Not Flowers but Love

Driven professional Jamie Dubois goes from being fully engaged in her casual long-distance relationship with Ken St. John to fully enraged when he becomes a coworker. Jamie and Ken’s relationship consists of meeting in different locations for passion-filled hookups. When Ken shows up to take a new job at Jamie’s Houston office, he complicates her extremely compartmentalized work and personal lives. Jamie’s angry reactions toward Ken are at times excessive and make her character inconsistent and unlikable. However, readers will sympathize as her sudden lack of control gives rise to insecurities and cynicism, which are effectively combined with office politics to provide compelling tension. The use of flowers as a metaphor softens the rough edges of the story as Jamie’s views on flowers, and love, gradually change. (BookLife)