Review: A Nice Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2012
I read a ton of romances, usually paranormal and was a little worried about buying what I thought would be a Harlequin type where it is so formulaic (alpha rich man overwhelms and woos secretary type).  I was really pleasantly surprised how this wasn't the case:  the heroine is a sharp lawyer who holds her own.  The hero is impetuous and not always 100% smooth which I liked as I really get tired of the imbalance of capabilities between men/women in these types of romances.What I really enjoyed was the dialogue - it seems like most romance authors today, consider conversation not something to bother about.  It's either all endless introspection or description.  Here, the communication between the leads was snappy and really told you something about their characters.The reason why I don't give this 5 stars is that I really question whether a competent lawyer (as she is presented in the story) wouldn't have been in hot water with an ethics committee with having an affair with a potential star witness.  I also thought there was a huge TSTL potential moment for the heroine when I thought she too readily believed the bad information on the hero (after all, it was supplied by the opposing party's attorney in an unofficial capacity, how did she know that the attorney wasn't trying to falsely influence the outcome?) - but luckily it didn't blow up too much there.  The lack of discussion about protection during sex also bugged me, but possibly a reflection of the times when this story was written (I'm guessing 80s since there is talk of using a cassette instead of a CD).