What Are You Reading This Weekend?

I'm a couple of chapters into Susan Napier's September Harlequin Presents Mistress for A Weekend, an appropriate weekendly title, don't you think?

Here is the blurb:

Nora Lang needs the most dangerous man she can find! Enter tycoon Blake MacLeod. He normally prefers sophisticated blondes that don't require too much of his brainpower. But Nora's a challenge...the perfect opportunity for a little light relief. Until she acquires some important information that he can't risk being leaked. Now Blake has to make sure Nora doesn't leave his sight--he'll make love to her for a whole weekend!

I've always loved Susan Napier's books--at one stage I hunted down her whole collection. Do not ask me why I no longer have them; it's a story that gives me cold shudders! What I most love about her books is her unique take on characters. They're never cardboard cutouts of the romance hero and heroine. There's always something quirky; something that sets them apart. (My personal favourite: the architect hero, who comes home to find his (female) butler asleep in his bed. And thinks she's his birthday present. Anyone read that one? Anyone remember the title?)

Blake and Nora are no exception. Although he's an alpha tycoon, he's not in-your-face arrogant or assertive. He's witty and sharp and charming and insidiously dangerous. Oh, yes, and did I mention melt-the-bones gorgeous? Nora is a klutz, she has freckles, and she's delightfully real. Oh, yes, and she's smart (despite the klutziness), so they strike up dialogue that makes me smile. As well as Napier's trademark sexy double-entendres, their early exchanges also include some unexpected insights into character and that only makes me like them more.

As I said, I'm only a couple of chapters in, but so far I'm along for the ride.

So, what are you reading this weekend? I hope it's not only blogs and that you take some time out to lose yourself in a book that makes you smile or cry, to laugh out loud or sigh with romantic delight.