D*mn Near Perfect

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Pub Date 28 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 15 Sep 2020

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Description

Beth Andrews has given up on ever finding a happily-ever-after. Still smarting from a bitter divorce, she’s decided the only thing she truly needs is sex.

Unfortunately, wanting sex and actually finding it are two very different things.

Jonathan Tucker is perfectly satisfied with his bachelor lifestyle. He has a wonderful career, a kick-ass new condo, and any woman he wants. As often as he wants. At twenty-seven, he’s convinced he’s living life exactly as it should be.

Will the older, albeit sexy, ad executive and the handsome, talented artist both find there’s more to life than what they have now? Or, will they be satisfied with what the both claim to want—d*mn near perfect sex!

Warning: Contains language and sexual situations some readers may find HAWT!

Beth Andrews has given up on ever finding a happily-ever-after. Still smarting from a bitter divorce, she’s decided the only thing she truly needs is sex.

Unfortunately, wanting sex and actually...


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Beth cannot stop fantasizing over her neighbor jonathan after overhearing his many trysts. She jumps at the chance tonhave a fling with him, but falls hard and fast for his charm. Damn near perfext was a fast read. I really enjoyed the story and loved Beth & Jonathan together. We had plenty of Beth's story- I would have enjoyed a bit more of Jonathan's backstory as well.

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Extremely short and interesting story that is read in one breath. The love affair that begins between the sheets, as a small erotic symphony is not a novelty in literature, but it must be noted that this short book is presented in a very exciting way, actions that change quickly and do not allow the reader to get bored. As expected from the cover and the title itself, the book will not disappoint you in terms of sexy scenes, which are perceived so realistically that they manage to excite every reader. The development of emotional feelings and attachment between the two main characters is only subtly suggestive and is not accentuated at all until almost the very end, something which I actually missed.

Beth, a successful executive, sexy woman in the best years of her life, finds herself stuck in a rut after a divorce, very emotionally and sexually frustrated. The marathon erotic encounters of her neighbor, Johnatan do not help her at least a little to make her everyday life easier, nor are the nights filled with sexy sounds of lust and satisfaction that can be heard from his apartment. The ways she tries to solve her sexual frustration are actually hilarious.

Slightly expected to happen, but very interesting at the same time, the sexy neighbor appears on her doorstep with a bottle of wine in her hands. It doesn't take much for them to start getting to know each other intimately and physically. A real fireworks happen during their first sex encounter.

After a few days, hot, passionate sex, they appear to ignore each other, only to be even more passionate during his art exhibition. A problem, a misunderstanding happens somewhere in the middle, as it is expected, but nothing that cannot be solved when it is really wanted and desired.

Their chemistry is dynamic and simply overwhelming, and with that, and the language in which their intimate moments are perceived is strong enough for you to be able to feel them yourself.

This is an intoxicating novel. Passion, flirting and love are perfectly combined to create an exciting, fast reading.

The publisher provided ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Hot steamy full of erotic scenes but all these wrapped in an enjoyable fast paced humorous story. In a phrase... I loved it. I couldn't let my tablet/book down. The perfect story for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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A short and fast read, involving an older woman/younger man. The story is a little on the weak side, but if you live for sex scenes and plenty of them, then you will like this book. Beth is a divorcee who is not looking for love, just dating and maybe a hook up. Then she meets her neighbor, Tucker and everything changes.

It was a super fast read. Hot sex scenes and little plot beyond.

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Beth, after a recent divorce, can’t find a good man. When her neighbor, Jonathan, moves into the apartment above hers, that fact is pushed in. He seems to have a very happy social life. He spies her one day when the elevator stops at her floor. They meet and enjoy each other’s company until a misunderstanding about Beth’s work comes up.
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This is a really cute, short book. The relationship, not just physically, moves quicker than the average couple does. Since I know couples who have moved that fast, it’s within the realm of reality. I love that these two are so drawn to each other and that their jobs complement each other. (Though I was a bit confused in the beginning as to why Jonathan had to travel so much as an artist.)
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and will be look forward to more in the series.
Many thanks to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this book.

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This is a short love story between Beth Andrews, a publicist recently divorced, and Jonathan Tucker, an artist who lives upstairs.
Beth is thirty-five years old and in desperate need of an active sex life. After a few disappointing experiences, she is starting to freak out. But after younger Jonathan sets his sights on his beautiful neighbor, things are going to get steamy…
I quite enjoy the dialogs between them and the hot sex scenes. It´s a fun and cute reading and I totally recommended it.
I received a copy from NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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I just wanted to give a BIG thanks to Netgalley and Nancy Fraser for letting me read this steamy book and giving my honest review. This definitely heated up my days here in cold Colorado!

