It's All About Eve
Tracy Kelleher
Harlequin Temptation, Nov 2003, $4.25, 218 pp.
ISBN: 0373691491

Grantham, New Jersey is probably the last place someone would to find a lingerie shop to rival Victoria's Secrets, but Eve Cantoro's place is hot an not just for the merchandise and the constant turnover of her sexy merchandise. She called the police when she realized someone is stealing her stock. As she explained to the almost drooling Detective Carter Moran she noticed that red tap pants were gone.

Carter Moran tries to remain investigative cool, but he immediately knows that he wants to see Eve in and out of her stock. As they begin to see one another while she models her goods, the thievery begins to take more dangerous turns. Soon Carter and Eve are in love, but he has one secret that he must reveal to his Jersey Girl before they can seek a more permanent arrangement.

Though the escalating threat to Eve seems an unnecessary and out of kilter, an exciting and intriguing sidebar that takes away from the more lighthearted prime premise, readers will enjoy this delightful romp due to the lead couple. Eve offers Carter the entire apple tree even as she struggles to understand that she is in love. Carter knows he must trust Eve with his innermost secret because once he took that first bite he no longer could resist her lure especially when she modeled her lingerie for him. IT'S ALL ABOUT EVE is all about heated amusing fun.

Harriet Klausner