Dangerous Grounds

This pains me to say, but this was a DNF for me. I got as far as 5% through, and hated the heroine! I have loved every other Shellie Stevens books I have read! (view spoiler)[ The issues I have with Madison Phillips. 1. On chatting to her cousin, Stacia, who in all innocence asks about her boyfriend, to be told "He broke up with me" Stacia replies that he is a bastard and should have put a ring on her finger long ago. Madison blinked, her stomach clenching at the fact her cousin had brought up such an awkward subject in a room full of people. "And aren't you tactful" Ok, well, first, asking where your boyfriend is at a party is a pretty normal question, Madison was the blunt one with her "He broke up with me" response and hence brought it up in a room full of people. 2. She decided, instantly, her brothers best friend, is going to be her rebound guy. With no concerns about this poor sod, or what this might do to his relationship with her brother, his best friend! 3. His gaze drifted through the door and he spotted Maddie speaking to her dad. She glanced over at the patio. Even though he knew she couldn't see him past the reflection of the glass inside, she raised an eyebrow and her mouth curved into a slow smile. ok, let us just imagine how that looked to the rest of the room, and if she could not see him, he could have moved, or did she expect him to be standing there staring after her like a love sick puppy! 4. After a vague invite to her coffee shop over the weekend, she is disappointed as he has not turned up Because she'd made a point of looking extra sexy today. Low rise jeans showed off her tiny pink thong, if she happened to bend over, and a clingy black t-shirt that read "They're real" hugged her breasts. Ugh, ok. 5. This poor victim..oops I mean man, actually does turn up, she forces a coffee on him even tough he does not like coffee, she ofc does the whole oops I dropped something to slowly bend over, smiling as she knows she is flashing her thong, then asks Can I get you anything else? Are you hungry> Do you want some biscotti? Maybe a Bagel?" She ran her tongue over her bottom lip. "Or how about a blowjob?" 6. Oh, and this woman, is opening a coffee shop, without knowing how to make coffee herself, but it is ok, she has hired a barista, who, although is a student, I am assuming will not do any attending lectures, studying or having days off, being sick etc, seeing as she is the only person, in a coffee shop, who can make coffee (hide spoiler)] Now, even if a book is not working for me, I would normally give it more time. But tbh, too many of these rolling my eyes moment over Maddie in the first chapter alone, made it a DNF. It might have got better, I don't know,I just didn't like the female lead enough to even try. Read a much better example of what this author can do.