Unfinished Business

I read through Suzanne Forster's Unfinished Business rather quickly. It's a light romance novel. The only reason I decided to read it was that I thought the movie Romancing the Bride, that was based on it, was cute. The book and the movie bear little resemblance other than the name of the main character and a quick wedding in Mexico.

In the book Melissa Sanders is a journalist that writes sex advice although she's only had one sexual encounter in her life. On a trip to Cancun with friends her friends dare her to have a fling. She counters that she won't until she's married. Her friends ask around and finally get one of the waiters to propose to Melissa. Melissa is drunk and agrees, and is whisked off to a quickie marriage and a night of show more unbelieveable sex. The next morning she regrest her impetuous actions and runs off without a word to her groom. The encounter lingers with her, so she writes a self-help book. The book is an instant success and her publisher wants her to do a book tour with her "husband." Her publist finds her abandoned husband and gets him to agree to pose as Melissa's husband in exchange for an anulment at the end of the tour. The rest goes on to detail their entanglements as the try to pose as a happily wedded couple.

The book as a whole is standard fantasy romance fair. It seems to indicate that a handsome man and great sex is all that is needed for a successful marriage. I pity anyone that falls for that fantasy. show less