Some parts of this were brilliant. Some not so much.

I liked: The clumsy heroine who remained clumsy throughout. So many times authors start with a clumsy character then conveniently forget about it after the "cute meet." Loved the fear of heights, how it added humor but also allowed the hero to show his considerate side. Liked the banter. The sex scenes were really hot and felt fresh.

I disliked that the whole book was about 3 or 4 really long scenes taking place over 3 days. After awhile it was hard to remember just how long they'd known each other and what day it was. Then at the end things started happening randomly in a rush. It seemed like the author had to wrap it up and just threw stuff together. Here again, I was flipping back to find out what day it was only now the days were rushing by with a definite lack of words like 'later that week.'

This felt like the beginning of a mainstream contemporary novel that needed another 150 pages to tell the rest of the story. Which novel I would have loved to read. ( )

Mistress for a weekend is Susan Napier’s 33rd romance novel. After making the dismaying discovery of her boyfriend and her flatmate together, Nora Lang needs distraction, preferably by a good-looking dangerous male. Enter Blake MacLeod, tycoon, trouble-shooter and playboy. She’s not his type, but somehow she gets under his skin. Nora is unable to fight her attraction for him, and somehow ends up at his coastal hideaway for a long weekend. Surprisingly, it takes these two quite a while to get into the real action, but when they do, some very hot sex scenes follow. An enjoyable romance with a Kiwi flavour. ( )