Lori Foster

Review is for 'Leather and Lace' by Maggie Shayne.

This story is part of the Sinful anthology that came out several years ago but I only have this one individual story on my Kindle.
I absolutely loved it!
Martha Jane lost her secretary job a month ago. Her sexy boss, Richard, fired her to hire a blonde bimbo, his supposed girlfriend, and he never knew plain Martha Jane was in love with him. Martha Jane and her best friend Kayla has started a lingerie line and their model falls sick on the night of their first ever fashion show so prim and proper Martha Jane has to fill in the stilettos with a mask to boot!
This is a hilarious, heart-warming story about secret love, old hurts and mystery on Valentine’s Day. Richard and Martha Jane’s relationship starts fast but believable. Though they’ve know each other for about a year, he pretends to not know who the mystery woman is behind the sexy mask and she won’t tell him. I love their banter, the way she gets her revenge on Richard for him ignoring her when she worked for him and for him showing off all his girlfriends in front of her. He gets his comeuppance and the book shows that everyone can change.
5 Stars

Disclaimer – I bought this book for my own enjoyment. I am a reader. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape or form for this honest review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.… (més)

Midnight Rendezvous by Jamie Denton
He's a playwright with an alcohol problem and she is an ex model disfigured by a drunk driver. He's searching for a muse and her naked midnight swims are keeping his creative flow going but his life is in New York and her life is in New Orleans and the two of them couldn't possibly work as a couple until they do.

Dime Store Cowboy by Kate Douglas
Mark decides after an experience at a dude ranch to move there and try the life, Betsy has escaped an abusive relationship and resents his flippant attitude to life. The two of them have to find common ground.

From the Storm by Lori Foster
Sabrina works at a children's shelter using her life experience as a child to help the children. Roy works as a vet who also has an animal shelter. When they were younger his family took her in when her junkie
Sweet, tender. She was an abused girl his family had saved and taken in after her abusive junkie father tried to sell her for a fix. Storms make her very upset and he's always willing to soothe her but he respects her boundaries until they both change theirs.

Life in the Past Lane by Kathy Love
Rocco Vincente is happy with his life of writing columns and squiring women around New York but his 15 year reunion happens and the woman in charge of the Bed and Breakfast he goes to happens to be Fanny who he liked from afar. As he explores the town where he finished his high school education from a group home, he gets some perspective from himself as adult.

Take Me Home by Erin McCarthy
Sarah is home and pregnant and unsure who the father was. Travis has always been her refuge but he's cautious, she mightn't stay and that would break his heart but he can't stop helping her.

Razors Edge - Sylvia Day
This was included in the Shadow Stalkers Novella Anthology - he's an old friend of her now-dead husband and he's always been attracted to her but didn't want to go there on a friend, she's getting over the death of her husband and trying to find a new future.

All in all the stories were okay, in some instances I would have liked a bit more, in others the story was about the right lenght. A few of the authors I'd look for again.… (més)