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Encounters #2

Taming the Curator

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Chloe Erikksen, museum worker by day and burlesque singer by night, finds her world completely turned upside down when she comes face to face with an infamous playboy... unattainable... untamable gorgeous art curator.

When the curator surprisingly steps in and takes complete control of Chloe's personal and professional life it has both of them wondering...

What is the motive behind controlling her?

Is it because he simply doesn't want anyone else to have her?

Has he finally found the one that has changed him?

Is it possible that he's been tamed?

214 pages, Paperback

Published September 14, 2016

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Fifi Flowers

32 books466 followers
Fifi Flowers, an internationally known artist turn author from the Los Angeles area of California, writes romance novels and paints fantasies with a Parisian flair while daydreaming of her time spent sipping cafe crème in the cafes of Paris

She penned her love of Paris and romance to the pages of her first novel, A Window To Love, published in 2013, when she sat down, and instead of putting paint to paper, put her pen to paper and began her first novel. Since that first novel, Fifi has self-published several contemporary romances and has many more in the works.

To learn about Fifi Flowers new book releases, sneak peeks, and more.... http://www.fififlowers.com

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Profile Image for Kimmy.
371 reviews62 followers
September 21, 2016
5 Curator Taming Stars!!

What a HOT quick holy alpha read! Taming the Curator was a fast pace read that I didn't want to end.

Chloe works in the HR department of a gallery and is forced to meet with Pierce a Curator at the gallery to discuss him needing to fire his current receptionist. When these 2 first met man oh man did the sparks fly. The chemistry between these two characters will have you sweating.

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Both Chloe and Pierce have past that are a little less than normal. Each is worried what the other will think when all the cards are laid on the table. Will their past keep them from being together or will it prove they are destine to be together?

Forever to be a part of me.

Forever to be in my heart.
11 reviews
September 6, 2016
To meet the curator again in this book is exciting. Book 1 just lets us meet him and get to know him as untameable. Pierce and Chloe are total opposites, or appear to be, but their lives have lots in common including a riding whip! Brilliant book Fifi, I look forward to more of your books.
Profile Image for Nicki - The Overflowing Bookcase .
4,035 reviews159 followers
June 23, 2017
Chloe and Pierce are instantly attracted to each other, but can they both get past their baggage from their family lives to enjoy their happiness together? This quick read had a strong alpha male and a risqué female character that just blended so well you were fighting right along side them to get to a happy ending. A great quick read that I highly recommend.
Profile Image for Deb M.
320 reviews12 followers
September 15, 2016
Once again, Fifi Flowers delivers her special brand of classy and erotic! Taming the Curator follows on the heels and in the footsteps of its predecessor, Reclining Nude in Chicago. Ms. Flowers’ elegant voice immerses us in a refined world with a return to Chicago’s art scene. This time, she also gives us a peek into another style of art; burlesque singing. What a unique idea! And let me tell you, it pushes the sensuality factor sky high!

Museum curator Pierce Marten (whom we met in Reclining Nude in Chicago) has worked damn hard to get where he is today. Extremely driven, Pierce has no time for a girlfriend. Nor does he have any interest in settling down. He’s a one and done guy. A lapse in judgment has left him saddled with a pain in the butt personal assistant whose rude and inappropriate behavior at work far outweighs her talents in the sack. Thankfully, the Human Resources department sees fit to step in and remove the problem. However, when Chloe Erikksen walks into his office to discuss the matter, Pierce finds himself with a bigger problem. This curvy beauty, whose dress and manner, screams naughty librarian has his pulse racing and his imagination going wild.

I must admit, even though Pierce is an absolute gentleman as well as every woman’s wet dream, I was a bit worried he would hurt my girl, Chloe! I liked Chloe immediately. She is sweet, caring, intelligent, talented, and sexy without even trying. The only thing she lacked growing up was parental love and attention. Proof that money certainly can’t buy everything. Now that circumstances require she make her own way in the world, Chloe needs her Human Resources job at the museum to pay the bills. Just until she settles her finances and can focus on her singing career. Her weekend gig at the exclusive, members-only burlesque club isn’t enough to afford her the luxury of giving up the museum. When she meets gorgeous, sophisticated, off the charts sexy Pierce Marten, work doesn’t seem so bad.

