Review: An Extremely Satisfying Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for an honest review.I love everything I have ever read by this author and I literally stayed up until 4:00 am to finish this one. It was THAT GOOD!!Chelsea is recovering from an accident which left her injured  both physically and psychologically. She's made progress but still has a way to go. The book starts with a fire alarm going off in her apartment building and she has to make her way down sixteen floors with a bad leg. Xander comes into the stairwell and trots past her as she's trying to get down, turns around and sees instantly that she needs help. He offers, she declines, but he realizes that he needs to get them both out of the building quickly. He tells her he's Superman and swoops her up and carries her down to safety. His banter is cute and sets the stage for their "role-playing".There is a pretty hot but heartbreaking scene at the aquarium. He's trying to get her to become comfortable around water again because he realises she's terrified of it. He makes arrangements for a private viewing. He found out that her fiance died when the car they were in drove off the road into a lake. Xander knows that she must have gone in the lake with him but he doesn't know the whole scenario.My favorite role playing was when Chelsea dresses up as Catwoman and waits for him in his apartment. He realizes that someone had to let her in and finally figures out that it was his buddy Logan. He'd just left Logan who'd said nothing. Logan just kept ragging on him for over an hour about Xander being boring company. Xander chases Chelsea through his apartment trying to catch her then literally cuts her out of the costume because he can't figure out how to get her out of it. Surprisingly, Xander is the one to fall apart afterwards and he breaks up with her. He tosses her a tee shirt and tells her he won't be seeing her again and that she needs to leave. Chelsea does leave, but then decides that she's ticked off. She comes back the next day and bangs on his door until he finally answers it. She basically pushes her way in and starts to give him heck. She's grown with his help. She's told him everything he wanted to know about her injury, the accident and her role in it, but she knows that he has his own secrets that he's not sharing and she's having none of that. She keeps pushing and he finally confesses to her. Chelsea helps Xander get past his issues and they are able to move on to the happy ending.This is a great book. A lot hotter than your traditional Harlequin-style romance. I can't wait for the rest of the series.  Logan, I'm ready for you next!