Review: An enjoyable light romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2012
First things first in this review: this one is a very personal review. I suppose that they're always personal, but in this case it goes one step further. This book worked very well for me today in my current mood. I've been craving a good romance for a week or so now but the ones that I've read have not managed to tick all my boxes. This one came so very close to having ticked them all that it really tickled my fancy!I almost never read books like this. If I feel like romance then I tend to read either historical or paranormal romance. It is very rare that I'll read contemporary romance and most of the time I don't really like it. I have to admit that this particular contemporary romance is fairly `safe' - it follows a set list of plot devices that make it very cliché. Had I read this on another day when I was in another, less forgiving, mood, the story probably wouldn't have worked so well for me.As it is, happy circumstances mean that I was able to thoroughly enjoy the story of this in-office romance between two very damaged individuals. Of course, they are both the standard damaged characters: he, Cole, was betrayed by family he trusted so now he doesn't let anyone get close; she, Meg, was dragged around the country in her youth by a mother who couldn't keep her legs together. Each is attracted to the other but determined to fight the attraction: he because he doesn't want to become any more dependent on her than he already is; she because she doesn't want people to think that she slept her way to a better position within the company.Add to this a business owner who's not quite ready to let go of his baby, his wife who wants him to herself for the rest of their time together, a business rival who wants what Cole has and is willing to use nefarious means to get it, and you've got your base pieces for this story. It really doesn't get much more complicated than that.It's a good, quick read for any who fancies a light corporate romance.