Time Out
Author: Jill Shalvis
Publisher: Harlequin/ Blaze
Pub. Date: February 28, 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0373796731
Pages: 224
Digital Price: $3.82
Print Retail Price: $5.25
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Class: How to Drive Him Crazy
Instructional program for women unexpectedly facing the totally dishy guy from their past. Everyone welcome!
NHL coach Mark Diego’s plan to spend his off-season volunteering in his hometown goes awry when he learns that not only is he coaching teenage girls, but that the program is coordinated by energetic (and five feet two inches of trouble) coordinator Rainey Saunders, his childhood friend—and the woman he could never stand to see dating any other guy….
When their tempers flare, Mark and Rainey discover their fireworks don’t just burn angry—they burn very, very hot! But that’ll just sweeten the victory. Because Mark always plays to win. And with Rainey, he’s planning on playing very dirty, too…
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REVIEW
Rainey helps run a recreation center for struggling youths. She is surprised to see her boss’s brother Mark arrive at the recreation center to help out. He is the head coach for a NHL team and when a few of his team mates get into trouble, he plans to take time off to help volunteer at the recreation center.
He knows Rainey has always crushed on him and it doesn’t help that she has grown into a beautiful woman. He tries his hand at seduction but Rainey is hurt by an event that has happened in the past with Mark. She is not willing to let her guard down now that Mark has returned.
There is not much to this story besides the couple working through Rainey’s insecurity issues and Mark’s dominating and possessing qualities. They are both bossy which makes for some heat in the bedroom. 🙂 There is no real angst and since the novel is so short, I’m not sure what more the author could have added to their storyline.
This is a cute and entertaining story but it is also not memorable. Jill Shalvis does execute the steaminess into the short Harlequin book. I would have liked to see more of Rainey and Mark as a couple. It seems as though the book ended when she they finally decided to give it a go.
I recommend this book for fans of Jill Shalvis and who like steamy and spicy novels.
Rating: 3 (Satisfactory)
Heat-Level: 3 (Sensual)
Reviewed by Samantha
Sounds like a good quick read when you don’t have time for a full length book. The kind I’d keep in the car or my purse, just in case I needed something to read.
I enjoy Shalvis’s work, but I usually don’t enjoy shorts. I always (if it is well written) wish it were longer and feel a little frustrated that it is over so soon. But I guess that is the point, to get you to want more from the author huh.
I do like the sound of Mark, nice review.