Review: The Decorator's Dream
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2012
Amelia North has just landed her first client to call her own at the small interior decorating company she works for. Marshall Powers has hired The Cat's Meow decorating company to decorate the home he has purchased out of necessity due to child custody issues with his ex-wife. His concrete, firm deadline of five weeks has Amelia's head spinning but she's determined to get the job done. It's not easy trying to maintain a professional distance from an attractive man who seems intent on making Amelia his. Adding to Amelia's stress is her single motherhood and a vicious co-worker who seems bent on getting Marshall for herself and destroying Amelia's career.I really liked Amelia, but I did find her to be a little high-strung and over-dramatic. I suppose the same could be said for Marshall, he was also a little histrionic at times. Still they were likable people, with good chemistry. This isn't steamy, erotic or markedly sexy though, it's just pleasant. The writing is pleasing, the story is neatly paced and flows well.I would have liked to have seen a little more depth to both Amelia and Marshall. I did feel that this romance never really got beyond the superficial level of attraction or explored much in the department of character development. I do have a hard time accepting the time frame in which feelings developed, but that's always going to be a common issue with romance novels, and this isn't an exception to that rule.Overall, I thought this was just a very nice little story, calming and relaxing.*This is a clean romance, no sexy times.