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The Dimple of Doom - Lucy Woodhull (2013)
Samantha Lytton's life is ordinary. She's moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career but it hasn't quite gotten off the ground. She's earning money at Steak on a Stick and snogs the gorgeous accountant at the Christmas party. She gets a lot more than she bargained for in that kiss. Unbeknownst to her, Sam the accountant is actually Nate or some other code name and he's mixed up in the theft of famous and expensive artwork that just happens to be held by her boss. Her attraction to Sam/Nate creates a crazy chase across the US with bad guys and guns. She needs to figure out if Sam/Nate is a good or a bad guy, but either way she finds his dimple irresistible. (LF)
The Dimple of Doom - Lucy Woodhull (2013)
The story centres around Samantha, an aspiring actress cum secretary, living a sedentary life in Los Angeles. Desperate to break into acting and looking for a man, her life changes dramatically when at her work's Christmas party, she encounters the drop-dead-gorgeous accountant Sam. Amidst sexual frisson over potato balls, Samantha takes Sam to her boss Oliver's office for their tryst and in the throes of seduction, she is persuaded to show Sam her boss' art collection; particularly a rare Picasso painting. The viewing quickly sets off a motion of events involving Sam, who far from being a banal accountant, turns out to be an art thief of the highest calibre. After her apartment is broken into and she is threatened by a strange man with a gun, Samantha is kidnapped by Sam and goes on the run with him after becoming unwittingly embroiled in a war between two rival art gangs. Yet even though her life is in danger, Samantha finds herself increasingly drawn to the elusive but sexily dimpled Sam Turner who literally turns her world upside down. This was a fun read. The writing was fast paced with a well-structured plot which was fresh, funny and exciting. It is in turns both a thriller (albeit a humorous one) and also a love story. Samantha, the lead character, makes for a very dichotomous heroine; by turns feisty but at times having a real vulnerability to her. (LP)
