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Oh my, Oh my! I don't even know what to say, but this was one hot read! A forbidden work romance that was sweet, funny, and sexy.

Off Limits is a book about Gemma and Jack. Jack is Gemma’s boss and that’s why there cannot be a sexual relationship between them, even though they both want it. One day Jack’s crossed the line and since that day, they are addicted to each other.

I loved this book but I feel like it was missing something in the build up of their relationship. And the last few chapters seemed rushed. Nonetheless, I still loved how it ended, they were perfect in the end.

This is my first book by this author and it won't be my last. I will now devour anything by this author! I highly recommend it!

*a copy was provided by NetGalley*

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Received this an ARC for review. All opinions are my own honest thoughts.

Jack and Gemma work together and have had a spark going between them for sometime. Jack is a self made good looking Irish playboy and Gemma is lawyer who graduated from Oxford and is literally a lady. This book was hot and steamy. I loved Jack and Gemma dynamics and their on going banter. If you are looking for a hot sexy time read, then give this one a shot. Congratulations to the Author Clare on another excellent read. ( )

I received an ARC eBook of this book.

This is the first book I have read by Clare Connelly as well as being part of Harlequin's new digital romance Imprint "Dare".

I thought this was a really well written contemporary romance and I enjoyed the story as well as the characters. I enjoyed seeing how Jack Grant and Gemma Picton's relationship started and then developed throughout the story as well as getting to know more about them as individual characters as well as their pasts/families. I liked Gemma's grandmother and their relationship with one another as well.

I look forward to reading more from Harlequin's new Dare Imprint in 2018 as well as looking into this author to see what other books she has written. ( )

The course is set. The lines have been drawn. But rules are made to be broken. He's nursed a broken heart, played the field and fought the flames of attraction. Jack Grant is about to get in touch with his inner alpha and the heat is about to combust. Gemma is a woman who is no shrinking violet. She speaks her mind, follows her own rules and has no time for risks. Her heart is off limits and that is not about to change. Off Limits goes out of bounds and delivers the full frontal when it comes to lust, love and moving on. The fantasy gets real. ( )

Honestly? I wasn't too sure about this one for the first third or so. I liked Gemma and Jack--they have good chemistry, though he's got major, major issues (definitely not over the death of his wife being a major part of that) and of course there's the work thing, so yeah, they definitely should be resisting with everything they've got...I'm still not 100% clear about what exactly tripped them over the line from resisting is still a go to OMG, we've definitely given that up, I see! So, yeah; that first third? I got why they wanted to be sleeping together, but couldn't quite get on board with why they were actually doing it when all signs pointed to really not a good idea, folks.

I'm not even sure where that changed, but somewhere along the line I started to get a glimmer of hmmm, maybe this really could work...maybe. Gemma was definitely falling, but Jack? Still a bit of a mystery, to Gemma and to the reader (though this is a dual POV story, we get far more of it from hers than from his).

Then we get to the black moment, and oh yeah, it's black. Even the US women's hockey team winning gold couldn't quite get me out of the funk that their relationship crisis put me in--I had to quick finish the book before the medal ceremony, just to put myself in the proper frame of mind! No worries, though--Jack pulled out all the stops--and his head out of his butt--and gave us all one heck of an HEA that nearly made me forget about all of the earlier agony he put us through earlier.

Almost. ;)

Plus--kudos to Ms. Connelly for not vilifying Jack's dead wife, my personal pet peeve in widow/widower stories! It's always nice to see a romance author who believes that it could be possible to find love twice in a lifetime ( )