Posts Tagged ‘romantic comedy’
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg by Susan Donovan was just a joy to read. =) Humorous, fast paced, great love scenes. It took me three days to read it, but that was two days longer than I wanted to. Drat work for getting in the way!
Josie Sheehan has a string of failed relationships, and is 35 years old. Making a pact with her 3 friends, they decide no more men! Except for her Labradoodle, Genghis.
That is until Rick Rousseau appears, as CEO of a pet company and all around gorgeous guy. He loves her, he loves her dog, it should be happily ever after right? Wrong!
Turns out Rick has quite a past behind him, and a killer hot on his trail. Turns out Josie’s friends think Rick is a bad-boy and should leave Josie alone. When they all clash together, sparks fly higher than on the Fourth of July, and it’s one fun entertaining read. Buy the Book! =)
Oh, and Susan – I want to know what happens to Bennett!
carrie
4 out of 5 tails!
Under the Mistletoe by Linda Howard and Stephanie Bond is a fun read. Especially at this time year. I was a wee bit concerned that Linda’s portion is half the size of Stephanie’s, but each story was an excellent read.
Bluebird Winter by Linda Howard, features Kathleen, about to give birth in the middle of a raging Christmas blizzard. Trying to save her baby, she tries driving to the nearest clinic and bam, finds herself in a snow drift. The hero, in the form of Doctor Derek saves both her and the baby, marries them and have a lovely HEA. Sounds short and sweet, but really, there’s a lot of story going on there for just the 120+ pages it’s written on!
Naughty or Nice by Stephanie Bond was a giggling good time read as well. Hotel manager Cindy has one disaster after another, just as the hotel inspector shows up. Unfortunately she thinks he’s an adult toy salesman. =) It’s lots of good fun, in a Christmas setting.
You’ll enjoy this one, it’s lots of fun reading, I read it all in one evening with a bowl of popcorn and Christmas tunes wailing in the background.
carrie
4 out of 5 tails
This Perfect Kiss by Christie Ridgeway is just a fun read. Set in Hollywood it pits sexy and rich Rory Kincaid – stick in the mud and running for senator – against curvaceous and free-spirited Jilly Skye, owner of a vintage clothes store. And the sparks they fly!
Rory’s family is old-time Hollywood, actors and bad reputations abound. Rory’s trying to bring respectability to the family name, but…things keep happening. Funny things. Things that make you snort milk out your nose. =)
Jilly’s a hoot, running around in her vintage clothes, trying to avoid Rory’s seductive gaze, somehow they manage to get engaged. OOps. And then there’s the web cam pictures. And then…
There’s tons of fun here, lots of great characters and Rory’s four year old Aunt Iris tops it all off. Fun read, had a good time with the story, and as always love Christie Ridgway!
carrie
4 tails out of 5!
Kathleen O’Reilly is one of my new favoritest authors. I just finished Hot Under Pressure, and I laughed my (smart)ass off all the way through. Just buy this book. Or borrow it. Get out to the library and see if they have it.
Just do it.
Ashley Taylor owns a chain of boutiques and hates flying. And virtually every flight she’s on there seems to be one little cookie-filled monster after another. Then on one trip, David McLean gets the seat next to her and there’s a flight delay. After a little sex talk, they end up in the airport hotel. Va va va voom!
The sex and the jokes hardly ever end. When they’re fighting, Kathleen still finds a way to make you smile. It’s a feel-good book, that I highly recommend to anyone. Loved it, shared it with all my friends, and now I’ll read it again. Now THAT to me is the symbol of a good book.
carrie
5 tails out of 5
So I loooove Jodie Thomas. I didn’t know I did, it was a surprise love. I thought her book covers looked like Debbie Macomber’s so I didn’t even look twice. Then, one day when I was bored and had NOTHING to read (y’know, except the 3 bags full of books sitting on the sofa – but still) I bought Rewriting Monday. What a blast I had reading it!
