19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I speak two languages, Body and English. - Mae West, May 28, 2008
Sandy and Clint have been the best of friends since their teens. They grew up in the same run down apartment complex and learned to depend on each other early on. Clint travels for his job, but stops in every now and then to spend a few days here and there with his pal. This time he's visiting with a purpose, it seems he finally has come to realize that he is in love with her, he wants to tell her. But when Clint shows up in the middle of the night his hopes for her returned affections are dashed when all she can talk about is a new man she is interested in.
This was a lighthearted and fun read. Up until about the midway point I was enjoying every minute of it as I happen to love stories about best friends coming together romantically. Clint decides to teach Sandy the art of seduction and body language to help her snare her love interest and also in the hopes that it will make Sandy look his way. It's a kooky idea, but it works for this book and it gave me a couple of chuckles here and there.
After about the midway point in this book I started to get a bit frustrated. For best friends these two lack some serious communication skills with one another. I couldn't help but want one of them to be honest with the other and face facts; it got silly after awhile watching the two of them pining for one another all the while thinking the other wanted nothing to do with a more intimate relationship.
Then for some reason at about the same midway point, Ms. Brockmann started peppering, excessively, Clint's dialogue and thoughts with "Lord, "Mercy," "Have Mercy" and any variation of the sort. It didn't fit his rugged and sexy motorcycle man character and it gave him this sort of hokey golly gee wiz vocabulary, a different feel from the beginning of the book.
Although this book was originally published in 1998, I am happy to say it didn't show its age at all. If you can get past my few nitpicks I think you will find a quick and enjoyable easy read, great for the up and coming beach weather!
Cherise Everhard, May 2008
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best love is based on friendship, September 12, 2001
By A Customer
The characters are very strong and well developed. Clint McCade realizes one day that the life he always wished for, free lance photographer and free spirit, is empty and unsatisfying. He then realizes that the only time he has ever been happy is with his best friend Sandy Kirk. So he hops on his motorcycle and shows up at her door in the middle of the night prepaired to admit his love for her . . . until she mentions the great guy she met and the love he inspired in her.
His heart crushed, he realizes that the only thing he can do is help his nervous friend to land the man she wants by coaching her in sytle and body language. His lessons soon turn amorous and Sandy soon falls for Clint McCade.
The story is incredibly moving and a great read that contains enough background into a great friendship that is the basis for an incredible love. Truly enjoyable.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
My body language after reading? (Shrug)!, February 7, 2009
The best thing about this book is that it's short, and wasn't needlessly padded, as so many other books like this would be. Even at just under 300 pages, and after needing only a couple of days to finish, it seemed longer...not a good sign.
Another story that does OK with 'witty banter' betwen the lead characters, but offers no real depth or substance. Just enough predictably hokey things happen to set up the predictably hokey ending, and presumably they both live hokily....uh, happily ever after!
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