Pierce and Chloe jump head first into a relationship that moves at the speed of light. They know next to nothing about each other, but there is no denying the crazy chemistry they have. And Boy Howdy do they have chemistry! Since this story alternates first person point of view between Pierce and Chloe, we are privy to a lot of juicy personal tidbits about each of them. Info they aren’t quite ready to divulge to each other. Every time I was about to yell at one of them for being a fool, they came to their senses. Thank goodness Ms. Flowers does not subject us to the usual trite misunderstandings between lovers that go on and on and on. Taming the Curator is a delectable story with a sexy, fairy tale-like quality that will warm your heart and melt your panties.
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1,709 reviews40 followers
September 14, 2016
It's no secret that I'm a fan of this author and each time I have a new book from her to read I’m as happy as a child on Christmas Day.
Fifi Flowers is a splendid writer that can captivate me only by the book cover. She has a simple, appealing and intense writing. What most characterizes her is her attention to detail and the fact that she describes so well each scene, and with that she can appeal to our imagination and make us live better every time we read.
"Taming the Curator" is another intense and exciting book. In this book we explore the lives of Chloe and Pierce.
Chloe is a dreamer and a woman that is used to fight to achieve her goals. She is determined to win on her own merits and without anyone's help. She had a childhood marked by her mother's negligence that would rather have an active social life instead of treated and pamper her own daughter. Her passion for music took her to sing in a burlesque house in her spare time. She’s responsible for the human resources department of an art gallery and she's faced with the task of dismissing an employee. When she meets the curator of that gallery she cannot believe what her eyes are seeing.
Pierce is the curator of an art gallery and a real playboy. He loves to have fun and have one-night stands. Due to his parents neglect he doesn’t believe that it is possible to love or to have a relationship and commit to one person for the rest of his life
When they meet the atraction between them is intense, but will it be enough.
I loved the whole story. I loved the way the characters interact with each other. I loved the fact that the author had focus on love and that we can all be happy, even if it sometimes seems obsolete.
Of course, a good plot has to have someone who will disrupt the happiness of the characters and this book is no exception.
And the hot scenes are exciting and unbelievable, like Fifi Flowers so well accustomed us.
And now Fifi? What will be your next step? What fantastic work will you give us?
Whatever it may be, I'm sure it will be a success.
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469 reviews31 followers
April 19, 2017
In true Fifi Flowers fashion, the descriptions throughout this story bring it to life. I could imagine every scene as if I were witnessing it first hand. And since we get first person points of view, I was also engulfed in the emotions Chloe and Pierce were feeling, so much so that my heart was pounding and skin was flushing with heat with each of their interactions. There were moments where I really wanted to be Chloe.

I’ve been anxiously awaiting Pierce’s story, and Fifi didn’t disappoint. I always knew that when he met his match it would be in an instant. He’s so strong and domineering that it couldn’t have gone any other way. And I loved his fall. It was extremely possessive and controlling. That’s apparently what Chloe needed though. She’d always longed for someone to take control in her life. She dreamed of becoming a submissive. Though that wasn’t in Pierce’s wheelhouse, he quickly learned how to be her dominate after his first taste of what they could be. However, they didn’t push it too far. They were able to figure out what worked best for them and realized that they didn’t need that true D/s relationship.

I also enjoyed their family histories and finding out what made them who they are. Their similar upbringings allowed for that deeper connection and need for each other. However, I didn’t quite understand the secrecy surrounding their families, especially after living together for so long. If only they’d been honest with each other, they could have avoided so much stress and heartache. But I guess that’s necessary for the romance spin and tension we all love.
October 17, 2016
I must say that I throughly enjoyed this book! It's a classy erotic romance packed full of goodness that keeps you turning pages!
Chloe finds herself working in an art museum in the human resource department to pay her bills but her real passion is singing, which she does in a burlesque show by night. She meets the curator of the museum, Pierce, when she has to discipline his rude secretary Jillian. Jillian was hired during a drunken lapse of judgement and a booty call! She's just a loudmouth troublemaker that you'll want to throat punch (HA!). Pierce in know for being an untamable ladies man.
Pierce and Chloe can't seem to get one another out of their mind, along with naughty thoughts! Lucky for them, Pierce shows up with a couple of his guy friends at the club where Chloe performs and the attraction is made known! The HEAT gets turned up when some dirty desires are discovered!
She wakes up thinking it's just a one night stand until he shows up banging on her apartment door! He "punishes" her and tells her to never leave him again! They both discover that they enjoy the dominant and submissive role playing, the details are AMAZING! This book does not disappoint!
They both have troubled pasts when it comes to family but they learn that they have similar backgrounds. You'll get to meet some of their family along the way, his sister Jet is hilarious! Will they be able to open up to one another and move forward or fall apart?
Note: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Profile Image for Jules.
753 reviews4 followers
June 25, 2017
Taming the Curator is the second installment in the Encounter series by Fifi Flowers. The first one, "Reclining Nude in Chicago" was sexy, hot, funny and deep and "Taming the Curator" sees the bar it had set and surpasses it without problem.

