Mortification Scale: 2 Tomato Faces
- 2 TFs for being a romance novel
- Almost every woman in the U.S. has read at least one Nora Roberts novel
- Well-researched police hostage negotiator protagonist
- Interesting use of current, evolving cultural norms, eg. the hero almost Googled the heroine, then decided to get to know her slowly rather than research her
- A ripping good yarn!
Phoebe is a divorced, single mother living with daughter, agoraphobic mother and aunt-like friend of the family in the ancentral Savannah home. Her work as a hostage negotiator brings her across a lottery winning, Irish pub owning, philanthropist/businessman who lives in jeans and rumpled t-shirts. They manage to hit it off and have a couple of steamy sex scenes amongst the turmoil of Phoebe's intense family life (throw in a traumatic childhood brutalization); her sexual assault by a co-worker; and her work as a driven negotiator. This all occurs while she is being stalked by the lover of a woman who died during one of Phoebe's prior cases. Wow! Honestly, one of the most chaste romance novels I've ever read, mostly 'cause these two barely had time to email each other, much less get it on. The story ends with the traditional engagement ring. Altogether, this book gave me 3 satisfying hours on a Saturday afternoon.
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