Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Jenna
McGovern receives the best graduation present possible. No sooner does she finish college than she is
cast in a famous touring Broadway show starring television star Adrienne
Kenyon. When Jenna and Adrienne become
lovers everything seems to be going in the right direction; then Jenna receives
an offer she can't refuse, but it costs her Adrienne. Years later they meet again when they are
cast in the same movie. They slowly
learn to reestablish their trust in each other and begin to consider giving
their relationship another chance; then Jenna gets another offer, the best of
her career. What will she decide this
time?
Waiting in the Wings is Melissa
Brayden's debut novel and she demonstrates that she has mastered the requirements
for a romance. She has a well developed
story and two appealing central characters.
She also manages to include gentle love scenes without verging into
erotica. The reader will like both Jenna
and Adrienne, which might explain one of the flaws in the book. Some passages are confusing because Brayden
appears to be saying that Jenna is responsible for the course of the story,
then she switches to Adrienne being the one at fault. It's also misleading when one moment Adrienne
appears to be totally involved in the relationship, then Brayden indicates that
she isn't. It's difficult to tell whether
this is due to Brayden's inexperience as a writer or because she couldn't make
up her mind.
Actually,
I was expecting more from this book because of other reviews and the fact that
it's a finalist for an award as a debut novel.
I thought the story would be stronger and show more ingenuity. That is one of the pitfalls of reading
comments before the book is read and establishing expectations. What I discovered was an entertaining, but
ordinary story. It's fine reading for
entertainment, which is all it really needs to be. A reader looking for something fresh or
different will need to look elsewhere though.
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