Review: :)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2013
Well, this one felt like a gallop through beautiful countryside  I felt like I wanted to slow down to admire the scenery but I was forced along at breakneck speed towards the inevitable cliffhanger.  It's the story of Alex Harlow, super-rich CEO, and Jessica, a make-up artist.  They meet when she is working on a shoot for one of his publications and she literally walks straight into him during her pursuit for doughnuts.Sorry if I forgot to introduce myself earlier. I am Alex Harlow, but you call me Alex, Sir, or my favorite of all time, Master of the Universe," he says smirking again.It's an instant attraction and Alex sets out to pursue Jessica in earnest.  It took about half of the book for me to warm up to Alex - his dogged determination to make Jessica `his' verged on stalkerish rather than romantic and I wasn't entirely sure that I liked him very much.  He grew on me and I came to like him but he's demanding, single-minded and challenging to say the very least despite being, of course, drop dead gorgeous and pantie-meltingly s*** hot in bed - and the sex scenes are pretty darned HAWT!I did really like Jessica - she has a hilarious inner monologue which allows the story to romp along.  She's getting bowled over by Alex but is determined to hold onto her integrity - she's sassy, feisty and really funny.  I liked her a lot.This ends with the ubiquitous cliffhanger which is everywhere these days and now I do really want to read the sequel `Embracing Him' to find out what happens next.  I did enjoy this but I have some reservations - I felt that it needed to be about 100 pages longer to help further develop the characters and to slow the plot down somewhat to give the reader time to digest, savour and react along with the characters before diving head first without a helmet straight into the next plot development.3 stars