
Cody's parents are retiring, and they've thrown down the gauntlet -- find a girlfriend or they'll leave the business in someone else's hands. And a chance encounter at a benefit with Victoria that happens to get caught on film and published in the gossip column gives Cody a chance to pretend for their benefit. Vic, for her part, got into some trouble when she was a teenager that she's still trying to live down (gotta love gossip in a small town), so to save her virtue, she agrees to pretend to be Cody's girlfriend until his parents leave town. But since she's always had a thing for him, it's not like it's going to be a hardship. For either side.
I liked how they danced around each other. I liked how Vic tried to get Cody to loosen up and how he was so confused when he did, lol. I liked that when Vic thought she realized she'd never get what she needed from Cody, she was strong enough to try to protect herself. She wasn't going to bend to him and lose herself in the process. I liked how they were almost magical when they did get together -- he made her feel things that were foreign to her, but more importantly, she made him lose control, and nobody else had gotten to him like that. I was glad to see how it all worked out in the end.
Looking forward to the next one which I think will be about Jill and Bryan. If the rest of this series is anything to go by, it'll be a goodie.