"An interesting tale"
Twenty-five year old Manhattan accountant Mimi Lessing
is going to marry dependable logical Mark, but would like
some excitement in her life before she settles down into
the mundane. At the office, senior partner Abe Stein
assigns Mimi to work with newcomer Jake Teller. They are
to develop a financial strategy for Brice, a client whose
family has been with the firm from the start but for
decades until now only for simple tax preparation. Jake is a stud who enjoys bondage games with his female
conquests. He thinks he is lucky that he, amidst ten
Jewish male junior accountants, has been assigned to work
with the pretty Mimi. Jake plans to seduce the very
competent Mimi in his sadistic style even if Miss Lessing
is soon to marry. However, as Jake begins his campaign, a
third party sets in motion a deadlier game because no one
will mess with that individual's worship of the staid and
proper Mimi. Though there are thrilling moments, MIMI & JAKE wastes
way too much time on the hunk's sexual proclivities at the
expense of the chilling aspects of the plot. The story
line grabs the audience, but needs ropes to keep fans
bonded because too much detail into Jake's bedroom process
overwhelms the novel. Jake's women that he shows off to
the magnificent Mimi to further bind her to him contain the
emotion and vocabulary of a corpse. Still Frank Baldwin's
tale is for those readers who enjoy graphic bondage over
character development and action-packed plots. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted December 21, 2001
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