THIS WAS AN OKAY BOOK. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A RUSHED BOOK. YOU COULDN'T REALLY GET INTO THE CHARACTERS MUCH AND THE ENDING WAS NOT BELIEVEABLE AT ALL.

This wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. It was just ok. You can probably read it in one sitting as it's pretty short, but it took me about four days because it didn't draw me in. As I read, it seemed like something an amateur would write, and since this is a debut, well... Since Mr. Plummer wrote this with another author, it seems to me that the more experienced author would have advised more investment in character and plot development instead of just throwing words on a page to make complete sentences. Get this from the library.

Oh, it's about Justin, an island boy who through a chance meeting with Tasha, the owner of a modeling agency, moves to New York and becomes one of the hottest models in the business. He develops an intimate relationship with his Svengali, Tasha, but on a London gig with hot model, Dorian, Justin finds himself losing himself and finding himself simultaneously. Let's hope the sequel - if there is one - is better.

The love quad-some of Justin and Tasha had me glued to the pages. Tasha, the owner of the most prestigous modeling agency in New York saw something in Justin, which whom she thought was a broke and busted sugar cane pusher from the island of Jamaica. She promised to make him a star, and that she did...but it came with a price.
On the pages of this book you get caught up in the emotion of these characters lives, and the lives of the people they affected. Although they cared deeply about each other, both of them gave into their lust thus making them harber secrets that would eventually tear them apart. Be careful who you cross because Tasha learned the hard way that revenge is best served cold.
Jonathan did a wonderful job with his version of a "tell all" novel that will leave you wanting a part two because I definitely want to know what happened next, and in the end was it all worth it. That situation with the straws had me rushing out to by a pack of straws to keep by my bedside, and it just kept getting deeper from there.
Definitely make this one a part of your collection.

Justin Blakeman is working for his family business in his native Jamaica, when "A-list" model agency head Tasha Reynolds picks him to be her latest star model. The somewhat dubious, but curious, Justin is soon on a plane to New York City, living with Tasha in her spacious penthouse, and - with her help - does become the new sensation of the modeling world. But Justin isn't completely happy, as he somewhat resents Tasha's control over his finances and attempts to control every other aspect of his life. They soon fall into a sexual relationship, in which Tasha also seems to call the shots, but Justin goes along with out of gratitude and lack of any better alternatives in his busy life.

But when Justin meets, and does a European shoot, with Dorian, another of Tasha's models who is clearly gay and interested in Justin, he discovers new feelings he never knew he was capable of feeling, and fails in his attempts to put them out of his mind. Meanwhile, Tasha is struggling with sexual attraction toward a female colleague, but decides her relationship with Justin is better for her image in the industry. The tension builds until Justin learns just how deserved Tasha's industry nickname, the "Ice Queen," fits her, in this novel that focuses on the cuttroat world of NYC model agencies, realizing one's true potential (while remaining true to your roots), and how sexuality may be a rather fluid concept. With models and modeling recently the subject of a hit TV show, a hit comedy film, and several popular reality shows, the authors' choice of subject is likely perfectly timed.

Until I finished reading the novel, I had no idea of the hinted-at "connection" to the primary author's former marriage to author Terry McMillan, who is said to have documented their relationship in her "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," which suggested he may have hid his own homosexuality in order to marry her and gain US citizenship. Some reviews I have read only rate it in that context, although I am addressing it as a simple work of fiction, which it is represented to be. Despite assistance by best-selling career "co-author" Karen Hunter, there are some rough spots in the pacing, occasionally seeming rushed, and features a rather abrupt ending that disappoints somewhat. I thought the treatment of both Justin's and Tasha's same-sex attractions were handled wonderfully, with realistic reflections by each characters in italicized "in mind's eye" chapters, a gimmick I usually hate because it is overdone, but it seems to work well here. Sexy, hot, captivating characters and good NYC "vibe", I give the novel four stars out of five.

I thought the book was easy to read, but, the storyline pushes you along to quickly. The plot was not realistic because you don't get to know the characters that well. I did not like the ending because it leaves you feeling like there should be a few more chapters. I would appreciate this book more if there were a part 2.