Like a Virgin

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Summary: Wow! Another fantastic read!
Review: Again, Ms Schede has weaved a delightful story packed with fun, spice and heartwarming characterization.
When Sarah Hatfield learns her father is about to be a parent again, she realizes her own biological clock is ticking at an alarming, and jealous rate. That's where her best friend, altar shy Jake, comes in. But when he discovers that while he's altar shy, Sarah is love shy. And there is only one way to fix that.
This story takes the reader on an emotionally satisfying journey packed with spicy antics that leads to a FUNtastic ending. A great book!

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Summary: Fantastic Read!
Review: Carol Schede is one of my favorite authors, hands down. The combination of her delightfully wicked sense of humor and her rich, sensuous love scenes always guarantees an excellent read. Like A Virgin is classic Schede. I laughed, I cried, and I can't wait to read her next book.

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Summary: Highly recommended!
Review: I look forward to a new Carol Schede book the way I look forward to the new Jennifer Cruisie or the new Susan Elizabeth Phillips. She has a distinctive voice that's all her own, and once you've read her, you'll look forward to her new stories, too!

Her writing is funny, sexy and smart, and her characters will stay with you after you've closed the book.

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Summary: Highly recommended!
Review: I look forward to a new Carol Schede book the way I look forward to the new Jennifer Cruisie or the new Susan Elizabeth Phillips. She has a distinctive voice that's all her own, and once you've read her, you'll look forward to her new stories, too!

Her writing is funny, sexy and smart, and her characters will stay with you after you've closed the book.

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Summary: fun contemporary romance
Review: In Knoxville, Sarah Hatfield is upset that her widowed father is marrying some bimbo named Evelyn because in her mind like every other male he thinks with the wrong head. Her friend Nell Bostwick provides emotional support, but is to busy with her business to directly help Sarah. Her other pal, sex machine accountant Jacob Trent, wants nothing to do with the pending disaster that he foresees at the upcoming wedding but is drafted to help Sarah remain calm.

When Sarah learns that Evelyn is pregnant with her half-sister, she blithely informs her father that she is carrying Jake's baby. Now all she needs is to persuade Jake to have sex her, but though he fears what will happen to their friendship, he insists they make love. She counters that sex is a waste for a female, but he plans to show her that a shared relationship includes good sex for both, but neither expected love to enter the equation.

Though often amusing, fans will understand Sarah's woes due to the memory of her beloved deceased mother and the age differential of her father and his squeeze. However, her announcement that she is pregnant with Jake's baby seems too bewildering to understand. Still the actions between Sarah, Nell, and Jake are fun to observe with any moment Lucy, Ethel, and Desi showing up to cheer the trio on. Readers will want a sequel starring the matchmaking Nell with a hunk of her own and perhaps supported by the odd couple older Amazon un-Madonna like Carman and her perfect hug Alex as well as the lead duo of LIKE A VIRGIN.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: fun contemporary romance
Review: In Knoxville, Sarah Hatfield is upset that her widowed father is marrying some bimbo named Evelyn because in her mind like every other male he thinks with the wrong head. Her friend Nell Bostwick provides emotional support, but is to busy with her business to directly help Sarah. Her other pal, sex machine accountant Jacob Trent, wants nothing to do with the pending disaster that he foresees at the upcoming wedding but is drafted to help Sarah remain calm.

When Sarah learns that Evelyn is pregnant with her half-sister, she blithely informs her father that she is carrying Jake's baby. Now all she needs is to persuade Jake to have sex her, but though he fears what will happen to their friendship, he insists they make love. She counters that sex is a waste for a female, but he plans to show her that a shared relationship includes good sex for both, but neither expected love to enter the equation.

Though often amusing, fans will understand Sarah's woes due to the memory of her beloved deceased mother and the age differential of her father and his squeeze. However, her announcement that she is pregnant with Jake's baby seems too bewildering to understand. Still the actions between Sarah, Nell, and Jake are fun to observe with any moment Lucy, Ethel, and Desi showing up to cheer the trio on. Readers will want a sequel starring the matchmaking Nell with a hunk of her own and perhaps supported by the odd couple older Amazon un-Madonna like Carman and her perfect hug Alex as well as the lead duo of LIKE A VIRGIN.

Harriet Klausner