Title: FIVE MINUTES LATE
Series: N/A
Author: Rich Amooi
Publish Date: 08.29.14
Publisher: Rich Amooi
Category /Genre: Romantic Comedy
Recommended for: 16+ due to sexual tension
Received from: Rich Amooi (in exchange for an honest review)
Date completed: 10.12.14
BOOK COVER
Goodreads link: http://bit.ly/1vIyTZm
Description from the publisher:
Can an
always-tardy garlic mogul and a punctual Silicon Valley librarian fall in love?
The
world needs garlic and somebody’s got to sell that garlic. Cedric Johnson is
that man. But even though he’s got just about everything he can wish for,
Cedric is still missing one thing in his life: someone special. Fate may be on
his side, but he encounters a few distractions along the way—like almost being
killed by a UPS truck. Oh, and a little case of blackmail.
Ellie
Fontaine is a walking Wikipedia with clear professional goals, but when it
comes to landing Mr. Right, she doesn’t know jack squat. She even gives online
dating a shot and ends up with an unappetizing buffet of unibrows and losers.
What’s a girl to do?
After
Ellie saves Cedric’s life, serendipity takes over as they continue to run into
each other. Their connection grows stronger with each meeting, even though he
embodies her number one pet peeve: he’s always late. But even if they can get
past their issues and misunderstandings, Ellie’s ex-boyfriend, an unscrupulous
cop, will do anything to keep them apart.
Five
Minutes Late is a hilarious fast-paced romantic comedy, full of snappy dialogue
and fun, quirky characters, guaranteed to warm your heart.
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This is a stand-alone novel of
romance and comedy.
Can an always-tardy garlic mogul and
a punctual Silicon Valley librarian fall in love?
I love Cedric and Ellie. They are both intelligent, witty, altruistic,
and nervous about the concept of love.
Ellie has one pet peeve – punctuality.
I understand that. I am a
stickler for it too, but sometimes you have to relax and accept your friends
for who they are. Maybe their pet peeve
is against people who watch the clock, but they love you anyway, don’t
they. I have one friend and we joke all
of the time about “Angel time.” He is
always “five minutes away.” Another one
has to be told the party is at 6:30 and maybe she’ll be there on time for the
party that actually starts at 7:00. I
hope she never catches on that I do that!
Then there is Julio – “And you thought having a gay best friend was a
cliché. Ha!” Cliché or not, we should all have a gay best
friend just like him! He is supportive,
fun, and just enough sass to push his friends into line when they need it.
I could go through and mention every
one of the supporting characters, including Tofu the dog. They are all well-developed and are well-used
in bringing the story forward and enriching it.
I can only hope that Rich Amooi
contacts me when he is ready to release his next book, because I definitely
want to read it!
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Other Books from Rich Amooi:
·
Wedding
Receptions That Rock
·
Dog Day
Wedding (coming in December)
AMAZON UK: http://amzn.to/1n9vtyl
Rich
Amooi is a former Silicon Valley radio personality and wedding DJ, now a writer
of comedy and romance. He believes in destiny, silliness, infinite
possibilities, Betty Crocker Super-Moist Yellow Cake with chocolate frosting,
gratitude, laughter, and happy ever after.
Rich
lives in San Jose, California with his wife and their very hairy dog. He enjoys
writing stories that are light, fun, a little bit crazy, and romantic. :)
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“He kissed me in the library!” said Ellie. “That’s my place of
work and it’s completely inappropriate.” Ellie forked some noodles on her
plate. “I’m up for the biggest promotion of my life and if that kiss has
repercussions, I’ll kill him with my bare hands.”
Grandpa Frank laughed. “You’re not overreacting
a bit?”
“You don’t go kissing people in their place of
work.”
“Well, I don’t know about that. Things happen in
the moment of passion and sometimes you just can’t help yourself. I kissed your
grandma in the malt shop … a few times.”
Ellie stopped chewing.
“Don’t look so surprised. I wasn’t a prude, you
know.”
“I know, but …”
“Is it about the promotion? Or is it something
else?”
Grandpa Frank knew her so well.
No. It wasn’t about the promotion, now that
she’d thought about it. The real issue was she enjoyed the kiss and didn’t want
it to stop. That scared her, because she still wasn’t sure about who he was.
She was attracted to Cedric that was for sure. He was witty and charming, but
she had a lot of unanswered questions and doubts about him.
Ellie smiled. “Have I ever told you that you’re
a wise man?”
“Yes.” Grandpa Frank chuckled. “But I don’t get
tired of hearing it.”
“I enjoyed it. The kiss.”
Grandpa Frank nodded.
“And I slapped him.”
Grandpa Frank grimaced. “Poor guy. I guess this
is one of those times where we men don’t understand you women. Why would you
slap him if you enjoyed the kiss?”
Ellie shrugged and
fidgeted with the salt and pepper shakers. “Nervous reaction, I guess.”
Thank you [Book
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originally posted 10.13.14 on my
previous website
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because I promoted authors and their books.
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