Her Frog Prince: In A Fairy Tale World... (Silhouette Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Shirley Jump (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a wonderful winter read...I would highly recommend it." -- The Romance Zone, February 2005

"...two thumbs up!...I enjoyed every captivating page...Don’t miss this five-star keeper!" - BJ Deese -- Romance Junkies, December 2004

"Jump's trademark humor fits perfectly [and her] bewitching skill adds magic to this "opposites attract" plot." -- Romantic Times BookClub, December 2004

About the Author

Booksellers’ Best Award winner Shirley Jump spends her days writing romantic comedies with sweet attitude for Kensington Books (The Devil Served Tortellini, March 2005) and for Silhouette Romance (Her Frog Prince, December 2004; Kissed By Cat, February 2005) to feed her shoe addiction and avoid housework. A wife and mother of two, her real life provides enough humor to fill more books than she can write.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373197462
• ISBN-13: 978-0373197460
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,921,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nationally bestselling author Shirley Jump didn't have the willpower to diet nor the talent to master under-eye concealer, so she bowed out of a career in television and opted instead for a career where she could be paid to eat at her desk'writing.

She started out in journalism, selling her first article at the age of eleven and dreaming of being the next Jane Pauley. After writing 3000 articles and two non-fiction books, Shirley grew too dependent on her robe and fuzzy slippers, though, and decided a career as a freelance writer suited her better.

Then she got married. And had two kids.

Humor became the only thing that got her through the mashed potato flingfests and toilet paper decorating sprees. At first, seeking revenge on her children for their grocery store tantrums, she sold embarrassing essays about her children to anthologies such as Chicken Soup for the Working Woman's Soul and Chocolate for Women II. However, it wasn't enough to feed her growing addiction to writing funny.

So she turned to the world of romance novels, where messes are (usually) cleaned up before The End and no one is calling anyone a doodoo head. In the worlds Shirley gets to create and control, the children listen to their parents, the husbands always remember holidays and the housework is magically done by elves.

She sold her first book to Silhouette Romance in 2001. That novel, THE VIRGIN'S PROPOSAL, won the Booksellers' Best Award for Best Traditional Romance of 2003. Two of her subsequent books were finalists in the Golden Quill Awards and two others were finalists in the Madcap Awards for best romantic comedy. She is also a Reviewers' Choice Award winner.

Shirley has sold twenty-six novels and now writes stories for Harlequin/Silhouette and Kensington Books about love, family and food'the three most important things in her life (though, there are many days when the order is reversed), using that English degree everyone said would be so useless.

She found a way to combine all her favorite things in her recipes with her own romantic comedy series from Zebra Books, which launched in September 2004 with THE BRIDE WORE CHOCOLATE. The fourth, THE BACHELOR PREFERRED PASTRY, is a February 2006 release, followed by PRETTY BAD in February 2007. Her next Romances will be a linked duet of BACK TO MR. & MRS. and MARRIED BY MORNING in May and June 2007. She also writes for Harlequin NeXt.

Though she's thrilled to see her books in stores around the world, Shirley mostly writes because it gives her an excuse to avoid cleaning the toilets and helps feed her shoe habit.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Scruffy marine biologist meets society chick, December 13, 2004

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Krista Casada - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Her Frog Prince: In A Fairy Tale World... (Silhouette Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Brad Smith is a marine biologist on a search for giant squid, despite his wealthy family's disapproval. Parris Hammond is a sometimes-shrewish, slightly spoiled society beauty who eventually falls for him and decides sea life is pretty cool. This is a mostly okay book, nothing spectacular, but with a few funny moments. It beats the previous book in the series, but doesn't measure up to the first one.

For another take on the story of the rich girl who matures and falls for a great guy she might once have ignored, definitely check out Cara Colter's "The Heiress Takes a Husband."

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny romance, March 24, 2011

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Phyllis Gronewold "division99" (Louisville, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Her Frog Prince: In A Fairy Tale World... (Silhouette Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

A fun contemporary retelling of a classic fairytale. Merry's matchmaking hits many bumps in trying to push personal consultant, Parrish Hammond, and marine biologist, Bradford Smith, together.

5.0 out of 5 stars Romance with a chuckle, March 7, 2005

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Kathleen Howard (Fostoria, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Her Frog Prince: In A Fairy Tale World... (Silhouette Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Shirley Jump knows how to write a romance without losing her sense of humor. Since romance and relationships are essentially funny, this was a wonderful book to read. I kept chuckling out loud which made my husband keep asking "what's so funny?". I will be reading more of her books.