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Off Limits Kindle Edition

4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 940 ratings

In this erotic romance from an international bestselling author, a woman lusts after her forbidden boss, knowing an office romance could end her career.

“I want to taste you tonight.”

With chemistry this hot, it’s worth getting burned.

Billionaire Jack Grant is totally off-limits to Gemma Picton. He’s wild, deliciously dangerous . . . and her boss. When working late turns X-rated, it’s better than her wildest imaginings—and Gemma’s imagined a lot! But Jack has major emotional baggage, so when Gemma starts wanting to heal his heart as well as enjoy his body, she knows she’s in big trouble . . .

FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME

“Hands On” is the sizzling prequel to Clare Connelly’s Harlequin Dare debut,
Off Limits: When Gemma Picton accepts a job with billionaire Jack Grant, she expects a challenge. A professional one—not to be distracted from the tasks at hand by her outrageously sexy new boss! The instant attraction of their first meeting burns hotter than expected, but neither will let it consume them.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0719VYKJ3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Dare (February 1, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.2 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers find the storyline engaging with drama and angst. They describe the book as an easy, satisfying read that keeps them hooked until the end. Readers appreciate the strong characters and their beliefs. The book is described as fun, exciting, and amusing. The writing quality is praised as well-written and the emotion level is realistic. Customers appreciate the spicy take on an affair with the boss.

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24 customers mention "Storyline"21 positive3 negative

Customers enjoyed the storyline. They found it engaging with passion, drama, and a touching ending. The love story between Jack and Gemma was intense and fun. The fantasy elements were realistic, and the ending felt like a happy ending.

"...The whole story is so real." Read more

"...This was a very hot office romance to love story!" Read more

"...-barred sexual rendezvous type of book, there's also an underlying story of heartache and healing. It was really fun to read!..." Read more

"...I'm sure you will enjoy this book because not only did it have a good story line the sexy times were top notch...." Read more

13 customers mention "Readability"13 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy this book. They find it an engaging read that keeps them hooked until the end. It's a satisfying standalone that doesn't require another book to follow. Many readers mention reading it at the gym for extra motivation.

"I like Gemma.She is strong ,gutsy and accomplished. She doesn't cower to her boss and tells him like it is...." Read more

"...It was really fun to read!..." Read more

"This was a new to me author and I loved this book, some of the best tropes also. Friends to lover, billionaire, unrequited love...." Read more

"...then I'm going to be binging this line every month because this book was great and I loved it so much...." Read more

10 customers mention "Character development"10 positive0 negative

Customers like the characters' development. They find the characters strong, interesting, and determined. The characters are strong in their beliefs and make a complicated couple with a strong connection.

"I like Gemma.She is strong ,gutsy and accomplished. She doesn't cower to her boss and tells him like it is...." Read more

"...Gemma and Jack are two interesting characters, with pasts that truly define them...." Read more

"A spicy take on an affair with the boss! The characters are bold and go after what they want, so are a joy to get to know and watch as they each try..." Read more

"Great character development for a shorter, novella length story, but alas in this day and age I can't really and truly get behind the idea of a boss..." Read more

6 customers mention "Fun to read"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable to read. They describe it as amusing, intense, passionate, and a fun ride. The characters are described as smart, determined, and snarky.

"...It’s definitely hot and makes for a fun reading experience. The book felt like it was missing something, until the moment things go bad...." Read more

"...easily packaged "love story", but the emotions are conveyed are ugly, exciting, painful, and again, can I say REAL? What can I say?..." Read more

"...shall I say Lady Gemma knew how to play her cards, she is smart, at times funny, and extremely sexy...it seems that most of the men wanted a bit of..." Read more

"...and Gemma's love story was so hot and intense and passionate and fun to read. But as much as I loved their love story, it wasn't perfect...." Read more

4 customers mention "Chemistry"4 positive0 negative

Customers like the chemistry between Gemma and Jack.

