The spice rating is in regards to the type of sexual content within the book. Below is a helpful guide (courtesy of Georgia C Leigh)
1= YA romantic, making out, MAYBE a closed door.
2= some on page foreplay and nudity but mostly fade to black.
3= open door, on page vanilla sex.
4= on page sex – hot or with kink.
5= erotica.
Aislinn Jane O’Rourke, AJ to her business associates, is tough. She’s known to be the strongest and most brutally honest negotiator in the state with rigidly upstanding business ethics and high morals. Anyone who knows Aislinn knows she’s formidable and powerful. The standard to which Aislinn leads her business is the standard to which she leads her life. Men are unnecessary and unable to satisfy her mentally, emotionally, or sexually. As one of Seattle’s most eligible and wealthy, Aislinn prefers a low profile, free of the entanglements men represent.
Jacoby Weston is a confident man, arrogantly secure in his prowess. He loves a challenge whether in the daily running of his business, the negotiation of life with a broken and dysfunctional family, or in any other endeavor he pursues… but women do not challenge him. Women are a pleasant diversion but never for more than one night in his basement. Until he meets Aislinn O’Rourke during negotiations for a choice piece of property.
From the moment she meets Jacoby, Aislinn is caught in a hot, swirling current of desire that pulses so intensely that she finds herself willing to negotiate a relationship with the handsome, arrogant businessman. Her trust in Jacoby is challenged when she sees the reality of Jacoby’s basement and the power of her desire to possess and be possessed by him.
Fascinated by her intelligence, her ethics, and her incredibly sexy body, Jacoby meets the challenge that Aislinn presents with an uncharacteristic fervor. The more she rebuffs him, the ore he wants her. She is Jacoby’s darkest desire and this strongest obsession in one beautiful, intelligent package. Aislinn’s past is a nightmare that threatens to destroy their burgeoning relationship until her fear becomes a larger threat. Left with more questions than answer, Jacoby struggles to understand Aislinn’s behavior until she receives new that shatters her fragile defenses and sends her straight into his arms again.
Willing to work on the issues that trouble their relationship and plagued by mysterious events happening around them Jacoby dreads the day his past must be brought to light. With paparazzi stalking them, their pasts looming over them, and disturbingly mysterious events unsettling them, Aislinn and Jacoby struggle to keep their budding relationship from being destroyed while trying to control the intense, pulsing desire that drives it. Can Aislinn and Jacoby negotiate their challenges without compromising their hearts?
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