"Great anthology"

"Naughty" Girl" by Carrie Alexander. Estrella has seen the construction worker from the bus for weeks now and each time she salivates over him. Her friend Brenda learns he is Jesse and encourages Estrella to make a play for him. She does pretending to be a sophisticated lady planning to seduce the hunk in her boudoir or swimming pool when she is not cleaning the place as a maid.

"Wanted: One Hot-Blooded Man" by Pamela Britton. The rape left Breanna fearing male contact especially sexual. She decides only her high school sweetheart who she has not seen in ten years can help her. Breanna travels across the country to tie up Trent with desire and hopefully overcome her fears.

"Mercy Me" by Susan Donovan. Screenwriter Winifred suffers from writer's block just when she needs her next work, the Max Mercy script, finished. Her agent Artie decides she needs to leave town to concentrate so he arranges for her to work in the Berkshires. Expecting isolation, Win meets her neighbor Mac, who is there to heal from injuries, but both find an attraction instead.

"Reno's Chance" by Lora Leigh. Raven always desired the brother of her best friend Morganna, but Reno never seems to reciprocate, treating her instaed like another sister. Reno is home from the SEALs on leave, but circumstances forces him to live with Raven who decides this is her opportunity to show him she does not want a brother.

These are four interesting contemporary romances with three humorous tales while Pamela Britton's provides a serious drama, which seems out of place. Still these are fine novellas that readers will welcome.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 25, 2005

Summary

Naughty Girl by Carrie Alexander
Men and Equipment Working! Sassy Estrella Ianesque lures bronzed road construction worker Jesse Drummond to the pool of her high-rise condominium for a delicious tryst. But Estrella isn't who she's pretending to be...and Jesse's not the man she expects.

WANTED: One Hot Blooded Man by Pamela Britton

Have Mercy by Susan Donovan
A story of a city-girl screenwriter in dire need of a little motivation. She ends up spending three head-spinning weeks in a mountain cabin with the most motivating man she's ever met! Who says great sex and tight deadlines don't mix?

Reno's Chance by Lora Leigh

Ever since she was a little girl, Raven McIntire has secretly pined and seriously longed for her best friends sexy older brother, Reno, a Navy SEAL who has just returned home from duty. What she doesn't realize is that his only true mission is to get into her heart and get her into his bed.

Read an excerpt from Reno's Chance