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Title: In Name Only (2 Novels in 1) by Jill Shalvis, Day Leclaire ISBN: 0-373-23015-X Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Accidental Wife is Tops!
Comment: The first novel in this collection, The Bachelor's Bed, is your basic romance novel. Studly bachelor scientist Colin needs a fiancee to keep his mother off his back while he is working on a project. Lani, his paid housekeeper, happens to be there when he thinks of the bright idea of having someone pose as his fake fiancee.
This story was pleasant enough, but there was no spark or pizazz in it for me.
However, Accidental Wife is another story. Although the setup is quite contrived, the skillful writing and character development makes this novel a pleasure to read.
In order to keep her lovestruck boss Eric at bay, Nikki tells him she is happily married. This doesn't seem to work, so Nikki decides she needs to get a real husband, however temporary. So she goes to the Cinderella Ball to find a husband. She is followed there (unknown to her) by Eric, and (unknown to both Nikki and Eric) by his brother Jonah. Jonah (under the impression that Nikki is there to marry Eric) marries Nikki (who doesn't know that Jonah is related to her boss) instead.
After this unnecessarily complex setup, Leclaire shows her skill at writing believable characters, and scenes that quickly carry the plot along. The heroine, Nikki, is smart and beautiful and a skilled financier, but has past sorrows that cause her to be reserved about her personal life. After a bit of a rough start (in which Jonah comes across as a domineering prig), he is shown as an aggressive businessman who develops into a concerned and caring husband. When the two characters finally come together, it is not him conquering her, or her seducing him. It is two adults admitting that they feel strong emotions for each other, and enjoying their feelings. I enjoyed this one a lot for the fully developed relationship depicted in the book.
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Title: Fool For Love by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Stephanie Bond, Judith Arnold ISBN: 0373835663 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Lip Service by Lori Foster, Julie Elizabeth Leto ISBN: 0373836309 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Fallen Angels by Lori Foster ISBN: 0373836015 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Snowy Nights by Heather Graham, Lindsay McKenna, Marilyn Pappano, Annette Broadrick ISBN: 0373218524 Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Reading Between The Lines by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Leslie Kelly ISBN: 0373836333 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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