Review: I'm Becoming a Big Powers Fan
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
This was my second book by Elizabeth Powers and I have to say, I'm probably going to keep buying if she's going to keep writing like this.My favorite thing about her is that she sets up these kind of Harlequin-y characters and Harlequin-y story lines and then makes them a lot more realistic.Cole is the typical alpha-male, goes through lots of women, very powerful man in the business world, and when he sees Kate he knows he wants her.  Unfortunately for him, Kate has all sorts of hang ups when it comes to powerful men and men who are part of "society" in particular.  That's the Harlequin-y part.  The un-Harlequin-y part?  No matter how much Cole tries to tempt Kate into bed, she keeps turning him down.  She insists they just be friends.  He goes along with it because he enjoys her company and he still wants to convince her to go out with him and do more with him, but she keeps sticking to her guns and it's driving him up the wall.I thought that the storyline was engaging and good... I love that they BOTH date other people during the course of the book.  There's a long time span that the book covers where they're getting to know each other, which makes it actually believable that they fall in love.  There are a couple of side characters in the form of Kate's best friend, a couple of Cole's clients, and his friend/client George who is absolutely fantastic.I feel like with this book Powers took a regular Harlequin formula for characters and plot and made it into something better.  We get a lot more conversation than the usual "Tell me about yourself" - the way Kate teases Cole and flirts with George, George's absolute bluntness and Cole's sexy talk are all realistic and fun to read. Even the requisite "uh oh something bad happened and now I can finally admit to my feelings" didn't bother me the way it normally does.  I kind of felt it coming, because hellooooo Harlequin plot... but it wasn't nearly as cheesy and it was really well written.I'm looking forward to checking out Ms. Powers' newest offering - Love and Chaos!