Review: A fun Holiday read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
3.5 starsMadeline has been a faithful employee to Henderson Travel for ten years.  She's shed blood, sweat, and tears to become the perfect personal assistant.  But, when Marsha Henderson retires Madeline accepts a severance package from Marsha's spiteful daughter.  Out of work and down on her luck Madeline becomes desperate for a new job.  With her spirits high she goes to an interview at a law office and meets the alluring Karen Green.  However, Karen immediately tells Madeline she is not qualified for the job but that she had another proposal for her.  Madeline meets Karen at a restaurant and is quite surprised when Karen offers to "hire" her as a live-in assistant and fake-girlfriend for the holidays.Madeline adjusts quickly to her new pseudo-life and strives to gain Karen's praise and recognition.  However, things become messy as lines are blurred and Madeline starts questioning everything around her.  What's a straight girl pretending to be a lesbian to do?Now this is no Pretty Woman- Madeline is not a REAL escort but a PG escort to public events.  However, I enjoyed this story and couldn't stop reading once I started!  It was such a refreshing change of pace to read such a wholesome and adorable fluffy romance.  If you are searching for the perfect holiday read- you've found it!While I enjoyed this read I wanted more- more romance and more detail.  The story moves at a very quick pace and unless the reader infers the bond between both characters it becomes unbelievable.  Yes two characters who live together and act as a couple will gain a certain closeness but I felt that element wasn't captured in this story.  One moment Karen is paying Madeline to act as a girlfriend the next Madeline is willingly kissing Karen and having feelings- the in-between having been glossed over.However, I couldn't get enough of Madeline's feisty attitude and wit.  There is a certain scene where Karen is flirting with "some skank" and Madeline lets her know if she flirts in front of her again she will give her salmonella.  Now if that isn't a representation of the true female dynamic I don't know what is!  Jealousy, passion, and blurred boundaries- all inclusive when a straight girl falls for a lesbian.