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Summary: love it
Review: Man Trouble is the story of Professor Molly Shaw and her double life as writer Sandra St. Claire. She's the author of the New York Times bestseller Pirate Gold, but nobody knows that but her close friend and colleague Carter McKee. Now he has a favor to ask her: seduce resort millionaire and playboy extraordinaire Jake Berenger. Carter wants the scoop on the ever so handsome and seductive Jake, a man notorious for his privacy. So begins Molly's crazy quest to help her friend. Though she is very reluctant to go along with Carter's plan, she finally concedes because he has always been there for her when she has needed him. Molly also thinks she deserves to spend some time on a Caribbean island at Jake's resort, Gold Bay. She also hopes it will help her research for her next book. She never dreams about the amazing discovery she will make.Jake finds the odd Sandra St. Claire charming, if a touch odd. But it is the intriguing Professor Molly Shaw who really interests him, especially when she tries to get a part of his resort classified as a historical site. Then he just finds her annoying... and oh so attractive. She seems to be the perfect candidate to help him clean up his playboy image, to make him seem more like a family man. Until he discovers her deception as Sandra St. Claire and her plan with Carter, and a messy situation just gets messier. Will Jake and Molly manage to come clean with each other so that their newly budding relationship can blossom fully into love? Melanie Craft's story is a great read, very emotional, and full of lots of interesting historical details about pirate life. Jake and Molly were both very real characters, very three dimensional and full of love, warmth, creativity, and a zest for each other and the causes they are trying to help. Man Trouble has lots of great secondary characters too who the reader will either love or hate. Jake and Molly both have some troubles they have to work through but in the end it is their love and happiness that they find to be most important, creating a very satisfying ending to a very good book.
Sarah W--http://www.fallenangelreviews.com
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Summary: A great fun read!
Review: Melanie Craft's Man Trouble is such a fun read! I loved falling in love with Jake and Molly as they fell for one another. The
characters are well developed as well as the cast of great characters spinning their own agendas around them.
Positively enjoyable!
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Summary: entertaining contemporary romance
Review: Miami Herald reporter Carter McKee comes to Belden, Wisconsin to ask his pal college history professor Molly Shaw to help him gain an interview of billionaire hotel mogul Jake Berenger. Carter plans to write a bio on Jake, but needs an interview something the wealthy hotelier never gives. He wants Molly to pose as her alter ego romance writer Sandra St. Claire in order to seduce the reclusive Jake at his Gold Bay Resort. Though insisting it is a mission impossible, Molly agrees to help Carter. At the resort, a transformed Molly does her best, but Jake cannot see her as a femme fatale though he finds her very pretty and intelligent. He also realizes he needs damage control following an affair with actress Skye Elliot, who insists her lover is a druggie incapable of being a CEO. However, as Jake and Molly work their own agenda they fall in love, but what will happen when the truth surfaces. This entertaining contemporary romance stars two individuals who normally would never meet as they walk dramatically different spheres. The story line is fun to see the odd couple start off wary of one another, turn become attracted to each other, and finally realize they are in love. Though Carter's selfishness is so obviously over the top and readers will wonder how the intelligent romance writing professor fails to see it, fans will enjoy this fine tale of love between two apparent opposites. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Fun book - I was laughing out loud!
Review: My husband asked me to "pipe down" because I was laughing so hard as I read this book. I had been recommended to me, and I'm glad I got the chance to read it. A lot of laughs, and a good story to boot.
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Summary: The best one yet!
Review: Ok, I admit that I am becoming a SERIOUS fan of MC's writing...I loved this book! Craft's plotting and story lines have become more complex, but the writing stays just as fresh and fun as it was in her previous books. Of all the heroines I have "met" ( :) ), Molly is definitely my favourite, and Jake Berenger isn't chopped liver either! I guess what I like most about this book is the fun reparte' (can't figure out how to properly accent that word here on amazon.com...) between the characters...I like how the author uses lots of humor in her stories, and has a real sense for dialog, which keeps the reader turning the pages. Once you pick up this book, make sure you've picked a comfortable spot! You aren't going to want to "leave" until you are done!
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Summary: Great read!
Review: Ok, I am an oddball reviewer, a man who reads romance novels. Well, not all romance novels, mostly just the ones my wife leaves lying around the house...Jane Krenz, stuff like that. She handed me this one over the weekend, and said "read this...it'll make you laugh". Four hours later (yeah, I'm fast), and after lots of loud guffaws, I am pleased to say that this is a great read, and hard to put down. If you like loopy modern stories with a sort-of Shakespearean comedic-edge, try it out. If you want heaving bosoms and gallant men in tights, this may not be your thing...the author seems to be writing romance novels for the rest of us! Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great book, bad for my marriage
Review: This is a very funny romantic comedy! I read in bed at night and some of the crazier scenes made me laugh out loud, which my husband did not appreciate. My choice for the best comic scene is the one in the pool cabana with Molly and Rama Guru, the thong-wearing, not-so-spiritual meditation guru. He tries to seduce her and ends up with more (or perhaps less) than he bargained for. In the beginning of the book, Molly doesn't know who she is, and is spending her life trying to live up to other people's standards. Watching her figure out her own mind is a pleasure, and the romance is charming and not too heavy handed. The hero is suave and just enough of a bad-boy. This book reminded me of those wacky Frank Capra movies from the forties. A quick and fun read!
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Summary: Great book, bad for my marriage
Review: This is a very funny romantic comedy! I read in bed at night and some of the crazier scenes made me laugh out loud, which my husband did not appreciate. My choice for the best comic scene is the one in the pool cabana with Molly and Rama Guru, the thong-wearing, not-so-spiritual meditation guru. He tries to seduce her and ends up with more (or perhaps less) than he bargained for. In the beginning of the book, Molly doesn't know who she is, and is spending her life trying to live up to other people's standards. Watching her figure out her own mind is a pleasure, and the romance is charming and not too heavy handed. The hero is suave and just enough of a bad-boy. This book reminded me of those wacky Frank Capra movies from the forties. A quick and fun read!
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Summary: sweet and playful!
Review: What a sweet and playful book this is. I read this author's other book (TRUST ME) last fall and found it charming (I am an animal lover and TRUST ME featured a lot of animals, which was fun for me). MAN TROUBLE has a different tone, but is very entertaining. The heroine starts out mousy, tries to force glamor, and finds herself somewhere in between. And I always like when a man isn't so much as "tamed" by a good woman, but becomes comfortable enough with himself because of her that he finds himself all on his own. Much more believable that way. My only complaint with MAN TROUBLE was that it didn't last the whole weekend for me -- I read it straight through.
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