Review: Independence vs workaholism plus sex on the stairs
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2013
Besides having one of the sexiest male nipples I have ever been tempted to lick on the cover, Ticket Home has a great contemporary vibe that speaks to the professional woman buried deeply beneath the stay-home mom/writer that I am. It's about a broken up couple with conflicting career goals at a complete loss as to why neither of them can seem to move on.Amy sees Jeff as a workaholic who always put her second to his job. Jeff sees Amy as the woman who left rather than have a conversation to work out whatever drove her across the country. But Jeff still loves Amy. He misses her. She left him, but he leaves his business in Seattle to find her in NY. But can he convince her to give him a second chance when his iPhone keeps ringing off the hook, reminding her why she left in the first place?Amy and Jeff have explosive chemistry. I almost felt bad for them because of how helpless they are once they're in each other's space, smelling each other, remembering how good it had always been between them. It was awesome watching Amy's honest dilema as she fights to remember that she moved to NY to be her own woman, make her own career number one. But her lingering feelings for Jeff give her independence a run for its money.They both made mistakes in the past, and they both experience epiphanies, Amy by way of a surprising stranger on the train, and Jeff, unsurprisingly, by way of his phone. Love has a chance to overcome an impossible dichotomy of goals, but only if Amy and Jeff can both make sacrifices. Watching them find their way back home to each other was a sweet, spicy good time filled with plenty of laughs and endearing honesty. And did I mention the very hot sex on the stairs? You'll just have to pick up this novella to see what I'm talking about. You won't be sorry.