Review: Bliss and the element of surprise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2013
I loved this book.  I know because I read it in one afternoon and when it ended I gasped.  An unexpected and audible gasp. I read a lot and that almost NEVER happens which made me realize that something I look for and appreciate in any book is the element of surprise.  In Ms. Forrester's latest work I found she surprised me over and over again.Afterwards features Chris Scaife, who is almost everything I don't look for in a guy: cold, arrogant, bossy, dismissive, and uncommunicative. His depth and better self is well hidden under many, many layers of distrust, anger, and broken relationships. A modern day mixture of Scrooge and Mr. Darcy -- if either were a successful, promiscuous black music mogul -- Chris is solitary and single minded about his work.Along comes our heroine Robyn Crandall, who is damaged and struggling to overcome the broken fragments of a nasty divorce.  Robyn, through a simple act of compassion reaches out to Chris and within a short time becomes unforgettable and irresistible to him.The affair and the subsequent hardships between these two is gradually foretold and believable. You root for Robyn most of all because she is fundamentally a person who deserves to be happy. And as for Chris, he may not be Prince Charming but he's certainly no ugly toad either so in time we root for him too.