Review: This Book Will Hold Your Attention Hostage!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2013
In Officer Off Limits we meet Story Brooks (yes, that is her name and I love it!!!) who is being dumped by her fiancé two weeks before the wedding.  The evening her fiancé announces the wedding is off, Story receives a phone call from a hospital in New York informing her that her estranged father, Jack, has had a heart attack and she is listed as his next-of-kin.  Story jumps on a plane and heads to New York to be with her father.  While perusing vending machine snack foods, our hero, Daniel Chase,sees Story and life as he knows it is over.  He flirts shamelessly with Story over snack machine vending choices, they banter back and forth and he invites her to dinner, only to learn Story is the daughter of his mentor.  Jack quickly and efficiently puts the brakes on Daniel's attraction and places Story firmly in the `don't look and don't touch' box.Daniel owes so much to Jack and has every intention of keeping his hands to himself but his fascination with Story weakens his resolve to do the right thing.  Story, who is tired of always doing what is right, being the good girl and having everyone plan and control her life, decides that Daniel is just what she needs to recover from her humiliating break-up.  Daniel makes her body sing and makes her feel things her fiancé never made her feel.  So begins their love story.  It's one full of sexy, playful verbal exchanges and quite a few intense make-out sessions.  We see Daniels resolve wither away in the face of Story's blatant sensuality and provocative dares.  Story turns Daniel on like no other woman has and he craves that after a lifetime of meaningless sexual exploits.  Story in unable to resist Daniel's smooth charm and panty-melting touches after years with a man who was slowly molding her into his idea of a perfect wife, causing Story to forget the kind of woman she used to be.  I love the back and forth, push and pull between these two.  You are never quite sure what is going to come out of the other person's mouth and their witty exchanges leave you breathless, almost to the point of fainting.  From Karaoke to baseball to charity galas, we experience a roller-coaster ride with these two which culminates in a twist I never, ever saw coming.  Throw in a stressful and gripping moment full of suspense and this book just keeps you hooked from the very first sentence to the very last word.  And Story's father, Jack?  I can't help it.  I'm in love with the wily old man.  I also have to applaud the author on her amazing ability to have made me feel like I was in New York.  I felt like I was seeing the sights and experiencing the smells all through her book and it was a delightful journey to take.  I give this book 5 of 5 stars.  It kept me entertained, on edge and completely, hopelessly in-love with Story and Daniel from beginning to end.