Review: Sweet, Sexy Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2014
The Mason Dixon Line by Linda Harris was an enjoyable read although at times I found myself wanting to shake some sense in the heroine. Carolyn Hart is the daughter of a rich family, but as a teacher’s aide she is now living beyond her means. She’s not fond of running to daddy every time she needs money, yet she doesn’t curb her shopaholic tendencies. We’ve all been there, right? Buying stuff we really don’t need and adding to our credit card balances. Well Carolyn has been there and then some. She’s stuck at a job she loves, but with a boss she detests. She takes on the task of writing a children’s book for a bit of extra spending money.Enter the hero. Mason Dixon is nothing like the typical romance novel leading man. He’s a flawed character, cute but geeky, who had a traumatic experience growing up due to his learning disabilities. Not to say he’s not smart, cause he is, but dyslexia and ADHD curtailed his ability to fit in at school. So he became an adult with a distrust of teaches and Carolyn fits right into that mold…or so he thinks.This is truly a story of opposites attract. Although I have more in common with Carolyn, I found myself gravitating to Mason. He was well-grounded and provided a sense of reasonableness and amiability that is majorly lacking in most romance novel heroes today. And he was so sweet! When he stood up for Carolyn, an act I really wished she’d done for herself before he did it for her, I wanted to give him a big ole hug.At times the story drifted into a few plotting issues. Seriously, who agrees to stay at a random cabin out in the boonies with a complete stranger who you really don’t care for? And why would Mason push Carolyn back into working for a boss she hates? But overall, I really enjoyed this story. The sex scenes were surprisingly hot and the dialogue kept me riveted to my e-reader.