Hot Shot [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 2005

A New York Times Bestselling Author

Susannah Faulconer flees her society wedding on the back of a bad boy's Harley and enters a world for which no etiquette book could ever prepare her. A world with men such as Mitch Blaine, a corporate genius who has no time for a rich California socialite, and Sam Gamble, a charismatic visionary. Now, the unforgettable woman called Hot Shot must find the courage to see her dreams through, on her own terms.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Phillips ( Fancy Pants ) recovers from a sluggish start to offer a fun and lively look at lots of 'tales' already love, microchips and rock 'n' roll. In 1976, California socialite Susannah Faulconer is engaged to marry an up-and-coming executive in her father's technology corporation when Sam Gamble hustles his way into Susannah's well-ordered life with a revolutionary product: a prototype for a microcomputer, the work of electronics maven Yank Yankowski. Sam, a long-hairedp. 42 visionary, captures Susannah's imagination, and when he crashes her picture-perfect garden wedding, she hikes up her gown and hops onto the back of his Harley. Her euphoria is short-lived as she realizes that neither Yank nor Sam has the requisite business sense to succeed in pk their venture. She digs in, making the most of her upper-crust training and a few library books on business, but it's clear they need a professional. The unlikely entrepreneurs pique the interest of marketing wizard Mitchell Blaine. Mitch sees Susannah as Sam's "woman trouble" but when he tries to cut her out of the company, he learns that under the ex-debutante facade is a woman who can play hardball with the boys.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 791 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; 1 edition (April 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786274506
• ISBN-13: 978-0786274505
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,819,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No, not your typical SEP, January 31, 2002

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Psboston7 "~ And so it Goes ~" (Upland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Shot (Mass Market Paperback)

This was one of her first books and it shows her writing style changed quite a bit. I enjoyed this book it was interesting and it reminded me of a "Judith Michael" book so I actually understood the flow of the story with the long absence of romance between the 2 characters. I was lucky enough to have read this book early on in my SEP reading so therefore I wasn't to dissapointed.

This book is not "light" and "humorous" as her others but it is a keeper if you like to see an author's growth. She did a tremendous amount of research (you can tell) about the beginning of the Computer age and Silicon Valley which was much appreciated and I think the romance was just thrown in because that was what she writes. All in all not a bad book just not something to pick up if you just finished reading "It Had to Be You" or "Nobody's Baby but Mine" this is a different style all together.
Happy Reading

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars S. E. Phillips' best!, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Shot (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read several books by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and of them, HOT SHOT is my hands-down favorite. I found the characters rich and fascinating and I loved the backdrop of the birth of personal computers. And this is coming from someone who is just barely computer-literate!

Susannah's relationships with the pirate, the nerd, and the stuffed shirt are great. Her growth in the book from Daddy's girl, to rebel, to woman is wonderful. Also interesting is the evolution of her relationship with her sister, Paige. Anyone who wasn't touched by Joel and Angela's pilgrimage to Elvis' funeral in August, 1977, must have ice water flowing through her veins.

But the distinctiveness of the book is its exploration of the birth of personal computers. It was fun watching SysVal duke it out with Apple. As an aside, I thought the battle for Susannah at the end was one of the most hilarious scenes I've read in romance fiction. Don't miss it!

I haven't read another book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips that I've enjoyed as much as this one. Try it!

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings out the emotions!, February 19, 2000

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[e-mail] (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Shot (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips that I've read.. and I've been searching for a book that's as good, ever since.

I was amazed by the increadible research that SEP must have done to write such an indepth look into the beginnings of a computer company and how it affected the main character(s) lives. Of course, I'm sure she got the idea from the lives of Steve Jobbs and Bill Gates. But adding a female to this combination was the perfect ingredient.

Susannah is an incredible heroine, one I could relate to, and I was sad when the story of her life was over. Her relationships and hardships were very real, and I found myself eatting up every page.. wondering what would happen next.

You'll also find one of the most well-written flashbacks of a character's life when you read the story of Mitch's childhood. I feel like I could read a whole book just on him.

Read this book.. it's not a typical frivilous romance novel.. You'll enjoy the story, but be prepared to get angry, cry like a baby, and burst out in laughter. Enjoy!