{"id":568,"date":"2007-12-27T20:46:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=568"},"modified":"2024-02-04T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T22:20:49","slug":"enoch_035-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2007\/12\/enoch_035-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Enoch, Suzanne: (03.5-04) Twice the Temptation; A Touch of Minx<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suzanne Enoch’s contemporary caper\/romance series had a stealth entry with Twice the Temptation<\/cite><\/strong>, which is basically her Remember When<\/cite><\/a>: two novellas linked by diamonds, one in each of the author’s principal genres. The first, “A Diamond or Forever,” is a Regency romance featuring Rick Addison’s ancestors which gave the book its cover (hence the stealth nature). I enjoyed this perfectly well, but didn’t find it notable enough to motivate me to read Enoch’s other Regencies. The other novella, “Diamonds Are Not<\/em> A Girl’s Best Friend,” is the contemporary tale featuring Rick and Samantha Jellicoe. Perhaps because I was a bit under the weather when I read it a while ago, it made me cranky: I didn’t approve of the way the ongoing power and trust struggles played out.<\/p>\n

The fourth novel in the series, A Touch of Minx<\/cite><\/strong>, is a lot better (even if its title has nothing to do with anything). Samantha is juggling two retrieval jobs, a set of valuable stolen museum goods and an anatomical classroom model (as a favor to an honorary niece), which amused me inordinately. Plus, in her personal life, Rick is getting impatient with her ongoing commitment issues.<\/p>\n

I liked the actual plot in this one, and the continuing development of secondary characters. I still skip the sex scenes (not only are they repetitive, but I am jarred by Enoch’s word choices), but otherwise this was good winter-afternoon reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suzanne Enoch’s contemporary caper\/romance series had a stealth entry with Twice the Temptation, which is basically her Remember When: two novellas linked by diamonds, one in each of the author’s principal genres. The first, “A Diamond or Forever,” is a Regency romance featuring Rick Addison’s ancestors which gave the book its cover (hence the stealth … <\/p>\n

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