Bella Andre -- Take me

This book was good in many ways: a non-traditional heroine who's a size 16, a lot of steamy sex scenes, some trash talk-- which always livens things up, in my opinion. But I felt that it failed in several ways as well. I found it vaguely insulting that a man could suddenly develop the hots for a friend he's known for years simply based on a sexy outfit. Travis goes from loathing Lily to instant lust, and I guess I just can't buy it. And Lily has made such a shrine to Travis over the years, loving a man who can't stand her-- I could see other scenarios taking place more realistically than the one that is played out in this book. But Travis is the character I have trouble believing in. There are many moments in the book where I can truly believe in Lily as a person, but Travis? One dimensional. His behavior doesn't match up. There wasn't enough character development on his end to make me believe that his actions made sense.
One thing I will say about the novel is that the sex is interesting. It's billed as "erotica" but really, it wasn't much different than other romance novels I have read, aside from the occasional "cock" thrown in here and there, and some masturbatory scenes.
Let's hope my mom never reads this blog. Heh.
I think that Bella Andre is going to improve, though. I will definitely give another of her books a try in the future.