...by God, I would do him on a bed of quesadillas at high noon in the middle of Times Square...A bed of what, where and at what time? Now you know when a man is worthy of a public display and a description like that, he's got to be all that and a bag of chips (Munchos, please). Okay, I really just took it back to the 90s with that phrase, judge me if you must.
In her latest book, Michele Grant offers us Avery Beau Montgomery. From the moment we first meet him, it's apparent that Beau is a scamp. With his pretty boy, model good looks and his flair for sprinkling his sentences with French (falling back on his Cajun roots), Beau is the man you call on for a romp in the hay. If you're looking for anything more than that, you'll just be waiting, unless you're Belle Richards.
From the moment he sees her, Beau plans to get the gorgeous southern belle, Belle, in bed. But Belle's not so quick to fall for the okey doke. She knows Beau's kind when she sees them. And as a former model herself, she's heard more than enough stories about Mr. Hit 'Em & Quit 'Em. Now that they're working on a project together, it's going to be pretty hard to resist the charms of one Beau Montgomery. If anyone can do it, it's Belle.
Fans of Grant's work may remember Beau's family from her first novel, Heard It All Before. Beau is the older brother of Roman, one of that book's main characters, who is now married to Jewellen. I was glad to see Roman and Jewellen make appearances. I was even happy to see old trifling Renee.
It's rare to see romances that are told from the point of view of the male. Though Grant does give Belle a voice, it's obvious that this is Beau's story to tell. Readers are the first to know that he's not as confident and secure as he always appears to be, at least in the arena of love, he's pretty confident and secure in everything else. But he's not arrogant and I appreciated that. Had he been, he wouldn't have been likable.
As a reader of Grant's blog, Black N Bougie, and Twitter follower, @onechele, I'm familiar with her catch phrases, but it's always amusing when they pop up in her writing. A few examples are bullshiggity and 'the Facebook,' but my absolute favorite, because I'm pretty sure it came from Michael Jackson's This Is It is
We do this with love. It's all with the L-O-V-E.
Well played ma'am. Well played.
320pp
Published: July 2012
Disclaimer: Copy of book received from author, opinions are my own.
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