"...I liked Gemma and Jack--they have good chemistry, though he's got major, major issues..." Read more

"...The story had a lot of substance and the chemistry between Jack and Gemma was great...." Read more

"...This story hits all the spots. Emotional and I love the chemistry between Jack and Gemma...." Read more

"A little spice, a little angst, and a whole lot of chemistry lead exactly where you would expect...with NO cliffhanger." Read more

4 customers mention "Writing quality"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book well-written and easy to read. They appreciate the sexy content without being too explicit.

"...found it to be rather a lame ending at best, and while this novel is fairly well-written, I disliked the main characters and their story, and it did..." Read more

"...It is very beautifully and masterfully written, and I loved it at the moment I was reading it...." Read more

"This book was really well written . . . I liked this book a lot . . . . ." Read more

"Easy read and sexy enough without feeling raunchy. Read at the gym for extra motivation. But don’t fall! Lol. Have fun." Read more

3 customers mention "Emotion level"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book emotional and passionate. They appreciate the realism in the characters' feelings and the intense, passionate storyline.

"...Jack and Gemma's love story was so hot and intense and passionate and fun to read. But as much as I loved their love story, it wasn't perfect...." Read more

"...a different departure to Clare's stories and there was such realism in their feelings, especially Jack, as he tried to cope with it all...." Read more

"...It was a quick sexy read. This story hits all the spots. Emotional and I love the chemistry between Jack and Gemma...." Read more

3 customers mention "Spice level"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's spice level. They mention a little angst and chemistry between the characters.

"A spicy take on an affair with the boss!..." Read more

"Harlequin's newest addition to their romance novels. This was spicy and angsty at the same time. This first story was about an office romance...." Read more

"A little spice, a little angst, and a whole lot of chemistry lead exactly where you would expect...with NO cliffhanger." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024
    I like Gemma.She is strong ,gutsy and accomplished. She doesn't cower to her boss and tells him like it is.I can understand Jack and how he grieved for his wife.
    The whole story is so real.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2018
    Off Limits by Clare Connelly is the story of Jack Grant and Gemma Picton.
    Gemma is Jack personal assistant and knows what a man whore he has become after the lost of his wife to cancer. With this knowledge she has put her feelings from him aside to work as a professional toward him...besides if anything happened she might have to quit the job she loves. Jack has been attracted to Gemma and when a time hits that he can no longer hold back his desire he makes his move.
    This was a very hot office romance to love story!
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018
    There’s a lot to like about Off Limits, it’s sexy as hell and a pretty fun ride. Gemma and Jack are two interesting characters, with pasts that truly define them. Jack’s baggage is emotional and heavy, something he tries to run from on a daily basis. Gemma’s baggage comes in the form of family and obligations. I really did like both characters. They had a lot of potential and if given a longer book, that potential could have been developed into something great. As it was, we barely scratched the surface of who these characters could be.

    We spend a lot of time with these two in compromising, sexual situations. It’s definitely hot and makes for a fun reading experience. The book felt like it was missing something, until the moment things go bad. There was something there that really tugged at my emotions, which I wasn’t sure was going to happen. I found myself really invested toward the end.

    I loved Gemma’s grandmother. She was hilarious and insightful, a breath of fresh air during some tenser moments in the book.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018
    A spicy take on an affair with the boss! The characters are bold and go after what they want, so are a joy to get to know and watch as they each try to get their personality mixed into their relationship. While overtly sold as a no-holds-barred sexual rendezvous type of book, there's also an underlying story of heartache and healing. It was really fun to read!

    Gemma Picton knows she shouldn't lust after him ... her boss, promiscuous playboy, emotionally stunted soul, sexy as all get out man ... but telling herself something and actually doing it are two totally different things. She's controlled herself for so long, but all of a sudden she wants to be bad ... and she finds herself hoping upon hope that she might actually be able to heal his heart!

