Why I read it: Many of my Twitter friends were telling me how much they enjoyed this book. I wanted to join in the fun so I bought it.
What it's about: (from Goodreads) Four years ago, Jocelyn
Butler left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in
Edinburgh. Burying the grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead
without any real attachments has worked well for her so far but when
Joss moves into a fantastic apartment on Dublin Street, her carefully
guarded world is shaken to its core by her new roommate's sexy older
brother.
Braden Carmichael is a man who always gets what he wants. And what he wants is Jocelyn in his bed. Knowing how skittish Joss is concerning any kind of relationship, Braden proposes a sexual arrangement that should satisfy the intense attraction between them without it developing into anything 'more'. An intrigued Jocelyn agrees, completely unprepared for the Scotsman and his single-minded determination to strip the stubborn young woman bare... to the very soul.
Braden Carmichael is a man who always gets what he wants. And what he wants is Jocelyn in his bed. Knowing how skittish Joss is concerning any kind of relationship, Braden proposes a sexual arrangement that should satisfy the intense attraction between them without it developing into anything 'more'. An intrigued Jocelyn agrees, completely unprepared for the Scotsman and his single-minded determination to strip the stubborn young woman bare... to the very soul.
What worked for me (and what didn't): Let's get the gripes out of the way first shall we? There were a number of typographical and gramatical errors in the book. The acknoweldgements in the back say that there were editors so I'm not really sure why so many were allowed to get through to the final version. Examples include comma abuse, "rung" instead of "wrung", "all and all" instead of "all in all" and I'm not entirely sure that "incapacitation" is even a word. There was also one egregious use of the word "vajayjay" by the heroine. However, the story and the characters were otherwise so well done, that I was able to press through where a lesser book may have ended up a DNF. As it was, there was some teeth gritting at the number of errors. Moving on.
I think I had expected the characters would hook up much earlier than they did and I was pleased that it wasn't the case. We were at maybe the 2/5 mark of the book before Braden and Jocelyn first kiss. Even though their physical relationship progresses quickly from there, there was a reasonable amount of time taken to build the sexual tension and for the characters to get to know each other.
