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Starstruck (Harlequin Blaze)

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Just finished this with a `meh' feeling. I'd given up on Blaze, but thought I'd give this one a try as the friends to lovers trope is one of my favorites. The characters were too cardboard, the conflict too one dimensional, and the resolution too boring. Maybe I'll try categories again in a year or so . . . .

I'm a huge fan of this storyline: two friends who have known each other a long time and suddenly struggle with their attraction for one another. Yum! Delicious, believable build-up to Chris and Alyssa's holiday hook-up. I only wish that I could visit the same resort that they stayed at in Santa Fe...it sounds heavenly. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and can't wait to read Moonstruck (Harlequin Blaze) next and see what happens to Alyssa's friend Claire.

Alyssa Chambers is on a business trip to Dallas where she hopes to make contact with rich Russell Starr at the opening of his newest hotel as she wants to obtain his business. She persuades her friend Chris Hyde to allow her to accompany him to the festivities in which he has an invitation.

Alyssa is attracted to Chris, but writes him off as a potential mate because his friendship is important to her. She also knows his work as a freelance writer means his income is sporadic but mostly none. However, something odd happens at the gala, a magical need of two hearts beating as one.

Starstruck is an enjoyable heated contemporary romance starring two friends falling in love. The story line is fast-paced from the onset as Chris knows what he wants for Christmas while Alyssa hesitates as his friendship means so much to her. The plot may sound sub-genre typical, but Julie Kenner insures her readers will enjoy this couple's best Christmas as each discovers their love for one another.

Harriet Klausner