Synopsis from
Goodreads:
Forbidden love is hell...
Confident and quirky, Jo Sanford thinks her boss is God's gift to women--and she couldn't be further from the truth. Devilishly handsome, Luc DeVille will stop at nothing to lure his administrative assistant right into his arms--and bed.
Over Rafe Goodman's dead body...
Rafe, Jo's best friend, refuses to sit by and watch as Luc tries to win the heart of the woman he's always protected. After all, Rafe is her guardian angel. Suddenly, Jo's caught in the middle of a battle between good and evil. But the closer she gets to the fire, the hotter it burns. Now, Jo's going to learn that when love battles lust, Heaven and Hell collide.
My
review:
I
must admit that I am struggling with this one a little. I have thought a lot
about it and I finally realised that if I read this book about twelve years ago
I would have enjoyed it much more. It’s a sort of book to I think suited me in
my early twenties before my reading horizon widened so much. So if I am really
honest, back in the day I would have given the book 4 maybe 4.5 stars. But even
now it gets a solid 3*.
Overall
I think the story was good and I especially warmed to Rafe’s character. Rafe is
your typical good guy, torn between duty for the greater good and love for the
woman he’s been guarding for years. I even had a soft spot for Luc; your
typical bad boy with ‘devilish’ good looks and attitude to match. Good and evil
was well represented here and the story reiterated that one cannot exist
without the other.
The
one character I could not get on with was Jolene. And I think that’s why I
struggled with the novel. I find it hard to read a book when I dislike the main
character – it sort of throws me out of sync. She was supposedly intelligent,
beautiful, amazing creature, but to me she was just this naïve, silly little
girl that everyone had to take care off. And she really got on my nerves using
the ‘words of the day’ in the wrong context. I wanted to shake her to wake her
up!
To
summarise I would recommend this novel as maybe a holiday read. It was a
relaxing book and one that I would take up in between something meatier
perhaps. The story line was there and the concept was good if like to believe in
higher powers.
Thank
you to TBConFB and the author for giving me access to this book in return for
an honest review.
My rating: 3/5
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