The Tease

The Virgin Society, Book 3

De: Lauren Blakely

Narrado por: Vanessa Edwin, Jason Clarke

I swear I’m a good girl.

I didn’t go to the exclusive, after-hours masquerade to kiss my dad’s best friend. I didn’t even know who the masked man was when he touched me like I was his every fantasy.

But when I learn exactly how off-limits my new lover is, I do my best to avoid him the next time. Except, he has his sinful sights set on me, even when he discovers who I am. Just one time, he whispers. Then we’ll pretend this never happened.

Seems the enigmatic, gorgeous single dad I’ve known by day is a very dirty man after dark.

But one night turns into a stolen weekend, giving me a taste of so much more. When it's over, we vow to stay apart.

We could never work.

He’s focused on raising his young son, and I can’t let my already damaged family break more. But the caring, possessive man keeps coming back to me, and these secret nights tangled up together are turning into tender moments that make my heart thunder.

And soon, this tease of a forbidden romance is making me want so much more than I can ever have…

©2023 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2025 Lauren Blakely Books

This audio is Finn-tastic

Age gap, punishing with pleasure, single dad, dad’s best friend? Vanessa Edwin AND Jason Clarke?! I literally had zero choice but to listen to this audiobook. And what a performance they put on. Oh my lord. Lauren did it again. This entire series was absolutely stunning, but I have to say that Finn was my all time favorite. How could he not be? This was such a great story of love, acceptance, and forgiveness. I’m obsessed with Finn and Jules.

Fantastic!

Absolutely fantastic! Every time these narrators are together, it is pure magic!

The story was absolutely amazing!

I'm madly in love with Finn!

I’m loving the Virgin Society series. Lauren Blakely has given us so many feels in several tropes I love. Teasing about Jules and Finn got me so exited to listen to this.

An unexpected meeting puts Finn and Jules in a sticky situation. At the time they meet at a masquerade party, there’s an almost instant chemistry between them. They spend a wonderful night together, and are hoping for more, but Finn is shocked when he discovers that Jules is his business partner’s daughter, and Jules finds out that Finn is her father’s business partner. Knowing this, they agree they can’t continue to see each other. Easier said than done. Their pull toward each other is so strong, and it’s hard to stay away. No spoilers, but this is where the complications get more complicated. I loved how their story unfolds, and also the side stories. You’ll recognize some characters from this series, and get an update on them.

Lauren gives all the feels in this story of second chances in its many forms. Finn and Jules make a beautiful couple.

Jason Clarke narrates a single dad who spoils his young son, and finds himself in the predicament of right girl, wrong time when he meets Jules. Vanessa Edwin’s Jules is working through some issues of her own, and Finn seemingly comes along when she needs him most. I love Jules’ sass and her self-confidence and awareness of what she wants in her career. And Finn and his son are so adorable together. Another perfectly imperfect love story.

Love the story and the voice actors

Representative of disabilities and acceptance. Characters were believable and Finn and Jules were loveable and endearing.

❤️🩶 AGE-GAP FORBIDDEN PERFECTION 🩶❤️

It’s enough to say it’s Lauren Blakely.. it’s Jason Clarke.. and it’s Vanessa Edwin - so it’s a must have and the easiest decision ever made. But, if you do need more, then read on….

A daughter and her father’s best friend are torn between loyalty, guilt and lust when an invitation only private kinky masquerade role playing and spicy ‘taster’ tryst leads to the West Village.. to a one night only.. to a virgin’s firsts.. to multiple Os.. to Paris.. and to much much more. Jules and Finn’s forbidden-to-forever is Lauren’s soul-mate age-gap deliriously delicious story to tell. However I will say, the emotional choices and highly charged difficult decisions.. the sweet and smoochy.. the dirty desires and temptations.. the barriers and dangers.. the past hurt and present hope.. the sweet interactions with the seven yo son.. the longing.. and of course the love, were weaved and unravelled by a very talented storyteller. I love the way Lauren writes about magnetic chemistry, about naughty and needy, heat and heart, sweet and sizzling and tender and tortured. Her cast of loveable interesting main and secondary characters are both new and preloved.. and her well-chosen narrators bring them all to life. Vanessa and Jason are the perfect pairing of voice actors for twenty-five yo Jules and forty yo single Dad Finn’s emotional and highly charged journey. For their electric attraction, loss of control, dark desires, fantasies, dirty talk, steamy scenes, obsession and their heart’s secret desires to come to life as only the very best of narrators can do. And together they breathed life and love into this wonderful wonderful story and listen.

