Review: So-So
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2011
I only recently discovered Jennifer Greene. Apparently, she is reprinting several of her earlier works she wrote under the pen name Jeanne Grant. I really enjoyedAin't Misbehavingand likedSilver and Spice, but found this story to be only so-so.Leigh desperately wants a baby. And by desperate, I mean she's willing to humiliate herself asking Chicago's most notorious playboy, Brian, to make a donation to the cause. Brian doesn't do relationships, he's too busy. He agrees to Leigh's proposal on one condition: they wed. He's not really interested in a wife, but it does have the appeal of keeping the husband-hunters away and leaving him to focus on his work.I really like how Ms. Greene writes her characters. No matter what crazy plot she throws them into, they still seem like real people. Now, I might not ever do what Leigh did, but I felt like I got to know her enough to understand her and believe in her motivation, her fears, and her actions. Brian was fun to watch--I love how he approached this whole venture as a business deal. It played right into numbers-loving, business-minded Leigh's life.Even though I really enjoyed the characters and the overall story, it really was only so-so. There was a lot of development in their relationship showing both of the becoming more and more into the other and time with the other. But then the big conflict came in their budding romance and everything went on hyper drive. The ending was all so rapid and fast it didn't seem like it really gave Leigh nor Brian time to truly come to terms with what happened. It felt like Ms. Greene just picked up the broken pieces and through them together with a bow and the end.All in all, it was a fun and okay story. I just felt it could have been more.