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Summary: A book definitely worth reading.....
Review: This is my very first book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips...and I enjoyed every moment!!! Being that I prefer historical romances, the modern day backdrop to this book threw me off at first; I decided to give it a shot anyway...and I'm sooo glad I did!!! This book was so charming...it was full of laughs...and not only were Kenny and Emma wonderful, but the secondary characters were outstanding as well!!! I would definitely recommend this and look forward to purchasing more works by this author.
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Summary: Actually 4 1/2 stars
Review: I've only read one other book by Susan Phillips (Heaven, Texas) and that was enough to keep me going back for more. I can definitely already begin to recognize certain trademarks in her work: athlete heros, heroines who are eccentric in one way or another, and great secondary characters. This novel was no exception, although I enjoyed Heaven, Texas more. Phillips does a great job of characterization, always creating characters who do not fit the stereotyped profile of romance novel heroes/heroines. Kenny is sexy in his own lazy, laid-back type of way and the secondary character, Dex, is sexy in his own computer-geek way. Somehow she makes all of this work. I especially enjoy the way Phillips gives readers insight into the thoughts of the characters. She handles this part subtlely by giving us insight into how the characters, especially the heroes, gradually come to realize they're in love with the heroines. Gradually is the key word that makes this so specially. I really hate it when a writer expects readers to believe that the main characters mentally acknowledge their attachment to each other within days of their first encounter. In Phillips' novels, the love a hero feels for the heroine sneaks up on him unawares and readers are privy to that process.This novel was funny & sexy and I'd recommend it.
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Summary: My prefered book from Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Review: I did buy and read at least twice, every book from her, this is the one I prefer from all. Nothing turns as the other expects. Or as we think it is, but we do know before the caracters. It is really a very good read.
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Summary: Phenomenal Laughs!!!
Review: Okay, so the plot is a little kooky, but it only added to the hilarity and good times this book offers. It was a milk-through-the-nose, laugh-out-loud adventure. I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes and my husband caught the giggles with me. As for the lazy hero...there are actually parts of the book where you feel jealousy towards the heroine. It is absolutely amazing. This was the first Susan Elizabeth Phillips book I've read, and I'm happily buying up the rest.
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Summary: What a kick!!
Review: This is a wonderful book. Loaded with character. This is one of the few (maybe only one) books I have read (uncountable number) that has sizzling love scenes and also made me laugh out loud. Good read.
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Summary: Lady Be Good-It is!
Review: Let me just say, I'm very glad I gave SEP a second chance. Although I did not enjoy Fancy Pants I loved Lady Be Good. I like the sub-plot romances she has in her books (well the two I've read). I hope one day we'll get to read about Ted.
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Summary: Plot better used for a regency than a contemporary
Review: Although I generally enjoy Phillips and her First Lady book is a favorite, this book has to be one of the worst contemporary romances I have ever read. The originating event that leads the heroine to our hero has to be one of the weakest plot devices ever used in a contemporary romance. In fact, it is just stupid, to say nothing of unbelievable. The author asks us to believe that in the 1990s there is an attractive 30 year old virgin who is headmistress of an exclusive girls's school in England who is being blackmailed by an obnoxious nobleman (on whose estate this long-lived school is located) into marrying him to provide him with a desperately-longed for male heir because he has picked her out as the ONLY possible wife for himself. If she does not marry her virgin self to him he will have the school torn down. So she decides that she must publicly prove herself to be a less than a virgin so that the evil nobleman will no longer want her and therefore give up his treacherous designs on the school's land. Give me a break. I am willing to suspend credulity, but only so far. This plot device would work in a Regency romance, but not in a modern romance. Also -- how many 30 year olds are headmistresses (to say nothing of virgins)? And what kind of idiots are the school's board of trustees to have operated a school on land without any contract whatsoever? And if she publicly humiliates the nobleman by proving