Review: Nocturne Reads: I loved the story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
Note to the reader: The Assertive Manhattanite and the Laid-Back West Coast Canadian (me) resulted in a short learning curve on how to deal with Taddy Brill!  Luckily, a couple years ago, my sister and I went to New York and stayed down town (not far from the south end of the park).  Assertive (read aggressive) and less than polite, my New York trip served as great sand paper towards relating to these Manhattanites, but once I did get under Taddy's titanium wall...she was devoted, loyal and passionate: She was Red!I loved the story!  The promise of erotica and "body-part" tingling smexing was there, sure...but seriously, the interplay between Taddy and her friends was the story! About half way into the book, I almost felt like I was beginning to know Taddy and her world.  If all Manhattanites are this jaded, wounded and lost inside themselves, then momma needs to be dolling out a lot of hugs!Lex, the bestie from childhood, stands first in line for a big hug.  Her pill popping hypochondriac mother Birdie is a mess.  Thankfully, Taddy swoops in and takes her to Vancouver, Canada (ya for my neck of the woods) for a proper diagnosis over Christmas.  As a means to recover from Birdie's ailment, Taddy brings the girls to St. Barth's.  Who are the girls: Taddy, Lex and their other bestie Vive.  The three are like the unholy trinity of excess, success and obsess.And that brings us to the "meet".  Warner Truman is all that: 6'5", gorgeous, muscled, billionaire and a widow at 33.  His late wife was the much older widow that he worked for as a teen and she not only took his virginity, but gave him some mad skills, both in the bedroom and the boardroom.  Sadly, she died and he has been somewhat lost himself.  Building their empire as a legacy to her and a means to support his whole middle class family has become his mission, but after five years of no significant other, Warner is looking for much more out of life.Two lost souls.  A whole lot of money at stake.  I was cheering for these two and their happily ever after...because the rest of your life is a long time to live without love!