Review: Int’l Guy Series by Audrey Carlan

PARIS (Book 1): “I love women. Young. Old. Tall or short. From the nerdy, bookish types to the sultry bombshells.” (LOC 42) His gift is that he understand women better than anyone.

Parker Ellis is the founder of International Guy, Inc. His objective is to assist a host of high-profile clienteles with their needs.

In the first book, a French heires to a perfume company needs to spiff up her image and look the part of the CEO. She’s the perfect client: “enough money to choke a horse, true beauty hidden underneath dowdy threads, and a wildly successful business.” (LOC 165)

This was a Pretty Woman make-over. A boring and bland shell of a woman learns confidence, independence, and beauty. Meanwhile, Parker tries to keep his hands off sweet Sophie, but, of course, that’s a test he undoubtedly fails. My favorite part is when Sophie realizes one of her managers has been covering up the sexual harassment suit by one of her female employees. Not cool, man! Bringing out the lion’s roar, she finds the strength, stamina, and confidence to fire that jerk. And to celebrate, Parker treats her to a romantic wooing in Paris and good romp in the sheets.

My rating: 4 stars

NEW YORK (Book 2): The client is Skyler Paige, a celebrity actress that Parker has had a major crush on for years. She’s lost the will to act and calls upon the International Guys.

In this story, we sort of get to the subtle root of the actress’ flaccidness that it reaches an almost psychological level. It’s basically tough being a celebrity. Parker must help her find herself so she can enjoy what she used to. He seems genuine at first, but then it quickly gets to fondling and sexual progressions. Of course, it’s going to be hard for Parker to keep his hands off his dream girl.

I think this moved too fast in the bedroom department. It just seemed that all Parker could think about was getting Skyler in the sack. I mean, I would’ve liked to have seen some of New York ya know.

My rating: 3 stars

This series started off okay, but each story seems to be the same, following the basic pattern. Each new book is set in a new city and each city comes with a different girl that Parker just has to have. I mean, each one practically jumps into the sack right away. I started getting bored after the second book. With each one being set in a different place, you’d think that we’d get to visualize some of these exotic destinations. But the reader almost never gets to go outside of the bedroom. Don’t get me wrong, the sexual foreplay is hot, but I kind of need more from a story.