Jacqueline: As an adult woman–and the vice president of a marketing firm–I shouldn’t be waiting by my office window to ogle the mystery man who jogs by every morning at 11:45. Sure, he’s a gorgeous, perfect specimen of the human race, but I can’t bring myself to hit on a total stranger. However, my best friend-slash-colleague Vince Carson thinks I should do more than talk to the guy. In fact, he’s borderline obsessive about “getting me laid.” (His words.) But the more time we spend together, the more it’s clear: The one I’m falling for is Vince.

Vince: Jackie Butler’s got it bad for some pompous, over-pumped A-hole who struts his stuff past her window. That doesn’t bother me. I know she deserves nice things. What does bother me is that she friend-zoned me big-time last year, so I can’t ask her out myself. But what if I set her up with Mr. Steroids? Then, when he breaks her heart, I can swoop in and save her like the nice guy I am. Everything’s going according to plan . . . until we share a ridiculously epic kiss. And suddenly anything is possible.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3 Stars

Today was a chilly, rainy summer day, and Eye Candy was the perfect book to pass the time. The story isn’t too deep, doesn’t have much angst between the two characters, and is a good story in the friends-to-lovers trope. Jackie and Vince both share the title of VP at their marketing firm, and grew closer as she (a divorcee) helped him get through his own divorce. Three years after the end of her marriage, Jackie is still set on not dating again. But Vince is starting to notice his best bud as more than just a friend, and wants to get out of the Friend Zone. So Vince hopes that giving Jackie “dating lessons” so she can get over her hump and ask out the hot runner she’s been ogling from her office window will also open the door for him to make his own move.

It’s a familiar plot, and while Jessica Lemmon does a fine job with it, there wasn’t anything that stood out between Jackie and Vince that made me absolutely love this book. It was good enough; I just didn’t love it. I felt that two mature adults, both of whom have been married before, should have been past the point of playing that “should I tell her/him that I have real feelings or not” game.

Overall, Eye Candy was a decent read. It’s a pretty fluffy story that doesn’t make you think too hard about the characters and their relationship, and there is a satisfying HEA. I received an advanced copy courtesy of Loveswept and Random House Publishers and voluntarily left a review.

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