I'm pretty new to the two novellas within a novel concept, but I feel the author would have benefited from just writing one novel and doing it well...Story #1:The story line was intriguing with the twist of the young woman desperately trying to save her diner from conglomerates who were trying to buy the land and then falling in love with the conglomerate... The problem was that the author would jump around the timeline with no real transition. Ending = Lame.Story #2:Started off far more promising than the first as far as detail and eroticism. This brought up the ever cliche of love, or lust, at first sight. There were a lot of great sexy details and then towards the end things kind of snowballed. Next thing I knew we were more than a week later with no transition. In the last 5 pages we went from Danita breaking up with our stud to them saying they were in the long haul...I feel that when any kind of romantic novel ends ultimately with a marriage its a cop out to poor literary skills from the author. The title of this book and the comments on the back boast things like, "Warning: This is a really hot book", but in the end it felt like a "room temperature cup of tea" book. This book was a thinly disguised pornographic novel. I found myself skimming past the sex scenes hoping to find a story in there somewhere. I was not able to identify with these women who had differing values than mine, who would have with someone without breaking it off with the previous fella. These men (I don't think of them as heroes) do not listen when they should. They think they know better than the women what ought to be going on. The women have little self-control over their libidos. It is amazing they find themselves able to commit to the new loves.Sorry I wasted $3.45 and several hours on it.
What do You think about Scream My Name (2009)?
I enjoyed both stories and I didn't want Danita's story to end. A very enjoyable read!
—Nix
