Review: Witty banter and eroticism
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
* I received a copy of this book courtesy of Carina Press, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review*4 starsSerafina is used to seeing the worst side of men. Being a professor at a small city college and teaching erotic literature, she's used to the automatic first impressions people have of her and her class. What she didn't expect was for construction foreman Nick Stellato to become her knight in shining armor one day when she is accosted by one of his workers, or him invading her thoughts hours after.Nick knew Boxer was getting bad, but he didn't plan on having to save a gorgeous woman from his verbal onslaught this early in the morning. Finally at his wit's end with his worker, he fires Boxer and introduces himself to the professor. After procuring her business card so he can be in touch about the incident he escorts her to the subway and knows he won't be able to get the look of her walking away out of his mind any time soon. Taking a leap, he leaves her a voicemail at the number on her card and hopes for a date. When she agrees, sparks fly as things steam up between the two, but old hurts and new dangers may just keep them apart.What a great book with witty dialogue and sweet romance. Both characters were strong, veritable and approachable. Nick was provocative and charming, his family was hysterical and painted a picture in my mind of a rather stereotypical but explicit Italian family. I could almost hear the banter out loud as if I was there at the dinner table. Serafina brought forth emotions from sympathy to frustration and pride and all around attachment. The storyline had vigor and kept pace with a mix of eroticism and suspense, adding in humor to give the reader a book to get absorbed in.