Lawyer by day, erotic romance book reviewer by night. Career-driven Gayle
Osborne knows that she must keep her little hobby secret if she is to be
taken seriously as a patent law attorney. She has worked too hard for the
success she has achieved working for Tyler Monroe, her mentor and the man
she fantasizes inappropriately about.
So she creates the online persona of “Miss Retort”, which she uses for her
review blog. With her identity safely hidden, she feels secure in posting
her opinions on anything, with little chance her gorgeous boss will discover
it.
But Tyler has secrets of his own, and when their relationship turns to a
personal level, both of them must determine if their new relationship can
withstand the truth.
TORT & RETORT is the second book I have read by new author
Maura Anderson, and once again she impresses me with a fun and sexy romance
that still contains a level of sweetness sure to satisfy the romantic in
most readers.
With the character of Gayle Osborne, Ms. Anderson delivers a heroine that
many women will identify with – a woman trying to balance her professional
identity with her private persona, keeping the two worlds separate lest her
personal interests somehow detract from her professional credibility. In
this modern world, professional women are somehow thought less of if we have
feminine interests, but it is those ‘frivolous’ interests that keep us in
touch with our femininity as we trudge through the corporate world day after
day. Gayle’s own inner struggle with these two sides of herself is
something that is bound to resonate with many of the female readers.
Tyler is a very likable hero, doing and saying all the right things without
once seeming ‘to good to be true’. He just comes across as a great guy who
is totally in love with Gayle. Would that we could all find our own Tyler!
There are some twists to the story that are very interesting, and although I
figured them out pretty early in the story, I found them no less enjoyable
when they were finally revealed in the end.
TORT & RETORT definitely gives Maura Anderson a place on my
authors to take note of list, and I eagerly anticipate future stories from
her.
Reviewed by Jennifer
