Soft Shock

by Nicole Green

Man-eater Marci King uses men and tosses them aside like so many McDonalds napkins. As a busy grad student, she doesn’t have time for relationships. Besides, she considers this a preemptive strike against the battlefield that is love.

Owen Matthis is a serial monogamist. Ever since his last girlfriend left him for a trust fund baby, he’s been looking to replace her. He seems to be looking in all the wrong places, though. Until one fateful day when he encounters a beautiful woman in a very unfortunate way.

Marci becomes the victim of a bike versus pedestrian accident when Owen crashes into her one morning and scalds her with her own coffee. Marci has no desire to see Owen again no matter how attractive he is. Too bad. Because Owen is immediately smitten with Marci. One night, a little too much bravado on Marci’s part and a crazy bet draw Marci and Owen together again. She can’t deny that she wants his body. Owen wants a relationship. Marci doesn’t do relationships, but the two of them work out a friends-with-benefits deal. The deal seems like a good idea at first, but both of them will end up with plenty of buyer’s remorse.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 10, 2013

Reviews

[Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Shirley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book by Nicole Green I have read. I won this book in her give-a-way. I'm glad I won it. It will read her other books.

This was a very enjoyable book to read. I enjoyed the characters and their personalities.
I did not guess the ending and was really uncertain what Marci was going to do.
Owen was a nice guy, maybe too nice at times to Marci. But if you love someone I guess you'll do anything to try to get them.
I was waiting to see why the book has the title of Soft Shock. The tittle was used perfectly in the context.


I only gave this a 4 star due to some spelling errors I saw.

[Laverne Brewster · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars: I understand the need for twists and conflict and to have the main characters over come adversities; but; Marci King and Owen Matthis have too much of that in their story. They meet when Owen runs into Marci with his bike and spills coffee on her. They meet again at a party where she has bet her friends she could be whoever she chose, its turns out to be Owen. She wants to play and he wants a relationshiptfehShe is a professor's student aide and he starts to attend the classes she instructs and does whatever he can to be in her company.

[Jjean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very well written book. Easy to follow the characters and you feel as if you know them!
I don't read "romance" often but this one was one of the best.

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great. Perfect love story, believable. I will definitely read something else by this author.