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Single in the City #8
Engaging Alex
Engaging Alex by Kristin Gabriel released on May 23, 2003 is available now for purchase.
Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 2003
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June 24, 2015
A year ago, Paige's fiancé Alex stood her up on their wedding day. She didn't see him for a whole year, until he suddenly reappears in her life.
Alex has a legit reason for standing Paige up - he was jailed the day before the wedding for refusing to testify in court after a family member was blackmailed into borrowing money from their business. Now he's out of jail, and he wants Paige back. But it's not that simple, because he needs her help to catch the blackmailer - who happens to be Paige's ex-stepfather.
I've read a couple books in the Single In The City miniseries, and they all seem to involve a skirt (of all things!) that has miraculous powers of seduction, causing men to fall in love with the wearer. Silly? Yes. The previous title that I read, Seduced in Seattle, featured the skirt as a main plot device, but in this book it was pushed to the side. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not. On the one hand, I find the whole Magic Skirt of Seduction storyline ludicrous and impossible to buy. On the other hand, including it in this book, where it was clearly not needed, seemed pretty obsolete. It would have made a better book if the entire skirt thing had been omitted.
The plot is reasonable - a little daft, but plenty of books are. Paige is a likeable heroine and Alex is pleasant enough, although some of the choices he made make me scratch my head in puzzlement. (Example: surely having someone call your fiancé and tell her you've been thrown in jail the day before your wedding would be kinder - even if only marginally - than just not showing up?) I wouldn't call it a great tale - something feels a little flat about it - but it's readable enough. 3 stars.
Alex has a legit reason for standing Paige up - he was jailed the day before the wedding for refusing to testify in court after a family member was blackmailed into borrowing money from their business. Now he's out of jail, and he wants Paige back. But it's not that simple, because he needs her help to catch the blackmailer - who happens to be Paige's ex-stepfather.
I've read a couple books in the Single In The City miniseries, and they all seem to involve a skirt (of all things!) that has miraculous powers of seduction, causing men to fall in love with the wearer. Silly? Yes. The previous title that I read, Seduced in Seattle, featured the skirt as a main plot device, but in this book it was pushed to the side. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not. On the one hand, I find the whole Magic Skirt of Seduction storyline ludicrous and impossible to buy. On the other hand, including it in this book, where it was clearly not needed, seemed pretty obsolete. It would have made a better book if the entire skirt thing had been omitted.
The plot is reasonable - a little daft, but plenty of books are. Paige is a likeable heroine and Alex is pleasant enough, although some of the choices he made make me scratch my head in puzzlement. (Example: surely having someone call your fiancé and tell her you've been thrown in jail the day before your wedding would be kinder - even if only marginally - than just not showing up?) I wouldn't call it a great tale - something feels a little flat about it - but it's readable enough. 3 stars.
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