Synopsis:

Beth Andrews has given up on ever finding a happily-ever-after. Still smarting from a bitter divorce, she’s decided the only thing she truly needs is sex.

Unfortunately, wanting sex and actually finding it are two very different things.

Jonathan Tucker is perfectly satisfied with his bachelor lifestyle. He has a wonderful career, a kick-ass new condo, and any woman he wants. As often as he wants. At twenty-seven, he’s convinced he’s living life exactly as it should be.

Will the older, albeit sexy, ad executive and the handsome, talented artist both find there’s more to life than what they have now? Or, will they be satisfied with what the both claim to want—d*mn near perfect sex!


I just want to say this book did not hold back in jumping into the hot and steamy sex right off the bat... Or so we think. Beth just got out of a nasty divorce with her ex husband who scum of the earth and try to take everything away from her, but she did not let him take away everything. She is this beautiful woman who is 35 and still has a killer body. She continues to date these men who are well near or over a decade older than her, but none of them seem to stroke her fire/libido. Then like a wrecking ball comes her 27 year old neighbor, and let's just say things start looking up.

I am giving this book 3.5 stars because I do love how it is reversed on the age where the woman is older than the man and how she is strong set in her life about how she wants things to go. She is a woman that knows what she wants and how she is going to get it. I do love how there is this innocence about her, but yet she is fierce and determined. I love how the guy worships her body and treats her like the sexy woman that she is! I quite enjoyed how their relationship developed and how there is a sense of something new there and some hope!
What I wish was there is more character development and timeline development. There is a lot of gaps in timeline development, and honestly more to the story! I wanted to see how more of it went!!


I will definitely read more of these books in the future!

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This read was d*mn near perfect. Beth and Jonathan are wonderful and steamy together. I was clapping for her and curious about him. I enjoyed this book and wanted more.

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This book is sexy, fun and irresistible.

Be prepared for in-depth, descriptive and scorching hot sexual scenes between the main characters Beth and Jonathan. The imagery that Fraser has used throughout the narrative is so powerful it made me feel like I was transported into the story. I liked the older woman/younger man aspect instead of the typical older man/younger girl. I also liked how the age difference was only subtly mentioned instead of being the main focus point of the narrative. I definitely recommend this book if your looking for a hot and steamy read.

I received an advanced copy for free, and this is my honest opinion.

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D*amn Near Perfect by Nancy Fraser is a quick, steamy and low angst read for the times when you just want to get your reading fix on and don’t have time for a longer novel. Beth Andrews is a hardworking, recently divorced woman looking for a good bang. After hearing her upstairs neighbor entertain woman after woman, her libido forces her to get out and look for someone.

After a series of attempted flings that leave her more sexually frustrated than before, she meets her aforementioned upstairs neighbor Jonathan Taylor and sparks fly. They have a scorching hot encounter that leads to more and slowly they start to fall for each other. A brief misunderstanding disrupts the casual and highly sexual flow of the book but is quickly resolved and they enter their HEA.

This is a good book if you want something very steamy and centered mostly on sexytimes. I enjoyed the fact that the author showed Beth’s failed sexual encounters in detail before she met Jonathan. It added a realistic touch to the story. Also, I liked Beth’s character in general as a strong and independent woman who runs her own business.

However, there were two things that niggled me about this book in particular. The first is that Beth keeps being referred to as an “older woman”. The two men she has encounters with in the beginning of the book often remark on her body being great for someone of her advanced age and other comments to that effect. The blurb of the book also makes me thing that she’s probably in her late forties or more (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I was surprised to learn that Beth was only 35. Thirty-five is not old by any means. I don’t know if that was done just to make the men sound even more douchey or if the author thinks that thirty-five is an advanced age. Secondly, The ending was quite rushed, they clear their misunderstanding but all of a sudden without actual time spent together outside of sex, they decide to move in together and eventually get married.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy of the book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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A very short story. This is a love story between Jonathan, an artist and Beth, a divorced advertising owner. They are neighbors who become lovers who end up becoming engaged.

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Readers of eroticism expect the book to contain a good story mixed in with a good amount of graphic sex scenes. Oh it had a lot of the latter but not so much the former. The story had cracks in it. By that I mean it seemed to not finish one thought before it jumped to another with sex scenes thrown in. Then there was the ending. I felt like the story hit a brick wall and stopped. Yet there is hope that with some tweaking and more added to this book, the author would have a really great story.
I received an advanced reader copy from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

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I liked this story. I love an older woman younger man romance. I wish it was a little longer. I liked this author and I would read more.

