Reviews for An Improper Affair

The average rating for An Improper Affair based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-05 00:00:00 William Crawford 2.5 Ryan Sperling's time in the lodge...and Ryan is a millionaire with a serious grudge against his father and corporate leader, Webb Sperling. He's spent his life trying NOT to become his father. He arrives in Hunter's Landing in time for his friend Dev's marriage (from the first book). It's the need for a gift for this occasion that brings him into a local shop, Distressed Success, where he's instantly in lust with the owner, Kelly. But he soon learns that this intensely attractive woman is the daughter of his father's mistress (whom he cannot forgive because she had an affair with his father while his mother was dying of cancer). Ryan instantly jumps to the conclusion that she's a gold-digging tramp with crazy feminine wiles, just like her mother. Likewise, Kelly judges Ryan for his wealth and upbringing. But Kelly has been hired to decorate some rooms at the lodge, an opportunity she cannot pass up, but it will mean being in close quarters with a man who can't stand her. This was just okay. I liked the tension between the characters at first, I liked that they both have the "trying not to become like my parent" thing going and that they really connect over this once things get going. Their chemistry wasn't bad either. In fact, it might have been a lot better if not for one little thing that just irked me and colored my whole view of Ryan afterwards. I mean yeah, I wasn't thrilled that he instantly assumes she's a trashy tramp and starts slut shaming her when he doesn't even know her...but that's the sort of thing he needs to overcome, right? My problem was that he believes the absolute worst of her until she gets drunk and admits that she's practically a virgin (and she has no memory of admitting this). After that moment, Ryan realizes he's misjudged her and decides to pursue a romance with her. So what if she hadn't been a virgin? What if she'd slept around a bit? What if she'd had a steady boyfriend for quite a few years? Then she'd be experienced, yes? Then she'd still be a gold-digging slut in his eyes. He pursued her precisely because her innocence meant that to him, she was an okay person...it had nothing to do with her personality. This pops up later in the story when Ryan admits she'd told him and she assumes that he pursued her because she would be an easy conquest. Not once does she consider how shallow it makes him or how he might still be treating her if she'd actually been sexually experienced. I had trouble getting over that little detail.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-07 00:00:00 Jerry Anderson #4 out of 6 in the Millionaire of the Month series by various authors.