How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (Harlequin Temptation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Heather Macallister (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373691599
• ISBN-13: 978-0373691593
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,454,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Heather MacAllister lives in Texas and is married to her high-school sweetheart. Following the instructions in How to Get a Teen-Age Boy, and What to Do with Him When You Get Him by Ellen Peck, one of her all-time favorite books, she expressed an interest in his hobby -- ham radio. He challenged her -- learn Morse code and get her license, and he'd take her to the senior prom. She did, and currently sports her call sign, WB5RMA, on her car license plate.

Heather became addicted to romance novels in college, yet still managed to graduate and become a music teacher. And then her sons were born. Within seven months, nine baby-sitters quit, so she took pity on the childcare industry, quit teaching, and began avoiding housework by writing during her sons' nap time.

Heather has published over 45 books with Harlequin. Her award-winning romantic comedies have been translated into 25 languages and published in dozens of countries.

Before she was published, Heather won the Romance Writer's of America Golden Heart Award. Her published novels have been nominated for the RWA RITA award three times, and Harlequin.com readers voted LONE STAR SANTA favorite Laugh-Out-Loud book of 2006. In addition to awards for best Harlequin Romance and best Harlequin Temptation, Romantic Times Book Reviews has twice nominated Heather for a Career Achievement Award in Series Love and Laughter.

When she's not writing, Heather spends her time collecting vintage jewelry, watching fireworks displays, and killing plants.

Visit her website at http://www.HeatherMacAllister.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable book, May 14, 2004

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Pam (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Tired of failed relationships, payroll assistant Sara Lipton enlists the help of her friends. She needs help with choosing and attracting the right kind of man, and then keeping his attention once she's got it. They decide that the perfect person for her to practice on is company vice-president Simon Northrup. Simon's not looking for a relationship because his life is already too full and too complicated. When his father was dying, he promised the man that he would help his stepmother with raising his preteen stepsister. This promise was a result of Simon's feelings of guilt for ignoring his stepsister, and his stepmother knows how to play on those guilty feelings (a stepmother, by the way, who was Simon's college sweetheart and when he took her home to meet the folks-girlfriend and Dad hit it off a little too well).

Sara and Simon are very strong, likable characters. The book had a good opening, great pacing throughout, and was very well written. This was my first Heather MacAllister book, but it definitely won't be my last.

I did think that Sara's friend, Hayden, was a distraction from the story. I didn't like her very much, but at the same time I was intrigued by her (I wondered what made her the kind of person that she is and if that would ever change and what it would take to make her change). Basically, I found myself focusing too much time and attention on this character, and that was time and attention that I should have spent focusing on Sara and Simon. However, now I'm wondering if Hayden is going to get her own book. If so, I'd definitely buy it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously Wicked..., January 6, 2004

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Karen D. Edmundson - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

What a teasingly tempting read by Heather MacAllister! Her characters are engaging and unpredictable, and I couldn't bear to set the book down once I started reading. Haven't we all been Sara, at one point in our lives? Surrounded by others who seem to have what they want, while we stumble along in the dark? You'll be swept up in her story, caught up in every chuckle and sigh.

It is to MacAllister's credit that the protagonist is an intelligent, independent, thoughtful woman who treats herself with respect...and in turn, treats herself to an intelligent, independent, thoughtful man who treats her with respect. How refreshing!

Fair warning, though--you will never, ever, look at plastic wrap the same way again!

4.0 out of 5 stars who knew plastic wrap & faux fur could be sexy?, June 7, 2011

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RomReader (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Heroine wants to find a good date for possible long-term r/s & her girlfriends are willing to help. Good-looking H who works in the same company as her seems to fit her ideal-man profile & sparks fly b/w them. But heroine doesn't want to compete with his career & complicated r/s with his young "stepmother" (who was his former college GF) & his half-sister. She tries to avoid Hero & look for another date but circumstances keep on throwing them together.

This was a funny & sexy romance. Pacing, dialogue, & sexual tension were good. Sex scenes were hot & sometimes funny esp the saran wrap & fur coat scene. Characters were likeable, including the secondary characters. Heroine's girlfriends dating tips & strategies were hilarious & spot on. I liked that heroine's dating makeover was offset by Hero being attracted to her simplicity & niceness. I was a little worried that Hero would only begin to notice heroine when she started changing. I liked that Hero was sexy, hard-working, caring, & actually looking to be in a committed r/s.

Recommended.