The Professional Part 3 (The Game Maker Series)

The Professional: Part 3: The Game Maker, Book 1

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Game Maker Series by cover. How do series work? Helpers emren 8 , E-romance 5 , Shelda17 1 , jemedwards 1. Game Maker Series by cover 1—6 of 6 show all. Talk about a scarily unhealthy relationship. Fantasy and suspension of disbelief aside, I really hope no woman would ever aspire to a man like this in real life. See the red flags for what they are. Just knowing about his tortured past doesn't excuse or cure his behavioural issues.

Sevastyan is just too damaged for my tastes. What will be next? Given how things ended, I wonder if Cole plans to write the brothers' stories, and if Natalie's friend Jess will play a role. If it's a development of the Mafiya story, I might be tempted. View all 3 comments. Part 3 of Book 1 begins with a bang! Sebastian's attempt to call Natalie's bluff and scare her away from her darker desires doesn't work out as planned.

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Instead, Sebastian is forced to acknowledge that she knows what she wants. As a result, he is forced to come to terms with his own feelings about his sexual appetites. While the two have seemingly sorted out the physical aspects of their relationship, Natalie still feels frozen out of Sebastian's life. Faced with the reality of losing her forever Part 3 of Book 1 begins with a bang!

Faced with the reality of losing her forever, Sebastian finally shares the ghosts from his past. Fearful that she'd leave if she knew his truths, the only thing compelling enough to make him open up to Natalie was the realization that his silence was causing him to lose her already. Overall, this was a good conclusion to this book.

I will continue this series, but the three parts of book 1 could easily be read as a stand alone. Who doesn't love a HEA??? Part 3 I need a tall glass of ice cold water to cool off, or even better for Sevastyan to climb out of my kindle and ravish me until I am too limp to think or move. Like in the previous parts of The Professional The only issue I had with this book was that it was all resolved really quickly at the end, everything has has had a great build up of tension, but the resolution seems to have been hurried and it made it seem very artificial.

But, as a whole The Professional was fantastic. Bring on The Game Maker 2! View all 5 comments. Oct 28, Chryssa rated it did not like it Shelves: NO I cannot keep giving rating stars so freely after this bias has its limits after all! No arguments against Ms Cole's masterly writing it is Kresley Cole after all! This book is written as erotica.

And YES I like my books spicy when I choose to read erotica but there is a difference between erotica and What Chandler and Joey enjoying watching for free! And YES I totally respect others extolling this book as sexy, smexy etc but I just want more from a book than only view spoiler [ hide spoiler ] Too harsh? Feb 15, AJ rated it liked it Shelves: And all bets are off as Sevastyan finally unleashes his full kink onto his Natalya. You want to leave, you have reason to.

View all 22 comments. Dec 06, Lynsey A rated it liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. She is one of my favorite authors. This series was her first foray into contemporary minus PNR. It was completely unexpected. BDSM isn't really my cuppa and I don't go out of my way to find books about it to read.

I have read a few but never really loved them. It just isn't something I find romantic, so for me, Natalie and Sevastyan's love play just wasn't sweet and lovi sighs I love Kresley Cole.

It just isn't something I find romantic, so for me, Natalie and Sevastyan's love play just wasn't sweet and loving, or romantic to me. In fact I was quite shocked about the scene at the sex club.

Was not expecting our heroine to be quite the exhibitionist. I just didn't care for that. I got frustrated easily with Sevastyan's behavioral changes always the mornings after.

I understood his explanations as to why but it just bothered me. For me, the romance wasn't as deep or as heartfelt as I've come to expect from her IAD books. I'm not saying I wouldn't read another book in this series. I think she will probably write about Sevastyan's brothers. I kind of hope they are minus the BDSM. I won't mind if they are erotic. The first one in this series didn't really have much, if any, BDSM in it and it was smokin' hot.

Nor did I really care for the slutastic best friend Jess. She was just too free with her favors so here's hoping she doesn't end up the heroine of a brother in a later book. Sorry but I just don't like my heroines so sexually experienced. Overall, an enjoyable series but the BDSM was a little too much for me. I gave this an extra star because it is Kresley Cole but otherwise it would be a 2 star read for me. View all 7 comments. The push and pull was kind of tiring but it hurt more and more.

View all 12 comments. Sep 22, Keri rated it liked it Shelves: The writing was really good, but the BDSM aspect was really dialed up in this last installment and therefore I didn't enjoy it as much. Also there was voyeurism in it and I am not really into that. I am glad that Natalie and Sevastyan were able to get their issues worked out.

We have met the person of our next book, but if it comes in a serial format I will have to wait. KC really pushed my comfort envelope with this entre The writing was really good, but the BDSM aspect was really dialed up in this last installment and therefore I didn't enjoy it as much. KC really pushed my comfort envelope with this entre series.

I need my IAD. Jan 17, -y. The third part of the Professional is a disappointment. I have nothing interesting to say about the enforcer Sevastyan. Natalie is this whiny woman that gives me headache. Overall, A big miss on the character development. No creativity on the plot lines. Hot and steamy read. Will read more from this author. The Professional is a serialised novel currently available in 3 separate ebooks. The whole story will be released as a full length novel in May both as an ebook and in print.

This is a combined review for the entire story written after I read all three instalments. As a fan of Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark paranormal series I was excited when I heard that she was going to be writing a more edgy, dark erotic romance and I couldn't wait to get my hands on The Professional. A friend who The Professional is a serialised novel currently available in 3 separate ebooks. A friend who read the first instalment before me had warned me about the killer cliffhangers though so I decided to wait until all three parts were available before I started reading and I'm glad I did because I devoured them all one after the other!

