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Rose (Thorn Tattoo Studio Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Leslie North (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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“A man like him could never be tamed…”

Giovanni DeRose only came back to Las Vegas to work with his brothers in the legendary family tattoo studio. Instead, he’s found himself the leader of a sinking ship, thrown together with a gorgeous woman who won’t back down. But with the threat of closure if he doesn’t turn a profit ASAP, working alongside her may be his only option. Gio can do just about anything with his talented hands and bare skin, but this bad boy will need something different if he’s going to save Thorn...

Riley Bryne is an Irish lass that’s as smooth as whiskey—if you don’t mind the burn that comes along with it. As Thorn’s new co-manager she’s desperate to pull it back into the green to clear her own debt, but her numbers-focused tactics throws her up against her Gio’s art-centered direction. Challenging the tattooed hunk is easy, but stopping herself falling for his smouldering touch? The odds don't look good.

Riley is business savvy and a little bit bossy—something Giovanni finds frustrating in the studio and hot as hell when he’s got her pinned to their office desk. But if Thorn Tattoo is going to survive they’ll need to combine not just their bodies, but their talents outside the bedroom, too.
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"Leslie North's books are full of life and adventure. Her heros are heart-throbbingly hot while her heroines are sexy and vibrant. I love reading Leslie North's stories so I can lose myself in the excitement and passion. I'm always on the edge of my seat - moving between laughter, shock and heart-pounding feelings - waiting for the next sentence and the next emotion. Leslie North's books are a must-read!" -- USA Today Bestseller Elizabeth Lennox

"Leslie North has weaved a story filled with feels, heartache, secrets, sexual attraction, hot scenes, witty banter, off-the-chart chemistry, and love."

"I love every Leslie North book and this one isn't an exception. The emotional, gutwrenching parts plus the steaminess. Wow. I just totally love every book that she writes! I can't wait for the next." - Caroline L

"Hero and heroine work so well together and they have sky high chemistry. I laughed andyelled at this wonderful book. I look forward to book 3." - Lorrie Vanmeter on Her Rogue Russian

"So I love Leslie North's books and I've read a bunch of her Sheikh books. This one is about a cowboy and WOW. Change of pace, lots of spice, and just everything nice. I loved howstrong the heroine was. The steamy scenes will melt you." - Caroline L. on Breaking the Cowboy's Rules

"I think this might be my favorite book by Leslie North and I probably have read almost all of the ones that I know are published. The characters are complex, its a unique storyline, the suspense keeps you guessing, and the hot factor is off the charts." - Melodyslove4books on Shooting the SEAL

"Leslie North has been a favorite author of mine for a couple of years but with each new book I like her more and more." - Hazel Harkins

"I never have been & never will be disappointed in any book written by Leslie North! ... She has a definite talent for writing books both individually and in a series......the characters and the books flow so smoothly together!" - Signi Siemens on Her Ruthless Russian
"L.North knows how to keep you wanting more and always has strong character's that make you root for them." - Melissa Herman on Her Ruthless Russian

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07474YD9V
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 23, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 23, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2217 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1545422176
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Leslie North is the USA Today Bestselling pen name for a critically-acclaimed author of women's contemporary romance and fiction. The anonymity gives her the perfect opportunity to paint with her full artistic palette, especially in the romance and erotic fantasy genres.

The truth of the matter is she loves her fictional persona, Leslie North, more than her normal, day-to-day persona! Her bestselling books focus on strong characters and particularly women who aren't afraid to challenge an alpha male. Inspired after years of travel, her stories are set all over the world, from the tough streets of Russia to the beautiful beaches of the middle east.

Leslie fell in love with romance when she first picked up a scrappy, dog-eared romance book from her local library. She began writing soon after and the rest, as they say, was history. She now lives in a cozy cottage on the British coast and enjoys taking long walks with her two Dalmatians, George and Fergie.

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sencillez
5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely love Leslie North's work
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2017
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I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of Rose. I absolutely love Leslie North's work. She has phenomenal talent and I couldn't get enough. The story was hot and full of steamy scenes. The characters were wonderfully written and had amazing chemistry between them. I couldn't put it down. I believe this is an absolute must read and it would be a shame to miss out on reading it.
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Kindle Customer Linda
4.0 out of 5 stars Attraction yes, dislike absolutely
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
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Giovanni is working in his famous family's Las Vegas tattoo shop. Gio is artistic not business mined and this has put the business in dire financial straits. To save the tattoo shop Gio's brother has hired a business manager. Riley is a walking talking dream girl with a serious business head on her shoulders. Macho Gio doesn't like to be told what to do and hates having an outsider tell him how to run his family business but he is ok with lusting after Riley. Riley has some secrets. "Rose" is cute, very funny and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Linda
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Lunarose
3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant but a bit boring.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
I received this title as an Advanced Reading Copy.

