Review: Hot, hot, HOT
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
These books, faithful readers, are delicious. And oh, how I enjoyed them.The first one introduces us to Kate and Mac. He’s married, she isn’t, and he is her professional superior. Yes, Mac’s marriage has been in a bit of a dormant state for about ten years, and, yes, Mac seeks “friendship” where he can find it. But that cold, sterile marriage of his isn’t going anywhere, and he makes that clear to all of his paramours.Kate has been too busy building her career to dally in significant romances, and she has not had much social interaction with Mac. When they do begin professionally colliding, though, certain physical, certain personal collisions are close behind.And as a connoisseur of hot headboard rockin’, I can say that we are THRILLED that Kate and Mac collide.Naturally, things don’t go as smoothly as we’d like. There is the whole Mac-is-married thing, and then there is the whole Kate-is-an-independent-woman thing.In the second book, just as the romance starts to intensify, some publishing intrigue begins hovering around. Kate has concerns about one of the authors her company wants to publicize, but she has no proof. Just a sort of premonition. Her friendship with the nephew of a client also begins to take a more romantic turn, largely because Mac is, you know, married and all.There are times when you will want Kate with the other guy, just because, as Mac himself points out, that guy can fully be with her and give her the future she deserves. What about love – true, abiding, passionate, LOVE? Does Kate feel that for the other guy? She sure feels it for Mac.Again, the hot headboard rockin’ scorches.One of the reasons I enjoyed these books so much is that I flat out love Kate and Mac. Yes, they occasionally infuriate me, but they’re so real that you will think you must know them. Their faults are real and accessible, and their love is real and understandable. Sure, we don’t applaud infidelity, but Mac is just so yummy. So, so yummy.Grab these books and read them. There is a third one coming, and its focus appears to be on a character other than Kate and Mac. That’s fine, actually. I want to imagine their future on my own.