaging and entertaining.
Plus, it had a great mix of sweetness, humour, angst and sexiness. Not to mention a great cast of characters, including the main two Madison and Elliott; and I really enjoyed the slow burn romance between them.
And I would happily recommend Too Hard to Resist to others. As it was such a fun and easy read. That anyone who is a fan of the author or Talk British to Me and Lips Close to Mine will enjoy.

I absolutley loved Madison and Elliots story! Omg so so amazing!
I love this series of standalone books by Robin. They are all such feel good, sexy, funny stories.
I love seeing the other characters from the other book. Matreo, ahhhh!

If I could rate this book 10 stars I would!

Robin Bielman's TOO HARD TO RESIST lived up to its title. It is catchy and the cover is so gorgeous. This, aside from the fact that I've heard good reviews for the author's previous work, is what made me grab this to read and review.

Let us also add to the fact that Bielman's writing is very engaging and fluid. Office romances probably sounds common to most. And the fact that this is a slow-burn romance too? It gets tricky right there.

But the author has a way in portraying her characters through her writing that will make you riveted to her love story. She knows how to build-up the character's personalities and the story gets exciting as you read. You can feel the attraction both main characters are having towards each other and there are plenty of scenes between them that really oozes with sexual chemistry. It's amazing, and yet the author impossibly made it still a clean romance, in my opinion.

TOO HARD TO RESIST is a story about two people attracted to each other but can't and won't act on it, because, well, priorities. Both careers are important to the hero and heroine and as long as they can fight their attraction, they will not be able to jeopardize their respectful jobs. Or can they?

Try hard as they may, along the way, their attraction is just TOO HARD TO RESIST.

Now, lines are crossed and their jobs may or may not be in jeopardy. What will these two do when the wall they built are already breached? What will they choose, a possible relationship or their careers?

This has been beautifully executed by Robin Bielman's and she really pulled off this love story. It's slow-burn, yes, but Oh! did she managed to make this book sizzle with chemistry.

This is why I love reading ARCs for Entangled Publishing. They really have great books to offer and every book has it's own flavor.

I highly recommend this book especially to those who love tropes like office-romances, friend to lovers and slow burns.



*I received an early review copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange of my honest review,

Too Hard to Resist is a friends to lovers/boss and assistant romance. Elliott and Madison know each other as they have mutual friends. Things change when the temp agency Madison works for sends her to Elliott who's in need of an assistant at his company. There is an instant chemistry there that neither saw before as Madison was previously engaged to be married. Now that she's here-every day-Elliott is finding he's having fantasies about Madison. But workplace romances are frowned upon here, and you can be fired because of it. They work together very well and both need/want their job, so they agree to put their attraction on the back burner.

You know when you are told you can't have something, that's all the more you want it?? These two are having a real hard time not giving into their attraction. It seemed like way too long for something between them to happen though. We keep building and knocking down and building again, etc. It was frustrating and I kind of got bored with it. Either figure out the other is worth the risk or not. I'm not saying its easy, but nothing happened until 70% in!

I also was confused by some of Elliott's actions and thoughts. For someone who is more experienced than Madison, he sure acted like an idiot at times. I seemed to get Madison and her feelings a bit better than Elliott's. I'm not saying Madison did everything right, but I seemed to understand her better.

I enjoy the taboo side of things, but felt this book could've wrapped it up much sooner than it did. It dragged with the constant back and forth of the characters. I do wish Elliott would have talked to the big boss about what was going on. Maybe the situation wouldn't have been so difficult on them. Overall, this is not a bad read and I am glad they finally saw the light!

reviewed by Deb

4 1/2 Flirty Stars!

Madison is 24 and still living with her parents. She desperately wants a good full time job so she can save and move out on her own. She starts a new job only to find out that she knows her new boss (Elliott) through mutual friends. Elliott is half way through his 5-year plan and is above his goal at this point, but he can't screw up because he wants to show his parents that he can be as responsible as his siblings. There is a no fraternizing policy at the company, but the chemistry between them is "Too Hard to Resist". So they begin this flirty relationship that could end in heartbreak.