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The book was provided to me for an honest review by NetGalley.

While I was intrigued by the teaser summary of the book, I was left disappointed. I felt like I never got to know either of the main characters. I was expecting a romance novel and instead ended up with a book that was just about Beth, a recent divorcee, and her younger neighbor, Jonathon, having a lot of sex. The plot was predicable and boring, but the sex scenes were decent.

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This is fun escapism at its best - no challenge, just some laughs and some pretty hot sex scenes! If you are the type of skip past the sex, you might find this book on the brief side. The plot is “as it says on the can” - a light hearted romp based on a kind of funny premise. I thought it was well written, didn’t take itself too seriously and made me laugh.

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I liked it a lot!
Well written sexy romance for adults...
Good chemistry between the characters, interesting, good pace, short read.

Beautiful cover too.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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This is exactly what I expected ... a spicy hot romance!
The sex is off the charts. The characters are well written.
My biggest issue is that it’s a short book.
I’ll be looking for more of Nancy Fraser’s books!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc in exchange for my honest review.

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HAWT! I would have loved to have more of a back story on Jonathan. I loved that she finally was going after what she wanted.

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This was a short fun little read. Very fast paced and to the point. Lol Beth is a successful business woman who has been divorced for a few years is not having the best of luck in the romance department meets her upstairs neighbor Jonathan who is a successful artist and when he makes the first move, things get very steamy fast. The chemistry between these two is very hot from the moment they meet. Since this is a short little story there is little drama. So when a small misunderstanding between Beth and Jonathan happens it gets quickly resolved and ends in a happy ending.

I received this book via NetGalley for my honest review.

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Beth Andrews is bitter from her divorce, and also, she is bitter from her lack of being satisfied by the men that she has dated since then. Especially her last man who only talks of finical, stocks, and earnings. When she gets him off yet won’t return the pleasure that night becomes more unbearable when her upstairs neighbor will not be quiet especially with the number of times, he and his date are still going at it. She has also noticed since she cannot sleep the women are different than the last one.
A few days go by and low and behold her upstairs neighbor is standing in front of her after knocking at her door. Wanting to introduce himself with a bottle of wine she decides to let him in and the next thing she knows they are moving from the couch to the bedroom. After telling him she needs a break he tells her two hours and when she hears a noise she is awakened. Remembering what Johnathon said about setting an alarm she is surprised he actually did.
She is surprised that he is attracted to her and though he leaves for a business trip when she arrives for his art show they spend an hour together making up for the lost time. You get the feeling that they are both into each other and once it begins to grow a misunderstanding by Beth leads to a breakup for a short bit. She still has her fears and insecurities from her past marriage and divorce once she realizes her mistake will his youthfulness allow him to accept her forgiveness or will it be too prideful and ruin a good thing that they had. Read this good story with good characters and is also a quick read.

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A short novella about a woman who starts sleeping with her upstairs neighbour and quickly turns into more.
This is hard to rate as this is basically just smut from beginning to end. The relationship development was minimal due to the length of the story and the conflict is something that has been done to death in books and movies so not very exciting in that regard. Especially since the conflict was resolved so quickly. The smut was okay. It didn't blow me out of the water but it wasn't bad either.

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Too much sex & insta love for my liking, Beth seemed desperate for attention & Jonathan was a bit of a man whore

Wouldn't rush to read more from this author

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Sexy younger man/older woman novella. Beth Andrews' fantasies about her upstairs neighbor come to life and led to happily ever after! Quick, steamy read.

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A quick and dirty novella! I loved this book and devoured it in one sitting. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

Thanks so NetGalley and Romantic's Heart Publishing for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Hot. One word to describe this book. The sex scenes were written phenomenally and made you wish you were in the place of Beth. It was a short book, just under 200 pages but it was packed with wonderfully written characters that developed from the moment we met them both and of course the sex scenes... can't forget those. I almost wish for a sequel to get more of Jonathon and Beth's adventure into marriage and how they grow in their professions.

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This was a pretty fast read! I enjoyed the Older woman/ younger man aspect a lot! The characters were very likeable.

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Hot steamy full of erotic scenes but all these wrapped in an enjoyable fast paced humorous story. In a phrase... I loved it. I couldn't let my tablet/book down. The perfect story for a lazy afternoon.

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This was a great quick younger man older woman read!! It had me hooked from the beginning and did not disappoint. Neighbors to lovers too, loved it!!

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