Review: Great Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2012
This is the first book of the Heller series and was offered free on Amazon as a loss leader to hook readers to the rest of the series. The writer was definitely very successful at that strategy. Instead of resting, I spent the entire weekend reading the first two books consecutively without much pause despite eye strain and dark circles around my eyes. The main character, Tilly, was an "aspiring" actress but was not getting any real roles and was literally living in a dumpster with three other roommates. Struggling to pay her rent, she responded to a job opportunity for a security and surveillance firm. That job interview scene was hilarious! She got the job and the job offered multiple perks such as free rent (she was the only female living in a warehouse with her boss and rest of her colleagues), monthly beauty treatment, free food, etc. since she was on call 24 hours a day. Her boss, Heller, was an extremely good-looking European, who was an enigma and could be cruel and unforgiving to those who went against him. In the first book, there were heavy flirtations between Tilly and Heller but she was adamant not to sleep with her boss. What I liked about Tilly was that she was not a bimbo but was fearless and determined and yet fun and warm. Though the book was written in a light hearted manner, the secondary characters in the book were complex having suffered severe abuses in the past.