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Careful What You Wish For (Signet Eclipse)

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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.

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

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.

I'm new to reading any type of fantasy/romance novel - only previously read The Key Trilogy books by Nora Roberts.

This story held my attention - which is not an easy task - it was a pleasant vacation read.

This was written with a good imagination. Its an easy to read book , a nice change. I would read more from Lucy Finn

When I originally saw this book in the store I wrote it off as one of the many badly written paranormal books that line the shelves these days, but when it appeared again as a recommendation for Amazon I decided to take look.
It was definitely worth the look and the read. The author isn't new, she has a more serious paranormal series out under another name that seems to be popular but not my thing due to the military "special forces" bent.
This book is about a woman that finds a genie or a Djinni to be more accurate, in of all places, a diaper genie. Yep I know, sounds stupid but no, the woman is a lawyer who after getting pregnant unexpectantly returns to the small town of Noxon in Pennsylvania where she grew up.
I expected this book to be filled with a lot of unrealistic silliness but instead I found the story of a woman who is struggling to put her life back together after a major upheaval, who isn't focused on shoes, or clothes or hanging out with her girlfriends "dishing" on guys. Granted the story is about a woman that finds a genie and in the end falls in love with said genie but along the way there are serious issues woven in with the fantasy that made the book stand out.
I enjoyed reading it and will look for other similar books by this author.