Review: Short, but good although not sure it's 10% realistic
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
The book did grab my attention pretty quickly. The elevator scene was hot, but not very believable...at least not outside of a very erotic fantasy. It would have been more believable if they both had fantasized the sexual encounter, but for them to actually connect with a complete stranger without lots of alcohol involved is too much of a stretch for me. However, that doesn't mean others would not find that perfectly acceptable if you happen to have tall, dark, and handsome alone in an elevator and you weren't looking for happily ever after. The bikini thing was definitely a great way for that initial meeting to pique interest and set the stage for a later encounter...then the meeting that begins the downward spiral occurring the next day.I thought this book was pretty well written even if the amnesia thing was a little too convenient. The fact that she could lie to him and he fell for it given his history regarding an emotional commitment...um, no. Lust? Yep, I can see how he could be talked into thinking they were seeing each other casually, but not that they were in anything more than a physical relationship...especially with someone you just met even if you feel an instant attraction. Could he subconsciously long for that perfect woman? Sure, but he didn't forget 10 years of his life...just her and meeting her brother...so basically the last 24 hours of his life...how he could be talked into thinking he was asking her back to marry her just isn't feasible to me.The rest of the story flowed better...he was already attracted to her, he liked what he knew of her before the lie, she didn't lie to hurt him, and he was the one who took it further than she intended even though she should have just come clean at that point. Can you fall in love in a matter of a couple of months...yes. So at the end, I did like the book even if it did feel like they connected awfully fast and that there was quite a bit of sex in here for such a short story. Hey, I like a good sex scene or two or five so not complaining about that just saying there wasn't a shortage.