See Jane Score

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Summary: Cute and Funny Story... and some Hockey.
Review: Rachel Gibson writes the cutest stories and See Jane Score has just been added to the list. Luc, professional hockey goaley is her typical "jerk" at the beginning of the book, but by meeting the heroine Jane, he quickly changes into a more sensitive loving guy. Jane is a true original who wears total black because she has no fashion sense, has no chest (think AA) to speak of and writes a secret column called Honey Pie who puts men into comas through her sexual antics. Jane would love to be Honey Pie but she is living real life as a simple reporter.
When Luc and Jane meet, the fun begins and the humor and chemistry between these two are great. The reader learns Hockey lingo and what really goes on in the locker room after the games.
We also get to see a transformation of Jane into a more secure woman, sexually and physically as well as Luc who changes emotionally and mentally.
Some would consider See Jane Score as fluff, but overall it is a great book that makes you laugh along with some great love scenes to boot.
To chase away the blues, pick up this latest Gibson or any of her other ones.

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Summary: Very good!!
Review: This was my first Rachel Gibson book, and I will definitely read more! "See Jane Score" is the best contemporary romance that I have read in quite awhile. Gibson has a gift for drawing you into the character's minds; I found myself really rooting for them to get together. And who knew hockey players could be so sexy?! Well, hockey fans, I guess... I loved the fact that Jane refused to change who she was to win over the man (save for one daring red dress, but every girl's got to have one hot dress). All in all, it was a great fast-paced story that drew me in from the first page. I had a hard time putting this one down.

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Summary: Fun and Hard to Put Down
Review: Even though Jane is not a sports reporter, she's assigned to cover the Seattle Chinooks hockey team. She and the goalie, Luc Martineau, start off as antagonists, then friends, then lovers. This is a light, fun novel, better than your standard romance. The only thing I found lacking concerned the supporting characters-- in general, I think Rachel Gibson could do a better job of fleshing them out and adding more of them to her plots.

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Summary: SCORE BIG... READ SEE JANE SCORE
Review: This book was a great read. It was hard to put down. This is another book where you feel the emotions of the characters. It is definitely a keeper. Rachel Gibson is a very talented contemporary writer! See Jane Score!

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Summary: Opposites Attract
Review: SEE JANE SCORE by Rachel Gibson
August 13, 2004

A "plain Jane" gets involved with a hockey team and falls in love with the goalie, in Rachel Gibson's SEE JANE SCORE. Jane Alcott writes a column in the Seattle Times called "Single Girl in the City". By night she is the author of a raunchy serial in a gentlemen's magazine, HIM, and calls her column "The Life of Honey Pie". Her co-workers have no idea that she is the author of this very risqué piece of writing. No one would even think she would be involved in it, because of her reputation as being very plain, very dull, and probably someone who hasn't had sex in ages, if ever.

Then, she is given the challenge of a lifetime: to be the substitute sports writer covering the local hockey team, the Seattle Chinooks. She'll be able to work with the team one-on-one, including interviewing the guys in the locker room. It is a dream come true and a major boost to her career. Unfortunately, the guys on the team are not too thrilled with the idea of a woman sports writer, and they do their best to deter Jane from interviewing them. They humor her with conversation, as long as it is not about the team.

Jane is very frustrated, especially by the goalie Luc Martineau. He has a reputation of not allowing anyone, man or woman, to interview him. Jane finds herself with mixed feelings toward this man, someone who is the opposite of what she is. She's short, flat chested, and wears unflattering clothes. Luc is tall, built like a football player, and is known to be a ladies' man. They are opposites, yet she feels drawn to him, and unknown to her, he is drawn to her as well.

Jane's adventures with the team is almost heart-rending. She tries her best to get the guys to talk, and it's a long uphill battle. The reader will want to cheer her on as she makes in-roads a little at a time. She finally bonds with them during a brutal darts game, and from then on she feels that they are finally letting her into their inner circle.

In the meantime, Jane is slowly falling in love with Luc, and she does not know what to do.

A side plotline is the story of Luc and his younger sister Marie, who has been orphaned and now lives with her big brother in Seattle. Unfortunately, she rarely sees him because he is always on the road. He has no clue what to do with Marie, because he is used to being the single guy, and has only met Marie a few times in the past. Now that her mother has passed away, and their father had died years ago, she has no one to turn to but Luc. Luc has no idea how to raise a teenage girl. Yes, he's an expert on women, but not on girls.

SEE JANE SCORE was a book I did not expect to like as much as I did. I am not a sports fan, but yet this book was more than that. The author seems to know a lot about hockey, or did her homework, and kept the story authentic when it centered on the games and the team. She also was able to make the romance between Luc and Jane believable. I'm recommending SEE JANE SCORE and will definitely try Gibson's other books.

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Summary: Great book!
Review: This was a really fun book. The main characters, Luc and Jane, are both likable. At first they seem like an unlikely match, but don't the best love stories always start like that? Luc is a gorgeous star goalie for the Seattle Chinooks hockey team, and Jane is an introverted journalist hired to travel with the team and get interviews. Jane is not at all welcomed by the team. This is especially true of Luc, who has had several bad experiences with the press. The team decides to give her as little help as possible with her columns, and they try to fluster her by getting naked whenever she approaches them in the locker room. Predictably, Jane eventually ends up breaking them down and winning their trust and admiration. But what happens between Jane and Luc is the real story. Initially, they misjudge each other. She believes the rumors about his past drug problems and penchant for the ladies and writes him off as arrogant and shallow. He thinks she's asexual at best, possibly a lesbian, and wonders why she tries so hard to make herself look unattractive. As they interact more, they find out they have misjudged each other. Luc is actually a good guy who is trying his best to care for his much-younger, newly-orphaned sister. Jane has a very sexual side to her, the side of her that secretly writes the Honey Pie sex column for a porn magazine. Jane finds herself very attracted to Luc but fights it because she wants to be seen as a professional journalist and not have people speculating that she gets her interviews by trading sexual favors. When she departs from her usual black, shape-hiding clothes for one night and wears a sexy red dress, Luc starts to re-think his former ideas of beauty. She's short with A-cup breasts, not at all his type, but he can't stop thinking about her. There's some "will they/won't they" tension leading up to the very well-written and extremely hot love scenes. You won't be disappointed with this book.

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Summary: A Great Read!
Review: This book was one of those that I had a hard time putting down. First, because the protagonist, Jane Alcott was such an engaging heroine. I liked her spunk and determination. Also, I learned a bit about hockey, which I know nothing! It was interesting to look at sports from a reporter's point of view. Also, the interaction between Jane and Luc were wonderful! It's not often that I lose sleep over a book, but this was one fabulous exception!

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Summary: The best romance I've read in months (and I read lots!)
Review: Others have recapped the plot, so I won't. I will just say that I grabbed this book after reading Gibson's more recent "Daisy" book and I loved it.

It has a sense of humor, an alpha male hero who's not a cartoon character, and a smart, likeable heroine who wears cow pajamas. The obstacles to the relationship are neither so contrived as to be irritating nor so severe as to keep you from rooting for these two to get together.

I love books that thrill me, entertain me, are filled with sassiness and sexiness and *don't* insult my intelligence. This is right at the top of my list of favorites.