Outback Sizzle - Alexis Fleming
TITLE: Outback Sizzle
AUTHOR: Alexis Fleming
ISBN: 1-59596-209-3
GENRE: Erotic Contemporary Romance
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/4.5 Unicorns
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Cassie Mitchell is twenty-five, has a degree in psychology and has just gotten her first job at a medical facility next to the university, thanks to the help of the college dean. About to start her Master’s thesis, her dean suggests either infertility in older women or impotence in men under stress. When her friend, Maisie, phones up and confides that she thinks her son, Chase, has a sexual, ahh...problem, Cassie sees her chance to gain the subject for her thesis. Of course, this is the excuse she gives Maisie. In actuality, Cassie has been in lust with Chase for four years, ever since first seeing the picture of him her brother, Jason, had taken. Jason and Chase have been best friends since rooming together for two years during college. Every time Jason came home, Cassie hung on his every word for news of Chase. Now she finally has the chance to work him out of her system. After all, having a relationship with a man who lives halfway around the world would be impossible – wouldn’t it? Besides which, surely you can’t fall in love with a photograph?
Chase O’Connor’s livelihood is sheep grazing and wool gathering. He owns his own large farm, inherited from his departed father, putting in long hours. With his best friend due to arrive any day, his workload is currently that of two people. The farm keeps him extremely busy, so much so that unless a woman really catches his eye, he doesn’t take the time to pursue her – even then he is only interested in short term relationships. Or it could be he desires to avoid all women, having grown tired and increasingly exasperated by his mother’s attempts to get him settled down with a family. When he first sees Cassie, he is instantly attracted to her, even though he is unaware of who she is (though she seems familiar to him somehow) and wanting to know exactly what this uninvited woman is doing on his land. Her explanation completely stuns him. His mother has hired a paid companion for him because she thinks his equipment is, uhh...malfunctioning? When he finds out that both women are deceiving him, he decides to play along. After, Cassie is one good looking lady and he has been without sex for months. How can a man who is supposed to have erectile problems keep up the pretence? Or can’t he? Will he be able to keep his emotions under lock and key?
Outback Sizzle is a charming story full of humorous events that will surely bring a smile to your face! Each character is hiding something from the others – even a character we don’t know much about! There is much more to their situation than the reader is first allowed to see, and when finally revealed is something that comes as a complete surprise. This is the first time I have read a tale by Alexis Fleming, I have found myself enjoying it immensely, particularly the misunderstandings that occur because of all the secrets being kept. Though this tale contains very few characters, this works as the setting is isolated – a huge farm in the Australian Outback. This has given Alexis Fleming the chance to develop and concentrate on her storyline and plot, which has been done very well, particularly for a tale that is only ninety pages. I shall be looking out for more tales from this author in the future!
AUTHOR: Alexis Fleming
ISBN: 1-59596-209-3
GENRE: Erotic Contemporary Romance
PUBLISHER: Changeling Press
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/4.5 Unicorns
BUY OUTBACK SIZZLE HERE
Cassie Mitchell is twenty-five, has a degree in psychology and has just gotten her first job at a medical facility next to the university, thanks to the help of the college dean. About to start her Master’s thesis, her dean suggests either infertility in older women or impotence in men under stress. When her friend, Maisie, phones up and confides that she thinks her son, Chase, has a sexual, ahh...problem, Cassie sees her chance to gain the subject for her thesis. Of course, this is the excuse she gives Maisie. In actuality, Cassie has been in lust with Chase for four years, ever since first seeing the picture of him her brother, Jason, had taken. Jason and Chase have been best friends since rooming together for two years during college. Every time Jason came home, Cassie hung on his every word for news of Chase. Now she finally has the chance to work him out of her system. After all, having a relationship with a man who lives halfway around the world would be impossible – wouldn’t it? Besides which, surely you can’t fall in love with a photograph?
Chase O’Connor’s livelihood is sheep grazing and wool gathering. He owns his own large farm, inherited from his departed father, putting in long hours. With his best friend due to arrive any day, his workload is currently that of two people. The farm keeps him extremely busy, so much so that unless a woman really catches his eye, he doesn’t take the time to pursue her – even then he is only interested in short term relationships. Or it could be he desires to avoid all women, having grown tired and increasingly exasperated by his mother’s attempts to get him settled down with a family. When he first sees Cassie, he is instantly attracted to her, even though he is unaware of who she is (though she seems familiar to him somehow) and wanting to know exactly what this uninvited woman is doing on his land. Her explanation completely stuns him. His mother has hired a paid companion for him because she thinks his equipment is, uhh...malfunctioning? When he finds out that both women are deceiving him, he decides to play along. After, Cassie is one good looking lady and he has been without sex for months. How can a man who is supposed to have erectile problems keep up the pretence? Or can’t he? Will he be able to keep his emotions under lock and key?
Outback Sizzle is a charming story full of humorous events that will surely bring a smile to your face! Each character is hiding something from the others – even a character we don’t know much about! There is much more to their situation than the reader is first allowed to see, and when finally revealed is something that comes as a complete surprise. This is the first time I have read a tale by Alexis Fleming, I have found myself enjoying it immensely, particularly the misunderstandings that occur because of all the secrets being kept. Though this tale contains very few characters, this works as the setting is isolated – a huge farm in the Australian Outback. This has given Alexis Fleming the chance to develop and concentrate on her storyline and plot, which has been done very well, particularly for a tale that is only ninety pages. I shall be looking out for more tales from this author in the future!
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