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"Blinded" by Miss Behavin' (office romance) 10, 9, 9
"Blinded" by Miss Behavin' (MissBehavin@sprint.ca). Leigh Anne is the secretary for a lawyer named Alan. While listening to a tape for dictation, she accidentally overhears a sexual encounter between Alan and a person whom Leigh Anne judges to be not worthy of him. Leigh Anne keeps on listening, and she finds herself getting aroused. Do you know where this is going yet? Well, you're wrong! The plot thickens: As she continues listening to the tape, Leigh Anne hears her own name come up in the conversation between the two lovers. >From this point forward we have a tale of deception, seduction, blackmail, and revenge that ends with innocent Leigh Anne firmly ensconced in Alan's future plans. The producers of "Days of our Lives," who I suspect read this newsgroup and even occasionally contribute a poorly written story, should fire their writers, get off that Sammy and Lucas crap, and hire authors like this one to write a real story! Actually, there are some loose ends in the plot. For example, it's not clear to me why later in the plot there is no follow-up to the notion that the trampy Danielle has a bisexual interest in Leigh Anne. In addition, when Leigh Anne goes to meet Cambellton, she deliberately dresses cheap and trashy; but he distinctly notices that she is not cheap and trashy. Leigh Anne reasons that "To be in (Mr. Cambellton's) favour could prove to be extremely useful in the future, so her only option was to give him what he wanted." Then she tricks Cambellton and rubs his face in the shit she has pulled on him. Why not just make an ass out of him in a manner that does not comprise her apparent devoted love for Alan? Finally, this otherwise bright and sensitive woman sees no inconsistency in the fact that she is engaging in sleazy behavior in order to gain the affections of a man who has been engaging in equally tawdry behavior with a woman who is beneath her contempt. I guess my problem is that if the author is going to think the plot through carefully, she should think the WHOLE plot through carefully. However, even in spite of my reservations, this is still a pretty good, very sexy story. On the outside chance that cheap, tawdry, sleazy, and sexy are good enough for you (and hey, it's a story about lawyers anyway), you may enjoy this story very much. Ratings for "Blinded" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 9 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 9 |