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ONLY IN PARADISE - Michelle Monkou Harlequin Kimani/Romance March 2009 |
SYNOPSIS: For teacher Athena Crawford, the career chance of a lifetime is set on an idyllic Caribbean island. But soon she and her project's administrator, Collin Winslow, start locking horns--then sharing kisses. Can their delicate relationship weather the storms about to break?
SERIES ROMANCE |4| Keren Childers
REVIEW: Athena
Crawford is a teacher with a career chance of a lifetime—to teach on an idyllic
Caribbean island. But soon she and her project administrator, Collin Winslow,
start locking horns—then sharing kisses. Can their delicate relationship weather
the storms about to break?
Ms. Monkou enlightens us with two characters that are different as night and
day, but are a good match for each other. Athena enjoys helping people,
especially kids. She just recently lost her precious grandmother, but this
tragedy enforced Athena’s belief that she needs to do more with her life. She’s
an attractive, vibrant woman who goes after what she wants. Collin is nice
looking, reserve, stern and sometimes overprotective at times; but that comes
from growing up in an area that fail prey to drugs, violence and government
payoffs. He’s determined to succeed without this kind of help.
In ONLY IN PARADISE,
Athena and Collin’s characters are exciting, laughable and definitely sensual.
Athena, by far, is the aggressor. She taunts Collin until he has no choice but
to give in. I admire her tenacity in getting the job done at the school.
She causes havoc at times, but girlfriend is on a mission and she doesn't take
no for an answer. I enjoyed the love scenes, the plot and story
throughout.
The secondary characters give the story the twist it needs with the
confrontations. Athena’s sister, Asia, and her sorority sisters bring that
unconditional love that everyone needs for a support system. Asia could actually
have her on story, because she’s a strong, opinionated woman that could use a
good man.
Overall, Ms. Monkou did a very good job and I definitely recommend reading this.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 5th April 2009