You have to face your past before you can truly move forward into your future.Lana Rodriguez, famed blues singer, decides to go to Waikiki with her best friend Melanie on vacation. Melanie is recovering from a recent divorce and Lana wants to be there for her. However, Lana doesn't really wish to return to where she grew up, but she does it anyway out of friendship.Eight time Olympic winner Jason Koa owns a local beach side restaurant on the island as well as gives surf lessons on the side. Lana intrigues him and he wants her with a passion, but she seems hard. He aches to get to her soft side, or see if it even exists. When she calls for an escort one evening, he makes sure it is himself at her door.Lana and Jason spend alot of time together; talking, snorkeling, and filling the island air with sizzling passion. When it is time for Melanie and Lana to return to the states, Lana begs off. She admits to Melanie about her childhood and wishes to remain to visit her parents graves.Later, when Lana decides to surprise Jason, she is simply stunned. Before she even sees him, she catches a late breaking news cast and they are the lead story. She's been implicated in a sex scandal and the news states she solicited services from Jason. It is devastating news to the celebrity as well as her heart.Lana and Jason will have to overcome many obstacles if they hope to remain together. However, when Jason's grandmother reveals Lana's secret in front of many, Lane will have to face her inner demons to bring hope to her future.In PARADISE RULES, sizzling passion and secrets come together in an intense and satisfying read. Ms. Kery's characters are so real, you keep turning the pages to know them better. A sexy read against the backdrop of a tropical paradise that will have you begging for more. As reviewed for Readourlipsblog.blogspot.comWoohoo! This book has A LOT of sex! Coming from me, that’s saying something! It’s the kind of book that you can not only polish your pearl to, you can polish a string of pearls to. But wait! I’m getting ahead of myself. I was just so excited. Ok, deep breath. *fans herself*We start the book by meeting Lana Rodriguez. New Yorker, Blues Singer, damaged by childhood, Queen Bitch when she wants to be, Lana. She and her best friend and personal assistant, go to Hawaii to help Melanie get over a difficult divorce and custody battle. When the BFF’s go for surf lessons and we get to meet Jason Koa. Olympic Swimmer, Surf Champion, Entrepreneur, heir to quite a fortune, Jason.From the beginning, Lana and Jason have a volatile relationship. Sparks fly in every way imaginable. At their first meeting, Jason is late for the surf lesson that he’s supposed to be instructing and when Lana goes to find him, she finds him in la flagrante delicto with a curvy blonde. That doesn’t stop her from giving him a piece of her mind, with the blonde’s hand still down his pants. Lana’s got moxy, and then some.Eventually, these two get to release some of that explosive energy between the sheets. Or should I say up against a dresser. Later, when Lana seeks out Jason for another go-round, he agrees with conditions. He gets her for 24 hours. His rules. On his house boat (which is really a floating pleasure palace, let’s just call it what it is). Lana agrees, but she has tried and true defense mechanisms that give Jason a run for his money.Once they get to the boat, we learn that Jason is a true sexual dominant, but not in the traditional sense. He doesn’t wear leathers, or make her call him “Master”, but he does do just about everything else. This man should teach a workshop on creative sex. I’d say they only have conventional ‘insert Tab A into slot B’ about 30% of the time. The rest of the time, we get to see backdoor play or fleshy pocket lovin’ or some sweet kisses in all the pink spots. It is positively combustible.There are trials and tribulations in the path of these two lovebirds, like a sex scandal, Lana’s painful childhood and Jason’s inability to dial it back a notch sometimes when it comes to Lana. Which is a recipe for a really sexy, sophisticated read. I would definitely recommend this book. What I loved about Paradise Rules:1 - Lana challenges Jason in a way he’s never been before. Sexually and otherwise. The reader reaps the benefit.2 - Jason has two toy drawers. And he opens them often.3 - I could really feel that paradise that is Hawaii. The author did the natural beauty justice.4 - Jason helps Lana overcome a longtime fear.5 - The ‘I can’t wait another minute to be inside you’ sex. 6 - Jason’s boat. I wanna go!7 - The peripheral characters. Lily, Harold, Melanie, Manuel, lil’ Lil and Kelly. I hope the author plans a sequel. She did too good a job describing all of these people for me not to care about them.8 - The scene where Jason drowns Lana in leis. It is decadent and sumptuous. It’s going on my ‘Scenes I’d like to re-create’ list! 9 - I now have the knowledge that a boat’s ladder can be used in many creative ways.10- The romantic side of Jason.11- It was just so hot! Sex, sex and more sex!What I didn’t like about Paradise Rules:1 - I was upset that there were times when safe sex wasn’t practiced. Especially since the first time Lana meets Jason, he’s getting it on with someone else. Usually, it wouldn’t bother me, but just that circumstance made it oogey.
What do You think about Paradise Rules (2009)?
Full of hotness in the sex department. But also very well-written, which is always a plus.
—Soccerforlife
Not her best, but not as bad as the last book I read.
—Val
