OVERLOOKED BY LULU PRATT & SIMONE SOWOOD-REVIEW

She’s the closest thing I ever had to a sister

Our parents are best friends and neighbors.
We were raised together.

But one look at her naked body in the window and I’m hard.

How did I never notice her this way before?

Too bad she’s forbidden fruit.

She doesn’t deserve to be in my trail of one and done women.

Plus it would ruin 25 years of friendship between our parents.

But my body craves her.

The longer she stands in the window, the less I’m able to resist.

Screw it.

Before I leave, I’ll give her a few good nights to she’ll never forget.

I have read most of Simone Sowood's books, and I usually enjoy them a lot.  So, this one was a bit of a surprise to me, that it really didn't work all that well.

Strangely, it wasn't the main characters that I was not able to connect with, rather the secondary ones.  I found the parents, and some of the things they said to Zane and Harper about the budding relationship to not only be a little off, but something you would not actually see happening.  Do I see the concern?  Maybe.  Is it the reason for the entire conflict of the book?  No.  No it was not.

Yes, there were other plot lines, and other things that possibly could be considered to be the conflict, but the main one really seemed to be that if Harper and Zane date, it might upset their parents and make it difficult for their parents to stay friends.  They are life long, 25 year friends...if that does it, there is more wrong with the relationship than their kids hooking up.

The writing was not as strong in this one as well, and it is the first that the author has co-written, so I am not sure if that was part of the issue, or if I really was so annoyed by the behavior of the "adults" in the story that I was annoyed by all of the little things too.

While I am able to recommend the author's other books, this is not one I am able to say that about.

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JACK OF HEARTS BY SANDRA OWENS- REVIEW

Alex Gentry doesn’t scare easily. Working as an undercover FBI agent in the biker bar he and his brothers co-own, he hangs with deadly criminals in order to gather information. Danger is just part of the family business. But one thing has him terrified: his attraction to Madison Parker.

Madison is the cousin of Ramon Alonzo, son and second in command to a notorious drug lord Alex is trying to bust. Alex has befriended Ramon as part of his cover, and Madison has unknowingly become his informant. Falling for her could risk this case—and both their lives.

All Madison wants is to get her new bookstore business off the ground, and for her creepy cousin Ramon—to whom she’s unfortunately indebted—to leave her alone. If she could only stop fantasizing about his mysterious new friend, Alex…

As the Alonzo cartel investigation heats up, so does their relationship. But will the secrets they’re keeping tear them apart—or get them both killed?

I picked this one up and put it down a couple of times.  And, unfortunately, it just didn;t work for me.

Alex and Madison had chemistry, they had passion, and I liked them as a couple...the issue was I just didn't believe the situations they found themselves in...and I never believed he would sneak into her window on a continual basis, as an example.  I don't want to get into specifics about what didn't work for me, as that will spoil it for others.  But I didn't believe the story which made it tough to invest in it.

This is my first book by the author, and I am interested in reading others, even though this was more of a miss than a hit for me.

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