Review: I know I'm the small minority but...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
...this book had so little credibility. I know it's fiction, but I just couldn't suspend enough belief to get into it.The premise was great - hot, young billionaire gets treated by attractive, young nurse and falls for her - but the execution was lacking. The heroine, Sara, was constantly doing things against her (supposed) character. I really hate that. One moment she believes in respecting people's privacy, the next she's snooping around the hero's house; then she's strong and independent - but no, she's actually a complete pushover because he looks at her a certain way. Whatever, I found myself getting over her very quickly.And if she used the title, "Mr Merrick" one more time in the first quarter of the book, I was certain I was going to scream! It made the whole story very stilted at the beginning - and it was already struggling with poor dialogue. "Mr Merrick" had a very outdated, rather formal way of speaking (I kept expecting the big secret to be that he was some alien/paranormal being who had wandered the earth for the past one hundred years, like Edward from Twilight). Who, in this day and age, mentions that his "transportation" will be arriving soon? It's a car, dude.Speaking of cars, the whole book read too much like someone's autoclub fantasy - Maseratis, Bugattis, Ferraris, Rolls Royces. Not to mention the numerous homes in the Hamptons, penthouses in the all the hotspots of the world and, of course, a secret life (possibly good/bad). I was suffering luxe overload and feeling I'd read better shades of this before (if you know what I mean).In the end, I bailed before three-quarter time, which is about how long it took for the sexual tension to lead to any real satisfaction. There was intrigue wended throughout, but not enough to keep me hanging in there.For those who care, the author has the technical skills mastered, which makes it an easy enough read. Give it a go, because everyone else seems to have loved it.