Review: Sexy read!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
******3.5 stars******For readers who love stories with lots of angst and lusty tension around every corner, this one's for you! Cory's angry, workaholic attitude clashed big time with the sexy and smart Vicky Townsend, but between their foreplay-like bickering and their insistence that they were completely wrong for each other, it was a recipe for some hot sexual tension!I have to admit, Cory's attitude towards Vicky and life in general rubbed me the wrong way. This guy was all about work and not much else, and the way he treated Vicky was nothing short of offensive at times. It took awhile to see something deeper in him, something that resembled emotions and not his robotic split personality of angry one minute and horny as hell the next. But all along, Vicky was there trying to coax it out of him, even when she didn't realize that was what she was doing. She was a great heroine, strong and determined to not let Cory's behavior dictate her feelings and moods. They were hot for each other, there was no doubt about that; but as Cory kept reminding her that she was merely to fill a role-his pretend girlfriend to keep his parents off his back about dating-it became more and more difficult for her to keep her emotions out of the picture.The more Vicky was there for Cory and put up with his mood swings, he slowly clued in to how wrong they were all along about not being a good fit together. Vicky had always been around, tempting him and then impressing him with her talent with the magazine, but he had pictured himself with someone more like him for the long haul...if he was ever going to go there. I love that Vicky surprised him, because it was great to watch his rather cold personality crack and crumble to her vivacious and witty ways. She stood up to him and pushed his buttons at every turn, but he needed someone like her to knock him down a peg or two before he saw what he was missing in life.Vicky and Cory share some crazy-steamy moments together throughout this story, and I loved the evolution of their relationship as they went from pretend couple to "wait, is this what I've been missing?!" real lovers falling head over heels. I wish it hadn't taken quite so long for Cory to lose that icy persona, because he was almost unlikable for awhile there, but Vicky took one for the team and made him a character I came to really enjoy by the time their story ended. This was a sexy, flirty read that's a great weekend getaway, and I look forward to more from Cari Quinn!