Review: 3.5 stars for a good story that gets slowed down by too much going on
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
Poor Troy Mills. He's just a P.I. trying to make a living, when the woman he's supposed to be spying on happens to suffer an attempt on her life. He throws her to the ground to rescue her and finds himself wildly attracted to her. It's a good thing that she returns that attraction.The object of Troy's surveillance is Julie Fraser, America's Sweetheart and box office star, who has incurred the jealous curiosity of her producer's wife, a woman who wants to make sure her husband isn't utilizing the casting couch to hire Julie. She has no idea that Troy is watching her, although she does come to suspect him of not being quite truthful. By that point, though, she's deeply involved with him and struggling to figure out how to make the relationship work.It certainly works in the bedroom, by the way. Julie's fame may have rendered her somewhat inexperienced when it comes to men, so thankfully Troy can help her learn a few things. Boy, does he. The sex scenes are very solid and steamy.The rest of the book, though, is not as consistently delightful. It starts off really fast-paced, but then a little over the halfway mark, the story gets way too bogged down. The mystery of who is behind the attacks on Julie - there is more than one - is pretty easily solved, and we could have done without all of the hand wringing over whether or not to commit to Troy and mesh their two lifestyles. We also didn't need all of the storylines; in addition to Troy's and Julie's, we also have her friend's and a fan's. It's clutters up an otherwise fun read.With a healthy editorial pen, this would have been a more enjoyable book.