We've met Pierce Marten before and know him to be an enigmatic, strong, head-strong character, but ow we get to know him as passionate, gentle, thoughtful, powerful. Chloe is a completly new character and I just adore her, her inner strength, the way she lets out her passion in any way possible, her caring nature.

Chloe and Pierce are so similar and clash so beautiful in their strong natures, creates great drama and sizzling hot chemistry. Aside from hot, incredibly hot, china-breaking sex on desks, there are the sweetest love notes ever, considerate little gestures, over the top, intruding, but well meaning gestures, lots of deep emotions hidden beneath physical contact, but all laid bare eventually.
Simply a great book, and I cannot wait to get my hands on Avril's story.
Profile Image for Sheryl.
472 reviews5 followers
September 21, 2016
Fifi Flowers has brought us another great romance mixed with humor, passion, and sweet moments that have me falling in love with the characters. I always enjoy the way she brings them to life and pulls me into the story.

When I met the Curator in the first book in this series we only got a taste of what he was like. In this story he showed us other sides to himself that even he didn't know he possessed. Who knew this controling, commitment phobic, player could be so sweet and romantic. The Curator won me over big time!

Chloe Erikksen is an independant woman who has always taken care of herself. It has been her greatest wish to be loved by someone who will also take care of her, give her the love and security she has always felt was missing from her life. Then she meets HIM! What is she to do now with the thoughts and feelings she hasn't had before? You must read this to find out if she runs scared or finds what she has been missing.
Profile Image for Marie  Brown (Marie's Tempting Reads).
2,747 reviews53 followers
September 20, 2016
Marie's Tempting Reads ARC Review:

A STUNNING WRITTEN ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE! Taming The Curator is written with wonderful descriptions and wonderful characters and a love story that is both beautiful and fierce. Fifi Flowers knows how to write a book full of passion and love and sensuality.

Taming The Curator is book two of Miss Flowers Encounters series I could hardly wait to read this after reading Reclining Nude! I really do enjoy Fifi Flowers books and am always happy and excited to get a new one. Taming The Curator will please you and maybe tease you a bit. Not in a way that leaves you hanging, but in a way that will just have you grinning and enchanted.

Taming The Curator gets an ENCHANTING FIVE SHOOTING STARS! You will easily get lost in this story and that is what I like best about it.
Profile Image for Misty Sulouff.
199 reviews13 followers
September 12, 2016
I couldn't wait to read book 2. And yes it was well worth the wait. Neither Chloe, nor Pierce were expecting to fall in love with each other. He had girls one or two times and that was it. No commitment, no going to his house to fool around. That is until Chloe ends up in his office. Can she really tame the hot, commanding Curator?? Neither can keep their mind or hands off each other. I loved Pierce and Chloe's love story. Love always finds a way, especially when you are least expecting it. By the end I had tears running down my face. Beautiful story that I highly recommend. Fifi Flowers, you never disappoint. I cannot wait to read the next book❤
Profile Image for Jennifer.
252 reviews4 followers
September 19, 2016
What a hot ,passionate and crazy ride. I loved how two people find the right person out of the blue. Neither Pierce or Chloe where looking for love in the art museum that they worked at. But it was lust and love at first sight. They started out so innocent and became so much more. They both complete one another in so many ways. Pierce's need for control and to care for someone. Chloe's need to be free of decision making and conflict. For both of them to find the unconditional love that they didn't get as children. Ms. Flowers weaved this into a beautiful love story with each character failing a need for the other character.
Profile Image for Maria.
588 reviews29 followers
January 20, 2017
This book is absolutely amazing. Fifi has skillfully written and developed both characters exalting their secret desires. This is not about a story full of lust but it’s about an overwhelming desire that leaves the reader breathless. Pierce is a handsome curator of a museum and Chloe works in its human resources department. Their encounter is magical, almost surreal, igniting a scorching attraction that will lead them towards an unimaginable world full of sensuality. In a few words, they are the perfect couple representing sensuality at its peak. This is a must read and I highly recommend it.
Profile Image for Michelle.
59 reviews2 followers
February 7, 2017
Good book. Great chemistry. I' loved that the author did not drag out the Hero and heroine's attraction to each other. Nice touch of BDSM. Just light enough to intrigue.

I didn't like the secrets they kept from each other but it was to be expected because of the speed of the relationship. I also kept waiting for the other shoe to drop with the build up to the bad things and felt a little deflated when nothing really happened. It didn't have to be big but I felt it should have been something.
Profile Image for Karin.
2,172 reviews
February 12, 2017
This was my first book by Fifi Flowers and I not only enjoyed the story but, enjoyed her writing. She makes it very easy to see the book through the eyes of the characters.

Chloe is a museum worker who instantly falls for Pierce the museums curator. There chemistry was off the charts and explosive. Even though they both become consumed by each other they are nervous for the secrets each one is holding back. They are both afraid they will lose the other when everything comes out.

