The Professional: Part 1

The Game Maker, Book 1

De: Kresley Cole

Narrado por: Kimberly Alexis

From number-one New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole comes The Professional - the first scorching installment in her Game Maker series, an erotica collection that has listeners asking: How hot is too hot?

He makes the rules….

Mafiya enforcer Aleksandr "The Siberian" Sevastyan's loyalty to his boss is unwavering, until he meets the boss's long-lost daughter, a curvy, tantalizing redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. Ordered to protect her, Sevastyan will do anything to possess her as well - on his own wicked terms.

Rules are made to be broken….

PhD student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the breathtakingly gorgeous Sevastyan before the professional hit man whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. With every day she spends under his protection, she falls deeper under his masterful spell.

Are you ready to play?

Yet all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy's reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest - and most forbidden - fantasies can come true...

©2013 Kresley Cole (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

I want a Russian body guard!

This is incredible, it left me screaming at the end for more. Kresley Cole books is by far my favorite author, all her books continue to be intriguing and interesting and you will always want more.

Porn not steam - too bad

Would you listen to The Professional: Part 1 again? Why?

There was a great storyline to this book that was drowned out by pornographic sex scenes. Steamy scenes add and enhance a good romance book - but the writer took it way too far. I got the feeling she was trying to capitalize on the success of the Shades of Grey series - but as a reader I was prepared for what I got with those books. This was poorly disguised xxx rated novel being marketed as an engaging story.

This is a hot book!

I really love Kresley Cole books, but this series is awesome! I love her take on the BDSM genre.

Loving this series!!! Great story!

I love Kresley Cole books, they are very well written and always intriguing. I can not wait to get to the next story.

Would have given it 5 Stars but I HATE CLIFFHANGER

One of the many reason's I adore Kresely is that she doesn't really do cliffhangers…..until now. Waiting a year for poison princess series is bad enough and now this? 4 hours is no way near long enough once you dive into a world of money and the mob that is lead by your newly found father. And then start a hot and heavy relationship with the untouchable body guard?……..Well all I can say is Please Hurry With the Next Book!

One of my favorites

I re-read this series over and over again. I think I’ve listened to it at least 8 times

Really liking The Professional so far...

I really like how the book is starting .. now I just wish I didn't have to navigate buying the different parts separately and spending 3 times the money if listening to it through audible unlike how it's printed .. as 1 book and how it should be on audible too :(

Another great author bites the publishing formula

Don't get me wrong - I love KC's writing and the worlds she creates. I work in an Indie bookstore and prop the Arcana Chronicles like the paranormal floozy I am. But, honestly, looking at the publishing schedule and the length of the books, we know the trilogy could be wrapped into one delicious read. But the math works like this: one $20+ audiobook discounted to under $10 in less than a year. Or 3 audios released over two months with the discounted price netting almost $15.
It's only her recent books that have pushed the $16 to $20 mark and we all try use credits on those. No way would we waste a credit on $4.61 audio. So all the middlemen are making more money at the expense of the consumer and the needy characters who want their story completed in one book.
Will I buy the rest of the series? Absofloozy! But I tend to shy away from overt marketing ploys with other books and have written KC about my concerns with this series. Maybe she'll tell the gurus she was nucking futs to agree to this capitalization and it won't happen again.

I'M IN LOVE

Unfortunately I started this listen as I got into bed late one evening, I say unfortunately because it hooked me right in and kept me as it's eager, willing and captivated prisoner until dawn - but oh it was sooo worth the bags, the bloodshot eyes and the bad mood the next day.

In my opinion, it just doesn't get better than this - it had intrigue, mystery, a hint of danger with more to come, sizzling chemistry, quick and witty dialogue, sex (not full way yet but still hot), one feisty and very very lucky Heroine and the Hero, a Russian Bodyguard, was a handsome, tattooed, muscled badass (and he ticked ALL my boxes girls).

I stand up and applause both Kresley Cole and Kimberley Alexis for giving us an exciting, compelling and an 'off the charts' enjoyable listen - thank you, thank you, thank you but I NEED BOOK 2 NOW!! So Ms Cole I'll gladly come and cook, clean, nanny, garden or do anything it takes to leave your schedule totally free to devote your precious time into giving us, your fans, MORE, MORE, MORE.

Worth a credit? Well I think I've said enough to answer that question - but if not then YES YES YES...... and a pint of blood.

Such A Tease

I LOVED this book!!
Great story, great characters! I can't fault the contents of the book at all, I liked Natalie and I liked the Siberian!
This would have been 5 stars if only it wasn't such a short book!! I can't stand listening to something in a matter of hours then itching for more only to find the entire series are all very short novellas !!! I'd rather buy all the books together as one book!
I didn't purchase the second book because of my annoyance but I know I will NEED to know what happens to Natalie!
So for those looking for a good long read - avoid this.
If you don't care how long a book is and like to be teased with what felt like a long intro to a good book then it ends - get it!