Review: Hands On is a quick erotic read that fans looking for a light `fix' will enjoy.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2010
Hands On by Christina CrooksContemporary Romance - Nov. 16th, 20104 starsHands On is a quick erotic read that fans looking for a light `fix' will enjoy.This story is starts with a somewhat fairy tale like premise.  Ginnie is smart misunderstood and good hearted but her choices in life have led her to move away from a toxic mother and boyfriend.  When the rundown cottage she rents literally breaks apart she is rescued by a handsome and wealthy man who `happens' to come by at the right time.  Ginnie instantly is attracted to him.  And he unexpectedly invites her to stay with him until she can find a place.  Ginnie is at first reluctant but without any ready cash she is out of options.Harry is fabulously wealthy and when he finds out that one of his incompetent agents rented an unsafe cottage he goes to find the occupant before disaster strikes in the form of a hefty lawsuit.  But what he finds is the charmingly disheveled and charming Ginnie.  Unexpected captivated by her this normally cold hearted man finds himself asking her to stay with him.  The mutual attraction grows but a panicked Harry who has been burned by a gold digger in his past is scared.  He is reluctant to pursue a relationship with Ginnine even if he soon finds himself miserable.This was a fun read.  Ginnie is misunderstood.  She has a soft heart that prefers charitable work and working with puppets.  Not the serious and stable work that her mother and the rest of society seems to look down at her for.  But she has decided on a fresh new start.  When she begins to care for Harry I really felt how hurt she was when he initially rejects her.  She is an extremely sympathetic character.  The way the meet and are `forced together initially seemed a bit unrealistic and forced.  The only section of the book I didn't like was how stubborn Harry was.  I understood his reasons for trying to stay aloof but when I really like the heroine I don't enjoy it when she gets hurt as a consequence of the hero's carelessness and even cold behavior (even if there are reasons for it).  I only wish the hero had `smelled the coffee' earlier and realized what a good thing Ginnie was much sooner!Although the story does seem a bit contrived in the beginning the charm of the heroine and the engaging story won me over!Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club