Geneva Holliday, Heat

Heat

Geneva Holliday

Broadway Books (Doubleday)), Jun 2007, $12.95

ISBN: 076792116X

In New York, two hundred thirty pounds waitress Geneva feels pulled in two directions due to her excess weight. Her six-year-old daughter makes her feel obese but her younger lover Deeka the hunk thinks big is beautiful.

Crystal makes good money as the director of a not for profit corporation. However, she misses her significant other, Neville who lives in Antigua working as a gigolo. Her fear for her figure makes her drown in diet pills as she wants to successfully compete with all the females Neville charms

The debt collectors swarm over Chevy tying her paycheck up with remittances. She has saved some money by living in her friend's home, but a nasty fight with Noah ends that arrangement. Worse she is falling in love with a former convict who is struggling as much as she is.

Noah feels bad about his spat with his pal Chevy, but has problems with his girlfriend who wants them to have a child, but rejects anything Noah says on the topic. He begins to look elsewhere especially when his past resurfaces.

This is an interesting look at four New York singles who use sex to escape everyday living, but allowing their libido to rule their respective lives leads to major mistakes. Although at times it can become confusing who is talking as the plot is rotating first person at times without warning, fans will enjoy this close bite of the Big Apple. The support cast adds eccentricity to the tale, but it is the HEAT generated by the fearsome foursome that keeps the fun storyline moving.

Harriet Klausner