Sex Appeal by Lori Foster

Not up to Parby Anonymous

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October 31, 2001: I didn't hear Lori Foster's voice in this book at all. If her name hadn't been on the cover I never would have guessed this was the same author who wrote Caught In the Act, Bequiled, Annie Get Your Guy.... Because I was expecting the same great read as all her other stories I became quickly bored when it wasn't forthcoming. Formulistic, mediocre writing any new author can spin out, not one who has made reading her books an exciting look-forward-to-can't-hardly-wait experience.

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May 19, 2001: When Brent Bramwell first saw Shadow Callahan through her store?s window, he was so taken aback that he forgot about the ice and slipped. She helps him as he admits that he suffered no physical injuries, but his psyche is a bit embarrassed. Brent learns that Shadow is the proprietor of Sex Appeal, a novelty shop dedicated to having fun. She asks him to be one of her ten representatives in the Southwatch Mall?s sexiest man contest with the winner receiving several nice prizes. Brent delays his response and obtains a lunch date with Shadow.

Brent continues to see Shadow, but fails to inform her that he is the owner of the company that leases her mall space. Brent wants someone to want him and not his money. When a stalker becomes increasingly dangerous and threatening Shadow, Brent knows he has found love because he will do anything to keep his beloved Shadow safe. However, he worries about her reaction when she learns who he is.

SEX APPEAL is an entertaining contemporary romance with a side order of suspense. The story line is fun especially when it concentrates on the relationship between Brent and Shadow. However, the stalking subplot though well written and clearly integrated into the central core of the tale still feels like an unnecessary add-on to a novel fostering the concept of enjoying a relationship.

Harriet Klausner