Review: THE DUMONT DIARIES
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
Okay, don't make the same mistake Snarky Mom did.  This is NOT a book of diary entries.  I have to admit to being a bit hesitant when I agreed to receiving a copy of this in return for an unbiased review; I was afraid that if it was formatted as diary entries it would disrupt my reading experience.  No such problem!  Cassandra is barely making ends meet, working a pole, and one night is hired for a private dance by Nathan Dumont.  Surprised that this notorious rich man would come into the dive where she was working, she's floored when he asks her to come home with him for a large amount of money.  Yep, they have some hot & steamy sex... and he immediately walks away.  He then asks her to pose as his wife for a set amount of time, with all the monetary benefits (well, yeah, and other benefits).  While they may start out seeming like a "Pretty Woman" version for strippers, it's actually a bit of a mystery with a lot of intrigue thrown in.  Nothing is as it seems at the Dumont mansion, and Cassandra is torn between her feelings for Nathan and her sense of self-preservation... especially when she comes to believe that someone is going to murder her.I really found myself enmeshed in the story the whole way through and did not anticipate many of the twists & turns it took.  And hey - it didn't hurt that there was some smokin' hot sex scenes in it, either!Please note:  This review was in exchange for a copy of The Dumont Diaries and was originally published on Snarky Mom Reads.