3.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Abigail Stevens, an efficient and no-nonsense editor for one of the biggest names in the romance novel industry, has a big problem. She’s been desperately in love with Anthony Tate, Mr. Romance-Writer himself, for the last four years. She’s settled for friendship and professional success for the last four years, but now the sexy writer needs something more from her and she can’t find a reason to refuse.
Tony Tate has built a career centered on his identity as America’s most romantic writer. That identity does not include a debauched temper tantrum in the aftermath of his very public break-up with his on-again, off-again girlfriend. Tony has known that Abby has had the hots for him since the moment they met, but when his Plain Jane best friend and controlling editor ends up being his only option to exorcise his demons and pent-up sexual frustration, he can’t wait to break her prim and proper shell.
As Tony and Abby push each other farther than they’ve ever gone before, the question becomes, who will break whom?
Review
Abigail Stephens is responsible for the success of author Anthony Tate. Working for a publishing company and assigned to Tony, Abby goes above and beyond to make him a household name. Abby built the empire of Mr. Romance in 4 years and is extremely dedicated to her job. Hiding behind the love of her job, Abby has loved Tony from the first time they met. Sadly Mr. Tate is oblivious, taking what he wants when he wants it is the norm for this best selling author. A turn of events opens the door for these two. Even though both promised nothing during their sex-capades, feelings come to surface from both Abby and Tony. Realizing he doesn’t want to lose Abby he steps out of his norm and defies his stereotypes.
The read was slightly predictable and quick. For example, Tony turns his interest toward the bimbo that is familiar with fame, prenups and doesn’t want kids. Then later realizing the one he wants was always around in the first place, Abby. And as the plot thickened, Abby did go back and forth a lot in her dilemma. One minute she loved Tony, then the next she hated him, then love again, then used him like no other. So brace yourself for that bit of the book. Another hiccup in my review is the format in which the book was given to me to review. There were page breaks with BREAK ME and AUTUMN STARK randomly. I switched fonts and font size and it didn’t seem to fix it. There would also be random spaces in dialogue and I had to pay attention to where the quotations began and ended. In their defense it may just be the format. Apart from those things, I did like the book. I would recommend this book to the working mothers that want to escape for a few hours. Personally I am looking forward to All In, book 2 in the In Plain Sight Series since my favorite outspoken character of Jay can get his chance at love. 3.5 Smooches for Break Me by Autumn Stark.
Sarah
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