From the outside, ex-football pro Jack is charming, fun and more than a little good-looking, and his assistant Larissa can’t help the attraction. She’s determined to ignore her feelings until her mother outs her. This does surprising things to Jack, who has until now successfully kept others at a distance. But this is small town Fool’s Gold, California, where no one keeps their distance for long. Pretty soon, the Larissa’s massages take on a new tone, and Jack has to decide w

How much do reviews matter when you choose a book? I always peek at them, but are they really helpful in judging whether or not I’ll like a book? I’m not so sure. Fates and Furies is one of those books that isn’t for everyone. I read it for my book club, so I didn’t decide to read it based on its reviews. In fact, I think this kind of books is particularly difficult to judge from its reviews since its characters are flawed and not always particularly likeable. The book was de