This is the
first time I am reading anything by Michele Arris. Catch Me is the contemporary
interracial love story about the sexy yet stubborn Tabitha Seils and the sexy
yet stubborn Dominic Balaska. Tabitha is
a custom pastry chef and part owner with her friends Evie and Kennedi of a
Washington D.C. boutique bakery (Chase Confections) reopening in a new location.
 Tabitha likes things her way and
constantly bumps heads with Dominic who is overseeing the project of the new
location. Dominic is also Trenton’s brother who is engaged to Kennedi. So,
everyone wants Tabitha and Dominic to get along because they have to work
together. 

Now, these
two are thrown together for a week on a promo opportunity to market the bakery
out on the West Coast (Las Vegas) at Shaw’s signature restaurant, Pearl Fine
Dining. Dominic is Shaw Enterprise’s COO and would arrange for meetings to get
Tabitha interviewed and to drum up business. While there, tension eases between
the two of them and they become more than just friends. However, Tabitha has a
lot going on with trying to adopt a baby and figuring out how to make the payments
and so does Dominic who must get married by thirty-one to get his $20 million trust
inheritance. They both agree it would be a win-win situation if they got
married and he would pay her $100,000 for doing so then they would get an
annulment. 

Overall, it
was a quick and fun read. Although I felt the story dragged a bit at times and
there was a lack of communication about some situations, I enjoyed seeing
Tabitha and Dominic play this cat and mouse game with their feelings for each
other. Neither one of them wanting to confess how they truly felt until others
around them made it clear for them. I also enjoyed the dialogue, sex scenes,
and bakery descriptions which were realistic and well done. It was a good read! 

Some of my
favorite lines: 

For some
strange reason, Dominic simply liked looking at Tabitha. In fact, he couldn’t
take his eyes off her at dinner. There was something hidden behind that icy
exterior that provoked his curiosity. On that, he ignored his brother. “There
wasn’t much about the dude to figure out. Anyway, Tabitha was trying to do a
duck and dodge when I ran into her. Again, can’t blame her. The dude didn’t
strike me as her type.”

“Self-absorbed
pretty boys with an ego chip on their shoulder aren’t her type. I guess that
leaves you out,” Trenton said on a laugh. “It’s what Tabitha said about you the
other day.”

Dominic
scowled. “Ego chip! She said that?”

“Apparently,
he’s okay with the pretty-boy part,” Vincent remarked around a chuckle.

 Rating: 3.5
stars  

Originally Published on https://vocalexpressions.blogspot.com

Deliah Lawrence Attorney, Author, Blogger, Workshop Facilitator

Deliah Lawrence is a Maryland-based attorney and award-winning author of two romantic suspense novels (Gotta Let It Go and Gotta Get It Back) set in Baltimore. She’s also a blogger and workshop facilitator who writes poetry and short stories.

When Deliah isn’t writing, you can find her reading a book, indulging in her addiction to investigation discovery shows; or painting her yet-to-be exhibited oil artworks of landscapes, portraits or whatever else comes to her creative mind. Constantly on the go, she is also a member of the Black Writers’ Guild of Maryland and Sisters in Crime.