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Summary: Amusing contemporary romance
Review: Atlanta radio station WTLK operations manager TJ Lawrence informs his two highest paying talk hosts that the Detroit based front office wants "one brand of dog food gone". TJ will make a decision in one week as to which one he fires. The competitors, Dr. Olivia Moore runs a show aimed at helping hurting women while Matt Ransom hosts a program targeting macho males. Adding to the rivalry is that eight years ago, the duo was lovers in Chicago, but though the intern Olivia loved the experienced Matt he could not commit to more than a quick fling.The twosome gets into an on the air feud that stirs up listeners and drives up each one's ratings. This leads to the station deciding to have a contest. Matt and Olivia will share a house for one week with their respective shows aired at this abode and they will be on the net 24/7. The individual who obtains the greater amount of food donations to a local charity will keep the job. As the two combatants argue on the air and kick box over the net, their love resurfaces, but will these opposites overcome his Peter Pan tendency to find happiness together? This amusing contemporary romance stars two delightful lead characters. The audience will relish the gender war between Matt and Olivia, but at the same time will want to spin kick some sense into the brain of the lead male. Wendy Wax provides readers with an enjoyable look at relationships at a radio station. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Amusing contemporary romance
Review: Atlanta radio station WTLK operations manager TJ Lawrence informs his two highest paying talk hosts that the Detroit based front office wants "one brand of dog food gone". TJ will make a decision in one week as to which one he fires. The competitors, Dr. Olivia Moore runs a show aimed at helping hurting women while Matt Ransom hosts a program targeting macho males. Adding to the rivalry is that eight years ago, the duo was lovers in Chicago, but though the intern Olivia loved the experienced Matt he could not commit to more than a quick fling. The twosome gets into an on the air feud that stirs up listeners and drives up each one's ratings. This leads to the station deciding to have a contest. Matt and Olivia will share a house for one week with their respective shows aired at this abode and they will be on the net 24/7. The individual who obtains the greater amount of food donations to a local charity will keep the job. As the two combatants argue on the air and kick box over the net, their love resurfaces, but will these opposites overcome his Peter Pan tendency to find happiness together? This amusing contemporary romance stars two delightful lead characters. The audience will relish the gender war between Matt and Olivia, but at the same time will want to spin kick some sense into the brain of the lead male. Wendy Wax provides readers with an enjoyable look at relationships at a radio station. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A Real Treat
Review: Matt Ransom and Olivia (Dr. O) Moore are Atlanta's radio advisors, and about as much alike as oil and water. Olivia give women sage and caring advice in all matters of the heart, advice often contrary to Matt's humorous and guy themed wisdom. In fact, in one case, they wind up counseling the two opposite halves of a relationship. Then, their radio station faces budget cuts, and it looks like one of them will have to go. To settle the issue and raise food for a shelter, the officials decide to capitalize on the ever popular Survivor theme. Olivia and Matt will share a hotel room for one week with a web cam recording their every move. While they do their shows, the callers will have the chance to donate food, thus casting votes to see who stays and who goes. Neither one is too happy about this turn of events. Not only are they obvious adversaries, but once upon a time, Matt and Olivia had been in love, and broke apart. Sharing a room will make the two face the past, and the future. During their entrapment, Matt and Olivia both feel stirrings of a long ago passion, but fight it. Their credibiltiy and their jobs are at stake, but so are their hearts. **** This book is a real treat. Matt and Olivia's romance is peppered with snappy dialog and a reality that will make you chuckle at points. Yet amidst the laughter, there are points of wisdom that could actually come from real advisors. No less heartwarming is the romance between their two "patients", Dawg and JoBeth. This is one author to watch. ****
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.
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Summary: Nora Ephron move over!
Review: Nora Ephron move over!
7 Days is a fun-filled ride on the roller coaster of relationships-the book gives us some insight into the emotional and practical differences between men and women and their ideas about love, commitment, and marriage.
The author's premise of the 7 day live radio remote with both DJ's held "captive" is extremely clever and the results are unpredictable and hilarious!
Ms. Wax understands the tug of war between the sexes and has a genuine talent for choosing just the right words to merge the emotions of her characters; then the story is liberally laced with humor, some sizzling scenes of passion, and a healthy dose of the gender responses to challenges in love and relationships. We can recognize our own thoughts and emotions in the interplay between her characters, see ourselves in their struggles to find the path that leads us either toward the "right one" or away from the "big mistake."