I loved this story ... Madison and Elliott's antics made me laugh out loud. The fact that they knew each other for over a year and never even noticed each other in the romantic way, until they started working together is just so plausible. I could feel their chemistry on the pages ... and the pain at not being able to act on the pull between them. Elliott was your typical alpha man who could be brought to his knees by one woman. I loved that Madison didn't do what everyone else did ... she wore the clothes she wanted and did what she wanted. They are definitely two strong characters and kept me turning the pages into the wee hours of the morning. A great read ... trust me you won't be disappointed!
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I received an ARC courtesy of Entangled Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

the third book in the wherever you go series, too hard to resist, has elliot and madison finally hooking up, but its complicated by the fact that elliot has become her boss. when she accepted a temp-to-hire job she never imagined that her boss would be the guy she couldn't stop noticing.

and elliot is just as screwed, because while he finds madison hot, he also values her intelligence and the fact that she's the best assistant he's ever had. and on top of that, the office has a strict no-fraternization policy and both their jobs are on the line.

things run so hot between them though. it's only a matter of time before they give in. and it's complicated by madison's insecurities—courtesy of the evil ex from the first book—and elliot inability to say exactly what he means. it's all good when they finally get on the same page. these two are basically meant for each other from the start, once they get their baggage out of the way, they are pretty much exactly on the same page.

**too hard to resist will publish on april 16, 2018. i recieved an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (embrace) in exchange for my honest review.

Loved this slow burn, forbidden, office romance.

"Even if he weren't my boss...he's a million times out of my comfort zone. I'd never be enough for someone like him."

Madison Hastings desperately needs this job so she can save enough money to move out of her parents' home. She can finally put her college degree to good use, too. The fact that her new boss is also from her social circle shouldn't be a problem. However, she wasn't prepared for the sexual attraction that blooms between them.

"I'm terrified of her and the things she makes me feel."

Elliot Sax has a career goal. Always the underdog of the family, he's determined to prove to his parents and siblings that he can be a success. When Madison proves herself a more than able assistant, things really start to take off at his new job. However, he wasn't at all prepared for the seriously distracting mutual desire between them. A desire that could cost them both their jobs and ruin friendships.

"You constantly steal my breath in the best possible ways."

This was a super sexy, slow burn romance. There's the office angle, as well as the friends-to-lovers angle. I loved how hard they fought for normality and friendship; how hard they fought their attraction to one another. The chemistry and passion between them was SIZZLING! Paxton is pretty tough and serious but he has one dirty mouth! Madison battled hard against her feelings, and her strategies for keeping away from one another made me laugh.

This was a fabulous read, and it was great to see familiar faces from the previous standalones in this series.

When I got the chance to read an early copy of Too Hard to Resist, I was so happy! This series has been so enjoyable to read and what made Robin Bielman a must-read author for me. I highly recommend it! While this is the 3rd book in her Wherever You Go series, it can be read as a standalone.

The chemistry between Elliott and Madison is smokin’ but they know they have to try and keep their hands off each other, no matter how hard it is. Workplace romance could get them both fired. They work really well together and neither of them wants to jeopardize what they have going on professionally. But how do you work with someone everyday that you can’t get out of your mind? How do you pretend you don’t want more? Is it worth the risk after everything you’ve worked so hard for? These are the dilemmas that haunt both Elliott and Madison.

It’s not an easy road for these two, but oh what a journey! Sexy, sweet, funny…Too Hard to Resist is a book you don’t want to resist reading!

**I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

Elliot is quite blunt, sometimes the man just blurts things out, “eff, Madison. The very last thing I ever want to do is hurt you. Ever. I’m saying that because I’m jealous. I’m jealous, okay? I want you, and I don’t want anyone else to have you.” ****. I can’t believe that all came tumbling out of my mouth." Elliot's questions are basically statements, “I’m going to eff you now. Is that okay?” He stalks toward me, blue eyes piercing and powerful." Elliot wants his woman in a lot of places, “My house, my bed, my shower, my car, my porch, my backyard, my couch, on top of me, underneath me, riding me, at baseball games, dinner dates, movie nights, in coffee shops, art galleries, Paris.” He lets go of my hand to brush my hair behind my ear. “I want you next to me always.” I liked this book, I loved Madison the girl was quirky and knocked Elliot down a peg or two.

