Review: A pefect read at the pefect time.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2013
This has been on my To Be Read list for months. There was something about it from the first look that kept me coming back to it but never picking it up. I believe there is a time for each book to be read in my life and for me More Than Meets the Ink was exactly what I needed.From the opening Meet Cute with Tate Cooper crawling soldier style in the grass with her mother searching for a missing cat in the Eternal Sun Resort and retirement community looking up and directly into the eyes of James Bowen; I knew the story had something to pull me in.As in a standard romance we have the male and female who have preconceived judgments about one another. Tate likes James well enough at first glance until she sees the tattoos. Her mind instantly lumps him into the pile with the bad boys; the love 'em and leave 'em type who can't hold down a job etc. but "The jerk was gorgeous."James sees Tate as a woman with a well rounded ass, or er um, well rounded assets. He likes her look but what is under it is what intrigues him. "She was muttering something much resembling a blue streak any sailor would be proud of in between clenched teeth." Sounds simple right? It totally is until you figure in the members of the retirement community who hold James in high regard and aren't too sure about new comer Tate and her intentions. The scenes of these two trying to be intimate with the seniors around was hysterical. Their meeting will surely be one to light up the eyes of the grandchildren some day and bring smiles to their faces.Ah yes, back to the sex...When he regained his senses, his throat felt raw, his mind foggy, and he wasn't sure if his legs would work again - ever. What the **** had happened?The sexual connection between James and Tate is instant and hot. There is no mistaking that! The pair decides since they are in town for a short amount of time it's perfect to have fling. "Just sex. No follow-up of any kind once back home." Again, sounds simple right? Not with these two. Nothing is simple except that it is. Am I confusing you? See, James and Tate thought that they could just have sex, just have their time in the Florida sun and leave it all behind back in Boston...where they are both from. Sigh.James, oh sweet Alpha Male James. I adored him. Normally I am not about the alpha male but James, he was so damn demanding and he had a vocabulary. Even when he was going all Conan the Barbarian in the sack there was no cave man speak; he just said what was on his mind and what we wanted. I fell hard for this Bowen brother. The ink on this man... I loved each and every reason behind it. It shows that some people add tattoos to their body as a badge, not just to look pretty.Tate, hard assed Tate with her heart so full of love but so guarded it would be like trying to invade Normandy (again) to get inside there. She has her reasons but my goodness there were a few times I just wanted to yell at her "It's just three words, three syllables and eight letters. Say it girlfriend. SAY IT!" She is not some wimpy woman who James has to save. She has her own life, with a few minor issues here and there that yes could use a strong hand but she she is not some damsel in distress who needs a white knight to rescue her. She is a Princess dammit. Just ask James.More than Meets the Ink was a great read. I can say that honestly. There wasn't anything too far fetched that made you shake your head in disbelief. James and Tate are both characters you can relate to; you feel for them and with them. You are happy they met over cats, you are excited when they finally get in that hotel room together, you cheer when James walks into Rosita's for the first time, you smack your head against your Nook a few times when things don't go the way you want, you cringe at emails and crazy hosts, you fall in love with the Bowen brothers after a few brief meetings and you pull for these two individuals. Pull for them to get it together, to recognize what they have and to live a happy, sexy, frustrating and fulfilling life together.You're mine, and your problems are also mine. No one messes with what belongs to me. Don't fight me on that, because you'll lose, baby.Her life was better - richer - with him in it. It really wasn't how attractive and how amazing a lover he was, which of course didn't hurt a bit, but also how cherished he made her feel, how damn happy she was with him around.