joreadsromance's review
1.0
Disappointing Blaze Anthology
1 star
Through the Roof - [a:Karen Kendall|164644|Karen Kendall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1289415870p2/164644.jpg]
Socialite Marina Reston is heartbroken when her fiancé leaves her after he loses his business but Ben will not let her support him. But Marina is used to getting what she wants and she vows to win back her man by any means.
Taking His Measure - [a:Cindi Myers|24560|Cindi Myers|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267324301p2/24560.jpg]
Samantha Delaney has landed the perfect job - photographer for a charity calendar full of delicious, naked working men. But then Josh Kitteredge - the subject of all her teenage fantasies - walks through her door. But now the pair are all grown up and all their fantasies are about to become reality.
Watching It Go Up - [a:Colleen Collins|104928|Colleen Collins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1329238287p2/104928.jpg]
Private Investigator Gina Keys has been assigned to follow a suspected thief - Hawk Shadow Bonaparte. But this hot man gets her pulse racing with his dangerous work on tall buildings - and with what he gets up to several stories up.
I was looking forward to this Blaze anthology about delicious working men but I am sad to say that I was really disappointed in it.
The characters in [a:Karen Kendall|164644|Karen Kendall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1289415870p2/164644.jpg]'s were so terrible that it was hard to dredge up even a tiny bit of sympathy or compassion for them. Marina was a spoilt brat with a love of plastic surgery and only thought of herself. I admit she was written like this but I could not identify with such a person. Ben too was hard to like - an alpha male taken one step too far - basically a chauvinist pig.
In Taking His Measure - I again had problems liking either of the characters. A boyish girl and a former stripper - not my idea of a good romantic hero or heroine. The conflict in the story was also a little weak.
And finally I admit that by the time I got to the last story I was so fed up that I couldn't find a good thing about it either.
Unfortunately I really can't recommend this book and if you're looking for a sexy, fun set of romance stories then I suggest that you try some other Blaze anthologies as there are many excellent ones out there. A disappointing 1 star.
1 star
Through the Roof - [a:Karen Kendall|164644|Karen Kendall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1289415870p2/164644.jpg]
Socialite Marina Reston is heartbroken when her fiancé leaves her after he loses his business but Ben will not let her support him. But Marina is used to getting what she wants and she vows to win back her man by any means.
Taking His Measure - [a:Cindi Myers|24560|Cindi Myers|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267324301p2/24560.jpg]
Samantha Delaney has landed the perfect job - photographer for a charity calendar full of delicious, naked working men. But then Josh Kitteredge - the subject of all her teenage fantasies - walks through her door. But now the pair are all grown up and all their fantasies are about to become reality.
Watching It Go Up - [a:Colleen Collins|104928|Colleen Collins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1329238287p2/104928.jpg]
Private Investigator Gina Keys has been assigned to follow a suspected thief - Hawk Shadow Bonaparte. But this hot man gets her pulse racing with his dangerous work on tall buildings - and with what he gets up to several stories up.
I was looking forward to this Blaze anthology about delicious working men but I am sad to say that I was really disappointed in it.
The characters in [a:Karen Kendall|164644|Karen Kendall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1289415870p2/164644.jpg]'s were so terrible that it was hard to dredge up even a tiny bit of sympathy or compassion for them. Marina was a spoilt brat with a love of plastic surgery and only thought of herself. I admit she was written like this but I could not identify with such a person. Ben too was hard to like - an alpha male taken one step too far - basically a chauvinist pig.
In Taking His Measure - I again had problems liking either of the characters. A boyish girl and a former stripper - not my idea of a good romantic hero or heroine. The conflict in the story was also a little weak.
And finally I admit that by the time I got to the last story I was so fed up that I couldn't find a good thing about it either.
Unfortunately I really can't recommend this book and if you're looking for a sexy, fun set of romance stories then I suggest that you try some other Blaze anthologies as there are many excellent ones out there. A disappointing 1 star.
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