A good book. I wasn’t as invested as I’d have liked to be, but I enjoyed it, and will read more by this author.

Thank you for the review copy, I really love reading Harlequin Desire books as they are quick reads with steam. This book did not disappoint. I will feature this title in the podcast.

Love a good Zuri Day book, never disappoints and the love scenes are always great. Definitely will be recommending to a friend to read. I love all of the Harlequin books!

This was a new author to me, so I started with no expectations. I liked both Dee and Noah. Overall, the book was a quick and fun read. There were some slight issues with the book, but nothing to deter from it overall. I recommend.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

Noah Breedlove suffers a spinal cord injury in a skiing accident. Nurse Damaris Glen is hired by his family to care for him. He is a bad boy determined to heal from his injuries. She's a sheltered, woman from a devout family who is finding her way in the world. ⁠
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There are several wonderful tropes going on in this book - opposites attract, good girl/bad boy, family rivalry, and comfort after hurt. All the money the Breedloves possess can't guarantee that Noah will walk again, but that doesn't stop love from blooming between two people from entirely different worlds. One outstanding feature of this book is the powerful sense of family and community that at once offers comfort and conflict for our two MCs. Everyone has to adapt to new realities but Day handles the journey without losing the romance in the process. Truly enjoyable read.⁠

I was so excited for this one after reading the synopsis, unfortunately it did not work for me. I normally love Vegas based romances and caretaker plots, but I this one felt off. There was a strong Christian undertone that felt weird for a steamy romance. It didn’t work for me.

Whenever I see Zuri Day's name on a book, I know I'm in for a book hangover.
In her latest, Sin City Seduction, this opposites attracts, we-really-shouldn't-be-doing-this couple, Noah and Damaris meet when he's hired to help her recover after an accident.

Being in close proximity all the time, they find they have plenty in common and like each other's company--a lot.

Despite the warnings from her family, Damaris and Noah fall passionately in love and I do stress the passionate part because it's hot.

As always, Zuri creates characters and a story with beautiful imagery, intense moments, and a well crafted happily ever after.

*I received a copy of this book for an honest review

After Noah Breedlove suffers a spinal cord injury in a skiing accident, nurse Damaris Glen is hired to care for him. Their lives are worlds apart – and so are their families. But sometimes, no matter the challenges, love cannot be denied.

Noah and Damaris face a lot of challenges, to the point where at times the book feels very busy with everything that’s going on, but Day manages to harness those challenges neatly. Sin City Seduction has echoes of Romeo and Juliet, with Noah’s casino project and Damaris’ family’s and church’s rejection of the project, but even more intriguing is Damaris’ journey from the sheltered church girl her parents raised to a self-aware woman making her own choices – and, of course, choosing to be with Noah. The opulent luxury the Breedloves live in lends a Cinderella-esque element to the story as well, though one tempered by Noah’s own challenges coming to terms with his injury. Though the third book in Day’s Sin City Secrets series, the story stands well on its own. What I enjoyed most about the story, besides the very believable and emotionally engaging romance, was the sense of family and community in the book. Noah and Damaris have to make difficult choices, and Noah has a new reality as a disabled person that he’s dealing with through the story, but with the support of family and friends a Happily Ever After is assured. I really enjoyed Sin City Seduction!

Sin City Seduction is such a fun read. The two main characters are from two completely different worlds which is the foundation on which the book is based on. What happens when we let go our preconceived notions of other folks and try to learn about them while allowing them to really get a glimpse into our lives. I haven't read the other books in the series and it wasn't necessary as this can be read as a standalone. Sin City Seduction is a quick book and I will read more by Zuri Day!

There's something about seeing the Harlequin logo that has me one-clicking, ready to indulge in a great romance. And this author definitely brought me that.

Such a fantastic book. I loved the characters and I love the story so much. I read this one in one sitting because I didn't want to put it down.

I do recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley, Harlequin Romance and Zuri Day for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
If you’re looking for your quick read to fill your romance craving, look no further! Damaris is working as a nurse the day Noah comes into the hospital after suffering a skiing accident. Demaris finds herself hired as Noah’s home nurse and in charge of helping him through recovery.
Merp. I just really wasn’t a fan. The synopsis sounded great, but I kinda feel like the book I read was not the book I picked up. There was a very strong religious aspect to this book that I wasn’t expecting. If you go into this book knowing it’s a chrisitan romance then I think your expectations would be completely different. I expected super steamy romance with through the roof chemistry. Instead we got another virgin. Sigh.

