Ex, Why, And Me [Mass Market Paperback]

Susanna Carr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2006

Small town USA is the setting for this quirky romantic story of instant attraction, second chances, and the biggest aphrodisiac of them all: horseradish!

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About the Author

Susanna Carr started reading romances when she was ten years old and shows no signs of stopping. Romantic Times finds her award-winning work "fun, sexy and romantic" while "filled with sexual tension and explosive passion."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (June 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758210833
• ISBN-13: 978-0758210838
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Sassy romance, July 17, 2006

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Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ex, Why, And Me (Mass Market Paperback)

Ex, Why, And Me by Susanna Carr is a delight from page one. It's funny, sexy and moving.

Pastry Chef Michelle Nelson is back in her hometown of Carbon Hill to help with the Horseradish festival. She fled from there over five years ago and has not looked back. But when her best friend needs her help Michelle cannot say no. If she only had known that Ryan Slater was her partner in the scavenger hunt she would have stayed away. Poor Ryan was her one huge failure at romance.

Ryan Slater had stayed to run his parents bowling alley but he has never forgotten Michelle. He agrees to partner her to hopefully make amends. Ryan knows he still had feelings for her but can he get her to let down her guard and see the man he is today.

Michelle and Ryan both have different viewpoints of the other and that fateful night. Forced to spend 24/7 with each other on this hunt opens up their feelings and the truth.

Ex, Why, And Me is another gem by Susanna Carr. Michelle and Ryan are like real people, flaws and all. Their chemistry burns up the pages and their verbal exchange is sassy. You won't go wrong in getting this book.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A fun and silly story, fast read, but no compelling hero or heroine, July 10, 2006

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KarLynP "romance books rule" (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ex, Why, And Me (Mass Market Paperback)

The premise of this story is good, but the delivery was not there. There was too little romance, not enough background about our couple, way too much about a stupid and poorly planned scavenger hunt, and a very anticlimatic ending. As a former Miss Horseradish Queen, our herione Michelle is asked to return to her small hometown to help out with the annual Horseradish festival. She finds herself entered in a "couples only" scavenger hunt, but needs a partner. Ryan, the man Michelle lost her virginity to years earlier in a horrible one night stand, finds himself volunteering to be her partner for the hunt. His goal is to apologies about their horrible one night of love making years earlier, and make up for his past mistake by taking her to bed once again.

Ryan has to be one of the most unappealing heros I've read in a romance novel in years. He is a highly unmotivated slacker type, still works at his first and only job at mom and dad's bowling alley (and I imagine still lives with mom & dad too), he doesn't have an athletic bone in his body (but yet some how has the body of a star athlete), and he doesn't have much of romance life except some long ago past reputation of being a great lover. He is afraid of heights (wimpy), and doesn't know how to be charming or sexy. His character was not well developed at all. We never learn much about him, not even his age. And Michelle is just annoying, she is either complaining about EVERYTHING or turns into a motivational speaker. Not much in between. And they simply don't work as a couple. The ending was disappointing and rushed. Very anticlimatic. Their second chance of love making was about as disappointing as their first - not very hot at all. And for this author, that is surprising. I would not recommend this book, but would highly recommend her other book "Lip Lock". I loved that book. What a difference this book was from that one!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you can trust your money on this author!, August 14, 2006

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Eveline "Eveline" (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ex, Why, And Me (Mass Market Paperback)

Usually I don't read sensual romance books but when I heard about Susanna's new book coming out I just had to read it because she's one author I definitely would trust my money on. From the very first pages I was sucked into this story! First I just had to know what happened that one disastrous night, then I wanted to know how Ryan wanted to fix it and then how he would actually do it. The rest of the story was just one big mystery hunt as you went on a hunt with the main characters to find the hidden treasure of Homer and Ida Wirt, the famous Carbon Hill Train Robbers. Throughout the book I had to laugh with a lot of scenes and I felt butterflies in my belly in even more scenes! This is one of the reasons that this author is one of the only ones I stick to in this genre. I just love her unique sense of humor and the attraction (even if it's full of arguments between the characters) she pens down so attractively. If you love comedy and sexy romance, and you like it to be spruced with a little mystery this is definitely the book for you. Thanks Susanna Carr, for two wonderful long nights of highly entertaining reading!

- reviewed by Eveline for Euro-Reviews