Skin

by Karin Tabke

Book Overview

From the author of Good Girl Gone Bad comes the sizzling tale of an undercover cop who shows a little skin to get in with the mob--and the sexy mafia princess who gets in the way.

Curvaceous and feisty, Francesca Donatello is the owner of Skin, an upscale woman's magazine and her pride and joy. To boost sales, she's decided to feature a smoldering male centerfold in each issue--even though it was once forbidden by her rigid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416524924
• ISBN13: 9781416524922
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

SKIN SO HOT!

I love Karin Tabke. She pulls you in with her characters so that you feel the love and the passion. She's definitely on my best author list.

Skin

This book was good I also read the book before this good girl gone Bad very good I am wondering will there be a third book I hope so.

excellent!! my favorite book!!

this is the best book I have ever read!! the first karin tabke book I read was good girl gone bad (and that one one was really good) but this one is even better.

Very hot, very steamy

The story is hot, the characters are hotter, and the love scenes are hottest. Francesca "Frankie" and Reese burn up the pages. Frankie wants to save her magazine SKIN, bring respect to one business run by her Mafia family, and not fall for her latest model for the magazine, Reese. Too bad in her world all is not as it seems. Bad guys are around every corner and she and Reese must run for their lives and run from their feelings for each other. Ms. Tabke has written a very hot, very steamy police procedural with enough twists and turns in the plotline to keep you guessing to the last page. Definite 4 star read.

This is an excellent book!

A mafia princess unknowingly hires an undercover detective to pose nude for her magazine, while he attempts to figure out who killed her kingpin father. The two end up going on the run to elude whoever is now trying to kill her - in SKIN, the latest offering from Karin Tabke. Francesca "Frankie" Donatello runs her family-owned magazine, Skin, and while all the rest of this organized crime family's businesses are on the shady side, Frankie's magazine is squeaky clean. Shortly before Frankie's father, Santini, is assassinated, the two had an ugly falling out over Frankie's decision to feature male centerfolds in her magazine. Santini was adamantly opposed to Frankie's determination to proceed, even threatening to write her out of his will. When Frankie's brother, Anthony, makes threats against her unless she desists with her centerfold plan, she shrugs it off to his selfish desire to control all of the family's holdings. The police are working Santini's murder, and in the course of their investigation, have sent detective Reese Barrett to audition for the male centerfold position. Frankie feels a definite attraction to Reese but because she was recently burned by the man she loved, she's hesitant to let herself get attached to anyone. After several attempts are made on her life, and Reese offers to act as her bodyguard and her centerfold, she relents and hires him. Reese's colleagues are convinced that Frankie played a part in her father's death, but he isn't so sure. Reese plays the part of male model very well, so well in fact that Frankie never suspects him of being a detective, until he does such a stellar job of protecting her, and then there is a slight niggling in the back of her mind that he almost seems to have some police training. When evidence begins to point a guilty finger at Frankie and the attacks against her almost seem staged, Reese starts to have his doubts. Once he begins to fall for her and the threats against her become more brazen, he takes her into hiding. Karin Tabke doesn't write sweet romances. Her characters are passionate about every aspect of their life, be it work or play. They take their beliefs and their actions very seriously, and are selective about who they share them with, striving to always be the best. I can't give a high enough recommendation for SKIN and strongly encourage anyone who loves an edgy, suspenseful romance with shamelessly intense passion to run out and get a copy. COURTESY LAURIE/ROMANCE JUNKIES