"A strong erotic tale of love"

A severe speech impediment makes it difficult at best for twenty-six-year-old Robin Lee to communicate with anyone one on one. Having to stand in front of a classroom as demanded by the University of Denver in several of her classes is impossible for her stuttering has left her extremely shy, thus her fantasy of a college degree in literature seems impractical. Even working at the Davey's Diner as a temporary fill-in waitress proves demanding on the TONGUE-TIED woman.

When the other students whisper loud enough for her to hear their pity, Robin turns bold and kisses a customer. Johnny Dayton is stunned that this lovely vision is kissing him even as he reviews legal papers for a contentious board meeting the next day. Soon Johnny recognizes that the lips belong to his best friend's kid sister, Robin, and that he wants more from her, but her timidity may prove stronger than their growing love.

Readers will delight with the way Colleen Collin cleverly blended a verbal-communication challenged female within a strong erotic tale of love. Though in this age of the Disabilities Act, readers will question the professor's humiliation of Robin, the story line shows her as a capable person able to communicate in ways other than verbal. She makes the tale and Johnny is a likable hero struggling between meeting the corporate image and his audacious concepts to improve business. The audience will realize that TONGUE-TIED is a triumph for fans as Ms. Collins pens an enchanting heated tale.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 26, 2002

Summary

Although Robin Lee isn't a woman of many words, she's definitely a woman of action! First, she kissed a sexy stranger at the diner, and that stranger turned out to be her childhood sweetheart, Johnny Dayton. Then she started a very stimulating email relationship with "jpd," a wealthy CEO. Suddenly she has two men after her. Only little did she guess they are one and the same.