Rating: Summary: Funny, Wild Ride Review: Though my first love is historical romance, I happily enjoyed the smart, funny contemporary romance Two To Tangle, by Leslie Kelly. Full-time college student and part-time department store window dresser Chloe Weston has never been interested in her handsome but thoroughly business-like boss Troy Langtree until late one night she spies on him in front of Langtree's department store. Troy reveals his wild and passionate side in the way he responds to the rain while he's changing a flat tire. When Chloe finally sees him again outside the store-at a merchandising conference they're attending at a swanky hotel in southern Florida-the attraction is overwhelming, and they spend a wild night in bed. Only Chloe doesn't realize that the man she's having passionate sex and falling in love with is actually Troy's reckless twin brother Trent. Believing Trent to be simply the name Troy uses for his alter ego, Chloe breathlessly plunges into the affair with 'Troy', the kind of man she's always wanted-a secure, stable, nine-to-five type who won't endanger her financial security the way her reckless mother (whom she still supports) always has. We the readers are wracked with suspense-how will Chloe react when she discovers the truth of who her lover is? Kelly does not disappoint. The novel takes us on a wild, tense, tender and romantic ride all the way. Though I had a lot of fun reading Two To Tangle, I would have enjoyed it even more had Kelly shown more than immense physical attraction, witty repartee and some tender behavior as the basis of Chloe and Trent falling in love. I believed the lust between them but not fully the love, given their sharply divergent interests, values and lifestyles. While they become a bit more alike as Trent stretches Chloe's horizons, I would be more certain of their permanently overcoming the obstacles to their long-term happiness if they'd shared at least a few strong interests and if the respect and trust between them had been built with more detail. Still, this is an engaging, pleasurable novel which contemporary romance readers should not miss.
Rating: Summary: Cute Review: Two to Tangle had an interesting setup. Yes, it was probably an "only in a romance novel" kind of thing, but I liked it because while it depended on coincidence, it didn't depend on the characters acting like idiots or reasoning like no sensible person would. They reacted plausibly, and that is something that will make or break a book for me. There were a couple of contrived, less believable details, like Trent's "signed contract" with his grandmother, but this was kept to a minimum and wasn't a major conflict in the story. Both characters were likeable, and I enjoyed Trent's campaign to "win" Chloe. It helped that Chloe wasn't stupidly stubborn about it, she simply had a couple of doubts due to her family history and to the very rude shock she had received. She didn't hold what had happened against Trent, and was very reasonable about it. Refreshing. Oh, and plus, I liked them together, they were a nice fit. All in all, a very nice book.
Rating: Summary: Cute Review: Two to Tangle had an interesting setup. Yes, it was probably an "only in a romance novel" kind of thing, but I liked it because while it depended on coincidence, it didn't depend on the characters acting like idiots or reasoning like no sensible person would. They reacted plausibly, and that is something that will make or break a book for me. There were a couple of contrived, less believable details, like Trent's "signed contract" with his grandmother, but this was kept to a minimum and wasn't a major conflict in the story. Both characters were likeable, and I enjoyed Trent's campaign to "win" Chloe. It helped that Chloe wasn't stupidly stubborn about it, she simply had a couple of doubts due to her family history and to the very rude shock she had received. She didn't hold what had happened against Trent, and was very reasonable about it. Refreshing. Oh, and plus, I liked them together, they were a nice fit. All in all, a very nice book.
Rating: Summary: I love the Wrong Bed Series and this was a Great One Review: TWO TO TANGLE is a sexy, delightful read. From page one to the very end, Chloe and her topsy-turvy relationship with Troy - or is that Trent - will keep you smiling.
Rating: Summary: A Delightful Read Review: TWO TO TANGLE is a sexy, delightful read. From page one to the very end, Chloe and her topsy-turvy relationship with Troy - or is that Trent - will keep you smiling.
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