TV producer Nicole Reavis intends to use her millions to sort out a top secret personal hiccup. In the meantime, her show must go on. And Nicole has to entice mega–rich Devon Bradshaw to appear as one of Atlanta's sexiest eligible bachelors. But will he bite? Devon's biting if it means spending more time with beautiful blue–eyed Nicole. But when he discovers that, underneath it all, they've got more in common than six–figure finances and shocking family revelations, he's determined to find out everything about her.
An Oregon native, Lori Borrill moved to the San Francisco Bay Area just out of high school and has been a transplant Californian ever since. Her weekdays are spent at the insurance company where's she's been employed as a data analyst for over twenty years. The bulk of her evenings are spent at the Little League fields cheering on her son.
Lori started writing in June of 2004 after her husband left his job to pursue his dream of owning a business. Not only did the move help ease their hectic schedules, but he became a solid example that those dreams that seem impossible can often come true. She proved that point herself exactly two years later when Kathryn Lye called to tell her she'd sold to the Harlequin Blaze line.
Lori claims it was the eHarlequin.com community that prompted her to write her first novel. "After reading countless romances, I saw the Web address on a book and decided to check it out," she says. "At the time, I was just looking for writer's guidelines, but the moment I clicked into the Learn To Write forum, I was amazed by the volume of information available to aspiring writers. They really came across like they wanted me to try this." Since then, she's been an active member of the eHarlequin.com community, finding all of her closest writing friends through the site. "What propelled me from novice to published author were the people I've met through the Harlequin boards," she says. "I've made some treasured friendships with talented authors who not only helped me hone the craft, but have become a system of support I can't imagine writing without."
This book leaves a lot to be desired. Nicole is a brat who is reckless, Devon is finding out he has been kept in the dark with both his love life and family. He seems to be too much of a nice guy to be with her. Nicole was not a very likable character, nor did she ever want to agree with anyone. Talk about a chip on her shoulder.
I wish there were half-star ratings as this wasn't quite a 3-star book but was a bit more than a 2-star one. I'm really on the fence about this one: I can understand the heroine's hurt and confusion when she finds out something but she went on and on about it, doing nothing about it for a year. C'mon, get off it. I couldn't drum up a whole lot of interest in most of the characters, and the only reason I read this one is because a friend closed her used book store a few years ago and I got a boatload of freebies from her so she wouldn't have to schlep them to Goodwill or toss them in the trash. I don't know if I have any other books in this series; if I do, i'll read it/them; if not, I probably won't be hunting any down. Also, the author pushed one of my hot-buttons. When you're outdoors, out in nature, and you throw your clothes around, they hit the GROUND. When you're in a building, any kind of building, and you take off your clothes and throw them around, they hit the FLOOR.