Review by Booklist Review
After her high-profile Philadelphia-politician boyfriend breaks up with her on live radio, personal trainer Tori Alvarez decides a vacation in Aruba is just what the doctor ordered to get over the jerk. Flirting with fellow vacationer Carter Williamson at the resort seems like harmless fun until Tori discovers that Carter Williamson is really Hollywood heartthrob Carter Stone. Stung by his deception, Tori gives up any thoughts of having an island fling with him. However, when Carter turns up at the gym where Tori works a few weeks later desperately needing her professional expertise to help him shape up for a new role, she reluctantly finds herself agreeing to help. But if Tori is the one putting Carter through the paces, why is she getting all hot and sweaty? Combine Sosa's gift for creating easily relatable characters and her engaging, witty prose with some off-the-charts sensual love scenes and you have a knockout start to the author's new Love on Cue series.--Charles, John Copyright 2017 Booklist
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Review by Library Journal Review
Fitness trainer Tori Alvarez is ready for some alone time and her vacation in Aruba after a messy breakup. Carter Stone, star of two television shows, is flying off to Aruba to cool off after his doctor betrayed him to the press. Carter is trying to lay low after working on his first movie, and his radical physical change is the perfect disguise. After spending the entire flight in flirty conversation with his seatmate, Carter is convinced he can relax in relative anonymity. Landing at the same hotel, Tori still doesn't recognize the bearded and scrawny guy, but after their vacations are cut short, she finds herself training him for the role of a lifetime. Now Carter slowly begins to realize the maybe the life he wants is not the best life to live. This first book in the "Love on Cue" series guarantees characters that glow with equal parts wit, sass, and sensuality. Verdict In this latest from Sosa (Getting Dirty with the CEO), the mix of film and fitness keeps the action and the passions ramped up. Contemporary romance fans will fall for the multidimensional characters that never stray too far from family and friends as they struggle through the early part of their relationship.-John Rodzvilla, Emerson Coll., Boston © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A popular Hollywood actor who's putting his body through drastic transformations to establish himself as a versatile performer finds himself enamored by a sassy fitness trainer, learning that there's more to life than a job.Fitness expert and trainer Tori Alvarez decides to go to Aruba to escape the gossip and speculation surrounding her rocky relationship with a publicity-hungry politician. She meets up-and-coming sitcom star Carter Stone on her flight to Aruba, but since he's fresh from the set of a film which required him to shed several pounds and grow a beard, she doesn't recognize him. Tori is still sore from her previous relationship, but she finds herself reluctantly charmed by Carter's impishness, and they spend a couple of idyllic days laughing and bantering. Then, when a nosy paparazzo descends on Carter, Tori discovers the truth about his identity and feels tremendously betrayed. Hoping to thaw Tori's anger, Carter approaches her for assistance when he realizes that he will have to gain back his robust physique quickly to bag a role in a big-budget Hollywood film. Before she can let Carter back into her life, though, Tori is forced to decide if she can overcome her reluctance to live a life in the public eye. The first installment in the Love on Cue series is charming, witty, and consistently funny and will get readers invested in the sharply etched secondary characters. Although the final resolution of Tori's personal troubles seems too pat to ring true, Sosa hits all the right notes by weaving a uniformly entertaining story that effortlessly unpacks several socially relevant themes, such as the relationship between fitness and traditional cuisine and the nature of show business. Spicy sexual chemistry and a generous dash of authentic Puerto Rican flavor blend together in a sharp romance that begs to be savored. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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