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Open Invitation
With his lean, hard body and sexy slouch Kyle Fox is as handsome as the movie stars he reviews on his television show, Theatre Talk.
First mistaking the uptight Miss Amanda Butterworth for the network censor, Kyle is less than happy to learn she is being foisted on him as his new co-host.
Their surprising chemistry raises more than the ratings and Amanda counters his dirty tricks with anonymous steamy letters of invitation.
All bets are off when Kyle begins to suspect his annoying co-host is behind the sexy letters that he can't get out of his mind, which leads to a tantalizing game of seduction both on and off air.
First mistaking the uptight Miss Amanda Butterworth for the network censor, Kyle is less than happy to learn she is being foisted on him as his new co-host.
Their surprising chemistry raises more than the ratings and Amanda counters his dirty tricks with anonymous steamy letters of invitation.
All bets are off when Kyle begins to suspect his annoying co-host is behind the sexy letters that he can't get out of his mind, which leads to a tantalizing game of seduction both on and off air.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 1989
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May 2, 2018
3.25 stars
After a rough start this book picked up. I liked how the heroine turned the tables on the arrogant hero by sending him letters with sexual fantasies. These two bickered a lot & we do see a lot of sparks between them. Not a bad read at all.
After a rough start this book picked up. I liked how the heroine turned the tables on the arrogant hero by sending him letters with sexual fantasies. These two bickered a lot & we do see a lot of sparks between them. Not a bad read at all.
May 13, 2015
It sounded interesting, the premise of the book... Unfortunately it drove me crazy!
DNF 11%
DNF 11%
May 30, 2022
I feel no shame in reading this. The nostalgia!
May 23, 2015
Amanda Butterworth, in her buttoned up blouse and her ankle length skirt, is interviewing for a job to co-host a local movie review show. It’s a promotion for her, but the show runner is taking some convincing: his current star Kyle Fox is sexy and laid back and a hit with the ladies, and although ratings have dropped recently, why does Amanda think she’s got what it takes?
Controversy, Amanda says. She won’t agree with Kyle about any movies and it’ll be interesting for viewers, that whole male/female perspective. The show runner is all, yeah no, I’m thinking I’d want sexual tension with those arguments, and you’re kind of prissy looking, but then when he asks where Kyle is, the intern says Kyle is off getting a manicure or something, and the show runner’s head explodes. Three month trial contract! He screams. And get that deadbeat with the gorgeous nails into my office, stat!
Predictably, Kyle greets the news of a cohost with disfavour. He also greets it wearing a long white leather jacket, cowboy boots and ripped stonewash denim. I rather suspect he has a mullet. This is breathtakingly 80s, and he looks like he’s walked off the set of rock video. When Kyle decides to sexually harass Amanda in the hallway, if Slash had suddenly appeared in smoke and subdued lighting and started in on a ten minute solo, it wouldn’t have been surprising.
Kyle starts out as a jerk, but a hot one. He drives Amanda crazy, makes her late for their first movie to review, and wrecks her first show appearance by agreeing with everything she says. She gets him back, because Amanda is cool. And because she’s hot, she comes up with her own unique form of revenge: she starts sending Kyle sexy fantasy fan mail, and it drives him insane.
The fantasy fan mail makes the book - it’s not terribly kinky, but it is detailed - Amanda goes all out with scenes of trying on lingerie, girls seducing older guys in libraries, and encounters with sexy desperadoes on trains. Kyle is turned on and intrigued, and desperately hopes that Amanda is behind it all, since she’s the one he’s imagining while he reads.
This is a reread for me - I’d first read ‘Open Invitation� over 20 years ago, and could remember the plot and the letters, and that I loved the book, but not the title or the author. SBTB’s HaBO posts are gold, and highly recommended if you are ever trying to find a romance with some fairly scanty details.
‘Open Invitation� feels like it’s riding some revolutionary wave. Amanda observes that the men she meet make assumptions about her sexuality based on how she is dressed. She’s also had some not-great experiences with men who are unpleasantly surprised that she wants to be an active participant in sexual encounters. She also considers the choice between furthering her career and making a go of her relationship with Kyle, and while she chooses Kyle, it’s with the confidence that this won’t be the last opportunity to come her way. Contemporary category romance doesn’t seem to address women as sexual beings in the same way, from what I’ve read, either they are and they’re cool with it and so is (almost) everyone else, or they aren’t and the story is about awakening desire.
