Analyzing data is easy handling the awkwardness of one-on-one dates is hard. This is no easy task for a wealthy, successful woman like Stella, who also happens to have Asperger’s. It’s high time for Stella Lane to settle down and find a husband – or so her mother tells her. not that I would know, needless to add….Goodread‘s Romance Book of the Year, 2018Ĭosmopolitan’s 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018Ī heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there’s not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. The author is so good at realistic family relationships and dialogue that I would love to see her write a “regular” novel, as opposed to one that is clearly geared to the “hot romance” category.Įvaluation: This is a lovely story, but be prepared for more graphic descriptions of physical encounters than you might ever find outside of a sex manual. Ordinarily I would have eschewed a book like that, but the characters and their complications kept me interested throughout. It also has more sex than I ever can remember in any book. The story is perhaps unusual in that sex comes first, then the romance and eventually love. Both of the characters are devoted to their families excited by their work (Michael is only an escort “on the side” because he has a legitimate need for a lot more money) kind and considerate overwhelmed by insecurities in spite of their assets and needing love and acceptance so deeply you can’t help but provide it to them, just as they do that for each other. The plot is predictable and the outcome obvious, but in this case, Stella and Michael are so likable and interesting, it turns into a very entertaining story. Plus, he has a rule never to get involved with clients.

Michael is afraid if Stella knows who his father is, she will think he is not good enough for her. Stella is afraid if Michael finds out she is “autistic,” he won’t like her.

But neither one of them knows what to do with that fact. The only problem is, in spite of having just a contractual arrangement, Stella and Michael are immediately attracted to each other, not only physically but emotionally. From online pictures she selects Michael Phan, a half-Vietnamese, half-Swedish escort who looks a Korean martial arts movie star from her favorite film genre. To this end, she signs up with an escort service so as to have a “professional” teach her how to manage the physical end of a relationship. The premise of this story is that Stella Lane, a 30-year old attractive and smart woman with Asperger’s living in Palo Alto, California, caves into pressure from her mother to find a man and generate some grandchildren.

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