Coming Up Roses (Black Lace) [Mass Market Paperback]

Crystalle Valentino (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | Series: Black Lace

Rosie Cooper, landscape gardener, is fired from her job by an over-fussy client. Although it's unproffesional, she decides to visit the woman a few day's later, to contest her dismissal. She arrives to find a rugged, male replacement behaving even more unprofessionally by having sex with the client in the back garden! It seems she's got competition - a rival firm of fit, good-looking men are targeting single well-off women in West London. When the competition's this unfair, Rosie will need all her sexual skills to level the playing field. A fun, sexy story of lust and rivalry...and landscape gardening!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Crystalle Valentino is the author of A Private View, The Naked Flame and Coming Up Roses, all available from Black Lace.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 257 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Black Lace (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352336587
• ISBN-13: 978-0352336583
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,765,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Black Lace at its BEST, May 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Coming Up Roses (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

Crystalle Valentino's "Coming Up Roses" Is Black Lace at its best, right up there with Emma Holly, one of my personal Black Lace favorite's, Ms.Valentino gives us a glimpse of the hot and heavy side of.... gardening?

Rosie is a hardworking gardener who has been having her share of problems lately with cencellations...mostly from her female clientele. Shocked to find out that her competition comes in the package of one gorgeous blond haired, giant of a man she is not against giving said gardener a run for his money, or playing dirty. What she didn't expect was to fall hard and fast, all the while hating the distraction.

Ben is a hardworking gardener who has been having his share of problems lately with cancellations...mostly from his male clientele. Shocked to find out that his competition comes in the package of one gorgeous red haired, feisty female he is not against giving said gardener a run for her money, or playing dirty. What he didn't expect was to fall hard and fast all the while hating the distraction.

Coming Up Roses is a romping good time with sexy, fun and hilarious characters and no end to the sexual escapdes. The characters are likeable and believable and more than that they make you root for them. Rosy is feisty and fun and Ben is gorgeous, and great with his hands. Why 4 stars instead of 5, merely for the ending, it was a little abrupt for my tastes, however that could also be because I didn't want the book to end. You won't want to put down this read. Hats off to Crytalle Valentino

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the romance and the love scenes!, July 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Coming Up Roses (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book has it all- romance, lust, and steamy sex. I recommend this book if you like erotica. The author makes you care about the characters and hope for a happy ending- with lots of forays into the bedroom, of course.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't be fooled like i was, November 16, 2004

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This review is from: Coming Up Roses (Black Lace) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first review i've ever written for amazon; so just the fact that i felt the need to write this one should speak for itself. I bought this book because of some of the great reviews i read about it, and i sincerely feel that i've been duped. The story line was good but the characters were atrocious. The female lead character is a spineless wimp who tries to play as if she has a back bone and the male lead is an unfeeling jack ass whose only redeeming characterestic is when he asks her to marry him in the end. The only reason i gave this book a star at all is because some of the sex scenes were good (i guess) but not enough of them were good enough for another star. So my last words for this review will sadly have to be "Please don't be fooled like i was."