Will she discover the truth about the past in time to enter into
The Sweetheart Deal.
THE SWEETHEART DEAL
Allison Morse
Released June 5th, 2016
Wild Rose Press
Some
people in her small rural community think Ellen Hamilton, the business savvy
daughter of the town’s largest employer, is too big for her britches. After all
it’s the 1950s and women should have no place in running corporations. But when
the company is threatened with takeover by John Adair, the man who broke her
heart and "betrayed" her family business years ago, she’s determined
to stop at nothing to win. Yet, when the cool Ellen turns molten in John’s
arms, will she discover the truth about the past in time to enter into The
Sweetheart Deal.
Something
inside her gave way and she flung her arms around his neck and gave him a hot,
lingering kiss. He grabbed hold of her and pulled her onto his lap. The kiss
grew deeper. Her mind was lost in the sensation of him, his taste, his feel and
the tightness in her own body begged for more.
The
appalling doorbell sounded and she leapt to her feet. “Oh, it’s Harold.”
She paced.
What an idiot! What possessed her? She looked at John and groaned inside. It
was a compulsion, that what he was, or maybe hypnotism. Whatever it was, thank
goodness for clichés, because she’d just been saved by the bell.
John stood,
and as if he were a magnet she stopped pacing and halted right in front of him.
He caressed her arms. “Ignore him.”
She threw
off his hands. “No, no, no. No! He’s good, you’re bad. I’m ignoring you.
Ignoring this.”
“Hey, I
didn’t make that kiss happen. You did, and it was great.” His baritone voice
was both soothing and sexy.
“Fine, I
made it happened, and now I’m making it not happen.”
“Ellen.”
“I have a
date.” She realized that she was reminding herself of that fact as much as him.
He stepped
in closer. “Sure. Go ahead.”
“You’re
smirking.” Still, she didn’t move. “You are such an egotist.” She wanted to
move. She planned to move. She didn’t move. “I’m going out with Harold.”
The
doorbell rang again.
John
grinned. “So I see.”
This reads a bit more Women's Fiction in tone /style to me than straight romance but it didn't lessen my enjoyment.
Some of the reviews I saw likened this to the show Mad Men, however since I have never watched an episode I can neither confirm or deny it.
I'm not typically a fan of "reunited" or "second chance" romances but there was something about the way Ms. Morse handled this that I really liked.
I took a chance on reading this because the time line (50's) peeked my interest and Ms. Morse deftly handles this setting along with some serious/strong points about the roles/opportunities (or lack thereof) women had. Ms. Morse also writes a compelling plot point about false accusations.
John is a fairly sexy hero nicely matched with Ellen a super strong heroine.
Despite a bit too much head hopping at times, this was still a well written original story with nicely developed main and secondary characters.
I would read another book by Ms. Morse.
After receiving a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, she went
on to earn a M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a J.D. from U.C. Hastings
College of the Law.
Although she loved learning from each of her varied
careers she always knew that storytelling was as essential to her as breathing.
So as she pursued her professional life, she kept to a strict writing schedule,
and joined the Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
She lives with her wonderful husband in a house in
the hills that’s filled with books.
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