Yours For the Taking

Kaye turns out a lackluster fourth contemporary (after Too Hot to Handle). Rich, smart, and sexy, Ben Walsh resists marriage until his billionaire grandpa threatens to deprive him of the one piece of real estate he's always wanted. Ben then proposes a legitimate but businesslike marriage to Latina bombshell Gina Reyez, a hard-working and upwardly mobile administrative assistant. Gina accepts Ben's offer to be his wife on paper only, despite both her misgivings and her attraction to him. Soon Ben finds himself drawn to her, and he begins engineering plots to make the sham marriage last. Ben's attraction and his family's heartfelt approval of his new wife are puzzling, as Gina vents a constant barrage of insults and always insists on being right. The passionate sex scenes can't make up for the uninspired storyline and obnoxious protagonist. (Jan.)