Review: Short & Sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
**3.5 Star**Deceiving Derek was originally published in 2002 by NovelBooks Inc. and reissued by Chippewa Publishing in 2007.  There were revisions and updates done in 2012 and Deceiving Derek is now novella #1 in a 5-part romantic comedy short story series (Procter-King, C., 2012).Deceiving Derek is a cute, funny little story.  Lacey runs into a police station indicating that her lingerie prototypes were stolen out of her studio, which just happens to be her apartment, also.  She needs an officer - Derek, specifically, to come investigate the thefts.  She even goes so far as to bring some of the remaining pieces of thong underwear that the thief didn't grab.  When they arrive at the apartment building, Derek is corralled right into the middle of a bunch of screaming women having a party.  Only then does Derek realize he's been set up ~ in more ways than one.In real life, lying to a police officer and reporting a false crime in order to get him/her to come with you to a specified location will most likely get you arrested.  This, people, is why we call this fiction.The antics displayed by Lacey in the police station are hysterical and the interaction between Lacey and Derek are funny.  The story is very short at only 28 pages and is very fast paced.  The physical tension between Lacey and Derek is believable, if not a bit rushed, however.I enjoyed the author's writing style and found the story easy to follow and laugh out loud funny in a few places.Review Copy Courtesy Of:  CrushStar Multimedia LLC and Blue Orchard Books, via NetGalley approval at no cost in exchange for an honest review.