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2.0 out of 5 stars
This isn't the Thea Devine I know!, October 18, 2006
I'll be the first to say that this book does not come close to being as great as her other books. I know this is her first contemporary and I'll point out that she does a good job of conveying contemporary things like shopping for the best designers, living at the best addresses, etc. But the women were all mercenaries and empty shells. There just wasn't any aspects of their personalities/actions that a reader could relate with or envy. Their purpose was to be a rich man's mistress and enjoy themselves. They accomplished the former but not the latter.
Now, the men had nothing to offer. And, the lead hero was an almost 70 year-old, yes S-E-V-E-N-T-Y, who was not attractive "thinning hair, thin-lips" and the only thing "attractive" was his you know what! One of the heroines actually had to mentally prep herself to sleep with him, he's that unattractive! And, the sex scenes were detached/lacked substance and detail of those in Devine's past books.
I won't say don't buy the book, but just don't expect it to be anywhere near as good as Thea's past books.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Big Stinkeroo, February 23, 2008
Once upon a time, Thea Devine was a real rising star in the romance world. BEYOND DESIRE and DESIRED were the hottest historicals ever written. She was an original, yet she followed the basic rules -- one hero, one heroine, a happy ending, lots of sex. She seemed on track to become the next Betina Krahn -- maybe even the next Bertrice Small!
Somehow it all fizzled out. This book is a lame, tenth rate rip off of SEX IN THE CITY. The modern setting sets up a premise so unreal it's not even funny -- women who work extra hard to get good jobs and good apartments so they can sleep with rich men for money? Being captured by a desert sheikh would be more believable -- and more fun. There's a reason why these hot, sexy books are usually set in centuries past -- because back then sex was a woman's only weapon. But in the modern world the whole concept just seems not only stupid, but sick.
Somewhere in a lonely room Thea Devine is reading the reviews of her older books, and she's saying, "I could have been a contendah -- I could have had class!" But now, like Terry Maloy, all she's got is a one way ticket to Palookaville. If you want to help her out, or at least see what she could have been, go read DESIRED and BEYOND DESIRE.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Really boring and more silly than a mickey mouse watch, January 17, 2007
Thea Devine wrote some pretty spicy stuff, but this was really boring. I couldn't understand why three so called intelligent, ultra cool and desireable women wasted their money going to college when all they wanted to do was buy shoes. Why would a wealthy man waste his money on this pathetic, boring, selfish trio of underachievers? They were a bunch of gold diggers and not much else. I feel sorry for all the hairy legged feminists who spent the best years of their lives wearing overalls and refusing to shave under their armpits so they could smash the dominant male centric paradigm and crash through the glass ceiling. Its very bad news, girls - you failed by a long shot, people like me won after all if the witless chicks in this book are any guide - they are a pack of silly, selfish twits with nothing going for them at all. Don't waste your money sending your daughters to college is the message I get, they will only end up as tarts and hotel bell hops anyway. This book isn't erotic and it has all the romance of an ATM.
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