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Summary: Two delightful romps in one book
Review: "Call of the Wild" by Lisa Bingham. When Nellie the gorilla rejected her eleventh suitor in two years, Dr. Wilhelmina Bush, owner of the Maratonga Behavioral Institute and Zoological Park decides a change is needed. She informs researcher Jake Grisholm that she hired radio sex therapist Alana Childe to assist. Alana learns the hard way that her client the "goddaughter" is a gorilla, but even more difficult is that Jake is the one man whose seduction years ago remains implanted in her heart and soul. Likewise that night of ecstasy is Jake's dream moment. With a gorilla and her godmother interceding, how can this couple fail to mate? A gorillas in the midst of a relationship turns this work into a charmingly humorous tale. "Everything but Anchovies" by Susan Peterson. Between filling in at the restaurant making and delivering pizza and working as a tyro police officer on the Bracket City, New York force, Quinby Parker has no social life. Part of her problem is a lack of time, but a major dilemma is that no one wants to date a cop. However, Sergeant Josh Reed, the most decorated cop on the force, sure looks good to the female rookie, but the supercop has a kid and besides why would he date a klutzy police officer like Quinby unless love sentences both of them to a lifetime together. Two cops and a pizza are the right ingredients for a jocular romantic story. Once again, the two stories in the Duet line are fun and amusing, as readers will enjoy the latest Duets. Harriet Klausner
Rating:
Summary: Two delightful romps in one book
Review: "Call of the Wild" by Lisa Bingham. When Nellie the gorilla rejected her eleventh suitor in two years, Dr. Wilhelmina Bush, owner of the Maratonga Behavioral Institute and Zoological Park decides a change is needed. She informs researcher Jake Grisholm that she hired radio sex therapist Alana Childe to assist. Alana learns the hard way that her client the "goddaughter" is a gorilla, but even more difficult is that Jake is the one man whose seduction years ago remains implanted in her heart and soul. Likewise that night of ecstasy is Jake's dream moment. With a gorilla and her godmother interceding, how can this couple fail to mate? A gorillas in the midst of a relationship turns this work into a charmingly humorous tale. "Everything but Anchovies" by Susan Peterson. Between filling in at the restaurant making and delivering pizza and working as a tyro police officer on the Bracket City, New York force, Quinby Parker has no social life. Part of her problem is a lack of time, but a major dilemma is that no one wants to date a cop. However, Sergeant Josh Reed, the most decorated cop on the force, sure looks good to the female rookie, but the supercop has a kid and besides why would he date a klutzy police officer like Quinby unless love sentences both of them to a lifetime together. Two cops and a pizza are the right ingredients for a jocular romantic story. Once again, the two stories in the Duet line are fun and amusing, as readers will enjoy the latest Duets. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: everthing but anchovies
Review: delightful, funny... a bit of a mystery! really enjoy this book, sue has a wonderful talent with words story flows so nicely. hope to see more books by her soon!
Rating:
Summary: everthing but anchovies
Review: delightful, funny... a bit of a mystery! really enjoy this book, sue has a wonderful talent with words story flows so nicely. hope to see more books by her soon!
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Summary: I LOVE this book!
Review: I can't say enough good things about Susan Peterson's EVERYTHING BUT ANCHOVIES. The characterization is excellent, the pacing is fast, and the one-liners are hilarious. Quinby Parker is a true original. Fresh, funny, and brilliant, from the first line to the last, this book is a definite keeper. Like a previous reviewer, I wish the author would write a bigger book--I'd sure like to stay with her characters longer. I'm in the middle of CALL OF THE WILD, and I have to say, it's also quite original and well-written. All in all, this Duets is one of the freshest category romances I've read in awhile.
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Summary: I LOVE this book!
Review: I can't say enough good things about Susan Peterson's EVERYTHING BUT ANCHOVIES. The characterization is excellent, the pacing is fast, and the one-liners are hilarious. Quinby Parker is a true original. Fresh, funny, and brilliant, from the first line to the last, this book is a definite keeper. Like a previous reviewer, I wish the author would write a bigger book--I'd sure like to stay with her characters longer. I'm in the middle of CALL OF THE WILD, and I have to say, it's also quite original and well-written. All in all, this Duets is one of the freshest category romances I've read in awhile.
Rating: 
Summary: low 4
Review: I would've given this book (these books) a three, except for the fact that I did really enjoy the characters. Lisa Bingham's _Call of the Wild_ was really more silly than funny and Nellie, the gorilla, has more romantic dates than Alana, the main female character in the story, but, for the most part it was okay. I have the feeling that people who know more about gorillas than I do would cringe at reading the story, but the tension between Alana and Jake was fun to read. Susan Peterson's _Everything But Anchovies_ was my favorite of the two stories, although even it had its problems. Josh, the handsome supercop, gets partnered with Quinby, a rookie who keeps messing up and who has an incredibly long resume. Quinby was great and I loved Josh, but it felt like Peterson had some problems with Harlequin's page number restrictions. For example, it's mentioned that Josh's ex-wife wants to take their son far away from him, something which bothers Josh a great deal, but this issue is never actually resolved. It felt like the son was only in the story in order to cause a little temporary tension in Josh and maybe to add a cuteness factor.
Rating:
Summary: low 4
Review: I would've given this book (these books) a three, except for the fact that I did really enjoy the characters. Lisa Bingham's _Call of the Wild_ was really more silly than funny and Nellie, the gorilla, has more romantic dates than Alana, the main female character in the story, but, for the most part it was okay. I have the feeling that people who know more about gorillas than I do would cringe at reading the story, but the tension between Alana and Jake was fun to read. Susan Peterson's _Everything But Anchovies_ was my favorite of the two stories, although even it had its problems. Josh, the handsome supercop, gets partnered with Quinby, a rookie who keeps messing up and who has an incredibly long resume. Quinby was great and I loved Josh, but it felt like Peterson had some problems with Harlequin's page number restrictions. For example, it's mentioned that Josh's ex-wife wants to take their son far away from him, something which bothers Josh a great deal, but this issue is never actually resolved. It felt like the son was only in the story in order to cause a little temporary tension in Josh and maybe to add a cuteness factor.
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Summary: Everything You Could Want in a Romance...Except Anchovies!
Review: Quinby Parker has a way with pizza and with jobs...lots and lots of jobs. But now she's a rookie, paired with a gorgeous officer, Josh Reed. Can she succeed as a cop, and even more importantly, with Josh himself? Susan Peterson's first Duet is a wonderful story that will leave you hungry for more!
Rating:
Summary: Everything You Could Want in a Romance...Except Anchovies!
Review: Quinby Parker has a way with pizza and with jobs...lots and lots of jobs. But now she's a rookie, paired with a gorgeous officer, Josh Reed. Can she succeed as a cop, and even more importantly, with Josh himself? Susan Peterson's first Duet is a wonderful story that will leave you hungry for more!
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