Review: Great Start for Next Time Around Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2012
The first book in Donna McDonald's new Next Time Around Series is a hit!  Chloe Zanders has returned to California after divorcing her unfaithful husband.  She meets up with her two college friends for a weekend spa getaway at Jasper Wade's Blue Skies Hotel.  As Taylor, Emma, and Chloe enjoy their mai tais they ask to borrow the piano from Max, the piano player.  Jasper was already struck by  Chloe's lush full figure, but when he hears her sing, he completely falls head over heels for her.  Being a very prim and proper "stuffed shirt" kind of guy, he realizes Chloe is the girl of his dreams.  Chloe on the other hand is very unsure of herself, thinking she is plain, unattractive, and huge by California standards. Others see her as the sexy bombshell she really is.This story is laugh out loud funny in spots and tender in others.  Ms. McDonald handles the body image concerns so well!  When Chloe is shopping for clothes, Betty, a clerk, tells her, "Well, your age probably explains the renewed sex appeal. Women who turn forty go through some sort of internal change. They suddenly leave men that don't appreciate them, become who they want to be, and their sex appeal cranks from a three to a ten. Yours is off the chart, and that smile of yours is a killer."  Curves abound in this story and all the men appreciate them!There are wonderful songs mentioned throughout the story too.  You will be humming old Motown favorites such as "It's in His Kiss" and "I Want You Back."  It would be great to have all the songs loaded on your iPod and listen to them as you read!And the romance!  Jasper overcomes his "stuffiness" as he and Chloe heat up!  You'll be ordering out for chocolate mousse before you know it!