Review: The Virgin’s Guide to Misbehaving by Jessica Clare

Playing innocent is easy.

After being the quiet, shy girl her whole life, Elise Markham is ready for a mental makeover. She’s done keeping to herself and staying out of trouble—it’s time to break out of her shell and maybe meet someone intriguing in the process. So, on a photography trip to Bluebonnet, she has a whole lot more on her mind than snapping photos, especially when Rome walks into the picture.

Playing dirty is fun.

The newest instructor at Wilderness Survival Expeditions has a colorful past, to say the least. Having come from a family of notorious con artists that destroyed his credit and reputation, all before his eighteenth birthday, Rome just wants a decent job and a quiet life in a town where no one knows his name. He’s exactly the kind of bad boy that an innocent girl like Elise should stay far away from.

But Elise is tired of doing what’s right. She’s ready to throw caution to the wind—and let Rome show her just how exciting being bad can be…

Series: Bluebonnet #4
Release Date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: Berkley
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Sheri
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I want to live in Bluebonnet Texas more and more with every story in this series by Jessica Clare. I fell in love with Elise and I loved watching her fall in love with herself and Rome. This is a story that is as much about her relationship with Rome as it is about her opening and blossoming into the woman she was always meant to be. I loved that Elise isn’t a perfect put together heroine, that she has insecurities and perceived flaws of her own. I think that made her way more relatable and made her more willing to accept Rome and his many flaws as well.

I loved the way this story built up, that it wasn’t a quick ‘I just met you, let’s boink’ story. Instead they got to know each other, they lived a little and I found myself rooting for them. I highly recommend this story. It’s got passion, humor, love and a very sexy tattooed hero.