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Summary: One True Love is one good read!
Review: Corinne Weatherby believes everyone has one true love, one person they're destined for. It's not her fault that her true love is a womanizing creep. Desperate to make him see that he needs to change his ways, she dumps him and leaves for a solitary vacation. But her buddy Matthew Relic tags along. He's a good time, a good friend and as the vacation progresses Corinne discovers that maybe she was wrong about Matthew. Maybe he's more than a friend...Stephanie Doyle's beachside caper was just the thing to warm a cold fall day!!
Rating:
Summary: One True Love is one good read!
Review: Corinne Weatherby believes everyone has one true love, one person they're destined for. It's not her fault that her true love is a womanizing creep. Desperate to make him see that he needs to change his ways, she dumps him and leaves for a solitary vacation. But her buddy Matthew Relic tags along. He's a good time, a good friend and as the vacation progresses Corinne discovers that maybe she was wrong about Matthew. Maybe he's more than a friend... Stephanie Doyle's beachside caper was just the thing to warm a cold fall day!!
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Summary: Storyline info
Review: Corinne Weatherby believes everyone on this planet has one true love. Just one. Okay, so the one she's picked is a shallow, inconsiderate womanizer - nothing a good breakup scene can't fix. Corinne comes from a legendary acting family, and there's a drama queen lurking just below her financial-controller surface. Her "I'm leaving you!" - which really means she's going on a two-week vacation - is bound to turn the boy around by the time she gets back. But her office buddy Matthew overhears her performance and goes after her, determined to prove he is her real one and only. So Matthew, the unadulterated accountant, reveals his alter ego: Superstud. Whether it's revenge or the thrill of seeing Matthew suit-and-tie-less, Corinne is suddenly ready to play his Lois Lane.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Corrine has a problem. She believes that every person has one true love, and she has found her love, a co-worker named Brandon. Brandon, however, is not too concerned about settling down, and in fact flirts with just about every girl he can! Corrine decides that she needs to take action, and she announces that she's leaving Brandon - but, in reality, she is only leaving for two weeks on vacation to a beautiful tropical island. Corrine's best friend, Matthew, tags along on the vacation, determined to show her that HE is her one true love, not Brandon. At first, I thought this book had real potential. I was really looking forward to the new Flipside line, as I like contemporary and witty romances. I like to laugh when I'm reading a romance! And although I did laugh a few times, most of the time I was wondering when the book was actually going to get good. Unfortunately, it never really did. Although Matthew is a great character - charming, funny, loyal, intelligent - he is in love with Corrine, a completely unlikeable character. Most of the time, I just wanted to slap her, and I didn't root for her to get together with Matthew. Quite frankly, I was hoping that Matthew would meet some nice girl on the island and leave Corrine in the dust (or, in this case, the sand). I never saw what Matthew liked in Corrine. To me, she was a childish brat who was prone to wild ideas and too much dramatics. Her whole reasoning behind the "one true love" stance was just plain odd, and I never got into her melodramatic life. I also never got what she saw in Brandon, or really WHY she had to cling to him, but of course, I could say the same thing about many of my girlfriends' men, too. I did finish the book, with much relief (as I absolutely CANNOT start a book and then not finish it). This book is going in the yardsale next spring!
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Summary: Not as funny as I had hoped
Review: Corrine has a problem. She believes that every person has one true love, and she has found her love, a co-worker named Brandon. Brandon, however, is not too concerned about settling down, and in fact flirts with just about every girl he can! Corrine decides that she needs to take action, and she announces that she's leaving Brandon - but, in reality, she is only leaving for two weeks on vacation to a beautiful tropical island. Corrine's best friend, Matthew, tags along on the vacation, determined to show her that HE is her one true love, not Brandon. At first, I thought this book had real potential. I was really looking forward to the new Flipside line, as I like contemporary and witty romances. I like to laugh when I'm reading a romance! And although I did laugh a few times, most of the time I was wondering when the book was actually going to get good. Unfortunately, it never really did. Although Matthew is a great character - charming, funny, loyal, intelligent - he is in love with Corrine, a completely unlikeable character. Most of the time, I just wanted to slap her, and I didn't root for her to get together with Matthew. Quite frankly, I was hoping that Matthew would meet some nice girl on the island and leave Corrine in the dust (or, in this case, the sand). I never saw what Matthew liked in Corrine. To me, she was a childish brat who was prone to wild ideas and too much dramatics. Her whole reasoning behind the "one true love" stance was just plain odd, and I never got into her melodramatic life. I also never got what she saw in Brandon, or really WHY she had to cling to him, but of course, I could say the same thing about many of my girlfriends' men, too. I did finish the book, with much relief (as I absolutely CANNOT start a book and then not finish it). This book is going in the yardsale next spring!
