Some
surprises await Jeffrey Bradshaw while on a trip to Alaska.
He thinks he is looking into a mirror when he sees the owner of the small airline,
Jordan Adamson, but thinking no more about it he gets on the small bush plane to his
destination, Arctic Luck. He soon realizes
that the short pilot is really a young woman, a very attractive young woman. Cyd Thompson is the epitome of a tomboy and a
little rough around the edges; she is proud of being “one of the guys” as she
jockeys passengers around in the small airplane. Although
she finds Jeffrey very attractive, she figures city slickers are definitely not for her.
Jeffrey is a wealthy
businessman who is checking into making a television series in Alaska. He is in a hurry to accomplish his mission and get
back to Los Angeles to meet with his people, as he's hoping for a promotion. Running into a storm is not on his agenda so
when he gets stuck in a tiny spot away from Arctic Luck, he is not a happy camper. But Cyd is surprised to find that he can
hold his own with the rough Alaskans and can give as good as he gets. She calls him a city slicker but what she
doesn’t know is that he had been raised on the streets and is street smart even
though he wears expensive clothes and looks like a city boy.
Cyd does not want
Jeffrey making a TV series and changing her area of Alaska.
She thinks of many creative ways to delay his departure and getting his work done
hoping he will miss his meeting. Jeffrey
finds Cyd intriguing and special after all the shallow women he has been dating.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
is a tale of two people that are opposites in every way but are drawn to each other. Jeffrey finds depth in Cyd that he doesn’t
usually find in his lady friends and Cyd finds intelligence, affability and sensuality in
Jeffrey. Cyd tries her best to keep him
occupied so that he cannot get any of his work accomplished as their attraction grows into
something more. They soon discover that they
are not so different after all. There was a
possibility that was not fully developed in the book.
I would have enjoyed knowing more about Jordan but perhaps Ms Collins has another
book in mind for him.
Cyd’s Aunt Geri
is quite a character, always trying to throw the young people together wanting her niece
to discover her femininity and the guys at the bar are always ready for a laugh. You see the beauty of Alaska but also the
inconveniences of living in the last frontier. Colleen
Collins writes a hot story and an appealing read in TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
Note to Readers:
Jordan is the hero of a sequel, written by Barbara Dunlop -- TOO CLOSE TO CALL,
HT #940, August 2003
Reviewed by
Marilyn Heyman for The Road to Romance
July 9, 2003 |