Kyle’s fashion sense improves, and he does feel guilty about his attempt to use sex to intimidate Amanda shortly after they first meet. He’s a very easy going guy, and he rapidly grows to like and respect Amanda.
It’s not quite as good as my memory made it out to be, but still quite lovely.
Controversy, Amanda says. She won’t agree with Kyle about any movies and it’ll be interesting for viewers, that whole male/female perspective. The show runner is all, yeah no, I’m thinking I’d want sexual tension with those arguments, and you’re kind of prissy looking, but then when he asks where Kyle is, the intern says Kyle is off getting a manicure or something, and the show runner’s head explodes. Three month trial contract! He screams. And get that deadbeat with the gorgeous nails into my office, stat!
Predictably, Kyle greets the news of a cohost with disfavour. He also greets it wearing a long white leather jacket, cowboy boots and ripped stonewash denim. I rather suspect he has a mullet. This is breathtakingly 80s, and he looks like he’s walked off the set of rock video. When Kyle decides to sexually harass Amanda in the hallway, if Slash had suddenly appeared in smoke and subdued lighting and started in on a ten minute solo, it wouldn’t have been surprising.
Kyle starts out as a jerk, but a hot one. He drives Amanda crazy, makes her late for their first movie to review, and wrecks her first show appearance by agreeing with everything she says. She gets him back, because Amanda is cool. And because she’s hot, she comes up with her own unique form of revenge: she starts sending Kyle sexy fantasy fan mail, and it drives him insane.
The fantasy fan mail makes the book - it’s not terribly kinky, but it is detailed - Amanda goes all out with scenes of trying on lingerie, girls seducing older guys in libraries, and encounters with sexy desperadoes on trains. Kyle is turned on and intrigued, and desperately hopes that Amanda is behind it all, since she’s the one he’s imagining while he reads.
This is a reread for me - I’d first read ‘Open Invitation� over 20 years ago, and could remember the plot and the letters, and that I loved the book, but not the title or the author. SBTB’s HaBO posts are gold, and highly recommended if you are ever trying to find a romance with some fairly scanty details.
‘Open Invitation� feels like it’s riding some revolutionary wave. Amanda observes that the men she meet make assumptions about her sexuality based on how she is dressed. She’s also had some not-great experiences with men who are unpleasantly surprised that she wants to be an active participant in sexual encounters. She also considers the choice between furthering her career and making a go of her relationship with Kyle, and while she chooses Kyle, it’s with the confidence that this won’t be the last opportunity to come her way. Contemporary category romance doesn’t seem to address women as sexual beings in the same way, from what I’ve read, either they are and they’re cool with it and so is (almost) everyone else, or they aren’t and the story is about awakening desire.
Kyle’s fashion sense improves, and he does feel guilty about his attempt to use sex to intimidate Amanda shortly after they first meet. He’s a very easy going guy, and he rapidly grows to like and respect Amanda.
It’s not quite as good as my memory made it out to be, but still quite lovely.
February 18, 2012
I first read this book when I was a teenager and feel in love with this book, the Temptation line, and Tiffany White! The Temptation line isn't as bold as blaze, but still plenty of sexy and if you love authors who stimulate your mind using sex and humor, Tiffany White is a can't miss author!
This is a great book about a good girl tempted to be VERY bad to get her own back from a sexy co-worker who thinks she is too reserved and prudish to be a temptation. Little does he know that this ice maiden is a smoke screen for the hot seductress inside.
This is a great book about a good girl tempted to be VERY bad to get her own back from a sexy co-worker who thinks she is too reserved and prudish to be a temptation. Little does he know that this ice maiden is a smoke screen for the hot seductress inside.
October 10, 2014
I was a little surprised at how much I liked this book. It was a little dated but I think that's why I enjoyed it so much. It's very '80's in feel, dialogue, style of dress and hair, kind of like watching an '80's movie. The story was also intriguing and the fantasy-writing element added a definite sexiness to it.
I will definitely be reading this author again!
I will definitely be reading this author again!
April 29, 2011
an absolute favorite when i read it many years ago
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December 30, 2013DalÅ¡Ã vzpomÃnka na pubertu, tahle byla náhodou docela dobrá :)
October 10, 2013
2.5 Stars!
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