Review: His by Brenda Rothert
- Joannie Rheault
- Jul 5, 2016
- 2 min read
TITLE:His
AUTHOR:Brenda Rothert
GENRE:Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE:June 28, 2016
Quinn I’d say I’m down on my luck, but that’s an understatement. I’m flat on my ass. Homeless, hungry and in hiding with my little sister at the age of twenty-one, I’ve never been so desperate. I’ve hit rock bottom when I get an offer I can’t refuse. Sell my body to save my sister? There’s nothing I won’t do to keep her safe. I make the rules and I’m not afraid to defend myself if this rich guy crosses the line. But once I see beneath his cold, calculating façade, the lines aren’t so clear anymore. Andrew She’s an intoxicating mix of tough and vulnerable I’ve never known before. This homeless woman who fits right into my upper-class world is running from someone powerful, and I’ll do whatever it takes to protect her. But Quinn isn’t meant to be controlled, so I’m forced to choose between owning her and loving her. I’ve finally met my match, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make her truly mine.
It was my first read by Brenda Rothert and I was a little disappointing by it. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but I felt it was too rushed that I had difficulty to really connect with the story. I loved the potential of the novel when I first read the blurb and I was at least 40% in when I finally became engaged in the story.
Andrew is a serious and private rich man who doesn't have time for relationship. He only sleeps with women that are selected by his assistant and nothing more. Following an event in his past, he has difficulty to trust and connect with people. The arrival of Quinn in his life is a life changing moment. I like the connection I felt right away between these two broken persons. They recognized something in the other; Quinn is guarded too. Being responsible for her younger sister and living in the streets, it was understandable the way she was confused with her arrangement with Andrew. While she's not a hooker, she feels she need the money promised to help have a better situation with her sister.
I really liked the way Andrew handled their agreement, being really patient with her and making her comfortable with him before going on the next level. He really treated it as if it was a real relationship. The slow built of their romance was beautiful. There was a little mystery and suspense too, with the unexplained reason that brought her to New York to become a homeless young woman. It kept me guessing all book long.
While there was some points I liked less about this book, it was still a good novel and not my last read by Brenda Rothert.
