Unforeseen Reunion by Clarissa Yip
Coming to Decadent Publishing September 30, 2010.
Blurb:
Home for a high school reunion, Fashion Editor-in-Chief, Cara Stanford has ulterior motives: make childhood crush and womanizing playboy, Brant Thomas, pay for the hell she endure ten years ago.
Except he doesn’t remember her.
Though publically embarrassed by Cara at the reunion, Brant is intrigued by the beauty, who rejects his every pick-up line and charm. Never allowing a woman through his carefully erected barriers, she stirs up his past with her return, along with an undeniable passion. He sets out to seduce her until a series of accidental mishaps forces him to question Cara’s intentions.
Taken aback by her enemy’s suave attention, will Cara continue with her planned revenge or risk reopening her heart to Brant?
The Pen and Muse Book Reviews :
(10/3/2010)
“Don’t tell me you haven’t had this fantasy: The guy who turned you down or hurt you in high school shows up to your 10-20-30 year reunion and is suddenly hot for your body. He chases you mercifully, and you turn him down–successfully breaking his heart the way he broke yours all those years ago.
In Clarissa Yip’s new release,Unforseen Reunion, this is exactly what her heroine, Cara, has planned for her hero, Brant. Cara was Brant’s high school tutor, and a little on the heavy side. She’s now famous, skinny, and drop-dead gorgeous. She also looks nothing like her high school self, so Brant has no idea what he’s in for when he hits on the lonely hottie at his 10-year reunion.
What ensues is a poignant story of two wounded people finding love in each other. And, of course, a little bit of revenge. You’ll never believe some of the twists in this book. I know I didn’t. A couple of times, I was yelling at my computer screen, “WHAT?!?!?” Which, of course, only made me want to read more. This very quick read was emotionally stretching. I found myself alternately hating and loving both characters in the space of 70 pages. Which, again, only made me want to read more.
After reading Clarissa Yip’s debut book (which I reviewed here), I was eager to read more. And now I’m even more so. Yip has a young, sexy voice that women under 30 will identify with and enjoy. Of course, I’m 30 (therefore, not under 30), and I still enjoyed it, so I don’t think it’s age-limited, but I do think that it takes a certain pinache to capture the voice of young women today. And Clarissa Yip has done just that, in both her recent releases.
I hope to read yet more of Clarissa Yip. She’s re-introducing me to the edgy, contemporary, sizzling romance.”
(10/10/2010)
Hunter’s Review:
“What a wonderful book this is!
Although Brant did some really, truly unforgivable things to Cara in High School, he is a really nice guy now. When he sees Cara at his High School Reunion he wants her, although he doesn’t remember her. She’s furious and she launches a glass of white wine in his face.
The question is what will happen after that? Brant is a man who gets what he wants. But, Cara’s heart is split. Will it be revenge or will it be love?
I adored this tale of two flawed people finding themselves in each others arms. It’s beautifully written—the prose flies off the page like something crafted with perfection in mind.
I’m so impressed with Clarissa Yip and after reading this I will buy anything with her name on it. You should too.”
5 Tea Cups!
