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Publisher:
Aspen Mountain Press
Release Date:
February 15, 2008
Genres:
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
ISBN:
eBook
9781601680877
Kindle
No
ISBN
Bookmark Rating:
Reviewed by
Jennifer Ray
Review Posted:
April 2008
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Lawyer
by day, erotic romance book reviewer by night. Career-driven Gayle Osborne
knows that she must keep her little hobby secret if she is to be taken seriously
as a patent law attorney. She has worked too hard for the success she has
achieved working for Tyler Monroe, her mentor and the man she fantasizes
inappropriately about.
So she creates the online persona of “Miss Retort”, which she uses for her
review blog. With her identity safely hidden, she feels secure in posting her
opinions on anything, with little chance her gorgeous boss will discover it.
But Tyler has secrets of his own, and when their relationship turns to a
personal level, both of them must determine if their new relationship can
withstand the truth.
TORT & RETORT is the second book I have read by new author Maura
Anderson, and once again she impresses me with a fun and sexy romance that still
contains a level of sweetness sure to satisfy the romantic in most readers.
With the character of Gayle Osborne, Ms. Anderson delivers a heroine that many
women will identify with – a woman trying to balance her professional identity
with her private persona, keeping the two worlds separate lest her personal
interests somehow detract from her professional credibility. In this modern
world, professional women are somehow thought less of if we have feminine
interests, but it is those ‘frivolous’ interests that keep us in touch with our
femininity as we trudge through the corporate world day after day. Gayle’s own
inner struggle with these two sides of herself is something that is bound to
resonate with many of the female readers.
Tyler is a very likable hero, doing and saying all the right things without once
seeming ‘to good to be true’. He just comes across as a great guy who is
totally in love with Gayle. Would that we could all find our own Tyler!
There are some twists to the story that are very interesting, and although I
figured them out pretty early in the story, I found them no less enjoyable when
they were finally revealed in the end.
TORT & RETORT definitely gives Maura Anderson a place on my
authors to take note of list, and I eagerly anticipate future stories from her.
Note: This review was originally
written by Jennifer Ray for another review site. It is being reposted at
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