Review: Sexy and surprisingly sweet.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2011
Denise A. Agnew, <strong>The Hot Zone, vol. 1: Male Call</strong> (Samhain Publishing, 2007)One of those crazy-coincidences erotic romances where the lovely lady has been missing her man (who didn't know about her feelings for him, while all the while he's been lusting after her, and doesn't it strike anyone else as annoying that the single worst thing about <em>Gone with the Wind</em>, the fact that the entire final two hours of the movie could have been dispensed with given one honest two-minute conversation between Scarlett and Rhett, is the one thing romance wirters are so enamored of?) is surprised by him showing up at a ridiculously incredible place, in this case getting back from Iraq and being manipulated by some well-meaning friends into appearing at a strip club. Yes, folks, you heard that right. Still, despite some tired-yet-unbelievable thematic clichés and the inevtiable predictability of the romance, there's some good writing to be found here, and the leads' emotions ring true. A pretty darn good short, this. ***