Review: Just Can't Connect With This
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
Asia comes home late -- again -- from work and discovers she and her fiancé have been robbed.  No...wait...the fiancé has left, taking with him his things and leaving Asia the balance owed on her engagement ring.  This storyline had such promise, but it just didn't deliver for me.  I had a hard time connecting with either the heroine or the hero.Asia struck me as being very self-absorbed.  It was about HER job, HER phone calls, the things SHE had to do, and so on.  The things she gave up to keep Cortland (the ex) happy didn't ring true; the woman couldn't make it home for an anniversary dinner Cortland had planned for weeks, but we're supposed to believe she'd relax at a baseball game?  And for the record, whether or not Cortland was the wrong guy for Asia, he had every right to feel neglected and slighted.  Yes, he should have just broken it off and not cheated, but still, Asia wasn't innocent in the demise of their relationship.Dexter, the hero...where to start.  He's a dog walker and a paid "relationship advisor".  I almost felt like Ms. Rochon should have just gone with the paid escort angle, rather than fighting so hard to establish that advisor role.  Throw in the fact that Dexter admits he sometimes has sex with his clients, but it's all about their ego?  Yeah, that's prostitution.I wasn't a fan of the ditzy (also self-absorbed) little sister, India, nor did I like Dexter's friend, Alena.  And I don't care if they were best friends and she's a lesbian, I didn't care for her just walking in on Dexter when he was nude.I pushed my way through this book, thinking it still had such potential, but when Dexter gets his boxers in a twist and can't understand why Asia would have a problem with him continuing to take on "clients" if the two of them are in a relationship, I nearly lost it.  This man, who we're supposed to believe is so evolved, insightful and sensitive, and he doesn't GET IT????When I reached the end of the book and saw a list of the author's other works, I realized I had previously started, stopped reading and deleted another of her books.  A perfect hero is too much, but a man-whore (and I truly hate that term) just leaves me cold.  I felt like I needed a shower after some of the conversations in this book, and I don't mean a cold one.I can't recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a sweet romance.  Ms. Rochon definitely has talent, but she really needs to look at her H/h.