Review: Hilarious Love Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
This was an excellent read from an author that is new to me.  I have to say I got caught up in this sweet fun loving story where one woman needs to come to terms with the past before she can move forward with a wonderful man.Evangeline "Eve" Doucette was a very bossy woman but guess what people respected her.  Yes she's a workaholic but she takes pride in what she does and when the Mayor wants to change the plans for the City Hall renovation and mess with her budget she has something to say about it.  Through out the story she is mentally planning the murder of the Mayor but then something happens.  Someone from her past comes back and now she can't help looking over her shoulder.Matt Brison is an architect and very well known one.  His uncle needs a favor and he will do anything for him since he was there for him and his mother.  Matt is an only child and he has never met a woman that he doesn't think he is charming.  The way Matt gets acquainted with Eve she is doing a cat call, doing a male type whistling when a pretty woman walks by a construction site.  Only he had no idea she was the person he was meeting just thought maybe she was part of the crew.  Only when he saw her she blew his mind, she was beautiful but he had a vision of what he wanted in a companion a wife and she was not it.Eve can't believe that Sullivan Construction has hired Matt to present them the plans for the new City Hall.  She receives a phone call from a person from the past and now she is frightened.  Eve never thought she would hear from him ever again after what happened between them.  The more time that Matt spends with Eve he can't deny the chemistry between them but some thing was wrong with her, the way she treated him it had to mean something was happening to her personally.  After a party he went to Eve to apologize but something was wrong.  When she fell asleep something didn't seem right when he went to her bedroom her clothes were scattered all over and her drawer chest was overturned.  There was a crinkled paper on the floor, divorce papers.The characters in this story were very entertaining, they had me laughing out loud and they really seemed very realistic.  I always enjoy an author's writing style because when a story brings laughter and when you can't put it down its one that deserves to stay in your library.  This story I would categorize it as a sensual read with a high level of sexual chemistry.  I found the interactions between Eve and Matt hot and well written.  The plot of this story pulled me in and I was rooting for Matt to not give up on Eve.  I was a little disappointed with the villain; I guess I expected more trouble.  This will not be my last read by Ms. Altenburg and look forward to more of her books.Overall Desire by Design is an excellent read.  If you are looking for a story that will have you laughing throughout the story, rooting for the main couple to have their happily ever after this story is for you.  Pick it up today.