Review: Could have been better if
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
I read the first one, All of Me.  The story line had a lot of possibilities.  I loved the hero.  The heroine was a young widow with a daughter that needed a kidney transplant.  Her brother-in-law was her last ditch effort for a donor.  She had never met him because he lived in Australia and was the black sheep of the family. However, she went down under to get him to agree to donate the kidney.Not bad so far.  However, thru the whole story she was a spineless wimp.  The more I read the less I liked her.  I could understand her love and concern for her daughter but it seemed as tho his feelings didn't matter at all.  He had a desperate falling out with his parents, she knows nothing about it at all but she feels like he should make up with because they could die and their issues would never be resolved.  I HATE it when someone thinks she knows it all and what is best for everyone yet she is so screwed up herself. All thru the story her actions caused me to dislike her a little more.  I did finish it but had lots of problems with it.For one, the hospital would have been up on so many charges for breaking so many HIPPA rules that it was unbelievable. She stood around like a ninny and allowed things to happen that never should have.  I just hoped he would go back to Australiameet a nice girl and let her go to the devil.On to book 2, Champagne for 2.  Recently divorced, 45 years old and the new owner  of a dating service in well-to-do south Florida, she sets out to save her mother, daughter, etc. the world from all their woes.  In comes the hunk.  You will love the hero.  A great guy in every sense of the word.  Again, had a problem with the heroine.First she wants him, BAD.  Then she tells him to cool it because she is not interested.  Then she WANMTS him again and as soon as he gets all caught up she tells him to back off.  On and off, on and off, I got so tired of her insecurities that I just wanted to slap her up side the head and tell her to grow up.  She tells him she wants sex with no commitment.  Those are her terms, they just screw when she is in the mood and nothing more.  Then she calls his cell and he doesn't answer and she thinks he is the lowest of the low.  If a MAN had treated a woman the way she was treating him, outrage would not be a hard enough word for the worm. But because it is a female doing it, well, she does have insecurities so we can over look it.  The more I read the madder this story made me.  I hated this broad.  I am 76% of the way thru this story and I am giving up.  I just dislike this heroine so that I hope nothing works out for her and she gets just what she deserves.Also, I am seeing a pattern here.  The heroines are all nut jobs.  I am not even going to read the third one.  I don't think I can handle another heroine that seems to run thru all these stories.  They have a good story line and I love the hero, but the heroine is a real piece of work and I can't imagine why any guy worth his salt would put up with their crap.  These are definitely NOT FOR ME.