Review: 18+ just may have the most uniquely inappropriate characters for a romantic entanglement at first glance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
There is a playfulness in the titles that I have read from Cynthia Sax, and this one just may have the most uniquely inappropriate characters for a romantic entanglement at first glance than any others.Camille of the tattoos, multiple piercings and green hair has a deep and unquenchable thirst for Nathan, CFO and ultimate buttoned up waspy executive.  An intern at Blaine Technologies, we met her in Kat’s story, Flashes of Me.  Camille is steadfastly holding to her early upbringing, her parents are both staunchly unconventional conventional hippies, and her early refusal to follow the crowd, or in fact the other hippie’s children is part of her integral makeup.  On the other hand, Nathan is reserved and conventional, unwilling to loosen his grip on his tightly boxed emotions, emotions are messy, and Nathan is obsessively neat and tidy.Camille has set her sights on Nathan, and researched him thoroughly, using her skills to hack into his information.  She uses this information to taunt, tease and ultimately break down Nathan’s quiet reserve for a fling.  Nathan, however, is not the “fling’ type, and insists on a contract to specify and detail their arrangement, in the hopes that he can keep emotions out of the mix.In the space of only a few days, Camille has insulted, enchanted and destroyed Nathan’s carefully constructed reserve: giving herself freely and openly and demanding he share with her.  And Nathan slowly allows her into his life, craving the emotions and fierceness that she displays: her life is a daily delight for the senses, and he wants that too.And they are steamy: his desire for her is something he can’t even explain to himself, the emotions are new and confusing, but Camille pushes and prods and picks at his reserve until he has no option but to relent and revel in her control.  More than anything, Camille shows Nathan that love and security are really grounded in yourself and the people that you share yourself with, and that money, control and the power that both bring are only accessories.Camille isn’t without her own issues, some self-created: she is unwilling to see that some change is necessary to be in a relationship, although the ‘change’ that she fights is nothing that Nathan would ever ask of her, even as he is going through major growing pains to be the man he believes that she wants and deserves. These two love and fight with equal passion and determination: each wanting to be THE one for the other, both afraid that they fall short.  Full of fun, passion and characters with trust issues, hangups and concerns, this story manages to keep you smiling and wondering from start to finish.I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via Edelweiss for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.