Review: Hot Mess, A Review for the Blog Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
A few months back I discovered the Hostile Operations Gang.. and boy did it smoke!! Totally awesome, fast paced, sultry, steamy.. yeah most excellent. So now Lynn Raye Harris offers us this delightful novella Hot Mess.. you know just to keep us interested. And boy was I interested. Seriously, the only thing wrong with this book was it was a novella...Dr. Georgeanne Hayes had a serious crush on Sam McKnight. Throughout her entire childhood he was there. Ever present, the best friend of her older brother. As soon as she was old enough (18) and he was home on leave, Georgie did something about it. She all but threw herself at him and almost convinced him to make love to her. But Noble Sam.. knew he wasn't good enough for her. Now, life as an English professor is her main fulfillment. Suffering just a wee bit from a broken marriage, eh divorce and an overprotective brother, Georgie really has her hands full. Well that is until one of her favorite students fails to show up, Georgie starts trying to find him and well someone tries to throw her under the dang it was a train.. I so wanted to say throw her under the bus and mean it!!!Sam "Knight Rider" McKnight (sorry no cool black car) had been born on the wrong side of the tracks.. His parents were awful to each other and to him. In order to survive this intense verbal abuse Sam spent as much time as possible at the home of his best friend. His very wealthy best friend. While this did indeed help him survive it also gave him a pretty nasty inferiority complex. So when pretty Georgie Hayes tried to convince him to make love to her, he couldn't hurt her family that way. She deserved someone better.. And 12 years later, he still feels that way. Only now it's his job to keep her safe.While the action of this book is about saving Georgie from whatever evil her student got her into.. the heart of this book is about Sam finally realizing that he is good enough for Georgie. Honestly who could ever think a man who is serving his country, as a career, not good enough? It was pretty interesting to see how these two managed to connect but still managed to remain disconnected.Ms Harris offers a pretty powerful message on self esteem. On how the actions of others do affect us and how to make a stand for what we believe in.Hot Mess was not as action packed as Hot Pursuit but the team was there for Sam and Georgie and the differences are what made it so special..I honestly enjoyed this book and seriously recommend this series to anyone who even remotely thinks this could be a good read..ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Hot Mess provided by netgalley