Review: A Tender Recluse Writer finds his own adventure...................
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2010
I absolutely fell in love with Max! He was a wonderfully written Hero. (did I mention he was gorgeous and HOT HOT)-I'm obviously adding Ellen to my pre-order lists! This is a full length and has a lot more depth and character than her others.Drew-Hmmm I'm going to agree with the other comments and say I didn't really like her much because of her wishy/whashy attitude towards Max---*However we all know bringing out the love or hate of a character is a sign of good writing. (We can't always have the heroines we want)That being said,  When Max saves Drew and her niece, Alice at his book signing -expecially after she said all those nasty things about being a science fiction writer. I knew I was going to be in for some great dialogue between these two. She is the only one to visit him in the hospital-but just to thank him for saving her nieces life of course. Drew invites him to a barbeque at her house-because Tiffany wants to ask him to do a book signing at the book store she works at. As we are privy to Max's feelings for Drew, we see him get swindled into a movie date with Drew's giggly little sister Tiffany- I went into full sympathy mode. The attraction felt by both Drew and Max are well written and we are very quietly drawn into a lusty game of cat and mouse.I simply melted when Max tells Drew "You're all I ever wanted" and confesses he only went out with Tiffany because he was afraid he wouldn't ever get to see Drew again.  ...."sigh"  OH! &-The scene in the Mustang is HOT too!Then Max's mom shows up on his doorstep(I love the psychic thing here!) ha There is really a lot of story here. All of our players have good background covered-that plays into the plot and I really liked the little mystery that was woven into this romance. The threats, the illiterate college football player, the ex husband of Tiffany and Max's Mother were all wonderful secondary characters that made this story come together for me. The nice semi-surprise ending was sweet too.*****I even walked 2 extra miles on my Treadmill so I could finish this book during my workout!!!*****Gotta love your book covers too!!!!yum