Review: Liked it BUT the book wasn't great.  It had potential but needed to be developed more.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
I liked this book but it still felt a little underdeveloped to me.  Here are my thoughts:1.  I liked the Hero.  He was hard and soft; just the right mix.  He was confident and a bit of an alpha male, which I enjoy, and liked control.  But, he was supportive, loving, caring, thoughtful, selfless, etc.2.  The heroine...I was not a fan at the beginning.  It took her a while to grow on me.  I found her too indecisive, immature and a bit selfish.  She did grow on me but not until later in the book.3.  The sex.  There was a lot of sex.  I do not mind hot and steamy but I actually found myself skimming the sex scenes because there was not enough plot and it was sex scene after sex scene.  It takes until about the halfway point for them to have sex and then it is constant.  I usually don't complain about that :(  I would not have minded so much if there was more plot.  The sex scenes were hot and steamy.  Also, I felt like the author alluded to the fact that the Hero was very dominant in the bedroom and kinky.  I thought there would have been more variation and there was not.4.  Predictable.  Parts were predictable.  I knew those two people were baiting her and were going to try something like that.  I did not guess the end though.5.  Plot underdeveloped.  I would have ran with the art theft and added a bit more mystery and intrigue.6.  Developmental sequence was too fast.  The majority of the book was the push-pull between the Hero and heroine and the little bit of drama and mystery came in towards the end and was resolved quickly.7.  I loved the other characters and how they were brought in.  I found myself wanting to read about them right away and see what happened.  I liked the bonds and friendships amongst the characters.  I wanted more of them.8.  A series.  The author stated this was a series so I will not place fault there.  But, based on this book, you can infer that there will be at least four other couples stories.  Probably more.  So, there are probably a minimum of five books in this series?  That is an investment and people should know that this is a series of five...six...however many books and make an informed decision before beginning this series.  I want to know Emily & Michael's, Luke & Janie's, Kimberly & Drew's, Johnathan & Ayanna's stories.  I also would not mind hearing about Mark and also Ayanna's brother.9.  The epilogue was not really an epilogue.  It was a continuation of the day/the next day.  I wanted to see a few months out and maybe a marriage proposal or something.Overall, I read this and enjoyed it.  I am going to read the next one.  The above are my suggestions or the things I felt the book lacked and what it needed.  Still a pleasant read.