All Tied Up (Blaze) [Paperback]

Alison Kent (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (December 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 026382909X
• ISBN-13: 978-0263829099
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Alison Kent was a born reader, but it wasn't until she reached thirty that she knew she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Five years later, she made her first sale.

In 1995, she accepted an offer issued by the senior editor of Harlequin Temptation live on the "Isn't It Romantic?" episode of CBS 48 Hours. That book, Call Me, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book in 1996.

With her first three Temptations on the shelf, she took a break from writing romance novels and spent a few months living one, finding her own hero and practicing every technique she'd learned from a lifetime of reading the best "how-to" manuals around! And the rest, as they say, is history.

Having over thirty titles contracted or in print, she now writes for both the Harlequin Blaze and Kensington Brava lines. She is also a partner in Access Romance, an online author community (http://www.accessromance.com) and DreamForge Media (http://www.dreamforgemedia.com) as a Website designer.

Alison lives in a Houston, Texas, suburb with her hero, any number of their four vagabond kids, and a dog named Smith. Readers can contact her through her web site at http://www.alisonkent.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When opposites clash -- Very highly recommended, January 9, 2002

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Tied Up (Harlequin Blaze, No 24) (Paperback)

Macy Webb is a good time girl more interested in partying today than worrying about tomorrow. Her arrested adulthood looks like Peter Pan syndrome as she thrives on mayhem and chaos for the creative spark that gives her work dazzle. Even her work is really play as she ponders editorial content and design for the interactive e-commerce Web site and mail order catalog gIRL-gEAR, iNC. wearing flannel pajamas in her living room "office." She uses her friends on "game night" to test fun and advice columns for the Web site. Her latest game is an adult scavenger hunt that leads to unexpected results.

Leo Redding accompanies his friend after their soccer match, not realizing what he's getting himself into. Participation is mandatory from all inside the loft of game night. The starch on his collar leaves Macy questioning how he can possibly play her game, but play he does with explosive results. A sizzling passion ignites as they become partners competing against each other in the scavenger hunt. Macy doesn't fit his preferred type, so Leo persuades himself he's only responding to the mystery of the unknown. Her wild child looks and playful approach to life clash with his lawyerly, logical view of the world. Yet Leo is irresistibly drawn into the chaos of her life, even as he struggles against it.

Alison Kent captures the unique entanglements facing modern women in ALL TIED UP. With the sexual revolution has come permission to indulge one's fantasies, to pursue those delightfully erotic relationships that titillate and please. Unfortunately, demands on time by career and other concerns make pursuing the emotional sides of those relationships even more challenging than ever before; a conundrum that Kent exploits with delightful results. Both the plot and subplot explore sexual relationships and the accompanying emotional ramifications with entertaining flair. Extremely erotic and daring, while tasteful and tantalizing, with a marvelously subtle subtext of emotional complications, ALL TIED UP comes very highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Much Fun!, April 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: All Tied Up (Harlequin Blaze, No 24) (Paperback)

First of all I'm not sure karenml read this book as every reference beginning with page one refers to the story taking place in TEXAS, not California, duh.

Secondly. Read This Book. I can't recommend it highly enough. I haven't read anything so kick[ing] in years. Can't wait for more of Ms. Kent's most excellent portrayal of city girls!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leo and Macy-SPOILERS, April 13, 2004

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Amanda Brooks (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Tied Up (Harlequin Blaze, No 24) (Paperback)

Favorite scene with Macy-
Pouring her heart out to Leo about her family, esp. her father.

Favorite scene with Leo-
Angry that Macy and her friends were talking about him.

Together-
The ending, admitting how much they love each other.

What did you like about Macy-
Macy was Macy. She didn't change like a lot of heroines do. She stayed the same.
She was fun and goofy.

What didn't you like about Macy-
She was too critical of Leo.

What did you like about Leo-
Sensitive. Although he was stuffy, he joined in Macy's fun and got wild.

What didn't you like about Leo-
That he thought Macy should grow up.