Review: What a disappointment, had such potential.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2012
This is my first read by this author and I was so looking forward to reading more of her work since she has quite a few offerings available.This book started off great; I had to buy it after reading the sample. I loved the style, the flow and the implementation of details without sounding like they were being checked off a list. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there.First, this book should have been titled "All About Cortland", because his is the name most mentioned-over and over again. In fact I think he was given more face time than the hero and heroine put together. Every action or thought executed by the heroine was motivated by her feelings about Cortland. (See, even I've mentioned his name twice before mentioning the hero, Dexter.)Now about Dexter. He was a loser. Although no hero should be perfect, can we at least get close to it since reading romance is all about fantasy? This dude has a non-traditional job and can barely make ends meet and after working six years on Wall Street doesn't even have $15,000 in the bank. And he's a paid escort who continuosly lies to his parents about his career status-and it is never resolved. He can't even afford to have a car in the city. I see this kind of dude in real life everyday, I don't want to read about him, too.It probably would have helped if we had been given a more detailed physical description of Dexter or for that matter of Asia at the beginning of the book. Instead, they seemed like blurs who talked the entire book.The love scenes left a lot to be desired. In fact did they really even happen?When Asia was away from Dexter she didn't even think about him or express any longing for him or loving feelings about him at all. He seemed to be just truly a rebound man to her and nothing more.After they resolve the overhyped conflict, it simply ends. No chemistry, no oohs and ahhs, it just stops. Oh, and no epilogue-just the end. Thankfully.By the way, an Infinity G-37 does not have an ignition where a key can be inserted; it has a press to start button.