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Getting It! (Harlequin Temptation)

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Getting It! by Rhonda Nelson
Harlequin Temptation # 1007 - January 2005
Chicks In Charge series Book 1 of 4

It's a year now since Chicks-in-Charge was formed and marking their tremendous success, they are holding their first conference. Tate Hatcher hadn't wanted fame or even to be a best-selling author. Some tongue-in-cheek ideas he'd jotted down and shown his friends about what he thought women wanted had ended up in the hands of an editor, and then a publisher and now the book has taken off. Tate had only been having fun when he wrote the book, using every sexist cliché that he knew other men would find amusing. He hadn't thought that women would take it all so personally and find it insulting, esp. one woman, Zora Anderson. Tate's on a deadline for the second book he'd contracted to write, if he doesn't turn in an outline in a few weeks he'll have a legal nightmare on his hands. The Chicks-in-Charge conference seems like a great place to pick up inspiration and maybe he could get the goods on Zora. It's been a year since Zora's boyfriend dumped her, and she'd moved on to a relationship with Dex, a relationship of abstinence. But now that arrangement doesn't suit and Zora's been trying to seduce Dex without success. After a huge argument, Zora returns to her hotel room, barges through the adjoining door to Dex's room and enters the bathroom where he is showering. And she proceeds to tell him why she's dumping him, being abstinent isn't for her, that she likes sex, that she's horny, and that she wants to get laid. Much to Zora's shock, when the shower curtain opens, the naked man standing there isn't Dex, it's her enemy, Tate Hatcher.

What a delicious start to a very delicious relationship! Ms. Nelson knows how to turn up the heat. I loved the premise of this book, the concept for the support group, and found humour in Tate's situation. He had intended his book to be a laugh for men, to counter the male bashing books women loved to write. He's not sexist or hateful, and is actually feeling remorse for writing the book. Zora's instincts tell her Tate is the real deal and she can't stop wanting to fix whatever it is that has him against relationships. I found myself easily distracted in a few places in the book, I'm not sure if that was me or the book itself. These two make a great couple. The chemistry sizzles, the banter is witty and often hilarious. Overall a fun read :D

Chicks in Charges series
Getting It! - Harlequin Temptation # 1007 - January 2005
Getting It Good! - Harlequin Blaze # 172 - February 2005
Getting It Right! - Harlequin Blaze # 217 - November 2005
Getting It Now! - Harlequin Blaze # 223 - December 2005