Review: Hot Island Marital Reunion
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
Wow! Great debut novel.Zoe and Rory are estranged. Zoe has been running a honeymoon resort in the South Pacific for about a year, while Rory stayed in Los Angeles, living the life of a high-powered CEO. Zoe needs Rory to pretend they are the picture of the happily married couple, to help market her resort. Conversely, Rory needs the positive publicity to soften his corporate raider image.Both are respectful of the other and their marriage, but conclude that it needs to end. Both are invested in their "new" lives, away from the other. Over several days, we follow them as they work through unresolved feelings for each other.Their love scenes are hot, deeply personal, and heartbreaking, at times. Just when I thought they might reach a decision (and HEA), something would remind them of why they couldn't be together.I enjoyed the roller coaster ride of Zoe and Rory's relationship and their very real feelings for each other. It was both frustrating and uplifting, sometimes at the same time! I recommend this book to folks who believe that marriage is not the HEA, but only the beginning of a new aspect of a relationship.