By: Janice
Maynard
My Rating: ♥♥♥
Read: 9/4/12
Book
Description:
Jane has wanted Ethan for years but has never found a way
to tell him. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, she decides to seduce him
by sending anonymous erotic valentines every Friday until the big day. Then
she’ll finally reveal her true feelings— and wildest desires.
But when her stationery store is vandalized, it’s Ethan who comes to her rescue—and the sparks start flying way ahead of schedule. Now Jane and her erotic alter ego are competing for Ethan’s affections— and the results couldn’t be hotter.
But when her stationery store is vandalized, it’s Ethan who comes to her rescue—and the sparks start flying way ahead of schedule. Now Jane and her erotic alter ego are competing for Ethan’s affections— and the results couldn’t be hotter.
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Review:
A new-to-me author that I was very excited to read. Maybe a little too excited, because the book
seems to have everything I love to read about, friends becoming lovers, secret
admirer with very naughty poems and even naughtier scenes. Unfortunately, it did not live up to my
excitement for the book, but it was good.
Ethan and Jane had been friends forever until Ethan had
gotten engaged. Ethan’s engagement did
not last long, but Ethan and Jane never became close friends again. Four years later, making a new years
resolution, Jane decides to finally let Ethan know of her feelings for him, but
she does not want him to think of her as a “buddy” so she decides to send him erotic
valentines anonymously and at Valentine’s Day she will reveal herself as the
authoress.
When Jane’s store is
vandalized, Ethan as the Assistant Police Chief is called and decides to spend
the night at Jane’s apartment. He
realizes that he has strong feelings for Jane, but convinces himself it’s
because they were such close friends. Jane’s
store keeps getting vandalized and Jane and Ethan spend more and more time
together that leads to some very sexy love scenes. When Ethan receives the first letter, he is
intrigued, but he does not think too much of it. As Ethan and Jane’s relationship keeps
developing, Ethan begins to worry that he has a stalker or at least someone who
is unbalanced and decides not to tell Jane in order to keep the peace in their
budding relationship. Jane keeps waiting
for Ethan to mention the valentines and when he doesn’t, she is worried/angry
that he is more interested in the mystery writer than her.
This is where the problem began for me, Jane is worrying
and angry at Ethan for the lack of mention of the love poems, but she knows she
is competing with herself. Ethan had
good reasons to keep the notes to himself, because they don’t have that kind
friendship anymore and is currently in a romantic relationship. Realistically, it was hard for me to
understand why she expected him to confide in her and be angry at him. When Ethan asked her, she did not confess,
but dragged out the plot. Also, when
Ethan takes it upon himself to figure out the mystery author, he sees Jane
dropping a blue letter in the mail which he receives the following day, yet he
still convinces himself that she was not the author. It made me question his Assistant Police
Chief career. Both characters refuse to
believe things that were right in front of them.
What I did like about the book? – Jane and Ethan had good
chemistry and the love scenes were hot!!
There was a secondary love story of Ethan’s sister Sherry and Randy was
great. The idea of writing erotic valentines
was a good one. Thrown into the mix was
a little suspense involved to keep the story interesting. I also loved the epilogue.
The author had a very good concept to work with but I think
with anonymous letter, it’s one of the pitfalls when the mystery writer is
jealous of her own self. Janice Maynard
has a good writing style and I look forward to reading more of her books.