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Summary: One for the A-List Keeper Shelf
Review: Funny, sexy, original with warm engaging characters, 'Blushing Pink' by Jill Winters is now at the top of my A-List Keeper Shelf. Even if you don't normally go for romance, you will love this book!
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Summary: Side-splitting beach read!
Review: Heroine: Average/Plump Reese Brock appears to have it all: a great part-time job in her favorite bookstore (working under the teeny-bopper-bitch-boss from Hades), an almost completed Ph.D. in History (with yet another boss from Hades, who calls her day and night, and NO dissertation in sight), a loving family (with a mother guaranteed to make a girl neurotic), and a terrific boyfriend (if you really go for a guy who kisses like a gagging goldfish). What Reese really wants though, is to ditch playing it safe with the bland boyfriend of convenience and the ghostwriting of dry textbooks, and instead pen the succulent novel she just knows she has hidden away in her soul. And she wants to find a man she can truly connect with, someone who can make her burn. Someone one like Brian Doren, who shared a magnificently hot New Year's Eve kiss with her two years ago and then promptly dropped out of her life, only to now reappear as the best man at her little sister's upcoming wedding! Does Reese have the guts to make her fantasies a reality, or will she be forever stuck playing it safe? What worked for me: This book was wickedly funny, and the terrific sexual tension was sizzling not only between the main characters but in the secondary romance as well. Ms. Winters has a real knack for vividly portraying antagonists; you just love to hate them! Size-wise this is another case of a character being assigned a small dress size size but whose descriptions are definitely friendly to larger women. Reese thought she was chubby and pear-shaped; the hero thought she was soft and voluptuous. What didn't work for me: The book just cruised along for me until I hit the wedding rehearsal and ceremony scenes; then things fell a bit flat, mainly because the hero and heroine got locked into a downward spiral of juvenile attitudes and behaviors. Fortunately the yummy ending, all tied up in a pretty little bow, made up for this. Can I just say that I really hated the mother in this story?? Imagine Ross and Monica's mother from "Friends" . . then make her ten times worse! Overall: Fans of Chick Lit who want more steamy romance in their stories should enjoy this one. Warning: this book features coarse language, spicy sex scenes, and a bit of weight loss. If you liked "Blushing Pink" you might also enjoy "Coffee and Kung Fu", "Plum Girl", "The Bridesmaid's Reward", "Fast Women", "Welcome to Temptation", "Faking It", "Switcheroo", "Infernal Affairs", "Princess Charming", "Good in Bed", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Jemima J.", "Getting Over It", "Lola Carlyle Reveals All", "It Had to be You", or "This Heart of Mine"
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Summary: Couldn't Put It Down
Review: I borrowed this book from the library, but if I owned it, I would read it again and again. I could NOT put this book down. I stayed up late to finish reading it, knowing I couldn't sleep without finding out what happened. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the "misunderstandings" between Reese and Brian. I wanted to knock them both in the head. Really, I would give it 4 1/2 stars. I recommend it, especially if you want to read something fun and fast.
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Summary: excellent!!!
Review: i loved every page of this book! the story was so uplifting and passionate. i found this book very well-written, better than most other novels i've read lately. the author has a really funny unique way of describing things. and both love stories are so beautiful and passionate!!
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Summary: AWESOME! LOVE HER WRITING STYLE!
Review: I LOVED JILL WINTERS' FIRST NOVEL "PLUM GIRL" AND I DIDN'T THINK "BLUSHING PINK" COULD BE AS GOOD. BUT I LOVED IT! IT WAS A FUN, FAST MOVING STORY WITH A LOT OF PASSION AND WITTY, CLEVER NARRATION. THIS AUTHOR HAS A BREEZY AND SEXY BUT VERY ORIGINAL STYLE THAT IS A REAL TREAT! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT.
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Summary: smart, funny, and SEXY!
Review: i loved this book because the characters were so likeable and their situations felt so real, yet so funny at times! i could totally relate to reese in the things she felt, the job she had, and the steamy crush she had on brian. it takes a while for reese and brian to give in to temptation, but when they finally do, you are in for some VERY hot and sexy scenes! i didn't want this story to end even though i read it so fast! great book, will try plum girl next.
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Summary: Summer Sleeper!!
Review: I stumbled upon this book and I'm so glad I did! It was funny and different and a wonderful love story. The family antics had me cracking up! Sleeper of the summer-terrific read!
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Summary: Glad I Found It!
Review: I was glancing haphazzardly at the newly released soft-backs when I spotted this book. I bought it on a whim, and am so glad that I did. "Blushing Pink" is funny, sexy, smart and light-hearted, all the things that a summer read should be. I'm glad I found this book!
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Summary: Stay far, far away.
Review: It's awful. The book was so plodding and slow.
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Summary: It deserves zero stars......
Review: It's really like an accident you don't want to see but can't seem to stop looking. This is a book I didn't want to keep reading but couldn't stop...... Ugh. Flat cardboard characters. Spineless heroine. WHY oh WHY doesn't she stand up to her manipulative, shallow mother & the dictatorial professor? And how can she be in a PhD program when she's this dense? The image obsessed mother. The father who spouts quotations. The abusive boss from hell. Cliche after cliche..... You can see the plot hiccups (I can't really call them twists) coming a mile away. The plot is propelled by simple misunderstandings and overheard conversations. In other words, there is no real plot.
There are so many wonderful romantic women's fiction books out there. This isn't one of them.
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