Reviewer: Connie Payne
Title: Underfoot - Second in the series in the world of Bellagio Shoes
Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: HQN
ISBN: 0-373-77052-9
Release Date: March 2006
Genre/Sub-genre: Contemporary Romance
Year/Setting: Present Day - Atlanta
Overall rating: 4.9
Sexual content rating: Sensual (a bit hot here and there)
Leannes's Website:
www.leannebanks.com
Underfoot starts off where Feet First ended, but of course, we're taken in a different direction, with different main characters who were featured in FF and the world of Bellagio shoes.
Walker Gordon is the jilted bridegroom, and Trina Roberts is a co-worker/friend. Both find themselves alone and drinking the night of Walker's should have been wedding night. One thing leads to another and voila! A baby is made that night.
Trina is left alone to have the baby as Walker has gone to Paris to let the rumors die down. However, she's okay with that as Walker has claimed on more than one occasion he's not father material. Children had never been in his plans. He believes he'll carry on the Gordon Curse and be a father of the same ilk as his father, and his before, and so on.
Almost a year and a half later Walker comes back sending Trina in a tailspin. She's always had a thing for him, but has never thought of herself in the same league. She knows she must tell him at some point he's the father of her child, but she doesn't want him to feel obligated. To her or the baby. She doesn't want anything from him...except perhaps she secretly yearns for his love.
Walker is, to say the least, stunned when he learns he's the father of Trina's child. In fact at first he's very much in denial about it. But as time goes on he and Trina are thrown into situations where things slowly evolve.
We see their relationship grow with each step. The metamorphis is complete from rebound sex to a working relationship. From a working relationship to friends. From friends to a couple who is willing to date and see where it takes them. From a dating couple to two people truly in love.
In addition to some great new secondary characters, Leanne makes sure we see some of our favorite characters from FF, too. It was great to revisit them, see how they are (so-to-speak).
Underfoot is sweet, but oh so spicy! It's a wonderful blending of the very sensual side of romance, the growth and nurturing of a relationship, and the journey of self discovery each character takes.
This is a very well-paced book with snappy writing and right on dialogue...don't be surprised if you read it in one sitting!
Three cheers for Ms. Banks! She's created a cast of characters worthy of rooting for, and a series to be savored.
Connie
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