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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)
