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TAKE ME DOWN - Sylvia Lett Kensington Dafina/Romance May 2009 |
SYNOPSIS: After a single mother hires a sexy former Navy SEAL to keep her hotel chain secure, they both learn that love can be a very dangerous game.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |4+| Dianthia Lemons
REVIEW:
Stephanie Mason is juggling
being a single mother and the running of a multi-million dollar hotel chain. She
doesn’t have a social life and gets set up by her mother who feels she needs a
man in her life. She has an interview with an applicant for security consultant
for the hotel and is impressed with only one resume’ so far. Stephanie prays
that she can stop looking once the interview with Jack Kaufman is over. Jack
Kaufman enters Stephanie’s life just when she needs a security specialist for
the hotel chain. Handsome, intelligent, an ex-navy seal, weapons and martial
arts expert make his resume impeccable. Stephanie is immediately attracted to
Jack and feels it’s not a good thing to hire temptation. The sexual attraction
and tension seems to work against Jack and Stephanie gives him the “I’ll be in
touch with you about my decision”. Jack makes importune rounds of the hotel and
finds multiple areas that need improvement. To get Stephanie’s attention he
locks her office door and locks her out of her own computer. Stephanie returns
to her office and is infuriated with Jack because her office and computer are
locked. She demands that he return to let her into her computer. An hour later
after Jack has had the opportunity to make Stephanie aware of the magnitude of
problems with her current security setup, they come to an agreement and Jack
Kaufman is hired. So why go to all the trouble, what is it that he really wants?
Stephanie is forced to learn the truth and deal with the consequences or lose
the one person she truly loves. When Jack’s eyes are opened he does what he has
to do to gain everything in life he thought he had lost.
Stephanie and Jack are very interesting and likeable characters. They both feel
the sexual tension and mutual attraction to one another but acting on those
feelings is a problem for Stephanie. She is the one who tries to ignore and side
step the issue. Stephanie took on not only motherhood and the management of a
hotel chain but a mother who thinks her daughter owes her a lavish lifestyle.
Jack has been planning his meeting with Stephanie for a while and with good
reason. He was so wrapped up in his career he missed out on something life
changing and didn’t find out until a few years later. The fear of pain and
rejection runs and almost ruins their relationship before they realize their
love.
Take Me Down is a great story with an accelerating tempo. Sylvia Lett has
written a story that has every element in place and keeps you engrossed in the
story from the beginning to the end. From the city, to the Island of Jamaica, to
the rescue of a best friend from a foreign country. You feel the characters
sexual attraction, their unresolved pain and the reason for some secrets. Great
story!
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 12th May 2009