Hours spent reading Winnie: 7 hours. I missed sleep for this. 
 Hours spent eyes glazed over: 3 hours. 
 Hours spent taking notes: 0.2 hours. 
 Mariana Zapata is the master of slow burn romance. And I think I've cracked it. Keep your readers on a leash. Make them anticipate the sex. Don't give them any bones - any bones at all - but when it happens, throw everything at it so people fall on it like sex-starved vultures. Yeap. I've got this sussed all right. 
 The word count for this book is over 150,000 words. 
 For me a decent read is between 60,000 words to maybe 120,000 words. Once there was a talented writer, that I stuck with for 250,000 words. But she was a rare one. The subject matter personal. The Wall of Winnipeg had to rely on a lot of cliches. I felt like I was watching "The Proposal" (with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds), but not as funny. The beginning started well, but quickly descended to exasperation, because Aiden is pretty bull-headed and pretends he can't hear his former assistant when she says something he doesn't like. His responses were monosyllabic, and conversations between Vanessa and him were like pulling teeth. I'm happy to say, once Vanessa agrees to be his bride for him to get his american residency, he develops more of a personality and isn't so emotionally stagnant. I was also very happy with Vanessa, when she walked out of her job (so badass!) and Aiden came begging at her door. 
 What happened in the middle? 
 I wish I could remember. There was Zac. I liked him. And...there was some emotionally connecting, as we found out about Vanessa's troubled upbringing (she's scared of the dark, due to awful sisters locking her in a closet for 2 days), and some other connecting that I liked. 
 The sex! 
 Whew. Fans self. It was almost worth waiting for. I would've given 4 stars for that alone. 
 I'm still revisiting passages of Kulti, 2 months after I read it, but I doubt I will for this one. I'm still a fan of this writer, and I'm obsessed with her sex formula (maybe change it up a bit, so it doesn't get so predictable in every book?) - and will learn tips there (if I were ever to engage in writing sex.) 
 I like this writer. A lot.