Review: 4 out of 5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
For some silly reason I'd totally forgotten about this series - what was I thinking? Not thinking is more like it. You can probably read this as a standalone but I wouldn't recommend it because these are pretty much written as a serial. This one picks up immediately after leaving Erin and Blake declaring their love for each other in Beauty Touched the Beast (Beauty #1).In this novella, Blake gets a chance to come out of his self induced hibernation and go back into the public eye. He's been offered a position as an associate professor at the same college where graduate school student Erin is in her last semester. The conflict is small in scope but it's a big deal in light of the focus that Erin has put into her eduction;  it could significantly change not only her future career plans it can also put a dent in the burgeoning and fragile relationship with Blake.We get to peak a bit more I the minds of both and bedrooms (smexy times) of these characters and I liked what I read. Neither Erin nor Blake are unrealistic in their expectations of the other. Erin is emotionally very typical of her age group, not to say that she's immature and childish but she has a fair amount of angst about where she's from and how that compares to Blake's background. For me that was not only understandable but credible considering the age difference of these two - there's only about a 10 difference but when you're in college 10 years is a long way off.Happy Reading Folks!Rating: B