Review: Love Knows No Distance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
I love Chicki Brown's books and this book is no different. Ain't Too Proud To Beg takes you on a journey of Hollywood Hearttrob, Vaughn Breland's near fatal accident and subsequent rehabilitation in Telluride, Colorado. Away from Hollywood and his playboy lifestyle, Vaughn has a stunning wake-up call. A few of them, actually. He realizes just because he has his stunningly good looks, women at his disposal whenever he desires, and more money than most, his looks can be gone in an instant, there is one woman he cannot charm and she definitely cannot be bought.Trenyce Clarke is the single mother of three-year old Zahra and she knows first-hand a gorgeous man can be hazardous to her heart. After she is left pregnant and alone by her daughter's father, Trenyce makes Zahra her one and only priority and working long hours as a physical therapist at the local hospital makes Trenyce wish she could be a personal therapist. That way, she can set her own hous and give Zahra the time and attention she deserves so imagine her surprise when she is offered her dream job as the physical therapist to none other than Vaughn Breland.As Vaughn's therapy progresses, there seems to be more developing between he and Trenyce than a therapis/patient relationship but each of them have reservations about taking their professional relationship to a more personal level. Trenyce doesn't want to risk being hurt again and Vaughn isn't sure he wants to give up his playboy status.I love how Chicki Brown's characters have multiple layers and how vulnerable they are.  I also love the detail she puts into the cities her stories take place. As I was reading, I could almost see the beauty and feel the chill of snow-covered Telluride, Colorado and see the beautiful palm trees and how blue the water is on the California Coast. Another thing I loved was the way she wrote this book. Oftentimes a book is written from one carachter's point of view, leaving me to wonder how the other character was feeling at that time. Chicki writes Ain't Too Proud To Beg from Vaughn and Trenyce's points of view alternately so the reader has the opportunity to understand why they each react the way they do and this just adds to the depth of the characters.Editorial issues notwithstanding, Chicki Brown does a beautiful job writing this book and makes the complex art of storytelling seem absolutely effortless.