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Summary: Great romantic comedy!
Review: Having read some rather profound books lately, I decided to give a fun and light romantic comedy a whirl. One True Love? is the first offering from Harlequin Flipside, an imprint devoted to fun and witty romance novels. One True Love? delivers a droll, page-turning story of a woman looking for her one true love. No sooner does she appear to find Mr. Right than an old friend comes along and turns her life upside down... The writing is simple, fun and lighthearted. The novel reads like a romantic comedy film. The book's plot is a cross between When Harry Met Sally and While You Were Sleeping. I almost imagined Meg Ryan or Sandra Bullock starring in the film version of this book. Are you in the bargain for a cute romantic comedy? Pick up this book! I shall look forward to reading Flipside's next offering.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I was soooooo looking forward to the Flipside line, but this books just didn't do it for me. The cover claimed it was "fun, witty, unexpected," but it was anything but. I didn't laugh out loud once, the writing wasn't witty at all and the plot was completely predictable. So disappointing. I wanted more, considering this is a new line with a lot of expectations. The saddest part of all was the heroine. Totally unlikable, fake, a phony and she never did "grow" at all throughout the story. Same old same old. I'm hoping that future Flipside books will provide more of their claimed "fun, witty, unexpected."
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I was soooooo looking forward to the Flipside line, but this books just didn't do it for me. The cover claimed it was "fun, witty, unexpected," but it was anything but. I didn't laugh out loud once, the writing wasn't witty at all and the plot was completely predictable. So disappointing. I wanted more, considering this is a new line with a lot of expectations. The saddest part of all was the heroine. Totally unlikable, fake, a phony and she never did "grow" at all throughout the story. Same old same old. I'm hoping that future Flipside books will provide more of their claimed "fun, witty, unexpected."
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Summary: A good romance
Review: In Haddonfield, New Jersey financial controller Corinne Weatherby puts on a show as she angrily tells her boyfriend Brendan that she will no longer see the womanizer. Her award winning theatrical family would give Corinne an Oscar for her performance. However, they do not see her act; instead inadvertently in the file room overhearing the recital is CPA Matthew "Ole" Relic. He silently applauds Corinne because he loves her. Corinne goes to the Bahamas by herself, but Matthew soon follows. After almost dying from a bullet wound during a hold-up of a convenience store he patronized, Matthew vows to live life to the fullest and Corinne is it to him. They soon agree to have a holiday affair, but when they return to New Jersey she will go back to her true love Brendan. However, Corinne soon realizes that the kind Matthew is who see wants not the shallow Brendan. However, Matthew believes Brendan won so he plans to move elsewhere because he cannot stay where he will see the philanderer with his beloved. Though Corinne's theatrics makes her seem immature and unsympathetic at first, readers like Matthew, see beyond the performer and find she is a caring person. Still the constant on stage shrill takes it toll from an overall delightful romance made so by the lead male character who struggles with living life to the fullest as he is by nature an unassuming individual. Wardrobe aside, between insubstantial Brendan and the deep nurturing Matthew here is no contest for any woman who wants the real thing to warm her not a statuette of some "uncle". Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A good romance
Review: In Haddonfield, New Jersey financial controller Corinne Weatherby puts on a show as she angrily tells her boyfriend Brendan that she will no longer see the womanizer. Her award winning theatrical family would give Corinne an Oscar for her performance. However, they do not see her act; instead inadvertently in the file room overhearing the recital is CPA Matthew "Ole" Relic. He silently applauds Corinne because he loves her. Corinne goes to the Bahamas by herself, but Matthew soon follows. After almost dying from a bullet wound during a hold-up of a convenience store he patronized, Matthew vows to live life to the fullest and Corinne is it to him. They soon agree to have a holiday affair, but when they return to New Jersey she will go back to her true love Brendan. However, Corinne soon realizes that the kind Matthew is who see wants not the shallow Brendan. However, Matthew believes Brendan won so he plans to move elsewhere because he cannot stay where he will see the philanderer with his beloved. Though Corinne's theatrics makes her seem immature and unsympathetic at first, readers like Matthew, see beyond the performer and find she is a caring person. Still the constant on stage shrill takes it toll from an overall delightful romance made so by the lead male character who struggles with living life to the fullest as he is by nature an unassuming individual. Wardrobe aside, between insubstantial Brendan and the deep nurturing Matthew here is no contest for any woman who wants the real thing to warm her not a statuette of some "uncle". Harriet Klausner
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