Review: Love Irresistibly by Julie James.

Posted April 3, 2013 by Rowena in Reviews | 4 Comments

Rowena’s review of Love Irresistibly (FBI/US Attorney #4) by Julie James.

Hero: Cade Morgan
Heroine: Brooke Parker

HE’S USED TO GETTING WHAT HE WANTS…

A former football star and one of Chicago’s top prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cade Morgan will do anything to nail a corrupt state senator, which means he needs Brooke Parker’s help. As general counsel for a restaurant company, she can get a bug to the senator’s table at one of her five-star restaurants so the FBI can eavesdrop on him. All Cade has to do is convince Brooke to cooperate—and he’s not afraid to use a little charm, or the power of his office, to do just that.

AND WHAT HE WANTS IS HER.

A savvy businesswoman, Brooke knows she needs to play ball with the U.S. Attorney’s office—even if it means working with Cade. No doubt there’s a sizzling attraction beneath all their sarcastic quips, but Brooke is determined to keep things casual. Cade agrees—until a surprising turn of events throws his life into turmoil, and he realizes that he wants more than just a good time from the one woman with whom he could fall terrifyingly, irresistibly in love . .

I’ve been waiting pretty anxiously for this book and now that I’ve finished the book, I can say that I absolutely loved it. It’s got that witty charm that only Julie James can pull off and Cade Morgan made all of my lady parts sigh.

This story takes place after Kyle and Rylann find their happily ever afters. If you’ve read Julie James previous books in this series then you’ll remember Cade. He was the prosecutor that aggresively went after Kyle Rhodes after Kyle shut down Twitter and he’s the reason why Kyle was in prison so yeah, Kyle’s not a fan of Cade’s.

But I am.

Each and every single year I wait for a new Julie James book to come out and each and every year since she started writing, she finds new ways to suck me into her books. In this book, Cade sucked me in. The confidence that he had while pursuing Brooke, the way he always got the last word in with Brooke, the way that his last words never failed to turn me into a giggling little school girl…I loved it all.

Cade’s building a case against some a shady senator and he needs to gather evidence to convict him. With the help of his FBI buddies and the general counsel of a restaurant business, he gets what he wants. After the cute general counsel helps them out, Cade can’t help but wanta to get to know her better…so he does.

And given the way that sparks fly when they bicker back and forth, it was inevitable that they’d hook up. There’s a whole lot of other stuff that goes down over the course of this book like Cade’s family expanding, Brooke’s career taking off and the two of them trying to find middle ground. All of it made for a really fun and entertaining few hours.

I really enjoyed the romance between Cade and Brooke. I loved the way that Cade went after her, the way that Brooke held her own against Cade (which is normal for a Julie James heroine, which I totally approve of) and the way that the two of them came together. Each interaction was filled with chemistry and sexual tension and the chemistry carries throughout the entire book and I really liked that.

I liked getting to know both Cade and Brooke. Cade’s got daddy issues that shaped him into the man that he is today and even though he doesn’t like his father, he deals with the arrival of Zach the way that I thought was the right way to handle things. I liked seeing him growing closer and closer to Zach as the story progressed and the way that things ended with that whole deal was good.

Brooke was smart, she was strong and she was caring. I really enjoyed seeing the more personal part of her when she was with Cade and also when she was with Ford. I liked the friendship between Ford and Brooke, it was refreshing to see that childhood best friends of the opposite sex can maintain a strictly platonic relationship and still love the hell out of each other. I’m kind of hoping that the next book will be Ford’s book…he definitely deserves a book of his own.

Overall, this book was a fast read. One that kept me anxious for more and the more I read, the more Julie James delivered. I also really like that the city of Chicago is kind of a character all its own in each of Julie James books. I’ve never really thought much about the windy city, never felt compelled to visit there or anything but I really want to now. This book has it all, characters that you’ll come to love, a story that moves those characters down the road to happy ending and a couple that will have you rooting for from the very beginning.

I definitely recommend this book. I loved the hell out of it.

Grade: 5 out of 5

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