Review: Difficult to rate - wasn't what I thought it would be, but was enjoyable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2013
Eric Donaghue is a fighter pilot. He's fairly messed up.Just finally recovered from a major plane crash (he was the pilot) and is still experiencing trama (emotionally) from it.His brother is back in rehab (third time) and Eric is participating in underground illegal fighting to pay for this rehab.The sexy boxing ring-girl (the ones that hold up the box placards with the number of the boxing round) is Trish Monroe. Trish is drop-dead gorgeous. She has a very verbally abusive mother that only really loves Trish for her cash. Trish is busting her butt working a million jobs and attempting to finish her undergraduate degree.Trish works as a ring- girl, looks for stage acting roles and is a vegas showgirl as well. The woman never sleeps. She works harder than any human being. Take rejection after rejection from agents, casting directors, etc. She keeps moving forward.Eric is not as strong as Trish. yes, he lets himself get pummeled to pay for his brother's rehab. But Eric is hiding. Eric doesn't face his fears nor guilt.Sounds like a basic love story. Two broken people fall in love and heal each other.This story is different.There is a lot of sex. Hot sex. Kinky sex. Voyeurism. Female on Female. No bondage. (yeah - there was a line drawn somewhere!).The sex is written well. But there are A LOT of these scenes. And they went on for A LONG time.The story was interesting. I like how the author incorporated all of Trish's costumes as ways that she protects herself from ever revealing her full true self. She doesn't like who she is - so she hides herself from people. Doesn't feel 'good enough' for who she is inside. (thanks mom...)We see her lose a wig here or there, change clothes, forget the make up - as signs of her being able to be herself more and more around Eric.Eric slowly confides in Trish. She doesn't judge him. She doesn't push him.So you know that something bad MUST be around the corner. Things just seem way too perfect. They like each other. They bring out the best in each other. They have amazing hot torrid sex.So when the other shoe finally falls - I was surprised at how nutty Trish gets.I understand her frustration, her fears and her anger. But she goes a little overboard for me.They haven't made any promises to each other. They are definitely headed that way, but they are still trying to get each other to open up more. No serious (text me when you get home) relationship was put other there.The story does get past Trish's anger, etc. quickly. (thank you!)The story has a nice epilogue that I love in books.They get their HEA.There is no cliffhanger.The storyline moves at a nice pace. No major pits. No big misunderstandings.Wow Nellie. There is a LOT of sex scenes in this book. Wowie.I was interested in the characters. interested to see how the author was going to bring them together.I found myself doing other things sometimes (chores, reading email, etc.) because the sex scenes seemed to drag on a bit for me.But this book was interesting because the characters were seriously flawed, but not so painfully so that the book was super depressing.The other characters were interesting, but didn't add a whole lot to the book. I am guessing that were other books written about them and the assumption is that we knew about it?I thought the author did a great job drawing out the characters and showing their growth and love for each other (that first emanated from sexual chemistry).I recommend this book!Enjoy!