"She created her perfect man... but is he really what she wanted?"

Judi Somers is a successful author with no love, no family. All she has is her shelf of books, and the man who lives through the wild adventures that she pens for him. Strong, suave, able to face any danger with a smile and come out shining, Race Parsec is the only man that Judi loves. When she runs into an old friend and he confesses his secret project (working on androids) to her, Judi has a most interesting idea to propose.

Felix Varlden has always had a thing for Judi Somers, but she's never looked at him twice. Though her latest brainstorm is more off-the-wall than anything he's ever heard before, he can't refuse. Months later their brainchild is born.

Leo is everything Judi has ever wanted. Handsome. Dashing. He cooks like a dream and has a voice like velvet. But there's a problem. All the carefully chosen traits are backfiring. Leo's devotion becomes stifling, his charm attracts other women while his blithely acidic tongue alienates friends. At the same time, Judi begins to miss the close relationship she had regained with Felix while they worked on Leo. Could it be that perfection isn't all it's cut out to be?

TOO MUCH FOR WORDS starts out rough. Judi isn't an idealistic young thing, and Ms Rubino writes an older, wiser sort of chick lit that takes a bit to get into, but once you're there, the story takes off. It's not sweet and it's not agonizingly romantic but it is a very contemporary story of love where you least expect it. It's not very science-y, despite the premise, and the characters are just flawed enough that you actually believe in them. While TOO MUCH FOR WORDS was a little too light on the romance side for this reviewer's total pleasure, it was a fun book for an afternoon's read.

Sensuality Level: Mild. Most intimacy is off screen, what's on screen is not very explicit or extended.

Reviewed by Ann Leveille
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted June 19, 2003