Worth a credit? Yes.. and each and every time it’s going to be a yes because I know my credits are always a good exchange for this brilliant author’s latest book.

This book has it all!

This book has all the troops. Our Jules is still a virgin, Finn is a single dad, he is her father's best friend, and he is significantly older than she is. It has it all wrapped up in lots of heat, emotion, and love.

This author always gives me all the "feels" when I read or listen to one of her books. This one pushed that into overdrive. Jules is a complex lady with issues she is dealing with from her past. She knows what she wants and is finally willing to go after it. She had no idea the one person who would light her on fire was her father's best friend. Finn is beyond sexy and his softer side as a father just adds to it. He enjoys a little role play in the bedroom and lucky for him so does Jules. They have her father to deal with and the age gap, as well as her career and his child, but love does win in the end. We also get to travel to Paris where I always love how the author paints a picture with her words so I feel as though I am there with them experiencing it all right alongside the characters.

Jason Clarke and Vanessa Edwin are the talented voice actors who bring Jules and Finn's story to life. They were both perfect and I loved listening to them both from beginning to end.

This is part of The Virgin Society series but is a standalone told from both POVs. It is not only a great book with all the feels going on as well as lots of great troops but it also has some lessons to learn and we get to see how a person with OCD copes with life and have a better understanding of how they feel. I found it enlightening and informative and the story was entertaining and heartwarming. I loved it all and highly recommend it.

Spicy and beautifully told!

The final installment of Lauren Blakely’s Virgin Society series, The Tease, is so ungentlemanly and super sexy HOT! In fact, I believe this is her spiciest book yet! The Tease is an age-gap, dad’s best friend, and a virgin trope. Lauren’s characters are well developed, have strong back stories, and her writing style is one I absolutely love. Jules and Finn together are just over the top hot! Finn loves doing ungentlemanly things to the beauty he meets at a private party until he finds out who she is. But, these two have a very difficult time resisting the electricity that continually sparks between them. Now, add in Jason Clarke as Finn and Vanessa Edwin as Jules OMG!! These two are so very talented. Jason Clarke has recently become one of my most favorite male narrators. His voice is rugged, easy on the ears, expressive, and just does things to my aural senses. Vanessa Edwin’s voice is smooth, easy to listen to, and so very expressive. How these two very talented narrators bring Jules and Finn to life with their voices is fantastic. Whether you read or listen to The Tease you will love it if you like age-gap, dad’s best friend, virgin trope and fantastic writing abilities. Now, if you listen to the audiobook but have never listened to Jason Clarke or Vanessa Edwin, I’m quite certain you will be a fan by the end of the book.

A Good Story

The Tease is a good dad’s best friend romance with a virgin heroine. The character development, relationship, chemistry and steam was there. I can’t speak for the OCD representation, but for me, thought it done well.

Another great book from Lauren

It really is amazing book after book is just really good for years now. The narration is great as always

Loved Finn and Jules!

My Goddess! The Tease by Lauren Blakey was a single dad, age gap romance mixed with the perfect amount of seduction, forbidden, and swoon! This is book three in Lauren’s Virgin Society, and each couple in this series keeps getting hotter and sexier! Jules and Finn’s insta-lust connection is scorching right from the start, and their connection becomes undeniable.

Vanessa Edwin and Jason Clarke narrated this audiobook in dual narration. I LOVE when these two are paired together because they are master storytellers and breathe life into the characters they portray. Vanessa’s alluring, decadent tone captures Jules’ passionate, vulnerable, and determined persona as she gives into her deep, dark desires. Jason unlocked a new deeper growly mature tone as Finn, delivering his possessive, charismatic, and loyal loving personality perfectly. Both narrators bring the heat, with Jules and Finn’s forbidden steamy chemistry!

Overall, I LOVED this book. If you are a fan of an age gap forbidden romance with a hot older single dad, a younger piano-playing virgin, alluring masquerade parties, a naughty Cinderella, ladies' poker night, father’s best friend, starry anklets, stolen panties, intrusive thoughts, trips to Paris, Monet’s Garden, all the steamy times, family forgiveness, and a HEA that is definitely not a tease, then you will love Jules and Finn’s story. I always look forward to more from Lauren Blakely.