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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780446610551
ISBN: 0446610550
Label: Forever
Manufacturer: Forever
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: January 01, 2003
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: January 01, 2003
Studio: Forever
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Product Description:
There isn't a woman in town who's immune to the legendary Chandler charm. Yet so far single cop Rick Chandler has managed to fend off the marriage-minded advances of Yorkshire Falls' entire female population. A past mistake has taught him never to put his heart on the line ... until he answers the SOS of a real-life runaway bride. In spite of her pearly gown and tiara, Kendall Sutton vows to never wed- which makes her the ideal pretend lover who can ward off Rick's legion of admirers. When their passionate charade flames into the real thing, Rick is suddenly thinking about two words that spell forever after. But will Kendall ever say "I do?" Can a woman who's had it with weddings tie the knot with the town's most popular playboy?
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Rating:  -
STORY BRIEF:
Kendall was engaged to Brian. On the day of their wedding they amicably called it off. They remained good friends. Kendall's Aunt Crystal recently died. Kendall went to a small town in upstate New York to sell her aunt's house. She planned to use the proceeds to travel to Arizona. Unfortunately the aunt's house needed work before it could be sold. Rick offers to help Kendall repair and paint the house in return for a favor. His mother has been sending single women to him. She wants Rick married. Rick asks Kendall to pretend to be his lover so other women and his mother would back off. Kendall agrees, and they start spending time together. Other stories include Rick's mother faking a heart condition as part of her effort to get her sons married - and Kendall's 14 year-old sister Hannah at a boarding school causing trouble.
REVIEWER'S OPINION:
We don't see a relationship develop; they just fall in lust immediately. The motivations and actions could have been better. Kendall didn't want to settle down, and Rick had been hurt before so he didn't want to be hurt again. There was a little too much inner monologue and pondering. I'd prefer more action, interesting situations, and interesting conversation. It was ok, but I wanted to be more surprised or delighted.
CAUTION SPOILER:
Kendall secretly craves having a family and people who love her, yet she runs from it. She was raised in boarding schools away from her parents who were usually off on archaeological digs. Now she has a man, a sister, and a dog. Her jewelry business is doing well. She's happy. But when another person does something to embarrass Kendall, she decides to throw it all away and leave town. This bothered me. It didn't seem reasonable. Most romance novels have a conflict to separate the couple near the end. This is what the author used. I wish she would have come up with something better.
DATA:
Story length: 330 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 5. Approximate number of sex scene pages: 9. Setting: current day Yorkshire Falls, New York. Copyright: 2003. Genre: contemporary romance.
Rating:  -
I really enjoyed this book. i was given the 1st in the series and i immediately purchased the other 2. they are fun relateable books.
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The Playboy was just as much fun and just a light a read as The Bachelor and that is a great thing! This was another easy to read novel and one that I really wasn't in a hurry to finish. The characters are so much fun and seriously don't we all just need a something enjoyable to read once in a while! I love Carly's style of keeping things fun and flirty with just a little steam to add to the mix. If you are looking for a book to read in the evenings that will make you smile before drifting off, this is it!
Rating:  -
Let me start by saying that I didn't even finish this book, so take this review with that in mind.
I am an avid romance reader and one of the main reasons that I like to read this genre is because I enjoy watching a romance develop between two individuals. This book gives "quickie" and all new meaning.
The main two characters meet and fall in lust immediately. It only takes, what, ummmm 4 chapters and they are in the sack. Not my idea of romance. The idea that these 2 shallow individuals were actually able to "fall in love" so quickly seemed ludacris to me. Lust maybe, but enough to last... I think not. I just didn't buy that a confirmed bachelor could see a woman in a wedding dress with pink hair and be ready to head to the alter, (or at least the bedroom). I made it through 5 chapters and that was all I could stomach. This book just wasn't for me. I like emotional depth, charater development, and a worthwhile premise to the story. This book failed to deliver in all of these areas.
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After reading the first book of the Chandler trilogy (The Bachelor), I wasn't expecting much. So much to my surprise that I found myself thoroughly enjoying this encounter with the middle brother.
Both Rick and Kendall are entertaining characters that you can feel their struggles and fears and love. I absolutely loved the antics of Kendall, alone and with her sister, and I felt the struggle as she tried to help her sister, Hannah. Also the couple `living in sin' were really fun and quirky characters.
I found myself zipping through this book, which was a welcome surprise, since I had to force myself a few times to get through the Bachelor.
This is the quirkiest of the trilogy and by far the most enjoyable. A solid 5 out of 5.
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