Sasha
If my sleeve accidentally rides up, people stare.
“Shark attack,” I usually say.
Sometimes I go with, “Incubating an alien worm for science.”
The less sensational truth is I get dialysis because my kidneys are useless.
But admitting that sad truth tends to reduce an ambitious, fit, plucky journalist to “you poor sick girl.”
That is so not who I am! Especially not at the Cannes Film Festival.
I’m
here to schmooze, interview, and hunt scoops for my magazine. Above
all, I’m here to pursue a major story that will be my breakthrough.
The
key to the bombshell is a local man called Arnaud. The cocky
studmuffin—bless his heart—thinks he can charm me out of my panties.
Shall I tell him he’ll fail at the sleeves?
Not yet. Not before I find out how much he knows.
And how much I can get him to blab.
Arnaud
Being a plastic surgeon offers many perks.
Being a good-looking and single plastic surgeon is a nonstop perkfest.
Inexplicably, all the pretty perks think they’re the one to awaken my dormant heart.
All but Sasha, that is.
Sasha is an unlikely cocktail of soft curves, sharp wit, and hard edges wrapped in Kevlar thicker than mine.
I wonder how she became like that…
Did a cruel fiancé jilt her at the altar? Or did her dad abandon her as callously as mine did me?
Anyway, here comes the hilarious part:
A
half brother I just met wants me to work with Sasha to solve a
200-year-old mystery and save his—and my—secret realm. He’s nuts, of
course.
But hey, this could be a fun ride!
4 STARS
I liked that this story had dual points of view from the main characters. Something that I surprising was how that was done. Usually I see first one person's point of view and then the other. In this book, there were several chapters of one person and then several chapters for the other. I found it a bit odd at first but then found that I really did like it.
There is plenty of emotion to go around and both Sasha and Arnaud have pain of their own. I thought the author did a good job when it came to feeling that emotions. I enjoyed the interactions between Sasha and Arnaud.
Arnaud has been fatherless for years without even a clue to who his father might be. Can you imagine the resentment when all of a sudden it's revealed who his father is? Then add in that the family that abandoned him need him now? He's not sure how long they have known about him but he's not feeling any warm fuzzes about them. But then he meets the enemy of the family and definitely loathes him for sure!
Sasha has so much pain not just from her kidney disease but from other people's reactions because of it. I liked that she turns out to be "the key to the key." And more keys need to be discovered, which will be in additional books.I liked how this one ended.
P.S. the history and details in the story were so well done. Yes, it's fiction but there is also a nod or two from the author about some facts that inspired part of the story.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book.
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