"An engaging contemporary romance"
Being the daughter of the Pleasantville slut, everyone
assumes Cassie Tremaine Montgomery is a chip off the old
block actively going down to whomever wants it. It is not
surprising that her prom night date disrespects her,
seeking sex that Cassie rejects. She needs help to control
him, but even Sheriff Richard Taggart tries to score with
the seventeen-year-old. Over the next decade, Cassie becomes an internationally
famous model. She returns to the unpleasant memories of
Pleasantville to flaunt her success at those who mistreated
her and to hide from a stalker. Sheriff Sean Taggart, son
of the pig who accosted her on prom night, stops Cassie on
a driving violation when she first speeds into town. He
finds he desires Cassie, and senses a vulnerability and
hurt beneath her disagreeable armor. Cassie opens a shop
filled with sexual toys as a snub your nose venture at all
those whom rejected her as trailer trash, making her even
less ideal to become Sean's spouse. So why does he only
dream of wakening up to breakfast in bed with Cassie? NAUGHTY BUT NICE is an engaging contemporary romance that
provides the audience with a wonderful heroine struggling
with more demons than Dante could have ever described.
Sean is a wonderful law enforcement official struggling
with the conflicting desires of his personal life. An
unnecessary stalking subplot adds suspense, but this tale
belongs to the sexual tension between the lead protagonists
that is so palpable in and out of her shop that it carries
the novel without extra help. Readers will also want to
read the companion novel, NATURALLY NAUGHTY, starring
Cassie's cousin. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 15, 2002
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