“Hilarious, engaging and relatable, I started laughing out loud from the first page” -- Kristin Vayden, bestselling author
WEIGHT EXPECTATIONS, the first in the romantic comedy Cipher Office series of standalones, from M.E. Carter is available now!
Rian Thompson thought she joined the gym to get healthy. Little did she know she was about to add hundred and ninety pounds of swoonworthy abdominal muscles and arrogance to her life.
Every day in Rians’s life follows a predictable pattern, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s got a nice job, a nice place to live, and a nice family—even if they are a little wedding-zilla-ish at the moment.
She doesn’t need anything spectacular to be happy. She just needs to get healthy—mentally, physically. . . and maybe spiritually if that happens. But she’ll settle for two out of three until her sister finally gets hitched.
Carlos Davies thought his life was perfect. Little did he know it was about to be turned upside down by a woman who is not his type.
In Carlos’s mind, his life is damn near perfect. He’s got a great job, a great place to live, and a great stash of pick up lines that always work. It has occurred to him that maybe no one actually takes him all that seriously. But with these bulging biceps and thick, dark hair, does that even matter since he’s never sleeping alone?
Welcome to Weight Expectations, where great—and unexpected—things happen.
'Weight Expectations' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#1 in the Cipher Office series, Knitting in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.
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*****
MY THOUGHTS
WEIGHT EXPECTATIONS by M.E. Carter can just as easily be
called ‘weighty expectations’ because expectations in many forms are weighing
our characters down.
Outwardly, Rian Thompson and Carlos Davies are a mismatch: physically, they don’t fit what we are told are society’s standards for coupledom. Professionally, one is driven and goal oriented, the other has been unconsciously treading water. They hold different, sometimes incompatible, opinions about topics. Most importantly for a romance novel, one’s not interested in a relationship while the other’s ambivalent. Given such differences, I am glad this story was written using dual points of view.
I enjoyed getting to know both characters. Rian is funny, a bit quirky, and the kind of friend you want to have in your life. Carlos was a surprise. He is vain, a tad egotistical and quite regimented about his life and routine. I enjoyed him because beyond this he admits to himself he feels he falls short when compared with his uber-fit, uber-intelligent work colleagues. It’s rare to find a romance book hero who will be so forthright about their short-comings.
As much as I liked the characters and their story, there were some parts that didn’t quite work for me. Firstly, we only get small glimpses into this relationship. It felt like a large chunk of the already small amount we get takes place off page. We are told what happens; we rarely get to experience it along with Rian and Carlos. Second, it took way too long for these two to come together. With only 30% of the book left, both Rian and Carlos are still pondering about this indefinable something that the other has, but this is never fully explored. It’s also at this point Carlos tells Rian he is interested in her as more than a work colleague. I need my romance couples to admit they have feelings for each other far earlier than this.
Readers familiar with Penny Reid’s Knitting in the City series, may recall Carlos being a minor character in some of the books can without doubt be read as a standalone book.
I am looking forward to more office romances in the Cipher Office world.
Outwardly, Rian Thompson and Carlos Davies are a mismatch: physically, they don’t fit what we are told are society’s standards for coupledom. Professionally, one is driven and goal oriented, the other has been unconsciously treading water. They hold different, sometimes incompatible, opinions about topics. Most importantly for a romance novel, one’s not interested in a relationship while the other’s ambivalent. Given such differences, I am glad this story was written using dual points of view.
I enjoyed getting to know both characters. Rian is funny, a bit quirky, and the kind of friend you want to have in your life. Carlos was a surprise. He is vain, a tad egotistical and quite regimented about his life and routine. I enjoyed him because beyond this he admits to himself he feels he falls short when compared with his uber-fit, uber-intelligent work colleagues. It’s rare to find a romance book hero who will be so forthright about their short-comings.
As much as I liked the characters and their story, there were some parts that didn’t quite work for me. Firstly, we only get small glimpses into this relationship. It felt like a large chunk of the already small amount we get takes place off page. We are told what happens; we rarely get to experience it along with Rian and Carlos. Second, it took way too long for these two to come together. With only 30% of the book left, both Rian and Carlos are still pondering about this indefinable something that the other has, but this is never fully explored. It’s also at this point Carlos tells Rian he is interested in her as more than a work colleague. I need my romance couples to admit they have feelings for each other far earlier than this.
Readers familiar with Penny Reid’s Knitting in the City series, may recall Carlos being a minor character in some of the books can without doubt be read as a standalone book.
I am looking forward to more office romances in the Cipher Office world.
*****
About M.E. Carter
My name is ME Carter and I have no idea how I ended writing books. I’m more of a story teller (the more exaggerated the better) and I happen to know people who helped me get those stories on paper.
I love reading (read almost 200 books last year), hate working out (but I do it anyway because my trainer makes me), love food (but hate what it does to my butt) and love traveling to non-touristy places most people never see. I live in Houston with my four kids, Mary, Elizabeth, Carter and Bug, who was just a twinkle in my eye when I came up with my pen name. Yeah, I’ll probably have to pay for his therapy someday for being left out.
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