Natalie is an American student who has her whole life turned upside down when she manages to track down her birth parents. She knew she was adopted and that she was born in Russia but the last thing she expected was to discover that her father is a powerful and incredibly wealthy Russian mobster. When her parentage becomes public knowledge Natalie will be a natural target for her father's enemies so he sends his most trusted enforcer, Sevastyan, to bring her home to Russia so they can keep her safe.

As much as Natalie has been longing to meet her father she isn't sure what to make of the new world that she suddenly finds herself in, a world of wealth and privilege where she can have everything she's ever dreamed of but one where she has completely lost her freedom. As if adjusting to her new surroundings and getting to know her father wasn't enough to cope with she is also trying to fight her growing attraction to Sevastyan, someone she knows has dark secrets that he's keeping from her.

She's desperate to explore her deepest darkest desires with Sevastyan but scared that it may cause trouble between him and her father. It's always interesting to see an author try out a new genre, I knew Kresley Cole had a knack for writing great sex scenes but hot damn does she take that up a level in The Professional.

The chemistry between Natalie and Sevastyan is off the charts and veers into "melt your kindle while you read" territory, I don't think a cold shower was enough after reading this book - I was more in need of an ice bath LOL.

The scenes at the club were some of the hottest I've ever read! I never thought I'd find a domineering, arrogant, hit man quite so sexy but there is something irresistible about Sevastyan. I'm going to be honest and admit that there were a couple of times I wanted to slap the man but overall I just wanted to eat him up. This story includes some incredibly well written and super sexy BDSM scenes so if that's something you're not into then this might not be the book for you but if you like pushing your boundaries then I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Natalie and Sevastyan's story isn't all happiness and rainbows, it's intense, dark and disturbing but that just makes it even more compelling to read. Both characters make mistakes, they react badly to certain events and push each other away when they get scared of how strong their feelings are. In fact they both have a lot of growing up to do if they're going to figure out a way to make their relationship work but in spite of the difficulties it is obvious they're meant to be together. In a lot of ways they are complete opposites but their personalities compliment each other and if they can just learn to actually talk things through and make compromises then they'll have something really special.

I loved The Professional so much that I've already pre-ordered a copy of the full length novel so I can have it sitting on my bookshelves. I'm really hoping that this will be the first book in a new series because I'm dying to learn more about Maksim and I have a feeling that he might have even more secrets than Sevastyan does.

Kresley Cole has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she knows how to write erotic romance and I really hope she's going to give us more of her deliciously dark, hot Russian mobsters! View all 4 comments.

Dec 20, Tobia James rated it really liked it Shelves: Said Natalie upon seeing what's behind the curtain at Le Libertin. I sooooo didn't expect that! Part 3 picked up from where it left us off at wondering what was behind the curtain. And boy, what a smorgasbord of a surprise that was! I am happy with the route that Kresley Cole took this in this one. As much as I missed the action and the thrill ride I enjoyed, more so, getting to know Sevastyan. He was laid bare in this book and I saw another side of him If there is a spin-off of The Game Makers, I will wait until the entire book is released.

Otherwise, I thought the overall story, narration and writing were excellent. I was initially very upset at Audible to have broken down a book into three parts and so after reading the first book, I did a search and found-out that was how the books were released. This is one story cut up over three books and each short enough that all would have made one book of about Great story but I really like how witty Kresley Cole is.

Wonderful one liners are throughout the books. A definite 5 stars. First of all, I loved this book! And make no mistake, even though there are 3 parts, parts 1, 2 and 3 add up to one book. It's not a trilogy. It's not 3 separate books. It's one book broken into 3 parts.

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The conclusion to the book comes in this instalment, which is why I'm writing my review here. Chances are though, it was published, and published in this 3 part serial version, because of the FSoG craze, perhaps trying to make it look like a trilogy.

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I wasn't a big FSoG fan. I found the heroine too immature and the hero a bit too stalker-ish for my taste. To each their own. This book, however, had a smart heroine who knew her own mind, a hero who was dangerous, handsome, loyal to a fault. He was just sex on a stick with a cherry on top, and loads of hotter than hot scenes that nearly melted my headphones.

In some fascinating way, even though Natalie is the submissive, it really reads as though she has all the control. When Sevastian buys clothes for her, it appears thoughtful, not controlling. Even though the story is being told from Natalie's point of view, it's Sevastian's pain you feel the most. At no point does KC let her hero venture into real "jerk" behaviour, but she keeps his razor sharp edge throughout.

He's domineering and possessive and all that stuff, but in a perfectly perfect way. KC nailed this one. I do wish this hadn't came in a serial form. After reading other reviews, I chose to wait until all 3 sections were available and purchased to start reading them thanks reviewers!! So for me, it was less frustrating, and that's what I'd recommend to others as well. Or, as others have noted, wait until it's released on one volume, which I'm sure it will be eventually.

This book is not for everyone. First off I don't like BDSM, mild forms are acceptable such as tying up, spanking, even exhibitionism from both partners. The rest I don't want, being whipped has no appeal to me. I almost didn't read this series because of this. But I love Kresley Cole so much that when the semiannual sale happened I got all three books to this story. And with my fingers crossed I proceeded to enter into KS's new world. Admittedly this book has some hot parts, but some of the sex was too over the top for my style, mostly in the third book. Since I knew what this book was about before I bought it, I went with it anyway.

I will not be getting the next book, there was just too much unpleasant sex for me that I will invest time in the second. Well it isn't on both fronts. As usual Kresley Cole style of writing flowed well and the story came alive, I did like the Russian part and the romance of the story.

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