A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

EVERYONE LOVES A HERO

Author: Marie Force ISBN: 9781402245749 2/2011 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: SOURCEBOOKS

Everyone Loves a Hero by Marie Force
Everyone loves a hero. That's the problem.

Hero pilot Cole Langston is learning to live with—and enjoy—his newfound fame and the rabid female attention that comes with it until a lucky punch knocks some sense into him and opens his eyes to true love.

When his copilot suffers a heart attack in flight, Cole lands the jetliner in a blizzard and revives the stricken captain. Catapulted to national hero status, Cole has more women vying for his attention than he knows what to do with. They all have one thing in common: they try without success to bring this happy-go-lucky pilot down to earth. Then comes an airport altercation, a punch to the face, and the lovely Olivia—a shy, timid artist who does what no other woman has ever managed to do: steal Cole's well-protected heart. With women coming on to him everywhere they go, Olivia struggles to believe that Cole is ready for a committed relationship. His biggest problem is getting rid of all his extra ladies before the only one he wants figures out that she's one of many.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Cole Langston and Olivia Robison meet in the airport where Olivia works when Cole gets knocked out for interfering with a rude customer.  Though the two live in different states, Cole looks for her the next time he’s in town and they begin a long distance relationship.  But throughout the story, Cole’s fame and past playboy behavior, along with Olivia’s insecurity, prove to be a problem for the couple.

On the surface, this seems like a fantastic contemporary romance with the potential for a lot of emotion in the story.  But, for me, it didn’t come off as sincere.  While EVERYONE LOVES A HERO is an easy read, it seemed to lack the depth of feeling I was expecting.  For most of the story, everything is great between Cole and Olivia, with little things here and there that prompt Cole to reassure Olivia of his love for her.  The conflict in the story does not come until almost the end of the book and is resolved in a matter of pages.  The relationship moved a bit too quickly for me, and Olivia became a bit of an annoyance as a heroine.  The strength of the novel was actually the sex scenes.  The pair cannot keep their hands off each other, and Marie Force gets that across very clearly and successfully.

EVERYONE LOVES A HERO is a decent choice for readers who are looking for a more simplistic story with a love-at-first-sight feel and hot sex.

Christina Baker

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