A man in a million…There’s only one problem: he’s her
boss!
Single mom Lucinda Starling has lost
faith in love or happy-ever-afters. She must protect the important things: her
young son and her job working for entrepreneur Angus Wolfe! Her commitment
phobe boss must never know she’s crazy about him! Until one evening
at a conference he looks at her like she’s the only woman in the world… Dare
she risk all and be tempted by Angus?
When reading Harlequin romance novels, I find that I
either read 20 back to back, or leave them for a few months without reading
one, there's little in between.
I picked up Ms. Blake's book, tempted by the cover (as
always, despite the old adage), and by an intriguing description. As this was
given to me as advanced reading copy, I was prepared for some formatting and
grammatical issues, as this is not the final copy. While this is an advanced
copy, I was perturbed by the formatting, leaving many words hyphenated at the
end of the line, pulling the reader out of the story with the interrupted flow.
Some mistakes were also present with spelling and flow again, leaving some
awkward phrasing. Hopefully both of these issues will be corrected in the final
proof.
To the story itself, Ms. Blake has an interesting
premise and one that is typically enjoyable to this reader, but this time it
did fall slightly flat. While description is always appreciated and necessary
to the reader, at times there was just too much description that did not add to
the story, and detracted the reader's attention from the plot point to describe
something less important. Some descriptions were also slightly off in their
tone, leading the reader to lose the thread of the story and focus on lengthy
description. Sometimes there was also simply too much description and not
enough action to move the story along.
The characters themselves kept my attention and the
heroine was likeable, along with the supporting cast, but I found myself
slightly annoyed with the hero and some of his actions, and would think some of
his actions may not come off as well off the novel pages.
Overall, an interesting, quick read, with some edges
to smooth and soften from the author, and some issues to address with the
formatting of the file.
Rating: 3.5/5
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