Review: Paying her Debt
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2011
Andy Jones suffered many injuries as a result of a bad car accident a year ago. She also lost her business and has fallen into debt. Working two jobs, fifteen hours a day doesn't leave her much time for sleep or anything else. Which is why she falls asleep while working at the very fancy Fine Foods company while sorting through boxes. And it is not her lucky day. The owner of the entire company, Alexander Ioannou, comes to the store for a surprise inspection. When he discovers her sound asleep on the job, he knows he has to fire her. But after she is gone, he feels guilty. He notices she looks really thin and worn out.The next day he can't get his mind off of her and when he discovers she was mugged walking home to her bad neighborhood and is in the hospital, he feels the need to help her out. He offers for her to stay in his ritzy apartment until she feels better, but it turns into much more.Paying Her Debt had a pretty good beginning, but it quickly went downhill for me. The characters themselves I enjoyed separately. Andy is just plain broke and still physicaly recovering from a horrific car crash. She is exhausted but determined to persevere. Alexander, is Greek and comes from a strong family background. He promised his grandmother he would settle down in her small town and look for his true love.Alexander is immediately attracted to Andy, and a little of his dominant side comes out. He wants to protect her, and make her better. He wants to give her money and asks her to be his mistress. Andy is taken back by this, and doesn't want his help. But in his bed, looking at this attractive man, she can't help but want something physical from him. This is where I lost interest. Their "relationship" just didn't flow for me. Alexander goes from this high and mighty business man to having sex with a woman who was just mugged and could barely make it out of this hospital in just a day or two. The sex scenes did nothing for me (I think more because I didn't feel any build up of chemistry prior to the sex).And a big let down for me: *****spoiler warning******They have sex four times in one night and forget to use a condom each time. Really? From here, they both kind of hope Andy is pregnant, which just didn't make sense to me since they barely know each other.End Spoiler warningI think the relationship is way too rushed in this book. There needed to be more time to explore the characters and their development before diving into the bedroom and more.