Review: HOT Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
Dean Chastell and Stacey Bermin might be the same species, but that's about all the resident pride prankster and the ice princess appear to have in common. This is the fifth installment in Marie Harte's Cougar Falls series and while it has enough of the right background information to be read as a standalone, the real richness of the world comes from having read the preceeding four books.With that in mind I easily found myself wondering what Dean, a character I've come to love, did to deserve the abuse of the lady who by his own admission was too good for him. Through Dean's eyes I began to see the real Stacey and found myself not hating her too much, I even loved her by the end. I attribute that to the way Ms. Harte let me inside Stacey's head so that I knew what she was actually thinking because her outward actions alone would have left me hating her. The play by play in Dean's head as he starts to realize that she might not be as frozen as she appears also went a long way to my loving her.The relationship between Dean and Stacey was hot and exciting and believable. The events that throw these two together and the banter just made the quick bonding perfectly plausible for two people who've known each other for years and have been harboring secret feelings for each other. I found myself caught between laughing and sighing every time he called her "princess", because who doesn't want to find the man who treats them like a princess. I look forward to updates on the princess and the prankster in future books.I definitely give Ms. Harte credit, she's built an amazing world in Cougar Falls Montana, I want to hike those woods and see if I can find the mysterious Ac-taws myself, and I'm not a huge outdoors person. So if you haven't discovered the wonderful town of Cougar Falls, feel free to explore it with this hot and funny addition, you won't be disappointed.Originally posted at LAS Erotic Reviews