Review: (RAW Rating: 3.5) - Money Isn't Everything
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2010
With a careful plan and strong determination, Marcia Hadley escapes her abusive marriage to millionaire heir apparent, Reginald Hadley.  She sells her expensive furs, jewelry and car to get the money she needs to relocate. She also changes her looks, name and identification to Dani Reynolds, an abbreviated version of her middle name and her mother's maiden name.  Moving from the west coast to the east, Dani picks a location in the seedier part of town because she knows Reggie will not think to look for her there.  She takes a job as a cocktail waitress so she would not exhaust her finances, especially knowing she will need lots of money to get the divorce she seeks.  At work, she is protected by Taylor Villanova, a bouncer who doubles as a bodyguard for the waitresses.  She is mesmerized on first sight but she is not sure the amazon of a man whose profession involves him being violent is the one for her.Taylor knows Dani is trouble from the moment he met her.  The way she carries herself reveals that she's use to money; something he doesn't have.  When an incident occurs at the club that involves Dani and a customer, Taylor sees how vulnerable she really is by her reaction.  When he learns of her abusive past and that she's hiding from her husband, more than his instinct to protect her kicks in.  Plagued with insecurities of not being able to provide Dani the material possessions he's sure she has become accustomed to, Taylor is hesitant about making his feeling for Dani known.  There are other obstacles they have to overcome in order to consider a future together.While HAVE YOU SEEN HER? carried a great story line, there were several lulls in the plot which caused a lack of interest.  Brown spent too much time portraying the reservations Dani and Taylor had regarding a relationship with each other. I felt Reggie's involvement in the story should have been developed more to give his character depth.  The editing at the beginning of the novel was not carried throughout, which was riddled with errors.Reviewed by Paula Hendersonof the RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers