Review: Sweet and Easy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
The Last Straw is a novella about the redemptive power of love and second chances. Ally knew Jared Green, an undercover FBI agent, only by false names. They started dating and slept together while he was on an assignment in New York. Not wanting to be a jerk, Jared decided to be an insensitive clod instead and left without saying a word, rendering poor Ally heartbroken.Perhaps their love is fated, because they find one another a year later on the opposite coast in California. Ally works in security for the company where Jared is assigned to go undercover. There's intrigue in the form of corporate espionage, secrets being sold to a foreign country, and some great dialogue as the hero and heroine verbally joust their way back together. Much of the internal conflict comes from her doubt and difficulty in trusting him again.The love scene was sensual and well written. Secondary characters are present but balanced and do not detract from the main story arc. I'd have liked it to have been a little bit longer and for the emotional depth to have been deeper. All in all, this is a great little novella for anyone looking for a sweet contemporary romance.