Kristin Hardy, Bad Influence

Bad Influence

Kristin Hardy

Harlequin Blaze, December 2006, $4.75

ISBN: 0373792999

Being an ambassador's daughter, Interior designer Paige Favreau knows she must behave with decorum, never causing any scandals. That is fine by her, as her nature is to never take risks doing anything remotely out of control.

Guitar playing Zach Reed knows his career as a musician is sliding down the slope of fame and acclaim. Though his vocation in terms of making money looks over, he is a risk-taker who lives for the next gig.

When they meet they are attracted to one another, but neither plans to make any moves as the other is obviously too much the opposite to forge anything meaningful. However, when Paige's grandfather and Zach's grandmother are incapacitated due to a car accident, they become the children's caretaker while the grandparents recover. This twist of fate makes Zach and Paige temporary neighbors, encouraged by their geriatric patients, helping love takes it course.

The grandparents add cooling humor (Granny wants to open a burlesque theatre for instance) to a wonderfully torrid romance, in which sparks ignite from the moment the lead couple lay eyes on each other. Paige and Zach are a wonderful pairing, who believe that opposites might attract, but the magnetism does not hold while their respective grandparents prove to be a BAD INFLUENCE on how to behave. Hot and zany, this is a hardy contemporary.