Scent of a Woman

Mediterranean Nights #2

by Joanne Rock

Danielle Chevalier has a taste for the finer things in life,especially the lush, exotic scents she creates at her fragrancebusiness. Under pressure from her brother to sell the smalloutfit, Danielle is thrilled when she's invited to an exclusiveconference aboard the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream. Thereshe hopes to gain contacts necessary to rally her business andavoid the devastation of a takeover. But Danielle's dreams havea harsh run-in with reality when she meets Adam Burns, arepresentative from a major U.S. competitor who is determinedto outmaneuver her in negotiations.Fighting off the advances of a competing fragrance company ishard enough, but resisting her attraction to Adam may prove tobe the real battle—and mixing business with pleasure may justcost her both.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance

239 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2007

About the author

Joanne Rock is a USA Today bestselling author of over one hundred works of popular fiction, including domestic suspense and romantic suspense. A frequent speaker at regional and national writing conferences she enjoys giving back to the writing community that nurtured and inspired her early career. She has an MA in Literature from the University of Louisville and has taught fiction, film, and writing at the college level. When she's not writing, Joanne enjoys travel to gather new ideas.

Reviews

[Mojca]

Two competitors in the perfume business meet on board of the Mediterranean cruise ship Alexandra's Dream and soon getting that elusive Dubai contract is the farthest thing on their minds.

A very disappointing read. The writing was choppy, the plot unimaginative, the characters bland, the romance nauseatingly inexistent. A "straightforward" contemporary romance with absolutely nothing working in its favor, not even the romantic setting of a cruise ship, and the continuation of the antique-smuggling subplot (started in From Russia, With Love) was a rather desperate attempt in attention-holding. It failed miserably.

[Mitzi]

Won autographed copy