Tamsen Parker

I like my men the way I like my drinks: tall, stiff, with a few aches the only proof I pounded them the night before. I don't do relationships. I don't do romance. I do kinky AF strangers I never speak to again. Or I did, until Cris Ardmore comes along.Handsome, charming, and cooks almost as well as he f*cks-which is to say phenomenally-Cris makes me want to break all my carefully cultivated rules. I don't want to like him and I definitely can't afford to trust him. Not after what happened the last time I fell in love. The only thing Cris is supposed to be in charge of during our dirty weekends is my body, he needs to keep his too-talented hands off my heart.**Please note: Alpha in the Sheets is the first book in The After Hours Series and is NOT a stand-alone. Bound in the Streets, the second half of Cris and India's story, is out now!**

Alpha in the Sheets

Briar's Reviews

Tamsen Parker's first novel about India and Crispin was definitely a sexy ride!

I read this book after the second one, Intimate Geography, and I have to admit this was a wonderful way to introduce the characters. The novel introduces India and Crispin and their very interesting relationship which involves lots of sexy scenes and R rated words. It's a great ride to follow along and introduces everything at just the right speed.

Crispin is not introduced in the first chapter, which is excellent! Tamsen does an excellent job of introducing the reader to India's current life first, then proceeding to introduce the conflict and pieces of India's past as well.

There wasn't much wrong with this book at all to be honest. I felt like there could have been more "action" or conflict that could have happened, but since this is a series and I have read the second book, I can say it's a wonderful introduction. This definitely is not a standalone novel and should not be read as one. If anything, that is the only problem with this novel. Some novels can be read as part of the series and as a standalone. This one is made to be a series and should not be read as a standalone.

Overall, I really enjoyed it! It's a sexy BDSM novel with lots of twists and turns that I didn't see coming.

I would suggest this novel to people who like: romance, erotica, Fifty Shades of Grey novels with a bigger plot, and drama/emotional reads.

Five out of five stars!