Suddenly Sexy

Rating:
Summary: Seriously Sexy
Review: I discovered Linda Francis Lee by accident with Looking for Lacey this summmer. I fell in love with Lacey and Bobby Mac and to my surprise they made an appearance in this book. I LOVED this book! Any author that can make me laugh out loud in once paragraph and tear up in the next is on my favorites list. And LFL definitely did that. The chemistry between Jesse and Kate was perfect. Actually the chemistry between each of the characters was excellent--except I wish we could have seen some sort of closure with Jesse's dad but all in all I loved all the characters in this book and can't wait to see what happens with Chloe and Julia.

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Summary: Fun, Amusing, Sexy, Sweet, Chick Lit
Review: I just loved this book, especially the thought it is the first of three books about childhood friendships. Katie's story; based on three friends who grew up together who have remained close through the years and work together. Kate's story is about her childhood love, Jesse....a hunk, sexy, charming, all of the things that make this book steamy and fun. If you read the editorial reviews, you'll see why you need to buy this great book!

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Summary: Weakest book of the triology
Review: I read the 'Sexy' books out of order, and this was one last for me. It's a good thing I didn't read this book first, because I wasn't that drawn in by the characters or thieir story. Basically, childhood friends Katherine Bloom and Jesse Chapman discover love when he returns home. Katherine was a fun and lively character, who provided humor and heart throughout the book, but Jesse... he was a cad, a player, a loverboy, etc. I really didn't see him as a fit with Katherine, and his reformed character just wasn't believable. The book was ok, but I'd skip it in favor of the other two in this series; the books stand individually and do not need to be read in order.

Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: Linda Francis Lee has outdone herself in this emotionally-gripping story with love and laughter wrapped into the package. The relationship between Kate and Jesse is very intense. And if that weren't enough, factor in a teenage boy, friends, and family and you have a gripping book that you don't want to put down. A definite MUST read!

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Summary: Fun, Sassy, And The First In A Series!
Review: Ms. Lee has penned a very witty, and fun contemporary romance that combines great characters, laughter, and of course romance.

Katherine, "Katie" Bloom is trying to re-invent herself. Problem is she is not sure how to go from prim and proper, stuffed shirt news anchor, to fun and flighty news anchor. Her friends (it doesn't hurt that they are also co-workers and boss) think that they have the answer with "Getting Real With Kate" a news segment that is suppose to bring Kate down to her viewers. Well, needless to say Kate is totally ambivalent since her first segment is supposed to include a naked chef (yes, I did say naked) and Kate has enough problems with the kitchen let alone a naked chef to boot. Now said chef is late, and in walks the love of her life (since she was four) looking much too yummy for words. The fact that she has made a cake of herself with Jesse Chapman more then once is just a little too much even for prim Kate. Before she knows it though Jesse has found a place to stay in her guesthouse, and all of the feelings she though she had buried for him have well, lets just say managed to find the light of day...again! What's a girl to do?

Jesse Chapman has returned to El Paso, Texas to get out of the limelight and reporters after his historic rescue of a golf fan during one of his matches. Jesse can play golf like no ones business and he has got the PGA coming up so it only makes sense to get his act together and his game back where it all started...at home. But this means seeing Katie again. The one woman that he has always wanted, but felt he could never have...never and now Katie has finally grown up and is more of a temptation then ever before. Will he be able to walk away from her when the time comes?

This was a great read. Katie and Jesse are dynamic characters that truly come to life for the reader. Add Chloe, Julia, and Travis and you have a great cast of characters that will stay with the reader long after the final pages have been read. I highly look forward to the rest of the series, and suggest that if you love laughter with your romance that you not overlook Ms. Lee.

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Summary: Suddenly Sexy Sizzles
Review: This book is for every girl that carried a flame for the boy next door...

Kate Bloom is trying to revamp her image, to connect with the audience that watches the local TV station for which she works. Bad boy and boy-next-door Jesse Chapman couldn't have picked a worse time to come home and turn her life upside down... or perhaps a better.

