"Fine contemporary"
In San Francisco child advocate attorney Michaela Corelli
joins her two friends Lauren Massey and Rosy Constable on
a lock and key party (for the pals' tales see ON THE LOOSE
By Shannon Hollis and SLOW RIDE by Carrie Alexander). To
Mikki's shock her former husband Nolan Baker is at
Painter's Cove Resort too. Stunning her even further,
Nolan informs Mikki they are still married as the lawyer
she selected to handle her divorce was disbarred before
the filing. Though he knows he has a death wish, Nolan still loves
Mikki and plans to get back into her life. However,
though she enjoys the sex and seems to love him too, Mikki
refuses to engage in anything after the resort. She
admits to herself she owes Nolan the truth but is too
cowardly to reveal her shame preferring to dim it with
alcohol. The third tale in the Lock and Key trilogy is a terrific
ending that stars an intriguing individual who was a
victim as a child albeit her profession, but the adult
still hides in shadows out of fear. Mikki is not very
likable yet the audience will feel deeply for her and pray
that somehow Nolan can reach her. Jamie Denton provides a
powerful tale that is more than just an inferno under the
covers, but is an insightful realistic look at how
crippling sexual abuse received as a child terrorizes the
adult. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 24, 2004
SummaryWhen three women go to a "lock and key" party to meet
sexy singles, they never expect to find their perfect
matches... in love and in bed!
Successful attorney Michaela "Mikki" Correlli has worked
hard to achieve the perfect life. There isn't much else she
could possibly want. When she attends a "lock and key"
party, she hopes to have some hot fun, no strings attached.
She certainly didn't plan to hook up with her ex-husband.
Nolan Baylor will be the first to admit he and Mikki are
like oil and water. All that energy and fire, though, made
for the best sex he's ever had! She's a strong woman and
hard to handle, but Nolan has a second chance now -- thanks
to a screwup with divorce -- and this time he's not letting
her go...
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