    Billionaire Jack Grant doesn't want a relationship. He wants sex ... lots of it ... with an endless array of women, never repeating! Gemma is a rock star to him in his business, so he's not one to take that lightly, but he's finding it hard to resist the draw to her he's feeling lately. He just has to get her on the same page that they are sex ... only sex.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2018
    This was a new to me author and I loved this book, some of the best tropes also. Friends to lover, billionaire, unrequited love. Jack just looks for no strings relationships after losing his wife. Gemma wants to just work but when they decide to have a quick relationship they can’t stay away from each other away. This is a great read I recommend this book. I will be reading other books from Clare Connelly.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018
    Honestly? I wasn't too sure about this one for the first third or so. I liked Gemma and Jack--they have good chemistry, though he's got major, major issues (definitely not over the death of his wife being a major part of that) and of course there's the work thing, so yeah, they definitely should be resisting with everything they've got...I'm still not 100% clear about what exactly tripped them over the line from resisting is still a go to OMG, we've definitely given that up, I see! So, yeah; that first third? I got why they wanted to be sleeping together, but couldn't quite get on board with why they were actually doing it when all signs pointed to really not a good idea, folks.

    I'm not even sure where that changed, but somewhere along the line I started to get a glimmer of hmmm, maybe this really could work...maybe. Gemma was definitely falling, but Jack? Still a bit of a mystery, to Gemma and to the reader (though this is a dual POV story, we get far more of it from hers than from his).

    Then we get to the black moment, and oh yeah, it's black. Even the US women's hockey team winning gold couldn't quite get me out of the funk that their relationship crisis put me in--I had to quick finish the book before the medal ceremony, just to put myself in the proper frame of mind! No worries, though--Jack pulled out all the stops--and his head out of his butt--and gave us all one heck of an HEA that nearly made me forget about all of the earlier agony he put us through earlier.

    Almost. ;)

    Plus--kudos to Ms. Connelly for not vilifying Jack's dead wife, my personal pet peeve in widow/widower stories! It's always nice to see a romance author who believes that it could be possible to find love twice in a lifetime <3 :)

    I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for her next book in the Dare line!

    Rating: 4 stars / A-
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019
    I've been a fan of "Harlequin-esque" books since I was a well read child. I was probably put off by the "Dare" category because to me it indicated less story, more sex, but I love Clare Connelly's style of writing.

    I'm beside myself after reading this. It's so real- it's not an easily packaged "love story", but the emotions are conveyed are ugly, exciting, painful, and again, can I say REAL? What can I say? I love a good damaged man, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only woman out there who does- it ranks second only to a "happily ever after" ending.

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  • AF
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gemma
    Reviewed in Italy on June 16, 2021
    Libro molto intenso. Una storia non da tutti i giorni. Comunque molto bello e ricco di emozioni. La storia si dispiega poco per volta perchè c'è un segreto importante. Scritto bene e molto fluido. Complimenti.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars perfect sequel
    Reviewed in India on June 27, 2018
    the book delivers wat it promises..
  • Gill Matthews
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow What a Find! a Gem of a book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2018
    This book is so good I am blown away, I could not put it down and read late into the night needing more but not wanting the book to be finished and now that I have, I am going to buy more from this author right now trust me.
  • Jenny
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good story.
    Reviewed in Australia on April 11, 2018
    Very different storyline. A very talented woman who works for a very good man. A man grieving the loss of his wife and not moving on. Gemma works for him. Is brilliant and also very dedicated. They finally fall into the proverbial relationship but Gemma finds the fact she has fallen in love one sided. Time to move on. Finally our brilliant man works out he can’t live his life without her. Hoorah.
  • Chinny
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2019
    Another good book by Miss Connelly. Big rich alpha male boss sleeping with his sexy assistant who’s not a pushover and gave as good as she got. The dialogues were witty and engaging. The book was written largely from Gemma’s perspective and the author made sure there were lots of laugh out loud moments. Definitely worth reading!

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