a birthday present review

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April 14, 2006 | reviews, social life?

Wow, thank you to the many, many people who posted to wish me a happy birthday yesterday.

I had a great day, filled with friends, flowers, and food–most notably the three-tier carrot cake I spent most of yesterday morning baking. Mr Bana didn’t show up, but the husband did send the most amazing bouquet of flowers ever.

Appropriately, too, this review for BEING A BAD GIRL was posted on Cataromance, and because it’s my birthday present, I’m going to post it in full:

Being a Bad Girl is the second novel by Julie Cohen for Mills and Boon Modern Romance Extra and just like its predecessor, Featured Attraction, it is a gripping tale which cleverly combines fantastic characters, sizzling passion and emotional intensity in a novel which will head straight for your keeper shelf!

Marianne Webb is tired of her perfect life. She is tired of her perfect job, her perfect family and her so-called perfect fiancé, so she decides to leave her life in a small town in South Carolina for a fresh start in Portland, Maine, where she will be a bartender at her cousin Warren’s bar. With a bachelor auction taking place the night she’s working at the bar, Marianne decides that the time has come for her to discover her wild side and when she spots a gorgeous hunk straddling a motorcycle, Marianne decides to bid all her money on this man who she can’t take her eyes off!

The sexy biker is actually none other than Oz or Dr. Oscar Strummer who is a respected clinical psychologist and a pillar of the community and he’s stunned that Marianne has bid three thousand dollars for a date with him - and he’s even more stunned by Marianne. She’s the most gorgeous woman he’s ever seen, but he wonders what Marianne’s reaction will be to him when she learns that this Hell’s Angel is actually a respectable citizen.

But Marianne cannot deny the attraction which she feels towards Oz nor can she deny the fact that she’s slowly falling in love with him. The psychologist in Oz cannot help but wonder what Marianne is running away from and whether her past will prevent her from spending her future with him.

Julie Cohen is simply fantastic! Her books are sexy, funny and riveting from beginning to end. She will suck you into her story from the very beginning and you absolutely cannot help but fall in love with Oz who is perfect hero material. He’s sexy and charismatic, but he’s also so sweet that you just cannot resist him. Marianne is a fantastic heroine you will root for- she’s feisty, sassy but has a vulnerability which you can relate to and Julie Cohen creates such richly drawn characters, that it will be a struggle to say goodbye to them when you reach the last page.

Being A Bad Girl is a captivating tale teeming with great characters, sparkling dialogue, heartfelt emotion and sexual tension that is simply electrifying. Julie Cohen just keeps getting better and better with every book and I absolutely cannot wait for her next one!