Review: Not very Romantic
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
I'm wondering about the prior reviews, the first didn't even tell about this book just a general "I like all her books..."  how is that even a review? I haven't read the others in this series (The Sixth (and last) in the Attracelli Series) not that it was necessary the book flows very well without it.*SPOILERS*But I was annoyed with the heroine Kate, who was raised by a single mother after her father walks out on them. Carlos was more than understanding; honestly I don't even think as a romance that any hero has been as understanding.So this is the last and as it went I'm not that interested in any other, I've read M.Lennox before and for the cost most are just too short to invest in ($3 for less than 200pgs). But I gave this a try... at first it wasn't so bad, Kate wanted to get to know Carlos before a physical relationship began, great, but somewhere in the middle I think she got transported back to the 50's with the fear of sex before marriage, and a child out of wedlock...oh my.. And when we read about her first sexual experience, I unsure if this was consensual or not, was the author trying to auld to a date rape but then rethought it??Either way, she made Kate, who was the Purchasing director or this high end retail chain, sound like freighted, post traumatic, neurotic, who feared intimacy so much she turned "boyfriends into boy-friends" , meaning when things got romantic she put an end to the relationship, and became friends.  Seemed to me she needed to speak with a therapist or support group.Carlos and Kate spend more and more time together, and Kate again fears that he will leave her, or become angry with her. After more than half the book Kate figures out that her boss David is up to no good (we figure this out after he speaks for the first time), again Kate is portrayed as an employee so devoted to the company she is oblivious to the nefarious dealings of her employer . Kate tells Carlos what she finds out and is told that he knew and not to worry...so she doesn't...Kate and Carlos are married and Kate becomes managing director of the company after the takeover.  I truly enjoyed many of M. Lennox books but this was annoying, Carlos was well defined, if a little too understanding, but Kate was a disappointment, she had the position, and respect it is just too bad she wasn't written that way.