Genre: Erotic Contemporary

Pages 106

Publisher Loose Id $5.99

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Book given to me by author for review

Graham Hall is twenty-six and has a dream job as a travel writer. He’s come to Colorado for work and a little personal down time. With his article done and the six-month lease up on the small cabin in the valley, he’s stayed around until his next assignment. In a downtown Denver bar, Graham meets Edward and after a short conversation agrees to a blind date with Edward’s business partner, Jane. Afterall, what could it hurt?

Jane is completely oblivious to the machinations of Edward and Graham and shows up at Graham’s cabin to deliver a box of handmade chocolate truffles. From the minute he opens the door, she falls head over heels in lust. A plus size, mid-thirties woman, Jane isn’t sure what Cowboy Surfer, as she’s dubbed him, sees in her or why he’s so tenacious in his pursuit and tries throwing him off at every turn.

 The inability to say continue saying ‘No’ leads to hot, scorching sex and a lot of follow-up phone calls opening Jane’s eyes to the realization that maybe life doesn’t have to revolve around chocolate truffles, but rather around a delicious well traveled younger man.

I can remember a time when my father used to shout out the car window to a group of teenage boys, “Wanna date my daughter?” I was in a green minivan  wearing one my unfortunate Eddie Bauer sweater vests and horribly uncomfortable training bra. Not cool.  Humiliated, I would slump down my seat wishing my father would not try and set up me via drive-by-dating.  I still break out in a cold sweat when my father rolls down his car window and I see the mischievous twinkle in his eye, which brings me to Sugar Rush and meddling gay business partners who like to play matchmaker.

Jane is set up to meet a client under stern instructions to be dressed in a frilly pink snow-bunny suit and obscenely tall high-heels.  As she makes her way across the treacherous ice to hand deliver truffle chocolates,  Graham, the sexy looking cowboy surfer, is confused. He didn’t order any chocolates.  Jane is further humiliated to find out there are no chocolates in the box and this has been a set-up by her altruistic gay friend to ‘get her out there’ in the dating field.   Like any other  red-blooded woman, she adopts the strategy of fleeing the scene so as to escape any further gauntlets of humiliation.

From this point on the story arcs with Graham trying to date Jane who has been burned by her last relationship and wants nothing to do with a younger man.  Unable to resist his intelligence and charm she ends up having hot sexy-time (on top of chair!), only to learn later on that Edward, her business partner, had offered Graham money to take her out.  Feeling betrayed Jane tries to shut Graham out of life without waiting to hear his side of the story.

I had one teeny hiccup, I would have liked more expansion on the part where Jane overhears that Edward offered to pay Graham to go on one date with her.  It seemed a bit rushed where Jane was upset (rightfully so) and before Graham told his side, it seemed the problem was resolved. I also had a little bit of a problem connecting with Jane, as even if I had been burned, who could possibly turn down a well muscled, cowboy surfer? That’s like saying no to chocolate! It’s just not done!  My niggles were when she  often complained about her body, instead of endearing me to her, it came off as defensive versus vulnerable or self deprecating. Graham had to continually keep telling her she was pretty and that he liked her curves.  Although this didn’t deter my reading enjoyment, at times I was a bit put off by her behavior. Aside from this,  I felt Sugar Rush was a well written, concise story that was enjoyable and fun!  

Overall I really enjoyed Sugar Rush.  I liked the aspect of a younger, intelligent man falling in love with a older woman who has trouble seeing her own value.  (Pssst) There is a really sexy scene when Jane accidently catches her partner Edward having sex with the downstairs neighbor Eric.  She has a total peeping tom moment and it was titillatingly erotic!  And yes I was ubber excited to get a mini (light) m/m scene. 

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