Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips – 307 pages
Book Blurb:
The dead of winter. An isolated island off the coast of Maine. A man. A woman. A sinister house looming over the sea … He’s a reclusive writer whose macabre imagination creates chilling horror novels. She’s a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids’ puppet shows. He knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill with laughs.But she’s not laughing now. When she was a teenager, he terrified her. Now they’re trapped together on a snowy island off the coast of Maine. Is he the villain she remembers or has he changed? Her head says no. Her heart says yes. It’s going to be a long, hot winter.
My Review: 3.5 stars
This book was an excellent dose of chick lit mixed with a good mystery. It was a perfect book to start my winter vacation with. The scenery of this cold, angry and sinister island off the coast of Maine was a perfect backdrop for the steamy romance that ensued. This is my first Susan Elizabeth Phillips book and according to her fans, it’s quite different than her others because it has a more gothic feel. I’m not sure this would be considered gothic by any means, but either way, I found it a fun, saucy read.
Quotes I liked:
His writer’s words poured over her like poetry, and she couldn’t find a single wisecrack to put up between them.”
-“How am I supposed to snoop if you don’t leave when you say you’re going to?”
-“Their kisses had gone on and on—cheeks, neck, mouth, and tongue. Seconds . . . minutes . . . hours. Then they’d start all over again. Adults were too fixed on the final goal to take that kind of time. Only teenagers afraid of the next step exchanged kisses that lasted forever.”
