An Intimate Distance
Karla Brandenburg
Reviewed by Ashley Denis May 2007
Julianne DeAngelo is just a few weeks away from saying “I
do” to her finance’, Steve, when she catches him getting a little cozy
with her
sister. Julianne decides that all bets are
off as she makes the decision to meet the man that she has been talking
with on
a chat forum for many months. Julianne
is in school for marketing and sees an opportunity to get some real
experience
in the working world, and also to be around Jack Guilder, her internet
mentor.
Julianne poses as Jack’s wife to win over
a big client at
Jack’s business and takes a ride on an emotional roller coaster. Does she like him? Does he like her? Should
she go back with Steve, who is forever following her around and begging
her to
go back with him? Did she make a big mistake by finally putting a face
to that
man behind the keyboard?
Things get out of hand when Steve starts to get angry and does
something that will force Julianne to give him her attention. Meanwhile, Julianne moves in with Jack
because she has no place to live, so things on the romance front are
slowly
starting to heat up. Working together
and now living together, these two people are trying to break through
the walls
of hurt that surround them from past relationships and see if they can
create
something magical. Will it work out? Or
will Steve get desperate enough and do something that will affect Jack
and Julianne’s
life permanently?
Karla Brandenburg definitely kept the reader at their seat
and crossing their fingers in hopes of Julianne and Jack ending up
together. She throws in some nice twists
to make it the not-so-average romance book. Keeping
the ex fiancé’ in throughout the whole
book to stir up a little drama, helped to keep the excitement coming. Also, this story line was made to feel as
though this scenario could happen to any person; it felt very real-life. Julianne has a mom who favors her sister and
seems
a little unstable and unfair. Her
sister, Suzanne, is a typical sister who isn’t perfect and who uses her
looks
to get what she wants. This reminds me
of something that anyone can go through in a family.
Families aren’t always perfect and sometimes
they just downright stink, but we still love them and do our best to
get through
life. This is what Julianne does. She has these very real problems with her
family and grits her teeth and pushes through the stress.
Sometimes very short, and sometimes rather long, her
chapters were sometimes a little confusing because it wasn’t always
clear how
much time had passed in between, sometimes a week, sometimes only a
fleeting
moment.
I would definitely recommend
this romance novel. It is a quick read,
filled with just enough
adventure and excitement to keep you turning the pages so you can find
out
what’s going to happen. Karla
Brandenburg does a great job at keeping the reader interested.
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