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3.0 out of 5 stars
Winter Heat, August 21, 2009
This review is from: Winter Heat: Weekend Fling\Weekend Tigress\Weekend Meltdown (Mass Market Paperback)
'Weekend Fling', written by Thompson was very well written & the most realistic of the three. It is about a pair of friends that work together & enter & win a poetry contest to a new Colorado resort. Their mutual attraction is there but not acted upon for a long time.
'Weekend Tigress' & 'Weekend Meltdown' are well written but a bit unrealistic in the storyline, in my opinion. It was harder to get into the story with each of them. I just can't see anyone really throwing off their everyday persona & acting as both writers have these two women acting. It was just too out of character for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
amusing romps, January 15, 2009
This review is from: Winter Heat: Weekend Fling\Weekend Tigress\Weekend Meltdown (Mass Market Paperback)
Weekend Fling" by Vicki Lewis Thompson. Los Angeles based ad executives Tracy Bingham and Josh Dempsey share the ignominy of having their former spouses leave them so they can be with each other. When they win a love sonnet contest whose prize is a stay at Weekend Pass Resort, Josh and Tracy are excited yet nervous as they boht want each other but fear a sexual relationship could kill their friendship.
"Weekend Meltdown" by Anna DeStefano. Recovering too easily from the end of her engagement, lawyer Felicia Gallo submits a love sonnet that earns her a vacation at Weekend Pass Resort. Deciding to become a bad girl during her stay, Felicia tries to seduce public relations specialist Tony Rossi, who is interested in the real her; not the weekend cat on the prowl.
"Weekend Tigress" by Jade Lee. Kindergarten teacher Liz Song's love sonnet also wins a trip to Weekend Pass Resort. Her plan is to step out on the wild side leaving behind the prim and proper school teacher role model. Transportation Security Administration Agent Matt Walker wonders who she really is as her persona seems off kilter, but cannot resist running wild with her.
The three contemporary romantic novellas live up to the anthology as each will heat the winter with their entertaining tale. The women are fun to follow as each decides to walk, run, and lie on the wild side for the weekend before returning to their appropriately sedate lifestyles. The men in their lives are also fully developed as they want the wild side to continue with them after the weekend. Simply put fans will enjoy these amusing romps.
Harriet Klausner
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Winter Heat by Thompson, Lee & DeStefano, March 17, 2009
This review is from: Winter Heat: Weekend Fling\Weekend Tigress\Weekend Meltdown (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm a fan of Vicki Lewis Thompson. She's another one of 'my' authors who does humor well and can write a steamy love scene. My problem with this anthology is the extreme difference in writers, tone, and mood. "Winter Heat" is an anthology with three stories connected by setting about the opening of a resort in Colorado.
"Weekend Fling" by Vicki Lewis Thompson. A friends to lovers tale that will leave you with a smile on your face.
"Weekend Tigress" by Jade Lee. A hot, but angst-filled story about a security agent and a tigress-in-training. Still interesting and filled with Asian mysticism.
"Weekend Meltdown" by Anna DeStefano. She's a lawyer pretending to be wild to get over her ex. He's the PR closer hired to promote a more romantic tone. They're working at cross purposes from day one yet their attraction has them breaking all their own rules.
Because of the extreme differences in the stories, this anthology left me feeling confused and NOT romanced or mellow.
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