3.5 stars for me. I had trouble deciding between 3 and 4 stars.
It was well done and enjoyable. I can’t say “I really liked it” which is my definition...more3.5 stars for me. I had trouble deciding between 3 and 4 stars.
It was well done and enjoyable. I can’t say “I really liked it” which is my definition for 4 stars, but I found the romance sensual and fulfilling, and I loved Nicolas, so I rounded up to 4. I enjoyed Katrina’s attraction to the two brothers and how it evolved.
STORY BRIEF: Katrina works for an auction house in London. Sergio hires her to come to his home in Spain to value and sell his family’s huge art collection. He needs the money to support his father Jorge who is in a hospice. Sergio tells Katrina that his brother Nicolas is the black sheep of the family and has been disinherited. Katrina is attracted to Sergio and goes to Spain. While there she meets and is also attracted to Nicolas. Nicolas tells her a different story. There is mystery and danger as the truth eventually comes out.
DATA: Story length: 309 pages. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 9. Length of sex scenes: from 1.5 to 7.7 pages. Total number of sex scene pages: 38.5. Setting: current day Barcelona and Catalonia, Spain, and London, England. Copyright: 2008. Genre: contemporary romance with mild suspense and some mystery.(less)
**spoiler alert** Pretty good, but I didn’t feel good enough to recommend it.
STORY BRIEF: Phil (female) is a policewoman assigned to work undercover wi...more**spoiler alert** Pretty good, but I didn’t feel good enough to recommend it.
STORY BRIEF: Phil (female) is a policewoman assigned to work undercover with Ty and two other police officers in a strip club. Ty’s undercover role is floor manager. Phil initially works as a scantily clad cocktail waitress and later becomes the club’s most popular strip-tease dancer. Ty is turned on when seeing her as a waitress and even more so when she dances. Three women who previously worked in the club had been kidnapped. Ty’s group’s job is to find the kidnapper and the women.
REVIEWER’S OPINION – CAUTION SPOILERS: Ty and Phil start falling for each other, but things are back and forth between them. Some of their conflicts are due to vague communication which I didn’t like. As soon as Ty and Phil have sex, Ty immediately makes a date with another woman, due to his fear of commitment. That didn’t feel right to me and felt like another excuse to have a conflict between them. Although Phil is inhibited with issues from her past, I didn’t like the way she would tease him and then say no. She wanted sex, but would say no to herself as well. I also didn’t like that Phil got mad at Ty because he wouldn’t tell her about another case still in progress. In general, I didn’t like or have enough sympathy for Phil. Once Phil started performing on stage as a dancer, the audience no longer wanted to see the other dancers and only wanted to see her. The audience yelled her name and didn’t tip the others as well. I felt sorry for the other dancers. I think I was jealous of Phil which is not good because I want to like the heroine. I’ve read other books with gorgeous and model perfect heroines and was not jealous, so I don’t understand why Phil bothered me, but she did somehow. The final scene of catching the bad guys was too easy for me. Certain people just happened to show up at the right place at the right time for things to work out. Other than that, the plot was good like many books, but nothing surprised or delighted me enough to rate more stars.
DATA: Story length: 354 pages. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 7. Length of sex scenes: 1 short scene (1 page) 4 medium scenes (2 to 5 pages) and 2 long scenes (10 and 19 pages). Total number of sex scene pages: 46. Setting: current day Bay Area (according to the back cover), I assume California. Copyright: 2006. Genre: contemporary romantic mystery with some suspense.(less)
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