Drop Dead, Gorgeous! (The Gorgeous Series, Book 2) [Paperback]

MaryJanice Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 2006

Ah, weddings - every single woman's reminder that she'll probably die alone, covered in cat hair and dressed in unflattering sweatpants. And as far as bad wedding experiences go, my friend Stacy's could take the cake - I'm dateless, I'm a bridesmaid, and someone just attempted to whack the groom (known, no kidding, as The Boss) in the middle of the ceremony. Whoa...hang on. I might not relish reception food or doing the Electric Slide, but anyone who tries to ruin a girlfriend's big day by bumping off her true love will have to go through me first. So now I, assistant hairdresser Jenny Branch, am helping to hunt down a real-life bad guy, and the prime suspect is Kevin Stone, who claims to be working undercover for a group called Covert Ops Protection. All of this is hard to believe - my new role as spy-in-training, the fact that I'm surrounded by people with freaky superhuman powers, and most of all, the way that this unbelievably sexy villain/double agent/whatever Kevin is makes every (and I mean every) nerve-ending tingle the second he comes into view...and it appears to be mutual. Living with flying bullets and constant danger is a long way from sweeping up hair at the end of the day. But if it means being around Kevin, a girl could get used to it...

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About the Author

MaryJanice Davidson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Undead novels featuring Betsy Taylor; Derik's Bane, and the new young adult novels featuring Jennifer Scales, written with her husband, Anthony Alongi, among other titles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (May 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758212046
• ISBN-13: 978-0758212047
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #916,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MaryJanice Davidson has been credited with starting paranormal chick lit. The New York Times bestselling author of the Undead series, she lives in Minnesota. Please visit her on the Web at www.maryjanicedavidson.net.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars- I really wanted to like this one better....., May 23, 2006

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Deborah Wiley (Winter Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drop Dead, Gorgeous! (The Gorgeous Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Jenny Branch is tired of being just a receptionist at a hair salon. She's looking for some adventure in her life so when undercover C.O.P. agent Kevin Stone crashes her friend Stacy's wedding and shoots the enigmatic Boss, she intervenes and takes away his gun!

The Boss believes Kevin's story about being undercover in the horrid Snakepit and then sends him back- with Jenny as his supposed hostage. Things go awry and Jenny and Kevin will have to use their wits and a bit of luck to escape.

DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS is MaryJanice Davidson's follow up to the fantastic HELLO, GORGEOUS. In HELLO, GORGEOUS, the reader first met many of the characters from this latest novel and their various personalities were better established. The dislike for The Boss was also better explained in the first novel and new readers will be left a bit confused as to why there is such an intense dislike for The Boss. MaryJanice Davidson does provide an introduction that summarizes the first novel but the true essence of the first novel cannot be summarized. This reviewer, while a huge fan of MaryJanice Davidson, was a bit disappointed as the characters seemed more superficial and the scenarios a bit outrageous at times.

MaryJanice Davidson's light and breezy tone is a mainstay in her novels and DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS is no exception. There is a hint of the paranormal as Jenny's friend and employer, Caitlyn, and her husband, Dmitri, are enhanced with nanobyte technology. However, this is primarily a humorous, contemporary romance that will appeal to most MaryJanice Davidson fans.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Drop Dead Boring, June 21, 2006

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icefox (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drop Dead, Gorgeous! (The Gorgeous Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Although woefully short and lacking in character development and description, I found the first foray into this world of secret government agents in Hello Gorgeous to still be amusing and worth at least three stars just for the animosity towards The Boss alone. But this second foray into the same world in Drop Dead, Gorgeous I found to be pointless in the extreme. First off, where are the bionic adventures and snappy dialog from the first book that made it so fun and interesting? Within minutes after I finished reading this, I could remember neither what the plot was supposed to be about nor the names of the main two characters involved. It's only been a few days now and I had to skim the book again just to write this review, which only reinforced my impression of bland characters, senseless plot and inane dialog.

Closing thoughts. Not MJD's best work. I used to consider myself a fan and like what I've read of the first books in the Undead and Royal series' she writes. But after reading the last Undead book, the two Gorgeous books, By Any Other Name, and several of her extremely weak short story efforts lately, I'm going to be getting her books from the library first from now on before deciding if they are worth buying for my keeper collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Prefer Betsy, but pretty funny, August 23, 2006

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Elizabeth Slater (North Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drop Dead, Gorgeous! (The Gorgeous Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Another humorous novel from Davidson, this is the follow-up to HELLO, GORGEOUS! where Stacy and The Boss are getting married. When there is an assassination attempt, things almost fall apart, but the ceremony is finished and Jenny Branch, bridesmaid and receptionist at the hair salon where Stacy works, captures the gunman, to everyone's surprise. The Boss begins to realize that there is much more to Jenny than anyone imagines, and sends her undercover with the gunman, Kevin Stone, to infiltrate the Snakepit, where Kevin had been working undercover for years. Things don't go as planned, but Jenny and Kevin manage their escape to solve the mystery of the assassination attempt. Definitely need to read the first in the series to understand this novel, and while this is a fun read, the superficiality is overwhelming at times.