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Book Review!

Reading is a big part of my life. I read because I love to immerse myself in a fictitious web of events (preferably romance...), but I also do my share of reading for research purposes. I write and therefore sometimes I have to study subjects that aren't particularly an interest of mine (at least not at first).

One of the recent novels I read is called Family Man, by Jayne Ann Krentz. I have never read this author's novels before, so this was my first. I like her style of writing very much. She did not use any flowery, tangled language. She got to the point, plain and simple, and it was easy to read and lose myself in the characters' lives. But when I have to read, reread and reread and ponder over and over again what it is the last sentence was supposed to mean, I have a strong urge to shove the book out the window, or better yet, toss it into my fireplace. There is an author (very well received, rather, whom I do enjoy occasionally), that pops into my mind that uses every obscure word in the English dictionary, which makes me, as the reader, feel stupid for not knowing what the word onerous means.

Family Man...

The book is about a young woman in her late twenties that cares for a rich, elderly woman who owns a successful chain of restaurants. There is suspicion that somebody is embezzling the money from the restaurants. The old woman has an estranged grandson that she feels would be capable enough to pull the business out of its hardship. Katie, the main character, with the woman's insisting, meets the grandson and practically begs him to rekindle his relationship with his family. Reluctant to do so at first, Zach agrees to get to the bottom of the embezzelment scheme. He claims the only reason he is sticking around is to help rebuild his family's business. However, the more time he spends with Katie, the more he becomes intrigued by this angelic girl who took care of his grandmother for years. Katie cannot wait to end her position as the personal assistant and begin her own business, but one event leads to another, and Katie soon finds herself tangled in Zach's family affair....

P.S.: Onerous means difficult. :)