Review: Borderline Painful!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I have to admit that I had a real struggle with this book. We are introduced to Amanda Brown, a woman who was raised by self absorbed parents and a housekeeper who tried to show her love. Amanda has grown up with no concept of how to use money, save money, or how to establish lasting relationships. She learned nothing from watching her parents fail at money management, and when one of her fathers attorneys tried to help her, she stubbornly refused to heed his advice and went merrily on her way to self destruction. Not only has Amanda failed at money management, but the train wreck of her personal life is no better. With so much failures, her one triumph, her job is now under siege. Amanda must struggle with losing her high profile office, and I kid you not....even her dog Eyeshadow dies in the first few chapters of this book. This book is a bad country song waiting to happen!Next we are introduced to George, he is the polar opposite of Amanda. He is the most frugal multimillionaire I have ever read about. He is a walking fashion disaster, he still shops at Wal-Mart for his business attire. Where this could have made him slightly likable, his Narcissistic personality and his total lack of respect for Amanda throw him into the pile of not even if they paid me men!All in all the one like able character is Botox Amanda's new dog, if not for the few scenes with him I don't think I could have gotten through the rest of this book. It is hard to understand why the author chose not to allow Amanda the dignity of success with any of her new endeavors as she tried to stop the downward spiral of her life. She gets her HEA, but I'm not sure it is a completely believable scenario.*ARC received from Netgalley for an honest review*