Cat's Books: Romance

Manhattan’s It Girl, Natalie Grayson, has it all: she’s a hot exec at a leading advertising firm, known industry-wide for her challenging and edgy campaigns. She’s got a large circle of friends, a family that loves her dearly, and her dance card is always full with handsome eligible bachelors. What else could a modern gal-about-town wish for? The answer, of course, is...cheese.

Natalie’s favorite part of each week is spending Saturday morning at the Union Square Farmer’s Market, where she indulges her love of all things triple cream. Her favorite booth also indulges her love of all things handsome. Oscar Mendoza, owner of the Bailey Falls Creamery and purveyor of the finest artisanal cheeses the Hudson Valley has to offer, is tall, dark, mysterious, and a bit oblivious. Or so she thinks. But that doesn’t stop Natalie from fantasizing about the size of his, ahem, milk can.

Romance is churning, passion is burning, and something incredible is rising to the top. Could it be...love?

Review

This book just didn't work well for me. It is funny and sexy and I loved the farming parts.

The romance felt like good sex rather than love. There was no being a safe place for the other person. There was no really getting to know each other.

The heroine seemed shallow and the hero stayed reserved in key ways. The hero seemed to grow a bit but not the heroine.

However, it was the author's note that really hurt the book for me. It said she went to write a book where the heroine just loved her plus sized body. And that is true but she was also abused for it earlier and had created a kind of if you can't beat them join them objectification of men that never sat right.

That said I did go ahead and buy the first book in the series because that couple looked interesting
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I was given this book for my honest review. So, there you have it.