This book is a nice book. Enjoyable with interesting characters. But it is lacking something. The characters fall a little short. They don't feel properly explored and developed. The story itself has potential that is unrealized. The story flows along with very little conflict. A character, Clinton, shows up and totally trash talks Riley and Gio beats him up. You expect him to show up later and cause problems but that never happens. Another character shows up for a job interview, which he thinks went great, but this character has a lot of attitude and was lying about his portfolio. You expect him to show up and cause problems because he didn't get the job. Never happens. You think that maybe Riley's father might how up and cause problems. Never happens. While the story as written is certainly a lot more like reality, that kind of realism is a bit boring when telling stories. There simply wasn't enough conflict for them to overcome to make this a satisfying read.
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mjwk
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020
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This was a "couldn't put it down" book. Have been a fan of Leslie North for a long time and this one does not disappoint!!
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Jen Thomason
4.0 out of 5 stars Excited to read more in this series!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017
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This was a good, quick romance with steamy scenes and plenty of conflict. I can't say it's one of my favorite things that I've read, but it served it's purpose as an entertaining romance with unique characters!
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Tanya
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017
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Held my attention. Couldn't wait to read what would happened between Giovanni and Riley.
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Leslie Kasterko
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017
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Sandra Richardson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good start to possible great series
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2017
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I came across this book by accident when I found Thorn, bk2 & Bloom bk3 pf The Thorn Tattoo Studio Series available on Netgalley. After reading the blurbs for those two books I went on Amazon UK and purchased this book, Rose bk1 in The Thorn Tattoo Studio Series. I don't know about everyone else but I like to swap around the genres I read and was in the mood for a lighter, maybe more romantic read and this series seemed to fit the bill. Although my intention was to read Rose first and then get around to reading the other books later. Leslie North was also an author I hadn't read before and I do enjoy trying out books by authors new to me or even debut authors.

The cover features a rather hunky looking, guy with some neat facial hair and quite an extensive array of tattoo's. The guy has his head tilted downwards which to me suggests he could be a quieter type of guy maybe even a little shy. I love the font of the title "Rose" which after beginning to read the book I presumed came from the Tattooist family name DeRose. I did initially jump to the conclusion that the lead female character must have been called Rose at some point rather than Riley but the source of the title became clearer as the book went on.

The book is set around a family owned Tattoo studio previously owned by the patriarch of the DeRose family, then when he passes the business is run by the three brothers. Oldest brother Antonio DeRose who takes care of the financial side of the business. Middle brother Luciano DeRose who has worked at the Thorn Studio but at the moment is travelling around being a guest artist at conventions, shows and other studios. The last and youngest brother is Giovanni DeRose and he is the brother this book centres on, he is also the DeRose brother featured on the book cover. The Thorn Studio isn't doing as well as it could. Antonio is sick of bringing up the subject with Giovanni who has no head for figures and financial aspects of the business. So Antonio finally takes matters into his own hands and hires Riley Byrne, a rather bossy young woman of Irish descent to co-manage and take care of the studio front desk, so bookings, taking money, doing the stock checks etc etc. One of the first things Riley does is implement a computer booking system, and look at ways that Thorn Studio can increase its turnover. Giovanni, is set in his ways using an old tattered appointment book and has a more relaxed attitude to timings and such so initially hates the new computerised system. In fact he sets his mind to hate everything Riley suggests such as the courses she wants Giovanni to give. He eventually relents and agrees to do them and takes Riley to see a conference room he has managed to book for the first one that is part of a hotel/casino complex. Its whilst they are there that Giovanni relaxes and as Riley hasn't been in a casino he talks her into letting him show her around. He bets and plays poker well, something we later learn during the other Thorn Studio books that all the DeRose men have a talent for. The Hotel/Casino complex offer Giovanni a complementary suite in the hotel, and that's where sparks fly when cajoled into going to take a look at the suite and its luxuries Giovanni & Riley kiss and . . . .

The character I loved the most in this book was Riley, she was an independant woman and not scared of standing up to the big burly males that frequent a tattoo studio. Riley certainly isn't afraid to stand her ground against Giovanni, and it's one of the first things that attract him to her. Then when he kisses her originally to kind of prove the point that he can, his feelings continue to grow. Giovanni then accidentally discovers Riley's secret and she soon learns what it feels like to be pushed into suggestions you may not be so comfortable with. Rather like the way Riley has been pushing Giovanni into changing the way things run at Thorn Studio. I also like Giovanni, for all his bustle and tough guy image, he soon gives his heart to Riley even if at first he doesn't want to admit it. Passing it off as a bit of fun to begin with.

I enjoyed reading the book, learning the different characters and names for the tattooists at Thorn Studio. Giovanni being the head tattooist, then the brief appearance of "The News" who soon leaves after his work not being up to the requires standards of the increasingly popular Thorn Studio. There's also characters who use their own "normal" names such as Jaime Ritter, and Ben Mendez who also does piercing at the studio. I'll be totally honest I know very little about tattoo's and tattooists but you really didn't need to in order to thoroughly enjoy this book.

