"Her secret desires"

Nick Armstrong gets more then he expected when he takes a job painting Lauren Ash's house. He is hoping to get a glimpse that he feels was cheated from him. His father had once been a partner with Lauren's father, but he was tricked into signing over his control by Lauren's father. Nick finds the perfect opportunity when he discovers the secret diary written by Lauren. It held some of Lauren's most intimate fantasies. Even though he knows it is wrong to read the diary, he feels drawn to the diary and to the woman who wrote it.

Lauren feels an immediate attraction to the sexy painter. She is finally able to put a face to the ocean god who has been starring in her most intimate fantasies. Although her friends liked to party hard, Lauren always wanted more than that lifestyle. Will she be able to forgive him when she finds out Nick has been reading her RED DIARY?

THE RED DIARY, is hot and erotic from the first page. You, like Nick, will become more intrgued by each passage that is written in Lauren's diary. Nick is one of the most tortured heroes I have read in a long time and Lauren is drawn to him even though she doesn't want to be.

Toni Blake's first single title was well worth waiting for. I became a fan when she wrote for Harlequin Temptation, but I believe her true calling is in writing single titles. There is an intriguing cast of secondary characters, from Lauren's father to Nick's brother Davey. THE RED DIARY should be on everybody's to be bought list and not even put in the to be read pile. It is to be read immediately.

Barb Hicks.

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted August 28, 2004