Review: In an out
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2012
I always want to make my critiques as constructive as possible so I will say this; There were several parts in the story that I just didn't buy.  I had a hard time with how nasty Robert (hero) was to Rene(Heroine) when she was first hired on. I'm sure there is a plethora of crusty, malcontent bosses out there, but if I'd been treated so poorly from the outset of employment I would have hit the road for another job after a couple of days and I think Robert would have been assistant-less until he got his act together.  I also had a hard time with the way Robert acted so harshly toward James, a client who represented a lucrative account for Robert's company, because James took a more than friendly interest in Rene.  I found that the way the writer handled Robert's jealousy was not realistic and if anyone in reality had been spoken to that way he/she would have pulled their business and found another company.  The third, and as bothersome aspect of the story was the way Robert's former secretary Mrs. Argonet had come off as the too-goody-goody-all-knowing-all-seeing older woman who put Rene in Robert's path for Robert's own good.  Her speech at the end of the book really irked and just didn't work for me.  I did enjoy the characters and thought the premise was good, but the execution left a lot to be desired.  I would only give the book two stars.