If you are looking for a fairly short, light romantic read, then this could be just the book you are looking for. After finishing reading this book I knew I wanted to read the next one in the series. Which was quite new for me as I usually only read the occasional contemporary and romance book sandwiched in between other genres, but I enjoyed Rose so much I wanted to read more by Leslie North.

My immediate thoughts upon finishing this one were that it was different than my usual genre comfort zone. Yes, it has some steamy scenes. I did really enjoy the book. Loved all the different characters within the Thorn Tattoo Studio.
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Sandra Richardson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good start to potentially great series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2017
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I came across this book by accident when I found Thorn, bk2 & Bloom bk3 pf The Thorn Tattoo Studio Series available on Netgalley. After reading the blurbs for those two books I went on Amazon UK and purchased this book, Rose bk1 in The Thorn Tattoo Studio Series. I don't know about everyone else but I like to swap around the genres I read and was in the mood for a lighter, maybe more romantic read and this series seemed to fit the bill. Although my intention was to read Rose first and then get around to reading the other books later. Leslie North was also an author I hadn't read before and I do enjoy trying out books by authors new to me or even debut authors.

The cover features a rather hunky looking, guy with some neat facial hair and quite an extensive array of tattoo's. The guy has his head tilted downwards which to me suggests he could be a quieter type of guy maybe even a little shy. I love the font of the title "Rose" which after beginning to read the book I presumed came from the Tattooist family name DeRose. I did initially jump to the conclusion that the lead female character must have been called Rose at some point rather than Riley but the source of the title became clearer as the book went on.

The book is set around a family owned Tattoo studio previously owned by the patriarch of the DeRose family, then when he passes the business is run by the three brothers. Oldest brother Antonio DeRose who takes care of the financial side of the business. Middle brother Luciano DeRose who has worked at the Thorn Studio but at the moment is travelling around being a guest artist at conventions, shows and other studios. The last and youngest brother is Giovanni DeRose and he is the brother this book centres on, he is also the DeRose brother featured on the book cover. The Thorn Studio isn't doing as well as it could. Antonio is sick of bringing up the subject with Giovanni who has no head for figures and financial aspects of the business. So Antonio finally takes matters into his own hands and hires Riley Byrne, a rather bossy young woman of Irish descent to co-manage and take care of the studio front desk, so bookings, taking money, doing the stock checks etc etc. One of the first things Riley does is implement a computer booking system, and look at ways that Thorn Studio can increase its turnover. Giovanni, is set in his ways using an old tattered appointment book and has a more relaxed attitude to timings and such so initially hates the new computerised system. In fact he sets his mind to hate everything Riley suggests such as the courses she wants Giovanni to give. He eventually relents and agrees to do them and takes Riley to see a conference room he has managed to book for the first one that is part of a hotel/casino complex. Its whilst they are there that Giovanni relaxes and as Riley hasn't been in a casino he talks her into letting him show her around. He bets and plays poker well, something we later learn during the other Thorn Studio books that all the DeRose men have a talent for. The Hotel/Casino complex offer Giovanni a complementary suite in the hotel, and that's where sparks fly when cajoled into going to take a look at the suite and its luxuries Giovanni & Riley kiss and . . . .

The character I loved the most in this book was Riley, she was an independant woman and not scared of standing up to the big burly males that frequent a tattoo studio. Riley certainly isn't afraid to stand her ground against Giovanni, and it's one of the first things that attract him to her. Then when he kisses her originally to kind of prove the point that he can, his feelings continue to grow. Giovanni then accidentally discovers Riley's secret and she soon learns what it feels like to be pushed into suggestions you may not be so comfortable with. Rather like the way Riley has been pushing Giovanni into changing the way things run at Thorn Studio. I also like Giovanni, for all his bustle and tough guy image, he soon gives his heart to Riley even if at first he doesn't want to admit it. Passing it off as a bit of fun to begin with.

I enjoyed reading the book, learning the different characters and names for the tattooists at Thorn Studio. Giovanni being the head tattooist, then the brief appearance of "The News" who soon leaves after his work not being up to the requires standards of the increasingly popular Thorn Studio. There's also characters who use their own "normal" names such as Jaime Ritter, and Ben Mendez who also does piercing at the studio. I'll be totally honest I know very little about tattoo's and tattooists but you really didn't need to in order to thoroughly enjoy this book.

If you are looking for a fairly short, light romantic read, then this could be just the book you are looking for. After finishing reading this book I knew I wanted to read the next one in the series. Which was quite new for me as I usually only read the occasional contemporary and romance book sandwiched in between other genres, but I enjoyed Rose so much I wanted to read more by Leslie North.

My immediate thoughts upon finishing this one were that it was different than my usual genre comfort zone. Yes, it has some steamy scenes. I did really enjoy the book. Loved all the different characters within the Thorn Tattoo Studio.
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