For The Love Of The Writer: Code Red by Amy Noelle

When I first heard of Code Red, and what the story entailed, I was very excited to read what I knew was going to be a wonderful story. And let me tell you, it did not disappoint.

After getting hurt in college by a gorgeous man, Nicole Magette vowed never to risk losing her heart again. Now she lives a structured and satisfying life. Her work is easy, her friends are her family, and the only consistent men in her life are her two cats, Winchester and Huntington Peabody the Third. She doesn't date, and she hooks up only with losers—men she has absolutely no risk of falling for. But if she finds herself in danger, she has her old fail-safe in place—the Code Red.

In college, she and her four best friends came up with the system as a way to keep away the good-looking bastards that might worm their way past their carefully constructed walls. Seven years later, three of her friends have succumbed to their last Code Reds and are happily married. Now it’s just Nicole and her closest friend, Jen, who are still on their own, and Nic is just fine with that.

That is, until Joshua Daniels is transferred to Nicole’s office from New York and assigned to work with her on a special project. He's everything she's avoided and everything she claims she doesn't want, so why can’t she get him out of her mind? He's persistent, dangerously handsome, and sexy as sin. In other words, he’s her worst nightmare. She turns to her friends to help her resist Josh’s considerable charms and the inescapable draw she feels every time she gets near him. Can the Code Red save her this time, or will Josh send her perfectly balanced life into chaos?

When Nicole is fighting her feeling for Josh, who incidentally is one of the sexiest characters I have read, her group of friends are the ones that come to the rescue. I think of all her friends my favorite would have to be Mandy. Though their friendship didn’t start off exactly on “normal” terms, the comradery between them is quickly solidified and adds that needed comedic factor to the story.

Two characters that are impossible not to fall in love with are Win and Hunt, Nicole’s feline companions. The way they are written is so well, that the author makes you feel like they are just as important, if not more so than the human ones. It’s almost impossible not to see their personalities and importance in Nicole’s life.

Finally, we arrive to Josh - my favorite of all. As I mentioned before, he is one sexy and patient character. His willingness to fight, but also wait for Nicole, just makes you fall in love with him.

Amy Noelle, has done a fantastic job of bringing us a romance, that we can all relate to.

Happy reading.
(review written by One of Eddie's Girls)