These titles are fun and easy reads. During the pandemic it's nice to be able to live in a romantic fantasy.

The synopsis for this one sounded good and I absolutely love that cover.

I liked Dee and Noah well enough. They’re both driven, good people. I really liked Noah’s family and the support system he had. Dee’s family had potential, but instead provided the conflict. There are a good amount of characters, but most of them are superficial.

Plot wise it was okay. A lot of this book is religious. Dee has been raised in a church, her father is a well-known leader, and that is the basis for a lot of what she does. As the story progresses, she does question and stand up for herself, yet it felt false to me. Also, it seemed like a lot of the interactions between Dee and Noah fell more towards inappropriate than chemistry.

Overall, it had a lot of potential and I think it would have worked better being a full length story.

**Huge thanks to HQN for providing the arc free of charge**

I feel like this book could work if it could have a more expansive storyline. Damaris is a nurse working at the hospital when Noah is brought in from a serious skiing accident. As a result of the accident, Noah is paralyzed from the waist down, but doctors believe he will be able to walk again. Damaris is hired as Noah’s personal nurse and the two have an instant attraction. One of the largest obstacles in their relationship is Damaris’ religious beliefs and her family. Noah is trying to build a casino in Salt Lake City and Damaris’ father is one of his biggest critics.

There were aspects of this book I struggled with, so I will start with that. In regards to Damaris’ religious beliefs, I feel she was at the point in her life where she was questioning aspects of her religion. I just wish there could have been more background to explain why now, because I don’t think it was just because of Noah. I felt like in the beginning she was strong in her beliefs and then just shrugged them off when she became his personal nurse.

Noah’s recovery process felt seamless, but his family is also very wealthy, so that could be why. I am interested to see how other people feel about how his disability is written. I loved Noah and Damaris together. They work, but I wish we could have seen more. Damaris is a virgin heroine and all of sudden is in the middle of a sexual relationship that we never witness the beginning of. This book was a quick read, but I really wish this book could have been completely fleshed out! This is my first Zuri Day book, but I am definitely going to find some other Day books to read!

This was quick and easy to read, but it was ableist and overly conservative religious. I’m not sure I’d read more from the author.

This was a quick, easy read. I found Ms. Day's writing accessible with its heavy dialogue focus which I enjoy. While I liked the ease of this romance, I found a few issues with how it talked about disability and paraplegia that rang ableist and a bit outdated ("crippled" should not be used unless by people within the spinal cord injury (SCI) community as a reclaiming term. It is not meant for the non-SCI community). This book read needed a sensitivity reader, and if it had one, it needed more. I don't take issue with Noah's recovery. It felt realistic, given the nature of his injury (I do not have an SCI but I have done enough research for my own writing projects to have a basic grasp of what would be possible and this was medically believable); I don't think a story has to end in a person continuing their disability, in the same way, to be disability-positive; most disabled people I've learned from say they learn to embrace their new life, and they also would welcome the old use of their body; being disability positive and wanting prior ability are not mutually exclusive. I just wish the editor and publisher had done a better job of ensuring this respectfully and intelligently portrayed paralysis and not ableist words and ideas around "crippledom" and pity. One thing I did appreciate was how candid Ms. Day was about how relatively smooth Noah's transition to recovery was because of his financial resources. This highlights the classist inequities of how people's recoveries from illness and injury drastically vary based on their financial situation.

I also found myself deeply frustrated with the conservative religious aspect. Damaris' family is very insular and judgmental (her dad more so, but her mom is highly acquiescent). That dislike is subjective and isn't a knock on the writing, it just wasn't a pleasant aspect for me and a lot of the narrative was spent on it. I find reading people like Damaris' father infuriating, which doesn't mean it made me dislike the story; if anything it conveys that Ms. Day wrote these characters well enough for them to get under my skin. I just didn't want so much on-page time with a narrow-minded bigot who oppressively commanded his black wife and biracial children with the blessing of a recently racist, still passively racist and thus problematic religious institution.

I liked Noah and Damaris together, but it felt like every time their chemistry started to crackle, the moment was rushed or cut off. Repeatedly, the narrative felt stilted and jarring. It felt like the writing needed a deep breath and some work on its flow. There were great opportunities for intimacy and tenderness, and those moments were glossed over. When Noah first has sensation, it's just a flurry of calling the doctor. There could have been a real gem in that moment and it was gone in a blink of an eye.

In summary, the core premise and the easy reading of this story were very likable; however its execution, unfortunately, left a lot to be desired for me.

Thank you to Harlequin Desire and NetGalley for this complimentary copy; all opinions are my own.