About this title: Maggie Toone was a tempting firecracker. She'd make Hank Mallone's life a delightful hell if he let her pretend to be his wife in order to improve his reputation. Maggie never expected him to affect her like a shot of bourbon on an empty stomach, but was too intrigued by his offer to refuse.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
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Publisher: Loveswept
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553440539ISBN:0553440535
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2007-11-01
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harper, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060598884ISBN:0060598883
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good to fair condition. Lots of wear, still a solid reading copy! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 234 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Living in the small town of Skogen Vermont, Hank Mallone's youthful antics were part of town legends - as entertainment. Needing a loan from the bank to expand his business, Hank found that those past mistakes really can impact his future. Coming up with a scheme to convince the whole town that he had become a responsible and stable member of the community led him to New Jersey to find a wife. The only person to respond to his request was Maggie Toone, she was tired of living under her mother and Aunt's judgments. Maggie had decided she needed someplace quiet to write her book and the offer of a fake marriage might just be exactly what she needed.
Each of the characters have such a sense of humor and wit that, when put together makes for a laugh out loud story. The mystery of who is breaking into house and why may be a serious concern but how each of the situations turn out is just one more thing to laugh at. From the dinner party with the ex's showing up and the flaming table to being kidnapped with the housekeeper and her handy-dandy pocketbook this is a loaded with lots of fun and misunderstandings. There is also a love-at-first-sight romance that has a few highs and quickly turns the fake marriage into a real proposition. I have read several of Janet Evanovich's re-releases and this, so far is my favorite, it has such a great mix of emotions and out right comedy to keep the pages turning. I can actually say I couldn't put it down till it was done."
"I only read this because a woman traded me the other Evanovich I had finished on an earlier flight. A VERY quick read, but you'll see shades of her regular characters even in this early "novel"."
"OMG, I've said it once, but I'll say it again, "Janet Evanovich is my guilty secret." I LOVE her books. I laughed right out loud as I read this book. Actually, I laugh out loud in most of her books. It was an enjoyable, fast read. Something I needed this week. I skipped the sex scenes, but missed a couple of important things that were said during them."
"This was a light and fluffy romance. The realtionship between Maggie and Hank felt way too rushed and undeveloped. They had known each other only for a couple days and already felt that they loved one another. The only thing that kept me reading the book was the little bit of mystery that was thrown in as I wanted to find out who would want to steal the Maggie's Aunt Kitty's diaries."
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