Review: The 5 star reviewers obviously haven't read Cachitorie and Monroe's other books or they're just die hard fans. ***Spoiler***
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
First lets get to the crux of the issue, the beginning of the book was all too familiar to Romancing Mo Ryan. I have no proof but Cachitorie and Monroe appear to be the same author or have way too similar of a writing style. The similarities in style could be do to an editor as well.Anyway, here's my take.********SPOILER ALERT*********Nikki is a young journalist and she meets Daniel. A powerful older guy two years removed from his divorce. They are attracted to each other; Nikki's wasn't as sudden as Daniels. Nikki is head strong and takes man chances as she fights for her cause. Daniel is conservative and laid back. He's calm.  They eventually start dating after a chance encounter.  He is  protective of Nikki even when she makes a mistake.Nikki becomes a Pulitzer Prize Winner, with two years in. Um...yeah that happens.Anyway she is fired over her run in with the Mayor. She becomes the news instead of reporting it. Daniel has to grease some palms to help her get her job back. In the mean time Nikki has a new editor Luke, who must have her. He's obsessed with getting her and connives with Daniel's new employee, Melanie.Melanie hates Daniel because he put her brother in jail, where he belonged. So she wants revenge when he dies in jail. She tries to get Daniel in bed. Although he does some inappropriate things with her, he doesn't fall for it. Luke tries to get Nikki in bed and it doesn't work, so Melanie plants drugs on Nikki. She does other things as well but Nikki and Daniel stand together and overcome her and Luke's evil to eventually get engaged.Pros:Well written for the most part, not many errors.Daniel was likableNikki was too un-likableAlpha maleCons:Unanswered questions!!!What happened to the human rights violations with his job, Dresson Corporate?We never understood the real reason he stop being a judge. Not a lot of detail given.What was the story behind the two young white males who where facing murder charges, the Newsome boys?You knew what was going to happen next. The story behind Melanie and the drama in Daniel and Nikki's relationship was predictable.Why would he not let Nikki know about who was traveling with him out of town?Why didn't he tell Nikki or fire Melanie after she kissed him?Why didn't Nikki tell Daniel about Melanie shewing her away at his office, as if she wasn't his woman?  Not many women in a relationship are going to stand for that. Please, that's so ridiculous. Yet Nikki acted like she didn't know this woman wanted her man.Why did he go back to Melanie's hotel room? AND have a drink. We all knew what was going to happen.Honestly, this book was rushed and rehashed.***SIMILARITIES*** Spolier AlertThe gay male roommate:  (Romancing Mo Ryan) This stands out because it's part of the character in Daniel's Girl.The virgin and older man. (Romancing Mo Ryan, Romancing a Bulldog, Romancing her Protector, and this one.)Heroine that works as a reporter: (Romancing Mo Ryan, Loving her Soulmate, and this one.)The headstrong and sometimes foolish woman:  (Romancing Mo Ryan, President Girlfriend Series, Loving the Head Man, and the Mob Boss Series, If You Wanted the World, Romancing the Bulldog, and Romancing her Protector, and this one.)We've also seen the older guy and younger woman theme:  (Romancing Mo Ryan, President Girlfriend Series, Loving the Head Man,  Romancing the Bulldog, Loving her Soulmate, and Romancing her Protector, and this one.)The story isn't new. The beginning made you feel cheated a little bit. Then the story began and it wasn't so bad, but the beginning hurt the rest of the book, because once that was in your thoughts you noticed every similarity even if it was slightly different. Yes, Daniel was similar to Mo Ryan, but as the story developed you saw some differences, but not much. He is a retired judge, like Mo Ryan. He had a different career. He was an executive that traveled frequently.Mo Ryan's character was a judge for the most part and stayed at home with his heroine. But, the heroine worked for a news paper, just like this one. Cachitorie has a book with a similar heroine, who worked for a news paper in Loving Her Soulmate. Like the character in Loving Her Soulmate, there was an obsessed male, who wanted the heroine.I could honestly go on about other similarities because they're obviously present. However, the only thing that changed somewhat were the names. And Nikki is the name of the heroine in Romancing Mo Ryan. The similarities are so bad they're laughable.Disappointed in the reviews, especially those that say these books aren't similar, that's misinformation, to use a kinder word. And yes there is a disclaimer but right is right and wrong is wrong. I understand SOME reviewers follow authors blindly, I'm not one.Monroe's Romancing Tommy Gabrini and Romancing Sal Gabrini were VERY GOOD BOOKS but this is Cachitorie and Monroe slapping us in the face. I know it has to be hard to keep creating original characters but this is laughable.