I loved this book. I just could not put it down. I was hooked from the first page to the last sentence. I hope everyone will enjoy it as much as I have.

This book was so good. I read it in one day. I couldn't read fast enough. Molly Conners is a receptionist in serious financial trouble. Kyle Ashton is her hot boss. There is a lot of witty sexual banter between the two. They both want eachother but she is staying away because he is the boss. Molly is forced to tell several little lies to hide her financial situation. I don't want to spoil the plot, but I will say at one point he fires her. With no place to go, she ends up "moving" in to one of his vacation homes, without his knowledge. And things heat up from there. This is a fun romance with very loveable characters. There is also a little "whodunit" mystery mixed in. There are several laugh out loud scenes. Very well written. My only issue with this book is that it failed to tie up a few loose ends. Nothing major.

I picked this up on a whim because I like well-written chicklit. Sorry if the phrase offends anyone.

Susanna Carr is sort of Marian Keyes without Keyes's real understanding of the quirkiness of daily life and people's emotions. But she's a good writer, and as other reviewers have noted, the book just sort of keeps you going, quick and easy. What Carr does have is a knack for making you care about her characters even though they are pretty shallow and don't really appear to live in the real world.

Obviously, the set up between Molly and Kyle is intended to be obvious and if they didn't end up together, you'd be worse than surprised, you'd be disappointed. I'm pretty familiar with the goings-on at large Seattle software companies not named Microsoft, and Carr does a nice job of giving some of the flavor, although Molly's surprise at the fact that programmers sleep at their desk and gorge on free food is a little odd; if you were the receptionist at one of these companies, you'd know that the first day.

Had Marian Keyes written this, you'd learn a lot more about Molly's old good-for-nothing boyfriend who ran up all the bills that got her into the mess she's in. And you'd learn something about Kyle's love life pre-Molly as well. But I think Carr is right in not filling us in; you just assume that they're pretty stereotypical and unimportant.

When the action shifts to Kyle's house on the "island" (presumably one of the smaller San Juans), the setting of a "working Thanksgiving" along with Molly's surprise presence is extremely well done, the sex scenes are quite hot. A nice read for the bus or beach.

Susanna Carr's book Lip Lock was a good read. I usually can't find time to sit and read a novel for enjoyment but I was able to keep coming back to this one. I was disappointed that I figured out the "whodunit" at the point that Molly was fired, but the motive was interesting. The whole book was well-crafted and proof that Susanna gets better with each book. ("Sister Switch" from "Beach Blanket Bad Boys" was choppy, rushed and not good at all.) I just bought "Valentine's Day is Killing Me" to read "Valentine Survivor" and I hope that it is as good as the teaser excerpt.