Review: Once he realized he didn't hate her, he started falling in love with her.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
I really love when a hero thinks he hates the heroine, and then the next thing you know, he's consumed in a totally different way, full of sexual need and love for her. This hero really starts out prickly and kind of a jerk to the heroine, and I so love a jerk hero. Just makes it sweeter and sexier when that type of hero falls hard into love.I thought Isaiah was really fine. Very sexy and complicated, deep and needy, and I loved how he kept thinking about Joss. Even when he thinks he hates her, he still can't stop wanting her. The sexy times were hot and erotic and passionate. I loved his sexy and sweet dirty talk. But more than that, I loved that when he said something he regretted, something he wished he'd never said, he was able to apologize not once but twice to Joss.As for Joss, she's such a needful and sweet character as well. At first, I wasn't sure I'd like her, in the first few pages of the book, but soon you care about her when you find out how much she's suffered and continues to suffer from her abusive ex-husband. Man, did I hate her ex. If any woman needed a good man, a strong man, to fight for her and convince her of her own worth, it's Joss, and when Isaiah did that, it was very romantic to read.Not a light read, not with what Joss goes through, and not with the family/relationship drama at work; it's complicated and emotional, with flawed but sweet human characters who need love and want to be loved. Sweet, sexy and romantic, and just very, very good.