Review: Not a romance novel...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
It's especially not an erotic romance, because there's like no sex. So if that's what you are expecting, you'll be really disappointed.  JD Nixon is a good writer and can tell a story. Although, I just didn't care for this story.  This is sort of Bridget Jones' Diary meets The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yeah, I know.  So some of it made no sense at all, I mean how does Tilly go from being a n'er do well, out of work 25 year old actress to suddenly becoming a butt-kicking body guard? Okay, a couple other things you should know, Nixon is Australian - so spellings are British version, as in "labourer" and school boys wear hats, and temperatures are measured in centigrades, and height and distance in "metres." That threw me.And since I was really looking for an erotic romance, I hated the fact that this book broke the rules on romances, as in the men are supposed to care about women getting hurt. There is not a chivalrous bone in the bodies of Heller's men and he's kinda of a jerk too. When two of his men first meet Tilly, she's bleeding and they offer to take care of her for Heller, as in beat her up or something. And she keeps getting hurt and Heller keeps sending her back to these lousy jobs. Then he even slaps a woman twice (who is responsible for getting Tilly hurt, but still... yuck!) Tilly is a strong woman. That's good. But the men are creeps (except for Daniel and Niq.) Heller can be a nice guy, and he's big and tall and handsome and all alpha. Still this is Tilly's story and Heller isn't ready to commit. So that's the end of that.  And did I say there's really no sex?