When midnight strikes... The last thing temp agency owner Ian Cumberland expects on an icy New Year's Eve is a little magic. But when a stunner of a woman plants a sizzlin' kiss on him in the middle of Times Square, Ian's world explodes. A moment later, she's gone.... But as much as Ian shakes Rose Hildebrande to the tips of her designer shoes--and a few other choice places --she can't afford to fall for a charming pauper instead of Prince Charming. Still...there's something about Ian, his sexy good looks, his charming kindness, that inspires Rose to find him and seduce him. But will their naughty fling still be blazing come summer?
Well, one of the things I really liked about this books was that the hero is not a CEO, sheik or oil baron. He's actually a guy who's been impacted by the lousy economy and lost a high-paying job. I think the author had balls (pardon the expression) to create such a character. Though he's taken a blow to the ego, he's discovered that his new, much less lucrative position, is something he enjoys--helping people. And he's good at it, too. Now the heroine--some reviewers claim she's a gold-digger. Well, who among us hasn't been told "it's just as easy to marry a rich man as a poor one"? Well, maybe if you're gorgeous. Rose is gorgeous. She had been poor and she knows it sucks. She has other issues as well, but they didn't trouble me. I liked the character. I liked them both. Ian's friends were given short shrift, yeah, I agree. I would have liked more about them, or just drop the romance part between them altogether. I love Kathleen O'Reilly's stuff and she's an automatic purchase for me. This story was not as satisfying as the O'Sullivan trilogy, but still, I enjoyed it.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
At first I really didn't like the herione in "Midnight Resolutions" by Kathleen O'Reilly. And as much as I didn't like "Rose" I like "Ian that much more. However, as the story progressed, you learn more about Rose. Yes, she's a damaged and flawed person, but I understood her flaws and recognized where the damage came from. As for the hero? Ian Cumberland is one of the most full-blooded, interesting, sexy heros I read in a VERY long time. Frankly, I loved this book. Highly reccomended.
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