"Funny chick-lit"
Stress management consultant Cassie Halloway feels good
though her relationship with her cheating former fiancé
Drew Smothers is over. At a New Year's Eve party in
Connecticut, to prove to her best friend Leo, a nagging
Drew, and especially herself that she has moved on, Cassie
shares a kiss with Ty whom she just met. However, the lip
pairing proves a shock to her system greater than any she
had with her former beau and Ty feels as if his blood
turned into a tsunami. Engaged and faithful to his "little sister" Alexis though
he does not love her, Ty Parker finds his stress level off
the barometer since the kiss. His plan to avoid Cassie
fails when he is her client showing him how to reduce his
tension. Ty realizes that Cassie will not succeed as his
sex stress level has exploded off the Richtor Scale since
he desires her more any woman he has met including his
future wife. Cassie abates her own problem with the
chocolate therapy solution, but those sweets do not
compare to the sweetness of Ty's lips. Except for Drew, the cast of STRESS AND THE CITY is an
intelligent caring group that the audience will appreciate
especiallythe lead couple, his brother Zach, Leo, and
Alexis are fully developed warm people. In spite of love
and sexual need, Ty behaves honorably (in contrast to that
dope Drew) by staying faithful to the woman he is to marry
even if it hurts. Readers will enjoy this amusing frolic
and expect a wilder Rowe with the tale of Leo vs. Zach. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 10, 2004
SummaryCassie Halloway is definitely not losing it! So she sucked
face with a perfect stranger to prove she was over her ex-
fiancé. So the new guy nearly made her swoon and forget
anyone else was around. And so he turned out to be Ty
Parker, her latest client. And, okay, so maybe he's just a
little engaged to another woman.... Whatever! As a brilliant
stress-management consultant, Cassie has everything
perfectly under control. And soon she'll be able to face a
stress-free Ty with equal calm.
After all, there's no problem a little chocolate therapy
can't cure...is there?
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