While she juggles with the inevitable disasters that follow her attempts to become someone else, Jesse finds that his little Katie has grown into a sexy woman - and that despite his attempts to protect her from himself, he just can't stay away from her.

This is the first of three stories about three childhood friends battling through life together as adults. I really love this idea, as frequently I read a book with really well-written supporting characters, and feel disappointed that we don't find out more about them. It's a relief to know that we'll hear more about this world, as 'Suddenly Sexy' sets the scene so richly that it would be a shame to waste it.

The characters are sincerely three dimensional. There's a kind of nobility in Jesse's desire to protect Katie from himself, being a notorious womaniser and all, but there's a depth to his character stemming from traumatic childhood abuse at the hands of his father. This depth adds not just to his character, but to the wider world of the story and the surrounding cast of characters.

The fact that he's really pretty hot helps as well :) I hope that my imagination did him justice.

Kate is a woman that I really could relate to. She's changed a lot since he last saw her, and she has to work hard to change his outdated perception of her - which is complicated by her adventures at the TV station. But they both need to face the past to erase its capacity to torment them, and their childhood connection, and newfound romance, allows them to help each other to do just that.

Although there are times when 'Suddenly Sexy' is laugh-out-loud funny, swooningly sensual and tenderly romantic, it manages to tackle issues of self perception and identity without appearing to. As a result, it's not just entertaining, but satisfying as well.

'Suddenly Sexy' has it all - witty dialogue, convincing characters and window-fogging sex scenes. I found it thoroughly enjoyable, and look forward to the next two. Linda Francis Lee joins Shirley Jump in my top-five romance authors, and I don't know if I can hold out until the rest of the books are released!


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Summary: HOT!
Review: This book sizzles! HOT, HOT, HOT! I am an avid reader of thriller and horror novels. I also like to dive into a romance book from time to time. I was thrilled to be given the chance to read Suddenly Sexy. This book wasn't like any romance novel I have ever read. This book kept me on the edge...of my seat, the ENTIRE time! To be brutally honest I have never heard of Linda Francis Lee. I will never forget her! She has grabbed my attention and I have to say I am going to head out and find more of her books.

The main characters Kate and Jesse are very different. Kate is looked at as a prude, small time girl and is trying her hardest to break the mold. Jesse, the boy next door to Kate growing up is now an amazing stud. A bad boy that all us girls have dreamed of at some point in our life! Kate sure has. She has never forgot Jesse when he moved away so many years ago. She has always cared for him, even loved him. Jesse, a golf pro, comes back to get away from an event he doesn't want to remember. He saved a woman at a golf tournament and hasn't quiet been able to get past the event. We find out more secrets about these two as the story unfolds. The story just keeps getting better as it throws in more detail about these characters and their lives. I have read some amazing books in the last few years but I seriously can't remember the last time I felt so alive, amazed, and well...sexy! This book will melt all the snow off your roof this winter!


Rating:
Summary: Absolutly great read.
Review: This book was great. I just got done reading it and I want another one, so I will be getting the next book soon. It was funny, warm, sexy and hot. I have never read this author, but I was drawn in fast and deep. Great book.

Rating:
Summary: Funny, sexy, and great entertainment!
Review: When I was looking for a romance novel and stumbled upon this one, I couldn't believe it. Who knew romance novels could be witty and funny too?! Within 2 nights I read the entire thing and couldn't wait to hear more about Kate, Chloe and Julia! This is seriously one of those novels that keeps bringing you back for more!

Rating:
Summary: I couldn't put it down.
Review: You know a book is good when you get so into it in the bathtub that an hour and a half passes without your knowledge. That's what happened to me the day I read this book. And I literally mean, the day.

I had read a chapter or two one Saturday and got up Sunday morning and began reading again. I finished it Sunday night in the bathtub.

I was sad when I finished the book because I felt like Kate, Chloe and Julia were my friends. I just got the next book "Sinfully Sexy" and am already halfway through it.