"A fun romp"

Four months have passed since her beloved Aunt Ophelia passed away, but Juliet Emory still mourns the loss of the woman who raised her. She finds her aunt's diary and though she fears that will tarnish the image of her beloved role model, Juliet needs to hear Ophelia's words. A sheet falls out titled the "Guiding Principles of the League of Scandalous Women", a wonderful reminder of their time together in new Orleans, but this time for her she is seeing the adult side of being a so called "scandalous woman" and plans to live up to her beloved aunt's creed so that Ophelia looking down will smile upon her niece.

The Matheson brothers hire Juliet to perform at a special thirtieth birthday bash for their youngest sibling professor Cole Matheson. Cole hates parties, but at his gala his siblings insist he is not chasing skirts properly so they send Ms. Zorro to raise his libido. Afterward he and Juliet make love though neither believes in one night stands. Soon Cole realizes that she is the one, but how to make Juliet understand that they belong together when he competes with the image that her aunt has left behind for his beloved to emulate.

This is a heated battle of the sexes with a role reversal as she wants a fling and he wants a serious relationship. The two lead subjects' debate over the Theory of Sexual Relativity is a delight and Juliet's discovery of the full person that Ophelia was is cleverly developed so that the audience can see what motivated her aunt (think of Billy Don't Be a hero). SOME KIND OF SEXY is a fabulous contemporary romance.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 30, 2004