"Things are not always what you think"

Sitting in a bar in Nag's Head, Jack is drawn to a woman sitting with friends. She seems like innocence but she is emitting sensuality at the same time. Jack, the co/owner of a construction company, decides that this woman is just what he needs to enjoy the weekend.

Sally Jean is staying at the hotel. She has traveled with her cousin and her fiancé. When they leave to go to Beau's family home in Virginia Beach, Sally finds herself alone for a few minutes. As a restaurant owner and chef, Sally is here to attend a conference. When Jack tries to pick her up, she turns him down. Later in the evening, she gets Jack as a dinner companion. It doesn't take long for them to be attracted to each other. Sally agrees to a weekend fling in spite of the fact that Jack is a Yankee, with little chance of a long-term relationship. Before the end of the weekend, Sally sneaks out and leaves Jack without telling him her real name.

While attending her grandfather's funeral, Sally finds out that Jack is really Kyle; she had to admit that her real name is Geneva. The shock is that they are cousins. At the reading of the will, they find out that they inherit their grandfather's house together.

Will Geneva get to open her bed and breakfast? Will Kyle manage the romance while traveling abroad and living in New York? How does being cousins play into the romance?

IT'S ALL RELATIVE is a kissing cousins story that has a few twists. It's a hot, emotional romance that you won't want to put down; a quick, funny, offbeat romance that you don't want to miss. The characters are very true to the story. Geneva is strong and independent with sassy thrown in for good measure. Kyle is a man who knows what he wants and works towards getting his goals. This is a great sexy contemporary.

Sensuality: Explicit sex.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted August 1, 2003

Summary

A smart and sassy Southern chef and restaurateur, Sally Jean was fully confident when creating a lavish feast for hundreds. But a sensual feast of herself for one man? At that she saw herself as a failure. Until, that is, she attended a conference at Nags Head and met the sophisticated Northern businessman, Jack. In one weekend she discovered passion-and erotic talents-she didn't know existed in her. The newness of the discovery was exciting but also a little frightening, and when she left Jack alone in bed on Sunday morning, she thought never to see him again.

Jack, visiting Nags Head for the weekend, found the unabashedly and thoroughly Southern chef he met sensuous beyond anything he could imagine. They generated searing heat with their bodies, but he wanted even more. When Jack found himself alone on Sunday morning, he was half disappointed and half relieved to have escaped what could have become a lasting commitment.

Little did either of them know they would meet again to discover they have something shocking in common.