Take Me Down

Couldn’t put it down! Loved it! The Knights are a family with “defective” parents, but the siblings (3 brothers and a sister) have an incredibly strong, loving and supportive bond. They also own and operate a very successful business together. Parker is the middle brother, nicknamed “Switzerland” for two reasons: he’s always the impartial brother in any family discussions, and, for his love of skiing. In his youth, Parker was a champion skier, but a sport injury and then a car accident (where his fiancée was killed) has brought him into the folds of his family’s successful business in order to “make a living”. During a business trip, Parker has car trouble and is left on the doorstep of a local B&B for a few days in order to wait for the local mechanic to fix his vehicle. There, he meets Emily, a local baker in the small town, and the daughter of the inn’s owner. Sparks fly between Parker and Emily, but because of the temporary nature of Parker’s stay, both lovers are reluctant to consider a long term relationship. Parker lives clear across the country and works in the family business, but is he happy there? Emily is getting over an abusive relationship, she has come home to heal, and she wants to stay in the small town where she has finally put down roots. They dearly love each other, but will they find a reason to be together.

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TAKE ME DOWN is the second full-length instalment in Carly Phillips contemporary, adult THE KNIGHT BROTHERS erotic, romance series focusing on the Knight siblings, owners of Knight Time Technology. This is former world champion skier Parker Knight, and pastry chef Emily Stevens’ story line. TAKE ME DOWN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Emily and Parker) TAKE ME DOWN follows Parker Knight as he is tasked with locating a suitable venue for Knight Time Technology’s corporate retreat. Having rerouted himself toward Denver Colorado, Parker found himself stranded with car trouble in the small town of Montlake. Needing a place to stay our hero landed at the local B&B run by father and daughter James and Emily Stevens. What ensues is the tempestuous but building relationship between Emily and Parker, and the potential fall-out as Parker’s time in Colorado comes to a close.

Emily Stevens doesn’t do relationships, and under the circumstances, has refused all outside attempts at seduction and dating. A previous relationship has left her emotionally unavailable, that is until, Parker Knight arrives on the scenes. Parker Knight also struggles with a former relationship in that he is still paying for sins of the past. Meeting Emily Stevens gives Parker hopes for a future, that will quickly be dampened when his time in Colorado comes with an expiry date.

The relationship between Parker and Emily is one of immediate attraction but Emily’s feisty and off-putting attitude leaves something to be desire. Believing Parker is nothing but a spoiled, rich city boy, Emily battles between head and heart as it pertains to her growing attraction to our story line hero. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

All of Parker’s siblings play secondary and supporting characters including the long suffering eldest brother Ethan Knight. We are introduced to Emily’s father James, as well as her best friend and café owner Harper Sanders. Ethan’s story is next in the author’s Dare/Knight crossover novel DARE ME TONIGHT.

TAKE ME DOWN is a story of family, friendship, struggle and betrayal. There are moments romance and love; betrayal and vengeance; realization and forgiveness. The premise is engaging ; the romance is seductive; the character are spunky, sassy and energetic.