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REVIEW: Flirting in Cars by Alisa Kwitney

Dear Ms Kwitney,

Flirting in CarsI got started reading your books way back (well not all the way back with your first one) with “The Dominant Blonde” and haven’t missed one since. As my fellow blogger Janine says, you have a way with flawed characters. They usually seem flawed in a believable, human way instead of a “flawed for a plot point in my book” kind of way. I want to root for these people to find their own little place in the sun because I like them and not just because they’ve been written as angst-filled, nearly broken people I’m supposed to cheer for.

An accomplished journalist, Zoe Goren can’t drive and she doesn’t cook. But that’s never been a problem in Manhattan, where the streets are filled with taxis and takeout restaurants, and a busy single mother can find everything she needs right at her fingertips. In fact, Zoe can’t imagine living or working anyplace else. But when Zoe’s daughter is diagnosed with dyslexia, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice, moving two hours from Manhattan in order to enroll Maya in an excellent school for children …