Overnight Sensation - Christy Gissendaner
TITLE: Overnight Sensation
AUTHOR: Christy Gissendaner
ISBN: Triskelion Publishing
GENRE: Romance; Contemporary
PUBLISHER: Triskelion Publishing
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/4.5 Unicorns
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Kerri Manley is twenty-four and a size eighteen. Very conscious of her size, she is always on a diet. She does not believe herself to be someone people would spare a second glance, though the men she has dated are not hesitant to get into bed with her. Whilst on a lunch date with best friend Lisa, a men’s magazine centrefold model who is stick thin and whose figure Kerri covets, Kerri notices a man, obviously visiting the city, at a table in the café. She doesn’t know who he is, but he stands out. When her best friend has to leave unexpectedly, Kerri soon learns that he is Armand D’Sandro, owner and founder of a plus-sized woman’s clothing chain. What’s more, he wants her as a model for the company! It is not a hard decision to make. Her current life with a minimum wage job and a non-existent social life, or a complete career change with all the perks that come with modelling. Quick to say yes, she is unprepared for the world she is catapulted into, almost overnight.
She instantly likes her new roommate, Jasmine, another new model for D’Sandro’s, who takes her out on the town her first night in New York, the city she is to call home. Shocked that she is going to Caliente Club, a popular but fairly exclusive club where the rich and famous can be seen, Kerri is even more stunned when she spies Griffin Davies, a gorgeous male model she has had a crush on for years – and who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. When he comes over to her, starting up a conversation and bringing her a drink, Kerri cannot understand why he came to her, when there was a bevy of gorgeous beauties surrounding him. On the dance floor, she feels his attraction is very real, and they are soon making out rather heavily on the couch. Soon they leave Caliente Club – for Griffin’s place. Talk about a dream come true! After one glorious night, during which Griffin proved his stamina five times, Kerri is ecstatic that he promises to call – then beyond disappointed when she realizes he doesn’t even know her name, let alone her number.
Leaving for a shoot in Las Vegas to launch the new Look of Love campaign, Kerri has little time to contemplate what might have been as her career is suddenly on the fast track. In the elevator of the hotel she is staying in, there is a man whom she at first believes to be Griffin, and she gives him something of a telling off for the way he used her, only to find it is not Griffin – but his brother Cole! They quickly become friends, and an attraction flares between them. But who is Kerri really in love with - Griffin or Cole? Is she using Cole as a substitute? Or is it Cole she is really in love with? After all, she doesn’t really know Griffin, but she now knows Cole very well. When Griffin turns up in Vegas, things get even more complicated. Who does she choose? What does she realize about herself during this love triangle?
Overnight Sensation is a brilliantly written story that keeps the reader guessing as to which man Kerri is going to end up with. Nothing happens as expected, everything comes as a surprise. This story is full of characters, of a mixture I have not seen before. Kerri’s character is the most developed; her insecurities about her shape and her looks really come across in this tale and are vulnerabilities that a lot of women can identify with. Getting a dream job, and meeting her dream man, was something Kerri never expected; when it does, she has moments of happiness, but most of the time is consumed by different worries, as we would be if we found ourselves thrust into her position. This story is fairly sexually graphic; please be aware there is anal sex and homosexuality is also a part of the plotline. If these are not your cup of tea, then this tale may not be for you, which is a real shame because it is very well written, thoroughly enjoyable and a credit to the author, Ms Gissendaner. Highly recommended!
AUTHOR: Christy Gissendaner
ISBN: Triskelion Publishing
GENRE: Romance; Contemporary
PUBLISHER: Triskelion Publishing
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/4.5 Unicorns
BUY OVERNIGHT SENSATION HERE
Kerri Manley is twenty-four and a size eighteen. Very conscious of her size, she is always on a diet. She does not believe herself to be someone people would spare a second glance, though the men she has dated are not hesitant to get into bed with her. Whilst on a lunch date with best friend Lisa, a men’s magazine centrefold model who is stick thin and whose figure Kerri covets, Kerri notices a man, obviously visiting the city, at a table in the café. She doesn’t know who he is, but he stands out. When her best friend has to leave unexpectedly, Kerri soon learns that he is Armand D’Sandro, owner and founder of a plus-sized woman’s clothing chain. What’s more, he wants her as a model for the company! It is not a hard decision to make. Her current life with a minimum wage job and a non-existent social life, or a complete career change with all the perks that come with modelling. Quick to say yes, she is unprepared for the world she is catapulted into, almost overnight.
She instantly likes her new roommate, Jasmine, another new model for D’Sandro’s, who takes her out on the town her first night in New York, the city she is to call home. Shocked that she is going to Caliente Club, a popular but fairly exclusive club where the rich and famous can be seen, Kerri is even more stunned when she spies Griffin Davies, a gorgeous male model she has had a crush on for years – and who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. When he comes over to her, starting up a conversation and bringing her a drink, Kerri cannot understand why he came to her, when there was a bevy of gorgeous beauties surrounding him. On the dance floor, she feels his attraction is very real, and they are soon making out rather heavily on the couch. Soon they leave Caliente Club – for Griffin’s place. Talk about a dream come true! After one glorious night, during which Griffin proved his stamina five times, Kerri is ecstatic that he promises to call – then beyond disappointed when she realizes he doesn’t even know her name, let alone her number.
Leaving for a shoot in Las Vegas to launch the new Look of Love campaign, Kerri has little time to contemplate what might have been as her career is suddenly on the fast track. In the elevator of the hotel she is staying in, there is a man whom she at first believes to be Griffin, and she gives him something of a telling off for the way he used her, only to find it is not Griffin – but his brother Cole! They quickly become friends, and an attraction flares between them. But who is Kerri really in love with - Griffin or Cole? Is she using Cole as a substitute? Or is it Cole she is really in love with? After all, she doesn’t really know Griffin, but she now knows Cole very well. When Griffin turns up in Vegas, things get even more complicated. Who does she choose? What does she realize about herself during this love triangle?
Overnight Sensation is a brilliantly written story that keeps the reader guessing as to which man Kerri is going to end up with. Nothing happens as expected, everything comes as a surprise. This story is full of characters, of a mixture I have not seen before. Kerri’s character is the most developed; her insecurities about her shape and her looks really come across in this tale and are vulnerabilities that a lot of women can identify with. Getting a dream job, and meeting her dream man, was something Kerri never expected; when it does, she has moments of happiness, but most of the time is consumed by different worries, as we would be if we found ourselves thrust into her position. This story is fairly sexually graphic; please be aware there is anal sex and homosexuality is also a part of the plotline. If these are not your cup of tea, then this tale may not be for you, which is a real shame because it is very well written, thoroughly enjoyable and a credit to the author, Ms Gissendaner. Highly recommended!
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