Designed for Love

by Erin Dutton

Book Overview

Jillian Sealy moves to a rural Tennessee town to renovate a nearly century-old house. The project becomes more interesting when she meets the devastatingly attractive contractor, Wil Johnson. But Wil... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602820384
• ISBN13: 9781602820388
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A Little Backstep for Dutton

I have read and thoroughly enjoyed Erin Dutton's first three books and was hoping for more of the same with `Designed for Love.' It seems she has taken a slight step backward, either that or she was on a deadline and pushed this one out the proverbial door too quickly. Unfortunately, it lacks the depth and dimensionality of her earlier stories. However, it is still a very good read and is worth the time to enjoy. I agree with reviewer Rabkeb that the story just didn't stick with me. Many books I read are fresh on my mind for at least several days (the really good ones for several weeks) after I close the back cover. To write this review, I had to grab the book and flip through the pages again just to remember what it was about (I read it last week). Bottom Line - Fortunately, Dutton has proven herself as an able author so I'll buy her future books. However, this one was a little disappointing because it lacked depth and dimensionality.

Enjoyable Romance

This book is a "Matinee" selection from Bold Stroke Books. This means that it's a quick read, one for a long rainy afternoon. At 177 pages it moves fairly quickly. I enjoyed this book a lot. It was definitely sizzling, as was mentioned earlier. One thing that Erin Dutton does is have the 2 main characters hook up very early in the book. The interesting part is when the 2 characters really try to make sure that they don't do THAT again, all kinds of misunderstandings and drama begins. The 2 characters are opposites, and it appears, on the face of it, as if they don't want the same things out of their lives. Big city girl meets country girl. What I enjoyed about this book was how Wil, the small town contractor, and Jillian, the big city realtor, must find out who they are as individuals. Taking risks is also something that they both need to learn to do if they want a life worth more than just going through the motions. This book was fun. I recommend it. Buy it and tuck it away for some cold, rainy afternoon.