Robin Bielman is a must read author for me and I just love her work! Too Hard to Resist was a wonderful read and I couldn't put it down. Much like the first too books in her Wherever You Go series, Maddison and Elliott captured my heart and I wanted them to get their perfect HEA. This book was fast-paced, wonderful, and everything I've come to expect in a Bielman romance. I'm already excitedly awaiting her next release! Can I just say, I'm 100% for Van and Abby story!

4 stars!
I LOVE friends-to-lovers books! Madison and Elliot were great together. They are friends who are now boss and employee. It was a great story about what you love more... work or each other. My only complaint was I wished they got together earlier in the book. It seemed like a long time to finally see what was in front of them the whole time!

I really wanted to like like this, but unfortunatley, I was only irratated for most of the book. I felt like I got more information about their compny and job than I did about their relationship. And how many times did we have to hear about how Madison was the best assisitant ever and that nothing could happen between them. Also, the only solution seemed to be to fire her!! Why was that even an option??? GAHHHH

Awww so sweet and sexy. 4.5 stars
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There’s nothing better than the feeling an illicit romance. The Excitement, sneaking around, secret glances, and little touches. It’s so sexy.

It’s exactly the feeling that Robin Bielman gives us in this sweet romance story. A part of a series but definitely a story that can be read on its own, Too Hard to Resist is a steamy novel that makes your heart pitter patter. Elliot is so Flippin hot and his connection with Maddie is blazing hot too.

I love the way the author blends the perfect amount of heat and tension along with the attraction and denials. Some things cannot be kept hidden and the steam radiates off from these two.

It was nice to visit with old friends from the other stories in this book that I think Elliot and Maddie are my favorite. Beautiful friendships and sweet love are what this story is all about.

I think the idea of this book was good, but it was really hard to be interested in the situation and characters. It was a typical romance story. There was nothing new about anything that happened it felt like a million poorly written love stories. I was so frustrated with the characters the entire time. The ending was not satisfying or real at all. The description sounded way better than the actual book. The Allure of Dean Harper by RS Grey was infinitely better than this book, and I can't help but compare the two.

The Wherever You Go series has been my introduction to Robin Bielman and I swear each new book in the series has me wondering why it took me so long to find her. I have loved each of these books for different reasons and in different ways, and Madison and Elliot’s story is no exception.

There’s something about the writing in these books that is irresistible to me. It’s engaging, flirty and fun without sacrificing any emotion. There was a bit of a taboo vibe to this one – which ratcheted up the excitement sometimes - but what resonated with me more was the friends-to-lovers storyline because the honest communication and genuine care these two had for each other hit my sweet spots over and over again. Don’t get me wrong – they do naughty very well (*fans self*), but the magic for me is always in the sweet little details that build up all those swoony feelings to which I am so hopelessly addicted.

Too Hard to Resist has a little bit of everything: witty banter, dramatic angst, forbidden heat, and sweet emotion which all kept me hooked on the story from start to finish. I loved these two, even when I wanted to give them a good shake (because no good story is complete without some bonehead antics). In all, I was left with a happy heart and a satisfied smile. Madison and Elliot are another delightful addition to this fantastic series! ~ 4.5 Stars

I read this book in one sitting. Even though I was really annoyed by the back and forth between the two main characters, I loved the co-workers to friends to more storyline. I also liked the forbidden workplace aspect of this novel as well.

Wow Wow Wow!!! This book! Holy nuts this book! I did not put it down, and couldn't until I finished it. This is my favorite book from Robin to date. I was just speechless when I finished it. I still don't know how to even review this because it was that good. Not just good fantastic!
I'm going to try to be brief for several reasons, you need to read this one, you don't need me telling you all the yummy details because you're going to want to melt in your seat all by yourself and you're going to want to think about this when you're reading it. Scared you didn't I? Ha!
Elliot has a bad rep at work for being difficult. He's burned through numerous temps in the last few weeks, some don't last a day. He's all work and no play. He's got a 5 year plan and loves his job. It's important that he achieve his goals.
Madison needs a job and sent to work by the temp agency she's been working for, with hopes of a permanent position haven't worked out thus far. She's hopeful. Running into a coffee shop before work, hoping not to be late, there's a man in front of her in line, who buys the last two croissants she was hoping to snag and buys the rest of the plain ones as well. Topping it off she spills her coffee on her sweater and what a way to start a new job. The new business is warm, welcoming and I loved the characters there. When Mr Tight butt from the coffee shop walks out of the morning meeting and into the adjoining office, she knows she's in deep. And to add to that he's also a friend once removed. He's a friend of her best friend and kind of peripheral in the group they hang out in. Once they get that out of the way and decide they can work together, they make a great team. Maddy is smart, picks up on things quick and does a great job which allows Elliot to do his with less stress. Who am I kidding, the guy needs a roll away bed at the office.
Until Madison starts to date a little. Since Mateo knows where she's going and Elliot starts to ask they start to show up where her dates are. The attraction between Elliot and Mad is insane and it will take you want to take a cold shower, but the boss has a very strict no frat policy, they both love their jobs and don't want to risk it. Their chemistry is just off the hook crazy. I have never read anything so insanely meshed like these two in a very long time. The plot is smooth and the book flows perfectly.
I loved Maddy and Elliot. We get to see our friends from the previous books popping in.
It's two days later and I'm still flying high off this one. Robin, you have truly outdone yourself.
A zillion shooting stars!!

