Careful What You Wish For (Signet Eclipse) [Kindle Edition]

Lucy Finn (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

Finn displays promise and personality to spare in her debut novel, an Arabian Nights spin on contemporary comic romance. When unemployed attorney and single mom Ravina Patten uncorks a bottle she finds in her baby's Diaper Genie, it releases a real genie—more specifically, a hunky Australian WWII fighter pilot who's been bottled up for the past 60 years after a run-in with a cuckolded Bedouin—who must grant her three wishes in order to gain his freedom. Ravina finds life with the genie a dream: he's got the house cleaned, the meals prepared, the baby fed and Ravina's libido satisfied. Unfortunately, she's not so satisfied with the results of her first two wishes, and of course faces an ethical quandary over her last wish—will she use it to lift the genie's curse, allowing him to return to the life he left 60 years ago? Fans of high concept, multilayered fantasy-romance populated with quirky, comical characters will find this novel a charmer and Finn an author worth watching. (June)
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From Booklist

Cocky, handsome Aussie RAF pilot Gene O'Neill was shot down over North Africa in 1942. But after he seduced his host's concubine, he was transformed into a jinni and spent the next 60-plus years waiting for someone to release him from his bottle. So imagine exhausted new single mother Ravine's surprise when she opens the new Diaper Genie thoughtfully provided by her mother, to discover a real jinni^B materializing before her, prepared to grant her three wishes. But trouble is brewing in rural Noxen, Pennsylvania, and Ravine is involved. Gene, very much a man of his time, is protective of the woman he considers his, but Ravine shrugs off his concern until she realizes her family is in danger. Finn's paranormal romance provides fast-paced entertainment, and the various subplots involving nefarious attempts to gain control of large spreads of farmland, relatives with domestic troubles, and Ravine's mother's second-chance romance add depth and complexity to this new twist on Aladdin's lamp. Lynne Welch
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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 244 KB
• Print Length: 304 pages
• Publisher: Signet (June 5, 2007)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000TO0T5S
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,545 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our book club loved it, August 10, 2007

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This review is from: Careful What You Wish For (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

Our book club read this book last month. Everybody loved it and passed it on to friends when done. It is funny and clever, sometimes moving, and with some wonderful lyrical passages that our members underlined and read. One passage was "Lies never turn out well. Never. No exceptions. The truth is a funny thing. It surfaces no matter how deeply its buried." The book is a fast, charming read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, November 11, 2007

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AK "Bro" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Careful What You Wish For (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

Ravine is a down-to-earth, practical attorney who does things her own way. Then, she finds a genie, and suddenly, things have to change, starting with her. Gene is not your ordinary Genie. He's only been one a few decades, cursed to fulfill wishes by a man whose woman he might have dallied with, and gotten caught. He's also not Arabian, but an Aussie. It does not take long to realize that there is something more between them than master and servant; for one thing, Ravine refuses to treat him as a slave, preferring to call him her partner. Yet, both know that once a third wish is made, he will have to depart.

***** This story has something to touch all your emotional senses; humor, drama, touching moments, and romance. Gene is the most charming jinn I've ever encountered, a perfect contrast to Ravine's type A-ness. If you have never read or actively avoided genie stories, then this exceptional book deserves to be your first, and if you love them, then definitely get it. *****

Amanda Killgore

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mild Chick lit/Fantasy, July 25, 2007

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This review is from: Careful What You Wish For (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

This was a really nice read. It was light. Perfect for a beach read.I enjoyed the characters Ravine and the Genie Gene. They were well developed and made me laugh, alot. There was suspence,Humor, Romance ( although, mild as it was. )some sadness, but still a happily ever after. I usually take about a week to read a book ,I read this in less then 24 hours.It was a page turner. There were only a couple of negative's about this book. This was suppose to be a Paranornmal Romance ( which is the genre I really love ) as stated by a magazine, which are darker, edgier and packs more heat, while this was more Chick lit, had more humor and a lot less heat, but it had substance and thats what counts.Please pick it up, give it a try you may enjoy it to.