Strapped

Nina G. Jones — 2013

By all appearances, Shyla Ball has an enviable life: a loyal boyfriend, a great job, and family that loves her. She doesn't realize how deeply unsatisfied she is until she has an embarrassing encounter with a handsome stranger at a coffee shop. Taylor Holden, a successful businessman, takes a sudden special interest in her and offers her a job she cannot refuse. Soon after, she learns there is much more to this intensely private man than meets the eye. He is hiding many painful secrets, including why it is that he has seemingly plucked her out of obscurity for such a lucrative position. Her “perfect” world is turned upside down by her infatuation towards Taylor and in just a couple of months, her life looks nothing like it did before. While she is frightened by the changes she sees in herself, she cannot resist the lure of Taylor Holden. As Shyla slowly gains Taylor's trust, she learns of his complex history and how it has molded him into the person he has become. When elements of Taylor's secret past resurface and threaten to destroy them, Shyla finds out there may be more to Taylor's story than even he is aware of. Strapped is a story of passion, manipulation, obsession, and family secrets.Nina G. Jones is the owner of two Boxers (the dogs, not the athletes) and a lover of chocolate.

Reviews

NaTasna Jiggetts@booksnclean

Oct 28, 2021

How do I describe this book..I am speechless. I just finished this and I wanted to do a review while it was still fresh in my mind. ***CONTAINS SPOILERS*** First can I say that I will never look at my nearest coffee shop in the same way. Lets talk about Taylor..wow light eyes dark hair =YUMMY. He is guarded and does to let anyone touch him but when Shyla spills her coffee on him he doesn't move and just stands there. Come to find out he is the CEO of Holden Industries the "it" company and she is just a graphic designer that has fallen for this guy. She is in a relationship that is at a standstill, there is not more excitement but when she meets Taylor something in her lights up. So when he offers her a jobs she thinks it took good to be true..he buys her a new working wardrobe, she is his right hand and he lets her in on a secret. But that is not the only secret he has. Okay I am not going to spill anymore details on this book but there was a scenic in here where I had a feeling things were not as they seem and I literally had to stop reading 95% into the book and so many emotional were going on in me..I felt like I was in their shoes. This book will have you on a roller coaster and make you want more..and this is only book 1!!! The emotions are still fresh I can't tripe anyone otherwise I will reveal the whole book. You have to get this book like NOW!!! Ok I just have to say this..there is a Leather-Man involved in the shocking part *wink*