Review: Intimate Desires
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
No real surprises in store with this romantic suspense, longer length novella and what appears to be the first in a series of Police Detectives  who are stationed in Chicago.This is Hannah and Sam Jeffers story. Hannah is a divorced woman and owns a flourishing coffee shop. Unfortunately for Hannah a homeless man has been found dead in suspicious circumstances behind her business. Detective Sam Jeffers is the leading Detective on the case.I enjoy books of this genre although this book for me was somewhat formulaic. I had an idea early on who the culprit had to be. The romance between Sam and Hannah felt rushed.  There wasn't any build up to the relationship to make it believable. Hannah was a woman who lacked self confidence due to her previous marriage and I found it difficult to invest in how quickly she and Sam came together and the steps that Sam took to protect Hannah. I guess I just wanted more of an emotional connection between Hannah and Sam.It is an easy read, a very quick read although it didn't really offer anything new to this genre. Strangely enough there were quite a few typos etc in the first chapter i.e heroine instead of heroin, but none in the following chapters.This is the first book that I've read by this author, an "okay" read for me.