Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn’t help that Stella has Asperger’s and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice–with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can’t afford to turn down Stella’s offer and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan.
Review
Stella loves math, she works as an econometrician (someone who uses statistics and calculus to help formulate recommendations to customers after they make a purchase online) has Asperger’s, is thirty years old, hates french kissing, and hates sex. It doesn’t help that her family is pressuring her to settle down and start having kids. So, in the most rational way she decides that in order for her to find the right person and settle down she needs to be good at sex and kissing. And just like that, she decides to hire a professional.
The Kiss Quotient is a delightful story that reads very much like a male version of “Pretty Woman”. What is really appealing about this book is the fact that the author, Helen Huong, also suffers from Asperger’s and has a real insight into the mind of people, especially adult women, who suffer from this syndrome. The result is that Stella is a character that never seems fake or impossible. Huong gives us a glimpse of what goes on in the mind of someone who suffers from Asperger’s, and by doing that she creates a character that jumps out of the page–someone you can relate to even if you don’t have the same condition.
This is really a delightful book and a pleasant read packed with lots of romance, humor and great sex. This is a sizzling romance that won’t disappoint fans of the genre.
I received an early copy of this book for free from Penguin Random House First To Read in exchange for my honest review.