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My 2 cents:

When I started reading this book it took me a few chapters to get into it. It was slow going and I even put the book up for a few weeks and came back to it. Once I picked it back up I trudge with it and in the middle of the book started to get really interesting. Nicole is trying to find love and so far in all the wrong places. She has a smelly dumpster right outside her bedroom window, where she throws out things from food to items. On Valentine’s day, her so called boyfriend gives her a dvd player with a dvd and then leaves the party. She proceeds to look at the dvd and sees Tom breaking up with her. She then throws it all out the window. She has second thoughts and goes down to the dumpster in a red negligee and Sam notices her and helps her get some things out of the dumpster. Nicole likes him and sleep with him as well.

Finally half way through the book Nicole and one of her friends decide they need to start dating men. Nicole needs to stop sleeping around and get her life together. She wants the dumpster move as it is so smelly. She then sees the manger, Rick outside and hollers at him about it. He tells her to make an appointment to talk to him. After some calls she thinks he is rude and obnoxious. He seems to laugh at her and she hates it. As she is thinking about her life and slowing down Rick tries to talk to her and have dinner with her.

Nicole has other problems her parents. Her mom shows up out of the blue and wants to party with her and her 2 close friends Roxanne and Renee. Nicole is all for. They have a good time, but she is starting to worry as her mom never goes anywhere with out her father. After a week or two and a call from her father she realizes her mother is having an affair. She finds her mom and goes ballistic. At the same time this wakes up Nicole and she knows know she wants a man that truly loves her for her.

Nicole starts working out and watching what she eats. Rick starts going to the gym in the building so he can talk to Nicole. She tries to have a conversation and when he starts to laugh or she feels uncomfortable she races to her condo. Nicole does finally go out to dinner with Rick and has a good time. They start to date and things seems to be going well.

I did like the characters of Rick and Nicole. Her two friends Roxanne and Renee were a bit offish for me. I like how Nicole does turn her life around and when she does things start to happen for her. The book could use a some work to polish some things up and needs to be edited better. Over all it was a decent read.