"Wait till you see what a cardboard hero can teach an author"

Victoria (Tory) Townsend is a writer of sweet, tender romance where the heroine never even gets close to having sex. Now her life is totally upside down thanks to ex-husband Henry. After living together for years in a mostly loveless marriage, Henry runs off with a younger woman -- along with all their money. Now Tory is flat broke and losing her home, it's time to try to jump start her writing career. It time to pull out her cardboard hero to help her. He had been her "fantasy man" since she started her career. Years ago, a hunk of man posed for her first cover, he had been appearing on every cover since. She had never seen the model again, but she had a cardboard copy as her inspiration to write.

The more Tory tries to write sexier romance, the more alive her dream man becomes, until she has trouble knowing whether he is just in her head or all around her. She has to recreate him a little at a time. First she has to bring him into this century, and then she has to make him smarter, and give him a sex drive. Surprisingly, that's an area that she is enjoying.

Evan has been talked into keeping a watch on Tory by his sister, Tory's agent. Someone looking for her husband is making her life dangerous. Tory moves into Evan's house but can she tell the different between a real hero and a cardboard one?

CARDBOARD HERO is pleasure to read. I loved Evan and wished I could have read more about him. Tory is an older woman who finally finds love with a younger man. I can easily believe that an author can fall in love with her hero, after all the readers do. This is a wonderfully written story that you won't want to put down. A must read.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted February 29, 2004

Summary

Ewan MacKenzie. A dangerous man. In control of almost every situation—except the woman who haunts his fantasies.

A desperate woman who has found her hero. He's perfect. The embodiment of every fantasy Tory's ever written. There's only one little problem. Tory writes sweet romances. Her perfect lover's not anatomically correct! That's a problem she should be able to solve. But how do you describe a penis?

Cardboard Hero—a Contemporary-Paranormal-Romantic-Suspense that takes a satirical look at the mind of a writer. You might want to visit, but you don't want to live there. Trust me.

Sexual Content: E-rotic. Genre: Paranormal.