Review: Calculated risk
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2011
So, you're the father of a seventeen year old boy in the throes of his fist crush. In this case, the object of the boy's desire is Stevie, a thirty year old executive.Because of your own past (falling in love with a much older woman and having to raise your son alone), you barge into the restaurant where Stevie is having lunch and proceed to throw a tantrum. Then, when Stevie finally manages to drum some sense into your thick head (it takes her a few tries), you cook up the most outrageous schemes in order to save the boy from the dreadful danger of loving an older lady.This is not a life-choice I would recommend. Why Stevie, who at first seems like a reasonable person, would agree is beyond comprehension. She soon falls in love with Papa-Bear and looses all her brains, and her clothes, in the process.The first half of the book was OK even if I found the characters and the plot unrealistic. My main problem is the second half of the book when most action takes place in the bedroom. Pages upon pages of sex scenes. We left romance and the family dynamic behind to concentrate on erotica. Surprise, surprise. And it wasn't even good erotica ! Too graphic and long-winded for my taste.I give this a generous three stars because the characters are fun and the office scenes are a hoot.