Exclusively Yours is a contemporary romance by Shannon Stacey. It was a pretty predictable, if not formulaic romance. Enjoyable, with enough sexual tension but not too many gratuitous, cheesy romantic scenes. Beware that this story is one in a series, with all novels being stand alone and each about a different character that appears in the other books.
The main characters were high school sweethearts. But she didn't want to stay in the little New England town that they were from and he couldn't leave his family. So she leaves, attends college and becomes a successful career woman as a journalist for a popular entertainment magazine. He stays and finds quite a bit of success of his own writing best selling thrillers. Her next assignment, the one that could land her a big promotion, is to interview the elusive author that used to be her high school sweetheart. He sees this as a way to get closure. The two of them must navigate the reemergence of old feelings while camping for two weeks with his family, some of whom do not have the most welcoming attitude toward the old flame who broke his heart.
Typical romance? Yes. But there was not the typical 'misunderstanding' plot point that can be quite frustrating in novels of this nature. This was a good escapism book, a fast read and enjoyable. I am not sure that I will seek out the other books related to these characters though.
Another word of caution: This novel is sold as an eBook with the number of pages listed as 700+ however, on my device (nook) each page turn equaled 3 pages. Many of the readers' reviews for the book spoke about what a great deal it was for 700+ pages. Not that it really bothered me, but be warned this book is not that long. It is more like 250 - 300 pages.
Happy Reading!
No comments:
Post a Comment