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FIRE AND DESIRE - Monique Lamont Parker Publishing/Noire Passion September 2007 |
SYNOPSIS: Trevor Lewis, a computer business owner and part-time stripper, has the contract of a lifetime at his door with the Governor. Opportunity knocks, giving Trevor a chance to settle the score with his old college nemesis, through the other man's fiancé. Tiffany Hatcher is a highly sought after party coordinator and the daughter of the Governor. When she plans a secret bachelorette party in Las Vegas, to include a stripper named "The Fireman," things go from hot to scorching...fast.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |4+| Marguerite Lemons
REVIEW:
Trevor Lewis has been plotting revenge for the last
five years on the man who murdered his best friend; and now he has his
chance thanks to his aunt. Tiffany Hatcher, the governor’s
daughter, has been by her father’s side since the death of mother when
she was twelve. She is known in the political arenas and Virginia
as the party planner extraordinaire who would never do anything to
embarrass herself, or her father. Trevor and Tiffany meet in Las
Vegas, at a bachlorette party that she is giving for one of her friends.
Their attraction to each other is immediately evident, but both
consciously decide to forgo a relationship because Tiffany cannot be
caught with a male stripper and Trevor is too busy plotting the next
stage of his revenge. Unfortunately, they both get drunk and meet
up again at one of the casinos, and when the alcohol wears off, Tiffany
awakens naked and married to a man she knows nothing about. The
two part ways and Tiffany hopes that what happens in Vegas truly stays
there.
FIRE AND DESIRE is a tale of two people whose
hearts realize they are soul mates long before their owners can admit
it. This story also speaks to the old adage of never judging a
book by its cover. Tiffany takes one look at Trevor and assumes
that he is just a male stripper and nothing more. Trevor looks at
Tiffany as a way to get the upper hand on a nemesis instead of a human
being with feelings. I enjoyed the fact that the author pointed
out that although they married for the wrong reasons, neither Trevor nor
Tiffany can bring themselves to actually file for the divorce, so their
subconscious has a way of forcing them to eventually realize their
hearts desire. Tiffany’s father and best friend helps her see the
truth in her actions by carefully pointing out the positive changes she
has made since meeting Trevor. I applaud the way the author has
Trevor come clean after the truth comes out, and the fact that Tiffany
is able to see his redeeming qualities through her pain.
Ms. Lamont has written a great love story.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 5th May 2008