cover image Lady First

Lady First

Relentless Aaron, . . St. Martin's Griffin, $14.95 (258pp) ISBN 978-0-312-35936-2

In Aaron's latest steamy relationship drama (after Extra Marital Affairs ) a sharp African-American kid goes from bagging groceries to bedding a famous retired African-American TV actress and co-creating a successful modeling firm, Premium Fudge Unlimited. Only problem is, Spencer Lewis gets a lot more than he bargained for when he becomes Tia Stern's personal assistant “to handle the common things in life.” That includes cleaning her bathroom, helping her spend her divorce settlement and being at her beck and call in the bedroom and out. Becoming her live-in help is fine by Spence and he's thankful for the fabulous perks, including his new digs in the moneyed part of Stamford, Conn., and Tia's help in launching his dream modeling agency. But her dramatic, self-obsessed ways begin to bother him, especially after they hire Cassandra Evans to help manage Premium Fudge. Suddenly, being Tia's “nurturing confidant” with hot young models around, plus two women who want his body begins to spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e. Aaron's depiction of Tia as the dream woman–turned–nightmare devouring diva is over-the-top, but that's Aaron's style, and the book's a hoot. (Nov.)