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Her Secret Fling (Harlequin Blaze, #517) (2010)

by Sarah Mayberry(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0373795211 (ISBN13: 9780373795215)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

review 1: 3 ½ stars. I enjoyed it. It’s nicely done contemporary romance. It’s what you expect from Harlequin.It’s 2/3 the length of a regular novel. I wanted more at the end. It stopped too soon. Harlequin has page limits and won’t let authors go beyond it. Those limits hurt the stories and make me reluctant to read Harlequin.As part of the formula there is a separation. I was impressed with the reason for it. It did not feel contrived. The sex scenes were good. And the relationship development was good.STORY BRIEF:Poppy is a former Olympic gold medal winner in swimming. She is starting a new career as a journalist after a shoulder injury. Jake is a sports columnist, doesn’t like Poppy, and doesn’t want her working in the same office with him. He insults h... moreer.NARRATOR:The narrator was ok except for her timing. She did not pause between scenes and point of view changes. I was startled and confused several times because she read the first sentence of the next scene too quickly after the former scene - as if they were in the same paragraph or the same character talking.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person. Unabridged audiobook length: 6 hrs and 40 mins. Swearing language: sh** about 3 times. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: 8. Setting: current day Australia. Book copyright: 2010. Genre: contemporary romance.
review 2: Its's funny that the first book I was able to finish in the past week was this one but I think I was in the mood for something short but well written and this one was both. I dont read much Harlequin but slap Sarah Mayberry's name on the cover and I will. She makes her characters so real and flawed that you understand why they do the things they do even you don't agree with it. WHY CAN'T ALL HARLEQUINS BE LIKE THAT. Also, I had forgot how used I am to engagements in novels b/c I kept waiting for that to occur at the end but it didnt and thank god. Finally a author who gets that not every "I love you" has to end in a diamond ring. I repeat, Why can't all contemporaries be like this?!?!? Seriously. Loved this. less

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