Bombshell (Red Dress Ink S.) [Import] [Paperback]

Lynda Curnyn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon (Aus) (June 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0733551149
• ISBN-13: 978-0733551147
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good chemistry & plot makes for enaging story, May 23, 2005

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Tracy Vest (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bombshell (Paperback)

We first met Grace as a minor character in "Engaging Men." She is a very complex woman nursing some very basic wounds. The loss of her birth mother (before she had a chance to meet her) has left some resounding effects on her, particularly her fear of ending up alone.

Grace has always been a cool customer when it comes to men after bearing her soul and giving her heart to former paramour (and boss), Michael, only to have him abandon her under the guise that he cannot pursue a relationship with a colleague. When a condom breaks while she is with her current beau Ethan, she realizes she is not so upset about the possibility of becoming a mother, Ethan on the other hand is horrified, which causes Grace to send him packing, while she contemplates single motherhood. She is tired of men that want her in their beds, but not a part of their lives.

A chance meeting with her father's colleague Jonathan, at an art gallery sends Grace's pulse soaring, but feels she got the brush off. When they run into each other again, they soon begin to see each other, though she's not sure what she sees behind his mask of ambivalence (though soon all is revealed). Both of them feeling unlucky in love results in tender and reticent moments as their relationship evolves.

Then Michael re-enters the picture, engaged to another employee of the firm, and smarmily comes on to her. It is Grace's final straw and forces her to come to terms with her fear of abandonment, pride, and her possibly unrequited feelings for Jonathan.

I did not think this one was quite as good as "Engaging Men," but it does stand on its own merits.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lighthearted romantic romp, April 29, 2004

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This review is from: Bombshell (Paperback)

Thirty four years old Grace Noonan is having sex with her lover when his condom breaks inside her. While she calmly considers her options if pregnant, he blithely demand she go out and buy that French pill. Grace ends their relationship as she thinks "alone again, naturally".

At work as production manager at Roxanne Dubrow cosmetics for mature women, Grace learns that the company is taking a major turn to sponsor the Roxy D line for teens. Feeling a bit (make that a lot) too old for a teen campaign, Grace still dives full throttle into the project, which brings her to Jonathan Somerfield also working the change in direction. Besides their fathers being friends at Columbia, Grace feels attracted to Jonathan, who cannot believe this amazingly beautiful thirty something is so much more mature than the picture of her at sixteen that his father has. Still with business and sires to overcome, can Grace and Jonathan find a mutual path to happiness?

BOMBSHELL is an entertaining contemporary romance starring two likable lead characters. Grace is a terrific female trying to make it in a very competitive world in which anyone over thirty is considered geriatric at best and a DOP (politically correct dirty old person) at worst. Jonathan is a solid male counterpoint to Grace especially after the shortcomings (not that silly) of her previous lover. Fans of a lighthearted romantic romp will enjoy the cosmetics war between the generations.

Harriet Klausner

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More to the picture than meets the eye, May 21, 2004

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This review is from: Bombshell (Paperback)

All of Lynda Curnyn's books are great fun to read, but it seems as though each new book has more character development and complex storyline. In Bombshell, the glamorous main character, who appears to have everything going for her, goes through things that make tears come to your eyes one minute, and make you burst into laughter the next. Some complex and tough situations are covered deftly. If you enjoy reading about resiliant New Yorkers navigating the social complexities, I would recommend all of Ms. Curnyn's books.