Simply Sensual

This was a great end to the simply series. I loved all three books.

Carly Phillip's third installment of the SIMPLY series is a winner with me. We knew after SIMPLY SINFUL that Grace was the next person Emma Montgomery was turning her matchmaking eye towards. Grace has been living in New York off her trust fund when she realizes that she cannot put her parent's expectations behind her. So, learning from her brother, she stops taking money from her trust fund and finds a job helping people. She is hired as a photographer to create a brochure that will show how poorly some children live. This is tricky because Grace wants to show the kid's potential while touching people with her pictures so they will give generously to the fund. In order to accomplish her goal, she has another job to supplement her income. She must also travel to areas most people consider dangerous in New York to get her pictures. Grace has done this without the knowledge of her family. As a result of her tight lips her grandmother, Emma, is concerned over her welfare.Emma hires a P.I., Ben Callahan, to keep an eye on Grace. Emma isn't looking for personal details but rather a report that Grace is happy and safe in her life. Ben needs the extra money to help his ill mother move into an assisted living facility. Ben takes residence in the apartment across from Grace. There is an instant attraction when they first meet. This book showcased the chemistry better than the last two books in the series. As for Grace, she is trying to go beyond her comfort zone. She feels an attraction to Ben and decides to do something about it. She is cute as she tries to play off the sexy vixen when she really is a sweet and down-home kind of person. Grace finds Ben tagging along with her as she goes into the neighborhoods to take her pictures. On one particular day, she is attacked and told not to return or she will be seriously hurt. This starts a minor mystery that brings Ben and Grace closer together. Grace is happy to have found someone who wants to be with her because of who she is and not what family she belongs to. Lots of tension breaks out when Grace finds out the truth about how Ben came into her life.I enjoyed the way this relationship unfolded. Two adults who felt something and let things go naturally. They do average activities like washing a car and turn it into a sensual chore. This is the best of the series to date and maybe we will find Emma working her magic again sometime soon.

The "Simply" series was my first Carley books to read . I love her fast paced stories. They are the kind that grab you and dont let go till long after the end. I loved all three books, but I would have to say that this one is my favorie. It is very sensual and had me turning the pages so fast it took only about two hours for me to read the aweseome story. Ill be looking for any other titles by Carley and snatch them up as fast as possible. I cant wait for what she has in store for us next.

Ben Callahan readily accepted the offer from Emma Montgomery. As a private investigator, he is more accustomed to clients who tried to weasel their way around expenses and final pay, rather than Emma's generous offer. He not only needs to cover his own bills, but also the cost of the independent living community where he has placed his mother. Emma's job is also intriguing. Emma believes her granddaughter is "in the process of finding herself and she needs a keeper."The first moment Ben sees the picture of Emma's granddaughter, he's hooked. Just looking at Grace Montgomery's picture is enough to rev up his libido. So Ben travels to New York City, taking the apartment across the hall from Grace. When he sees Grace in person, his reaction is equally instant and intensive. The sight of Ben in her hall sends Grace's adrenaline pumping. She has escaped to New York to experience life and discover her self-identity. A treat like Ben is just one of the perks of living away from home, even if she mostly watches from a distance. Ben adds spark and zing simply with his presence. Grace has had enough of men who wine and dine her for her connections and family money. She believes Ben to be different. He seems to let her know up front just who he is and what he wants. Little does Grace suspect Ben's connection to her grandmother.Carly Phillips presents a highly seductive novel in SIMPLY SENSUAL. Her heroine lends the novel a marvelous sparkle with her spirit and spunk. Phillips also lends comic relief with Emma Montgomery, who is charming, refreshing, and addictive. I would love to see her matchmaking skills reoccur in another of Phillips' delightful romances! Highly recommended.

Wealthy senior citizen Emma Montgomery paid the airfare and expenses from New York to Hampshire, Massachusetts to offer the job of "keeper" to private investigator Ben Callahan. The pay is excellent and the job seems easy. However, Ben has doubts about "sitting" for an adult. Still the fee would allow him to provide assisted care to his mother, whose eyesight is beginning to fail. Further rationalizing that Emma would hire a less scrupulous detective, Ben reluctantly agrees to keep an eye on Emma's beautiful granddaughter Grace as the latter seeks to find herself in New York.From just a picture of Grace, Ben's libido explodes. When he meets the "Golden Princess," he realizes that he is more worried about protecting her from himself than from some thug. What he failed to count on is that a finally free Grace amazingly decides she wants to be Ben's woman and recklessly goes about insuring that happens.SIMPLY SENSUAL is a fun to read contemporary romance. Ben and Grace make a sexy duo, while the upper class Emma provides humor as she performs matchmaking duties between the sleuth and her beloved granddaughter. Simply speaking, Carly Phillips makes reading a delight.Harriet Klausner