that she, his publicly affianced, is (not a virgin) -- won't there be retribution anyway? Anyway, she decides to go to Texas to lose her virginity (...). Her best friend arranges for the hero(of course, a gorgeous Texas jock) to be her escort. Although he is the world's best golfer, she has never seen his picture or even heard his name. Okaaay. By the time they get to his condo from the airport he has convinced her that he is a male prostitute and for a fee will be happy to deflower her. (Either she is too stupid and gullible to be a school headmistress or the author thinks we readers are stupid and gullible enough to buy this tripe.) And it gets worse, because every time she does something publicly to prove she is less than pristine (because she knows the evil nobleman has sent a spy to Texas to check up on her) the reports the nobleman gets are less than accurate, because it turns out our hero is the spy and does not want to publicly brand her as tawdry! How the hero and the evil nobleman have a connection is just unbelievable. Then there is a truly annoying subplot with the hero's sister being forced to marry her father's business partner, (another Regency device) who of course turns out to love her and be a pistol in bed (but she must be shown her place and spanked before the sex occurs). Yeeech. I could have lived without that scene in my life. The hero's problem revolves around his work life and the climax of the book turns out to be a golf game described in excruciating detail. This book would have possibly worked as a Regency romance and should have been set there. The author uses a very similar scenario in the far superior, Heaven, Texas (virgin meets hot Texas jock). I gave it two stars because the love scenes between the main characters are well written and the writing is engaging enough where I did not throw the book across the room in disgust at the idiotic plot and subplots.
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Summary: TERRIFIC BOOK! CAN'T PUT IT DOWN!
Review: I'm telling you right now, if you have things to do, don't pick up this book, because you'll never be able to put it back down, just like me. Good thing I'm on summer break right now so it doesn't matter how late I stay up. This book is so cute and funny and I have always loved the books written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. In this book, bad boy Kenny Travler meets up with a conservative English lady, Lady Emma, and together they embark on an incredible journey. Kenny is a pro-golfer and is at the top of his game, except...he has been suspended by the commissioner from the PGA tour, and Emma is the headmistress of a private school and has a slate too clean that will get her in trouble. So, she has to ruin her reputation to get herself out of the grasp of a duke who wants to marry her so she can save her precious school! But nothing ever comes easy, since Kenny ends up being her escort, and just ends up trying to keep her from killing herself and trying to keep a squeaky clean rep at the same time! Their adventures are truly wonderful, and I know if you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it back down either!
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Summary: You've just got to read it!
Review: Well, I have been considering reading Susan Elizabeth Phillips for a while now ever since _First Lady_ came out and my bookstore had a huge display set up for it. I walked past it a dozen times, each time thinking "I wonder if she's good". Well, this summer, I finally got a chance to find out, boy is she ever! Susan's words come alive on the page, and her stories are so enveloping that you won't want to do anything but read. I became extremly involved in the lives of Kenny and Emma. Their story was fresh and truly one of my favorite contemporary stories. This book made me look at golf in a diferent way. First, I've got to tell that my family is all about golf. We live and breathe it here. So, when I saw that Kenny was a golfer, I was a little wary. But, I now see golf in a diferent light, and maybe even (gasp!) like it just a little bit. For those of you out there who want to learn a little bit about the PGA tour while enjoying yourself, pick up this book! You will learn little facts without even knowing it. Kenny was a dear character. At first, you'll think he's a lazy slug, but you will soon find out that that is just a cover to what he's really like. Emma was one of those females that you hope you'll be like one day. She's kind, caring, passionate and not perfect... my favorite combo. And SEP's writing. Gosh, what can I say? She's fabulous... absolutely fabulous. _Lady Be Good_ is one of the best books I've ever read. But don't just take my word for it; pick up a copy and see for yourself!
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Summary: Witty and Fun
Review: Another winner from SEP. This book is witty and fun, an all-together playful romp. Not as complex or rich as some of her other novels (Dream A Little Dream in particular), but still a very good read.
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