I don't usually like romance novels, but this one must have caught me during a dry spell. I found this on a table in the breakroom at work where someone left it for anyone to pick up and read. I found myself delving into the steamy scenes and not being able to put the book down until 4 a.m. one Saturday morning.

Romance novels are usually not my cup of tea, but I am a budding erotica writer, and this could pass for a near-erotica with a bit of plot mixed in. Yes, of course, that's why I read it -- for intellectual reasons -- as a study for my book of the same sort.

Or maybe it's these hormonal changes I feel I'm going through lately, because I found myself near tears of happiness for the character in the first of the two novels in this book. It's definitely a good read for an airplane flight or a lonely night at home.