This book is a great read, and once I got caught up in the action in the apartment on the live remote, I couldn't put it down until I finished the book to see how it all got resolved. 7 Days is a sexy romantic comedy-definitely a level up from the traditional "romance novel" genre.
I loved it! Kudos to Wendy Wax on her first book-can hardly wait for the next one!
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Summary: Y ou won't be able to put this down!
Review: Once you pick up this book, plan on letting the laundry pile up, the dishes sit in the sink and all other tasks to go on hold. From the first chapter you are thrown into the lives of the characters. They are so real, you care about them and can't wait to see what happens next. Wendy Wax creates an intriguing humorous mix with the two main characters. There is laughter, frustration, and of course romance all wrapped up in one delightful read.
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Summary: Wonderfully witty debut!!
Review: Radio personality and relationship expert, Dr. Olivia Moore is the host of Liv Live, in direct competition with Guy Talk, "where a guy can be a guy", hosted by the sexy, devil-may-care, bachelor-of-the-year, Matt Ransom. No one but Olivia and Matt knows that they had a short-lived "love 'em and leave 'em" relationship eight years ago. Olivia hopes to keep that fact a secret, as she wasn't the one who called an end to their affair, and she knows Matt doesn't want it to go public, either. Thrown together for promotional and charity purposes in the "reality show from hell," Olivia and Matt must stay together in a small apartment for a full week. Alone. Together. And in front of millions of people via web cam, while they do their respective radio shows...and try to ignore the fact that they still have a magnetic and powerful attraction to each other. Sexual tension and deeper feelings run high, but neither is willing to take the first step and admit it. The only good thing they see coming out of this stunt is all of the donations of food and money it's garnering a local charity. Despite their past history, they "help" a couple having prenuptial woes -- she wants marriage, he likes the way things have been for the past three years and doesn't want to ruin it with a marriage certificate. What ensues both on air, and off, between all of the parties is hilarious and angst-filled by turns. Will either of the couples have their happy ending? 7 DAYS & 7 NIGHTS is the delightfully funny, yet very emotional, debut contemporary romance by Wendy Wax. The bickering and bantering dialogue between Olivia and Matt is delicious, as are their "on air" personalities. This is a fast paced and intriguing story, guaranteed to keep you turning pages long into the night. I loved this book! Ms. Wax is a fresh and original voice in romance fiction, and her experience in radio makes the characters and their shows realistic. I can't praise all of the aspects of this book highly enough. If you're looking for comedy, drama, emotion, and everything in between, you won't want to miss this exciting debut novel.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Radio personality Matt Ransom hosted Atlanta's raucous, testosterone-fueled "Guy Talk". Dr. Olivia Moore hosted a morning talk show at the same radio station called "Liv Live". She helped her listeners with their problems. Both have their contracts due for renewal at the same time. But the station can only afford to keep one. Their ratings were almost identical. How to choose? How to choose? The sleazy PR man decided on a week long contest. It would be a combination of the reality TV shows "Big Brother" and "Survival". Matt and Olivia were to be sealed into a very tiny apartment for seven days and seven nights. The public could view the apartment on the internet thanks to a webcam. That same public would decide upon the winner. Things were hotter for the two than anyone knew though. Matt and Olivia had once been lovers! And the heat is on ... ***** A hilarious and romantic romp that is unforgettable! I laughed all the way through it. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Radio personality Matt Ransom hosted Atlanta's raucous, testosterone-fueled "Guy Talk". Dr. Olivia Moore hosted a morning talk show at the same radio station called "Liv Live". She helped her listeners with their problems. Both have their contracts due for renewal at the same time. But the station can only afford to keep one. Their ratings were almost identical. How to choose? How to choose? The sleazy PR man decided on a week long contest. It would be a combination of the reality TV shows "Big Brother" and "Survival". Matt and Olivia were to be sealed into a very tiny apartment for seven days and seven nights. The public could view the apartment on the internet thanks to a webcam. That same public would decide upon the winner. Things were hotter for the two than anyone knew though. Matt and Olivia had once been lovers! And the heat is on ... ***** A hilarious and romantic romp that is unforgettable! I laughed all the way through it. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Opposites Attract in this Mars vs. Venus Romp
