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Summary: Great "Can't Put It Down" Read
Review: Body Check is one of the best romances of the year (IMO:). Janna is a PR maven with the unenviable job of cleaning up the image of the hard living New York Blades. Ty Gallagher is the stubborn team captain who thinks PR is a bunch of Cr@p and that winning the Stanley Cup the year before should be enough. I don't really care much for Hockey and I have never had a thing for Hockey players but these two charecters have great chemistry. It was an enjoyable and engrossing read -- one of the best of the year -- so far.
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Summary: Body Check
Review: I loved this book, I started it and couldn't put it down. Ty's character with his hard as nails, big heart attitude was great. I enjoyed the development of Ty and Janna's relationship. Her roommate was terrific, I can't wait for her story. This is a definate keeper, I'll enjoy reading again.
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Summary: A Winning hockey story sports lovers will appreciate.....
Review: Janna MacNeil is a successful publicist, recently hired by the New York Blades to get rid of their bad boy image. Kidco Corporation recently purchased the franchise and now wants to remake them into a family friendly team. After winning the Stanley Cup last year, the team paraded the cup into some pretty nefarious establishments, making the team a PR nightmare. If Janna can rehabilitate the images of spoiled soap stars, how tough can this job really be? To put it mildly, she's about to find out! Team captain Ty Gallagher, three time Stanley Cup winner, figures his job with the team is on the ice. Trying to pacify corporate big wigs is not on his agenda. While other team members sign up for appearances, Ty flatly refuses. Ty and Janna go head to head over PR issues, while Lou Capesi, head of PR for the Blades, puts more pressure on Janna to force Ty's involvement. Janna doesn't let Ty intimidate her, and his growing respect for Janna and her determination to do her job leads Ty into dangerous territory. Ty doesn't get involved in serious relationships during the hockey season, preferring to concentrate on his game. Plus a relationship between Janna and Ty could put both their jobs in jeopardy. Will this year be the exception to the rule? An interesting cast of secondary characters, and their agendas, makes this book a gem. Plus, Deirdre Martin gives us a realistic look into the high-pressure corporate world of major league sports, and what it takes to be the best. This was a thoroughly enjoyable read!
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Summary: Body Check is like Chocolate--Couldn't Get Enough!
Review: I couldn't put this book down and I didn't want to. Deidre Martin catches you up in her story of a tough hockey player and an even tougher PR woman. From the moment you begin, you're involved, even if you don't like hockey. Every character is has depth, the plot keeps you guessing and even though you know everything will turn out happy, you never know how Deidre Martin will do it. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: Great New Author
Review: I couldn't put this book down. Deirdre Martin is one of the funniest, freshest voices to hit romance in a long time. Janna and Ty's relationship develops in a totally believable manner. But what I really liked was that the characters humanity was in the story from the very beginning, making them both likable--and making me care about the growth of their relationship. I can't wait for Martin's next book!
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Summary: Great Contemporary Romance!
Review: A new first novel by Deirdre Martin and it is stunning! Janna McNeil is our heroine. She is a publicist recently hired by the New York Blades hockey team, a talented group of athletes who definitely need a new image. Janna is smart, motivated and determined. Smack these qualities up against our hero, Ty Gallagher, captain of the Blades, who is handsome and obstinate, and a sizzling chemistry ignites! Humor and intrigue are added to this delightful novel by well-developed secondary characters. Even if you are not a hockey fan, you will enjoy BODY CHECK. We have to wait until January 2004 for Ms. Martin's next novel, FAIR PLAY, which I am sure will not disappoint.
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Summary: I could become a hockey fan
Review: This is a GREAT book. The conflict between the main characters, Ty and Janna, was kept purely on a professional level, never personal like in a lot of romance novels. This made their getting together much more believable. The story was multidimensional with great secondary characters. I enjoyed watching Janna overcome her insecurities with Ty's encouragement. This may be Deirdre Martin's first book but she's earned a place on my "must buy" list.
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Summary: engaging contemporary sports romance
Review: Kidco bought the defending Stanley Cup champions, but the corporation is very concerned with the image of a team that plays hard off the ice. After winning the trophy, the team players paraded the cup in headlining tours of strip joints. Rumors also surfaced, though not confirmed, that the champs snorted cocaine from the cup. To improve the image of their new acquisition, public relations boss Lou Capesi hires expert Janna McNeil. Janna finds the team captain Ty Gallagher as the toughest person to persuade in helping improve the image. Ty believes that the ice is all that counts and not fattening the wallets of the corporation. Most of the team follows his lead. As Janna and Ty mentally check one another, they begin to fall in love. However, he knows that the two times he mixed romance during the season, he lost his concentration and his team lost too. In spite of her success as a PR specialist, surprisingly Janna suffers form low self-esteem. Thus, this is one relationship that appears to have not chance of lasting through even a seven game first round series. BODY CHECK is an engaging contemporary sports romance that will score a hat trick with readers due to the lead couple, a fine supporting cast, and hockey. The story line is fun though Ty's attitude, as a firm believer in team camaraderie, seems contradictory as he is hurting the team members from scoring contracts with sponsors. Still fans will they won the Stanley Cup with this delightful tale. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I read Rachel Gibson's See Jane Score a few days ago and enjoyed it...so when this came up under my recommendations I decided to try it out!...It was 10 times better than See Jane Score, which is saying alot because I absolutely love Rachel Gibson. Deirdre Martin is an awesome new writer and I hope her next novel "Fair Play" debutes soon. Trust me you will NOT regret this purchase! Highly recommended.
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Summary: Funny, yet a serious story line.
Review: Janna MacNeil proved that she could pull off miracles as the publicist for a soap opera. Now, after a charity with family values buys a rowdy, skirt chasing, possibly illegal drug taking hockey team and wants to revamp their image, she has the challenge of a lifetime. The team captain, Ty Gallagher makes it no easier when he butts heads with her at every opportunity. He refuses to sign up for charity publicity ops, and just downright gets under her skin. When he does appear at a charity function, it is with a bimbo, who happens to be Janna's baby sister. After this encounter, the two find that they value each other's opinion of them even more than they want to admit, and suddenly, the bridge between them is crossed. The inevitable happens, but that does not make life easier between them. It gets even worse when Janna's best friend is nearly raped by a teammate. Sides have to be drawn and chosen, and major life decisions have to be confronted. Love falls off the priority list. Or does it? ***** When I told my best friend that there was a hockey romance coming out I wanted to review for her sake, her first response was "How can you have a hockey romance?" Maybe it was a challenge to write, but whatever, it was well done. The characters are all engaging, and the romance and humor make every page well worthwhile. However, don't make the mistake of thinking it's a lightweight humorous read; the laughter is well balanced by a serious story line and true to life characters. The only thing missing would be a wedding on ice. Ty alone is enough to convince even a non sports lover to go to a hockey game! With gratitude, the reader will find that this is only the beginning of a series, so there is more on the way! ***** Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.
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