Found and Lost (Flipside)

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Summary: amusing urbanized version of the Trouble with Harry
Review: In Philadelphia, Markie Walkowicz is running late for work,when she rushes out of her home only to trip on a male corpse lying on her porch. Panicking, she hides in the closet and calls 911. Police Officer arrives at the scene and says there is no body. Not long afterward her former best friend Detective Zac Marshall answers the call because he loves Markie and wants nothing to harm to her.

Zac prays that one day soon Markie will remove him from her least liked list to most loved list, but has no idea how this will occur. Markie blames him for her fiancé dumping her just before her wedding; Zac knows he did interfere, but never had the chance to tell her why. Regardless whether she comes around or not, he will keep showing up every time she reports tripping over a body that never seems to hang around long enough for anyone to take a fall.

This amusing urbanized version of the Trouble with Harry is a delightful contemporary tale starring two solid protagonists especially the beleaguered and getting increasingly desperate by the minute Zac. Markie comes across more as a likable flake and not just because she is the only one to find a corpse. Fans who enjoy an amusing and a bit wacky, romance will want to place FOUND AND LOST on their reading list.

Harriet Klausner


Rating:
Summary: fun little book
Review: Now this is a fun, lighthearted book. If you like friends turned lovers, check it out.
Jacobs also throws in a well done Philly neighborhood atmosphere with tons
of family. Maybe a little cliched at times with the excess of mothers but
very warm and loving about it at the same time. The corpse and the mystery
surrounding it don't take over the romance which is nicely paced

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Summary: Another delightfully funny story from Ms. Jacobs
Review: Review Courtesy of LoveRomances.com

As always, Ms. Jacobs delivers a sweet love story filled with humor to enchant her readers.

Marquette "Markie" Walkowicz has a little problem. She has Found and Lost, a dead body. Never a fan of Mondays to begin with, this one becomes easily the worst when she walks out her front door and trips over a very cold, very dead, man. Between the time she calls the police and they arrive, her dead man has disappeared.

Zac Marshall is a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, and is Markie's best friend... or was anyhow, until she blamed him for her ex-fiancé abandoning her at the altar on their supposed wedding day. What she doesn't know is the real reason Zac tried to talk her out of getting married.

Zac is on the case to track down Markie's missing corpse, which provides many chances to get close to her, hopefully showing her how he feels, and just maybe helping her realize she loves him too.

Only the delightful Ms. Jacobs can take a story about a dead body, combine it with a romance, and make it laugh out loud funny. Her humor is evident from the first paragraph and never lets up. The details used to enrich the story are vivid... so clear that the reader will wince when picturing the hideously ugly clothing of the dead man, grin over the escapades of Markie and company, and feel all the emotions of the colorful cast of characters.

Markie is a strong woman who knows how to hold a grudge, fall in love, and get revenge. Zac is a tough guy exterior hiding a heart of gold. Add in some zany neighbors, a closet romance novel reading policeman, a gossipy hair dresser, and meddling mothers, and readers will fall in love with this author's work, if not already fans. So sit back, relax, and prepare to be thoroughly entertained by Holly Jacobs' Found and Lost. This one is guaranteed to please.

This reviewer is one reader fan who never misses a story by the incomparable Holly Jacobs!

© Kelley A. Hartsell, July 2004. All rights reserved.