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book
7 reviews
January 23, 2017
This was a lovely romantic read and I loved the hero. The sex scenes became a bit repetitive and the use of the heroines name was over the top and became a bit annoying. Loved the epilogue and would definitely read more by this author.
Profile Image for Lorie Glowania.
554 reviews29 followers
February 7, 2017
Chloe is a museum worker and a singer at night. She meets the hot museum curator Pierce and there relationship goes to more then heated. But she soon finds that her past has been fully been wiped clean and soon begins to wonder why
Profile Image for Mindy McCray .
1,151 reviews9 followers
February 6, 2017
Fifi Flowers delivers another scorching hot read! I loved this story of Pierce and Chloe! I fell in love with Pierce in book 1 and I was happy he got his own book!
Profile Image for Tiblu.
1,251 reviews48 followers
October 19, 2018
Huh ? I don’t do “clean romance “ but I NEED some story my sex nit sex w/some story ...

I don’t do “clean romance”,for me that’s for Hallmark movies,but, but I don’t want a story that seems all sex and little else 😱🙄😱🤥😱
Geez , the moment these to meet it’s all SEX and little else... Pierce when he meets her can’t even listen to a word she says ( not really) as she’s telling him why he NEEDS to fire an assistant his pants 👖 hired at a charity dinner a few months back after he saw her flip out while catering it..... but she was HOT and easy, what else did he need to know ,right ?
Dear Lord,what possessed me to buy this book 😱
It’s nice he admits he’s a coward in his head, because he wants Chloe the fire his evil asst. because th only thing he has the balls for is day dreaming about how he wants to use them with Chloe ......
Dear lord ....
Even though both he and Chloe see him as a dominant type ( I honestly don’t know why,especially on her part) he keeps wondering if she has a riding crop she could use to spank ,aaaaaaaaaa, well let’s say his “little brain” in his pants ) while she goes back to her office thinking about her “kitty juices”......
Eeeeeeeeeeeerewwwwwwwwwwww,shiver ....
F, can’t she just say her panties are damp? Geez... you know ppl either be vague and say he was soo sexy he made her panties damp or please just later say she needed a change of undies if you need to but please,please for the love of good books everywhere and all that’s holy, DON’T . BE. CREATIVE. about it....
“Kitty juices”: soo Does. NOT. Sound . Sexy....
I stuck it out another few chapters hoping there was at least a little depth to these two shallow nympho type characters ...
They both were disgusting to me..... I mean I really don’t wanna know how you met a man once barely said anything to each other,and even though you walk away thinking he didn’t listen to a word you said and zoned out during most of it ,you still go home and play with yourself to the memory and all your happy naughty additions to it....
Seriously ?
Ok, then she’s her burlesque show and sees him,tresses and taunts him during her performance and this is a snippet of what is said in his limo as she most happily leaves with him...

““Oh Chloe, your unt is glorious.” “Please don’t call her that,” she panted and then purred, “Anything, but not that word… my juicy kitty wants to please you, Mr. Marten, but she doesn’t like that name.”

Sorry, trying not to gag here, her unt or ussy or what ever other tacky word you wanna use has its own personality?
And views h what to call it ?
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww..... that just skeeved me out.... And No, no they were not role playing .... talking like that sounds childish and childish talk and sex,even if ‘role play” was involved is just to weird and creepy for me...
After Chloe said that I was O. U. T. out....
I really don’t get the high reviews on this,I don’t mind some BDSM ( though I prefer stories with male sub.s ) ( I’m not a submissive woman and can’t really relate to stories where women are,and I love a good M/F/M ménage or RH but still want a story that just happens to have sex,not sex and maybe some story to move the sex along and that’s that’s what this is,..
This is just sex with just enough story for the sex..... and it’s weird abs deeply shallow to boot....
I soo want my money back...
2,577 reviews15 followers
June 27, 2017
A Scintillating read. Can these two “cautious” lovers make a lasting relationship?!?

Pierce and Chloe come alive in these pages. Ms. Flowers has a knack for putting you right into her characters head where you experience their emotions. This can be both frustrating and titillating as we travel the sometimes rocky road of this relationship. Both characters come from flawed families; creating an interesting dynamic between them. A thoroughly engaging read, as I have come to expect from Ms. Flowers.

*** I am voluntarily leaving my honest review of this book ***
September 22, 2016
I was given a copy by the author in exchange for an honest review.

I am so glad I got to read this book by Fifi. I really enjoyed this book, it was not disappointing. Neither Chloe or Pierce were expecting to find love with each other. I thought this was a very well written and beautiful love story. Will Chloe be able to tame the unattainable curator? You will have to read and find out. I can not wait for her next book.

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