Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
Courtney Weathers started the ball rolling by placing an ad in Additudes trying to find a date for her overprotective older sister Brooke to get her off her back. Fellow West Houston High School student Jeff Ryan responds because he needs air to survive his senior year under the auspices of his stepbrother Chase Davenport. Apparently, Chase is a workaholic who dates beautiful women until they give up as he always chooses the job over them.
Courtney and Chase love their siblings, but need a little more space before they are so stifled that ER will not revive them. However, efforts to just get Chase and Brooke to meet, meets with disdain from both targets and ultimately fail. The two conspirators raise the stakes by informing their siblings that they plan to marry. The responsible adults think their teenage charges are out of control with hormones running free. Chase and Brooke agree to meet to discuss counterstrategy so that the youngsters do not do something foolish. Neither one is prepared for the instant attraction, but will their singles lifestyles keep them from realizing that love is in the air?
PERSONAL RELATIONS is a humorous contemporary romance due to the antics of the teenage matchmakers. The lead couple is as serious-minded characters one will find in a romance novel, but the high school duo serve as counterpoints with a variety of weapons such as blackmail, aphrodisiacs, and other things at their disposal. Readers will watch what they eat after reading Heather MacAllister's merry matchmaking mirth.