"A chaming romance"

Jackie Brady manages to eat based on what she makes as a Zing-O-Gram girl even while she dreams of one day composing children's music. Perhaps her head is in the clouds, but Jackie attends the wrong party dressed in a cat costume held together by duct tape. Jackie sings Happy Birthday with such a sexual overtone that it is a wonder that the recipient Greg De Costa does not have cardiac arrest.

Greg feels the passion that he wants to loosen and cannot resist a kiss that stuns both of them. However, when she lands on her two feet, Jackie realizes that Greg is the manager who will interview her tomorrow for a job. He simply believes he met a stripper. She plans to be professional that is musically, but Greg once he realizes she is serious about music wants more. As a duet they emit heat that turns into a fiery concerto.

The romance is fun as readers observe Greg struggle to overcome his first impressions caused by the initial misunderstanding. However, both act more like teens than adults so that the audience wonders whether this couple should form a duet, as someone needs to be the lead singer. Still fans of lighthearted contemporary infernos will alternate between amusement and fervor as this author rocks the music world.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 22, 2003