Review: Wendy Wax has created a gem for her first novel. Dr. Olivia Moore has a morning talk show called "Liv Live." She helps callers with their problems. Most of her callers are women. Plus being a woman who has gone through a very public (think tabloids) divorce, she has a lot of experience to dwell from while helping her callers. The radio station's late night show, "Guy Talk", hosted by Matt Ransom, seems to be the catalyst for the male callers to express their (perceived) women-biased opinions of "Dr. O." Matt really just wants to talk about football and cars but he finds himself giving out relationship advice. Matt is voted "Atlanta's Most Eligible Bachelor" again (he has held the title since his arrival into Atlanta). The radio station, WTLK, is a smaller radio chain, twenty stations. The suits have decided that "Guy Talk" and "Liv Live" are too expensive and they need to get rid of one. Charles, WTLK's PR guru, has convinced the station manager, T.J., to pull a publicity stunt as a competition and food drive. The two radio personalities will be locked up together for 7 days and nights. Each will perform their show from the small apartment. Also there will be a webcam (without Audio) for people to spy on them. The goal is to get their listeners to donate money and food on behalf of their cause. Matt and Dr. O aren't thrilled about this but each wants to continue their show. As they start living together, we learn all sorts of things about each of them. Hummm... they used to work together in Chicago (back in the day). I really like the way Ms. Wax didn't make Matt too obnoxious. He is a typical guy whose motto is "relax and have fun." Dr. O was a little uptight but not so much that she can't benefit from Matt's philosophy. Like any good relationship, they learn from each other. The observations between the sexes were clever. Another storyline was the story of Dawg and JoBeth. Dawg was once an Atlanta Football player who was injured. When we first meet them, they are living together and have been together for three years. JoBeth wants to get married but Dawg's previous marriage has soured him on the idea. Dawg calls into "Guy Talk" and gets told by Matt that he should have been up front with JoBeth about it never getting serious. Meanwhile, JoBeth calls into Dr. O's show because she is confused. Dr. O tells her to stop giving the milk away for free. Ms. Wax has woven two stories about how men and women communicate and see things. Both stories struck the right balance between he said and she said. Stereotypes are kept to a minimum and the humor pretty high. My only complaint was the storyline between Matt and Dr. O after they left the apartment somehow seemed to float out there. It got reeled in by the end but for about 50 pages it was just sort of out there not really connected to the rest of the story. Overall, this was a very entertaining book.
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Summary: Opposites Attract in this Mars vs. Venus Romp
Review: Wendy Wax has created a gem for her first novel. Dr. Olivia Moore has a morning talk show called "Liv Live." She helps callers with their problems. Most of her callers are women. Plus being a woman who has gone through a very public (think tabloids) divorce, she has a lot of experience to dwell from while helping her callers. The radio station's late night show, "Guy Talk", hosted by Matt Ransom, seems to be the catalyst for the male callers to express their (perceived) women-biased opinions of "Dr. O." Matt really just wants to talk about football and cars but he finds himself giving out relationship advice. Matt is voted "Atlanta's Most Eligible Bachelor" again (he has held the title since his arrival into Atlanta). The radio station, WTLK, is a smaller radio chain, twenty stations. The suits have decided that "Guy Talk" and "Liv Live" are too expensive and they need to get rid of one. Charles, WTLK's PR guru, has convinced the station manager, T.J., to pull a publicity stunt as a competition and food drive. The two radio personalities will be locked up together for 7 days and nights. Each will perform their show from the small apartment. Also there will be a webcam (without Audio) for people to spy on them. The goal is to get their listeners to donate money and food on behalf of their cause. Matt and Dr. O aren't thrilled about this but each wants to continue their show. As they start living together, we learn all sorts of things about each of them. Hummm... they used to work together in Chicago (back in the day). I really like the way Ms. Wax didn't make Matt too obnoxious. He is a typical guy whose motto is "relax and have fun." Dr. O was a little uptight but not so much that she can't benefit from Matt's philosophy. Like any good relationship, they learn from each other. The observations between the sexes were clever. Another storyline was the story of Dawg and JoBeth. Dawg was once an Atlanta Football player who was injured. When we first meet them, they are living together and have been together for three years. JoBeth wants to get married but Dawg's previous marriage has soured him on the idea. Dawg calls into "Guy Talk" and gets told by Matt that he should have been up front with JoBeth about it never getting serious. Meanwhile, JoBeth calls into Dr. O's show because she is confused. Dr. O tells her to stop giving the milk away for free. Ms. Wax has woven two stories about how men and women communicate and see things. Both stories struck the right balance between he said and she said. Stereotypes are kept to a minimum and the humor pretty high. My only complaint was the storyline between Matt and Dr. O after they left the apartment somehow seemed to float out there. It got reeled in by the end but for about 50 pages it was just sort of out there not really connected to the rest of the story. Overall, this was a very entertaining book.
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