Pepper Malone is a journalist who suddenly leaves her last job – after her life is threatened – to move to Bailee, Texas. Her aunt has left her a house in her will, and Pepper needs somewhere to hide out for a bit. Problem is, the aunt isn’t dead. And it isn’t a house so much as a trailer. Complete with a disgruntled cat.
Mike McCulloch runs the local newspaper, who has a motley crew working for him. He hires Pepper and the fun begins. There’s murder, mayhem and the FBI is called in. And that’s just one night in the nursing home! Jodie Thomas writes extremely well, with lots of giggles and outright guffaws. There’s romantic tension, suspense tension and even cat tension. Well worth the money spent and I’ll buy from this author again. And again!
carrie
How to Knit a Wild Bikini by Christie Ridgeway.
Ok, so technically I didn’t buy this book. I won it. Autographed. With it’s own bookmark. And got an email back from the author when I told her I loved loved loved her book. Jealous yet? You should be, especially if you haven’t read it.
I admit, if I’d seen this book in the only bookstore we have in small town Iowa here, I probably wouldn’t have bought it. Why? Because it says KNIT on the cover. This takes me back to a traumatic childhood experience involving Grandma Starkenburg, two needles and potholders. I’ll say no more.
However, since I won this (autographed) book, I will tell you, you must rush out and buy it. Now. This very second. Stop reading, put your shoes on, cover your jammies with a trenchcoat and just go buy it. Or, you know, purchase it on Amazon, give me a 4% feedback and have a damn good time when it arrives. Either way.
Nikki (heroine) is a chef in a restaurant but her bad knee makes it impossible for her work the shifts anymore. She applies for (and gets) a cooking job with Jay Buchanan, playboy extraordinaire.. He’s recently sworn off of women and hires (what he thinks is) a lesbian chef to keep him on the straight and narrow. Set in Malibu, this book is literally a laugh a minute, if not more than that. Hubby came into the bedroom and asked if I needed CPR I was laughing so hard.
Just buy it. You’ll love it. Five tails out of five.
carrie
Loooove this book. Love. This. Book. The Trouble with Harry by Katie MacAllister had me in stitches. The humor is sometimes so subtle, it sneaks up on you, and other times it’s an outright hoot.
Plum, the heroine is broke. No money, shunned by one and all. What’s a girl to do? She answers an ad in the newspaper to become a wife. Little does she know, the man she’s going to marry is a Marquis, and has five children. And not ordinary children, oh no. Hellions. Diablitos. And her new husband wants NO more children. Oops.
Harry, the hero, is your average ex-spy, worked for the government, understated kind of Regency guy. His kids drive him to distraction, he’s widowed and even his servants have given up on trying to raise the children. In desperation, he advertises for a wife, and gets Plum. Whom he’s more than satisfied with, especially when he finds out her secret life of writing.
Seem a little dull the way I wrote it? Not a chance. There’s bad guys galore, the kids get into one disaster after another, there’s intrigue and sex. And humor. This line from Harry when interviewing applicants to be his wife, and finding a few quite ugly to look upon.
“Toothsome, no, but I’d like to be able to look at her without thinking of bulldogs.”
It’s this subtle humor throughout the book that really makes it. The humor is charming, the plot is diverse and full, the characters are one-of-a-kind. I’m looking forward to buying more of Katie MacAllister’s work!
carrie
Bending the Rules by Susan Andersen was a sweet read. I truly enjoyed every hour of it. Even shed a few tears at the end. Wah! =)
Poppy Calloway designs greeting cards, paints murals and is definitely her own woman. But when she meets Detective Jason de Sanges will she have met her match? Darn tootin’ she has! And what a fun ride Susan Andersen makes of it. There’s comedy, romance, suspense and hot hot sex. Great writing, totally believable characters and that old Opposites Attract plot works great. I believe this is book two in a series of three, and I have absolutely no problem buying the other two!
carrie