Review: Identifiable Heroine Makes it Easy to Imagine Falling into the Hero's Arms
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
Publisher provided the E-Galley for fair review via a third Party Service. No remuneration was exchanged and all opinions expressed are my own except as noted.  Review is excerpted from my blog review.I really liked this book -- it had hot, glam appeal with it's Hollywood setting that didn't pull any punches about the people entangled in tinsel-town. The hero, Mick Blackwell, was a totally appealing guy physically, and it's pretty obvious he is going to fall in love for the first time with our heroine.I wasn't too crazy for the heroine. She went through a lot of therapy but still falls right into the role of the victim and the betrayed lover. Or, maybe I just thought she was undirected.  She is certainly sexually liberated; I don't think she had a repressed bone in her body!In any event Piper's inability to trust after being totally effed over by her fiance and the press is to be expected. I liked how Robin gives Mick a less tangible and harder to understand problem: his refusal to love.In a lot of romances the woman believes she will convince the man that he loves her; she is going to be the one to change him.  Here it is the guy who sees he has to change himself.  I found that refreshing. I also liked that Mick sees the difference between Mick the commodity and Mick the person and artist.Piper is curvy. I think. Or, is she short with glasses and a great bust?  Robin leaves it vague enough so we can all imagine  shoehorning ourselves into Mick's arms.  I have noticed our heroines are getting healthier, curvier.  Real women are becoming the norm in fiction.  Is a heroine's appearance important to you? Do you need to identify with the heroine for the book to work for you?Robin's love scenes, like those in another novel I read recently by her, HIS SOUTHERN TEMPTATION, are amazingly hot and well, your partner might enjoy you reading this book as much as you enjoy it.The plot is complicated: some characters are all too human, and other people are just plain nasty. This is another perfect beach book, you can always imagine the guy in the chair next to you is the hero.