advanced copy from NetGalley and Entangled for and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I dived into Robin Bielman’s ‘Too Hard to Resist’ without having read the other books in this series, happy to say that this works perfectly as a standalone. And the pages do turn quickly, with the gradual upping of sexual tension until it eventually breaks.

A friends-to-lovers romance isn’t my favourite admittedly though the forbidden workplace one is one that I was eager to delve into. But ‘Too Hard to Resist’ is a hard one to review, not because it wasn’t an easy read (it was) but because the to-and-froing and the somewhat predictable plan that Elliot and Madison make to keep a distance from each other that didn’t work out in the end. And round and round the game went as both parties vacillated between flirting and not wanting to cross that line, to the point that I got bored (when I should have been excited) by the time they finally fell into bed.

There also seemed to be a greater affinity with Madison that I felt, like I knew her feelings, hopes and plans more intimately than I knew Elliot, who in comparison, seemed to take a greater interest in Madison only when she became his assistant. His mostly lustful thoughts of her and nothing much else besides how good she was as his co-worker were what I got from him instead—that he wanted her physically wasn’t in any doubt, but I didn’t feel as though that extended to beyond the bedroom or the office as his assistant or that he was prepared to sacrifice anything for this hookup he wanted so badly.

The contrast between rather inexperienced heroine and the player hero was a little irksome nonetheless as Elliot made (dickish) moves that were clearly meant to distract her from dating other guys when I, liked Madison, couldn’t figure out his game beyond wanting her in bed as every chapter written in his POV has some kind of sentence that emphasises her hotness or involves body parts squishing together in a hookup. That there were occasional ex-fuck-buddies of his coming into the picture here and then didn’t bode all too well; neither did Madison’s inexperience that somehow translated into inexplicable naïveté and insecurity towards the end when the stakes never seemed equal between them.

I do like Bielman’s writing, but ‘Too Hard to Resist’ sadly didn’t quite work out too well for me as a result—the inequality of feelings, the way I felt more for one protagonist than the other were writ too large for me to look away from, despite the forbidden romance trope that I typically like.

Madison and Elliot have friends in common and are kind of friends. They are both in for a surprise when Madison gets hired as a temporary assistant to Elliot. Their company has a strict no fraternizing policy, and when sparks fly between them, they are in a fix. They don’t want to shake the perfect balance they have achieved of boss and assistant relationship by giving in to their attraction. But keeping hands off each other is proving more difficult than they thought.
I loved reading too hard to resist. It was sexy, funny and a heartwarming read. I enjoyed the way the method they adopted to fight off their attraction. A superb addition to the Where you go series.

Quite possibly my favourite of the series so far, I adored Elliott and Madison from the get-go and reading their story left me with a complete feel good vibe. Friends to lovers and forbidden love are two of my favourite genres and Too Hard to Resist was perfect on both counts. Both Elliott and Madison are career driven and when they end up working for the same company (a company with a strict no fraternisation policy) things start to get complicated. The sexual tension between them was palpable, I was dying for them to ‘get it on’, however their restraint was admirable. They worked so well together in the story as both work colleagues and lovers. Told in dual POV the writing was perfect, the story was sexy, funny, heart warming and sweet. I loved the appearances of Mateo and Teague, and Levi and Harper, it was wonderful catching up with them and their antics. I can’t wait to see what Robin Bielman produces next. I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review.