Review: I'm not really sure what the purpose was . . .
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2011
This story is just kind of dull.  The author keeps telling us that the main characters are into each other, but you never really get a feel for it.  The sex scenes are tepid and the author tacks on a HEA that comes across as rushed.  I was also confused by the male main character offering to take the female main to Paris for an "authentic Italian meal."  It isn't where I'd travel for authentic Italian, but maybe he knows something that I don't.  Of course, this is the same guy who went to all the trouble to seduce a woman and then didn't bring a condom.  Where I come from that is called rude (and also a dealbreaker!).  He's presented as a playboy who goes through many women - just because she considers him family (gross!) doesn't mean that he doesn't have a sexually transmitted disease.  It's as if the author was infatuated with the idea that sex shouldn't be planned - it should just happen.I felt as if the author was trying to dial back everything that could have made this story genuinely erotic.  She didn't seem comfortable with having a sexually experienced female character, so we got one who never had an orgasm.  She didn't feel comfortable having either character initiate sex, so the female main had to walk around half naked in her unlocked business so that the male main could accidently find her.  She felt uncomfortable writing sex without commitment, so we got a rush proposal at the end.It's 2011.  It's okay to plan to have sex and have it safely.  You don't even have to get engaged within a few weeks of having it!