MISSED CONNECTIONS is book one in Tamara Mataya's Summer
Love series. With her job search getting her down,
Sarah
gets sucked into reading MISSED CONNECTIONS -- something that
is a little more romantic and mysteries than a regular
personals column, and at times also a little more sketchy.
Usually with no names given, the people who post on Missed
Connections are caught up in a moment, and express their
longing for a person who they may only have laid eyes on in
a chance encounter. While struggling to maintain a place of
her own, and working at a spa where her hippie bosses abuse
her spirit, Missed Connections represents the magic and
romance that Sarah sorely needs.
With all the torment that Sarah's new co-workers and bosses
subject her to, her friends help keep her sane. Soon Sarah
finds herself in an unexpected and very uneasy romantic
triangle with her best friend's twin brother Jack, and her
unnamed enigmatic online friend. I don't usually like
romantic triangles, but Tamara Mataya creates a fascinating
and unusual relationship dynamic and packs MISSED
CONNECTIONS with some humor, great characters, and unbridled
passion. Sarah is a very sympathetic character and I liked
that she is someone who takes personal responsibility in her
romantic relationships, and weighs the pros and cons before
committing one way or the other. The longtime attraction
she's had to Jack and their intensely satisfying physical
relationship they begin having, pulls at Sarah's heart just
as much as the emotional bond she starts to form with her
online confidant.
MISSED CONNECTIONS showcases the hazards and humor of the
workplace and infuses that story with a whole lot of sexy
and heart. Sarah's bosses Fern and Ziggy make unconventional
villains, but I was rooting for them to get their
comeuppance along with the horrid Phyllis. I wouldn't mind
seeing the character Blake in a future book. I look forward
to the next Summer Love book by Tamara Mataya.
Missed Connection: I saw you standing there, and I
was struck by your eyes. Gorgeous, but not as gorgeous as
your smile.
What should have been a sizzling NYC summer has been
hijacked by demanding bosses. To cope, I spend my nights
cruising Missed Connections, dreaming of finding an
uber-romantic entry all about me. Of course, the moment I
finally find that Missed Connection, real life comes
crashing down in a night of unbridled passion with totally
off-limits Jack.
Best. Hookup. Ever.
Gorgeous and wealthy, hot as sin, Jack can give me
everything I need-except an emotional connection. That I
get from my Missed Connection, the romantic stranger who
never fails to make me swoon. But there's only so much of
me to go around. Torn between the bad boy I can't keep and
the sensitive stranger who bares his soul online, my heart
and body are caught in two very different
relationships...or are they?
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