Review: Sexy hero, strong heroine, steamy. Just a couple hiccups, but a sweet romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
Plot in 2 sentences: Maverick Hart is a man whore Navy Seal (sex on a stick) who is intrigued by Windsor Forbes (pretty and petite CPA). They fall for each other, have a bad moment in their relationship but get their HEA.This book started with one of those 'insta-attraction' moments. Maverick is used to women falling at his feet, his can pick and choose whomever he wants to have sex with. He has sex, then leaves with no emotional attachment. Windsor shuts him down, so he's instantly intrigued. Then he is instantly attracted and falls hard.This is usually hard for me to accept in a romance novel because if this guy is used to random sex all the time, why is he falling so hard and so quickly for one woman. Later in the book, he has a pseudo-weak moment, so he's human after all. But overall, I never really could pinpoint the part where they went from sexual chemistry to love.Some books have lots of dialogue and moments where you see a strong mutually respectful friendship grow. Here it was about sexual chemistry (lots of that!) and talking about how they are attracted to each other and want to be committed. But where was the mundane day-to-day dialogue where you can see how they could fall in love beyond just sex. I didn't see that. It was all hormonal.So super sexy man whore Maverick becomes domesticated. Super cute and sweet Windsor is able to take more risks with super sexy Maverick. They have some great 'sex'. They do fun stuff. Then something bad happens.This is where is goes a bit South for me.yes - they both are super sad.But Maverick gets super mean. Selfish. Self-absorbed. Closes up in a very bad way.Yes - their relationship is still very new.Windsor spends too much close time with a total jerk.So both of the main characters do things that I think make them poisonous to themselves and each other. How would they handle the death of their child? Or if something bad like Windsor being attacked. (okay, both unlikely events) But my thought was that things are not easy in a relationship, if they both act this badly now - what will their future hold.I wish the author did make Maverick such a jerk. He could wallow a bit. But he crossed a line.Windsor seemed to lose her backbone for a while. She regained it, but who she turned to was not a strong choice.So that brought my star rating down for this book.What was strong in this book was how the author made sex-alicious Maverick turn into a courting sweetheart.Windsor comes out of her shell.Loved the BFF, Stone. He was an absolute doll.The other characters were not very strong. Could have made the BFF of Windsor's more prominent. Would have loved to see her take on a bigger role in a more humorous (and less angry) way.