Review: IT`S NOT LUMBER.  IT`S A WOODY!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
If this is your first book by Leitha Wards, you should be aware that you will be reading about an alpha male who is at least a dozen years older than his love interest.  In this case, there are 16 years between Jeb and Brianne.The female is always a virgin.  I`m not exactly sure why this is.  Although the males are VERY experienced, it seems to be important that the females (including sisters) are not.  The alpha male will always be threatening bodily harm to anyone (including brothers) who looks or touches the virgin.  Not only does the female have to be a virgin, but she has to have the sexual knowledge of an eight year old.  It seems none of these women have heard of oral sex and are amazed that "something that big" will fit.  Sigh...  I`m not sure if we are supposed to believe that while there is an intact hymen, that intellectual development cannot take place.  In fairness, though, as soon as the barrier is broken, these gals are all pretty quick learners.The alpha ALWAYS has women throwing themselves at him.  In this story, Jeb had to fire a secretary who sprawled naked across his desk.  Yikes!The alpha males are SO potent, that usually one time gets the female pregnant.  The men tend to be a little forgetful about using protection, however.  (I believe this is called thinking with the small head.)  There is certainly never any discussion about birth control ahead of time.  One hopes that the men have not begin so forgetful with all their other partners, as our poor heroine might be getting more than she bargained for.It is rare to find living parents in these books.  Usually the female is an orphan and often the male is as well.  (The exception is the Wild series where people over 40 are allowed to remain alive.  Yippee!)I`m not opposed to the bossy, alpha males in these novels.  (Can`t imagine having to deal with one in real life, though.)  The problem in this book has to do with plot manipulation.  The whole story-line with Glen and Monique was ridiculous.  Without giving away anything, you will find several aspects of this part of the plot that are just silly.  The book ends extremely abruptly.  It would have been nice not to have quite such a sudden ending.The other issue is that Ms. Wards is in desperate need of a proof-reader.  It is astounding to see HUNDREDS of very basic errors (to/too, use of commas, capitalization, verb tense and run-on sentences). We have a "leer" jet and a "Private" investigator.  I`m not sure if commas cost extra, but there are many errors involving using a character`s name or nickname.  "You`re full of love honey."  is a good example.  (Many of use would like to know where to buy love honey.)Some sentences have more than one error.  Cara is nicknamed Mouse by her brothers.  We have one of them saying  "Fine mouse."  to her.New to this book are the overuse of dashes and capitals.  "What a hypocrite -- Red lace--"  "I feel bad though, I--She blushed "Threw something at Jeb."Sometimes even the characters get confused.  GLEN smirked.  "I assume, that he`s getting engaged, so stay out of Brianne and GLEN`s room, because I`m sure they`re in one of them." ??  Glen is so excited about his brother Jeb having sex that he has apparently forgotten his name!I would never expect a novel at this price-point to be perfect.  My concern is that the abundance of errors in these books becomes distracting.