Review: Next Song I Sing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2012
Next Song I Sing  by  Donna McDonaldSongs can activate the cells in your heart and make us happy. What's your favorite song to sing?Donna McDonald author of  Next Song I Sing harmonizes the sounds of laughter, conversations with friends, love, discovery and recovery. When all of these elements are blended together you can expect a book that makes you appreciative. Ooh Baby, Ooh Baby!!Next Song I Sing touches the funny bone and the sexy side of women everywhere. Ms. McDonald shatters the mirror and creates a positive self image by kicking to the curb the characterizations by societal standards of body images and beauty. Ms. McDonald's book Next Song I Sing cultivates and nurtures the psyche that speaks to women all over the planet. Embedded within the pages of  Next Song I Sing  are flirts and stimulates all five senses bringing about  feelings of love and harmony. Ahh yes!One of the best concepts I found charming about Next Song I Sing is the constant positive reinforcement about body image and age.  I devoured Next Song I Sing and felt completely sated.  Ms. Mc Donald's books tickles me while it reinforces how much fun and excitement mature women should be engaged in for a healthy lifestyle. Next Song I Sing gratifies the readers as the author portrays convincing characters, settings, emotions and rich dialogue that kept me reading from start to finish.The setting: Western California at the luxurious resorts  BlueSkies Spa and Resort in Laguna Niguel .  At this beautiful resort in western California ladies are relaxing and being pampered with spa treatments and  most don't eat and enjoy the delicacies of fine cuisine because in order to  maintain the sizes  2 - 6.Chloe Zanders is a voluptuous woman who visits her friends residing on the West Coast where the size of most women are painfully thin, young tanned and blonde. Chloe is newly divorced and has a set of vocal cords that can weaken the knees of both genders and excite the main  brainstem of a man.  :-)  Chloe and her friends Emma and Taylor are songbirds and their renditions of  Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Lisa Stansfield to name a few  causes enthusiastic applause from the club audience and anyone passing by.Chloe is gun-shy, logical and extraordinarily sexy which she discovers is true from the reactions she invokes from both sexes.  She has a body that causes all males to swoon as the observe this curvaceous goddess lounging by the pool.Taylor and Emma Chloe's best friends and college singing partners with big hearts,  magnetic personalities are also easy on the eyes.  The three women are very supportive and patient with one another.  Emma and Taylor convinced Chloe to visit California to alter her outlook on life as she moves into a different phase after her divorce. Taylor and Emma maintain the California stereotypical look: tall and skinny. These enchanting songbirds are stunning and forty-somethings rediscovering what their bodies are made for. (hint, hint)The owner of the hotel luxurious resorts  BlueSkies Spa and Resort in Laguna Niguel along with a few other hotels. Jasper Wade is 45 years old,  a total professional, sincere gentleman  and totally fascinated by Chloe.  Jasper's  reserved,  prim and proper personality is shaken as the lovely ladies enter his establishment. He too is divorced and has not been involved in a meaningful relationship for a couple of years. Jasper finds Chloe tempting, gorgeous and runs interference whenever other men notice her. His ex-wife Rayonna cheated on him. Jasper and Chloe's  painful experience is the common denominator making both very anxiety laden.Sam, Max unlike any platonic and sibling relationships are supportive and protective of Jasper's battered heart. Taylor and Max enjoy each other however, Max's flashy, star athlete and womanizer reputation precedes him hence making Taylor reluctant to get share more than a casual conversation, joke or singing.Ms. McDonald takes the reader through the process of doubt and hesitation many women over 40 have before engaging in  intimate relationship after the painful end of relationships. Her writing style and terrific sense of drama,  suspense and action along with the lavish love scenes, ignite endorphins, testosterone and flying high libidos take the story on a real coaster ride.The dating dance and lovemaking is slow and melodious which lulled me into a comfortable space. I conjured up the sensuous sound of rain hitting the window pane and thinking about the fantasies Ms McDonald has created for lovemaking. Ooh, baby, making me quiver, Ooh baby. Suddenly,  I am hit between the eyes thanks to Ms.McDonald's cleverly throws in a zinger I did not see coming. It was pure perfection.Ms. McDonald's secondary characters are very adorable and adds plenty of spice to help Chloe and Jasper shine like the brightest meteorites. Could drama and chaos possibly be the path to clarity of heart, mind and body bearing gifts too abundant to behold?If you want to have a thrill and relish mature eroticism, friendships, love and faithfulness, this is a book for you. Yes, there is an HEA but the transportation there is a fiery one. This is the perfect vacation book and I truly wallowed in it!!