The Love Potion (Time of Your Life) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sandra Hill (Author)

Book Description

Series: Time of Your Life | Publication Date: October 2003

What if a chemist invented a real love potion? What if the elixir were put in jelly beans? What if a man...the wrong man...ate the jelly beans? Dr. Sylvie Fontaine...chemist extraordinaire. Lucien LeDeux..."The Swamp Solicitor," aka "Bay Boy of the Bayou." Holy Crawfish! The South might indeed rise again... If the rebels could just stop laughing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Sandra Hill always tells a delightfully humorous story with a unique twist. Once again, she uses that well-tested formula to create THE LOVE POTION. Readers will chuckle as they get caught up in the romantic sparring and all the madcap adventures. Then the chemistry between Lucien and Sylvie turns erotic, and their talk about his reaction to the love potion becomes show and tell! THE LOVE POTION is definitely a read-again book, just to make sure you didn't miss anything. It's a hoot!" -- Vicki Patterson for BOOKBUG ON THE WEB

"THE LOVE POTION combines the steamy Cajun atmosphere of `The Big Easy' with the humor of a screwball comedy... (It) is a terrific read..." -- Susan Duncan for THE ROMANCE READER

"The hilarious, fun-loving, steamy, breathtaking tale of passion between a `Bad Boy of the Bayou" and an extremely shy, aristocratic Creole chemist is sure to be another bestseller for Ms. Hill. This is one book that any one who has read Sandra Hill in the past will not want to miss. Also, if you have never read a Sandra Hill book, this delightful book would be a good jumping off point." -- Lori Bradley for BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE:

"The very talented Sandra Hill adds to her already impressive list of reading gems with this delightfully funny and sexy tale." -- Jill Smith for ROMANTIC TIMES

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Sandra Hill, [e-mail] Sandra Hill is an award-winning author known for novels which are heavy on humor and sizzle. THE LOVE POTION marks a return to the bayous of Southern Louisiana for Ms. Hill who first visited there, literally, in FRANKLY, MY DEAR and SWEETER SAVAGE LOVE. She hopes her readers will love Cajun men as much as she does after reading this book.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505523493
• ISBN-13: 978-0505523495
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons. SandraHill.net

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and Sexy, June 1, 2000

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Tina "tinaellorascave" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Love Potion (Time of Your Life) (Mass Market Paperback)

Dr. Silvie Fontaine and bad boy attorney Lucien LeDeux have never gotten along. They've had bad blood between them since childhood. But they've also carried an attraction for the other that neither of them will acknowledge aloud. Enter into the equation "the jelly bean fix"--a new drug Silvie is working on that has the physical implications of Viagra, while simultaneously stimulating the emotions of the subject--and you have the jist of this novel.

This is Hill at her wittiest and sexiest. The dialogue was hilarious, the relationship between the hero and heroine was intriguing, and the plot threw enough twists and turns to keep my attention. This is the perfect lighthearted, romantic comedy to read if you need a little pick-me-up.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way to Spend the Weekend!, March 20, 2002

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Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Love Potion (Time of Your Life) (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book. I don't think I have laughed so much while reading a book in a while. Luc and Sylvie are great! Sylvie has created a love potion that is taken in the form of a jelly bean. It has not yet been tested on humans only on her furry companions Sampson and Delhila and it has been very very sucessfull with them. They can't keep their paws off each other. Luc is a dark, sexy cajun, lawyer who is known as "the swamp lawyer" has to ask Sylvie a favor. He would rather die then have to do that! While he is busy tormenting and teasing her he eats one of her special jelly beans. What happens when two people who despise (not!) each other are now drawn to each other? Why they help to keep the Louisiana bayou all the steamier of course! Throw in some danger from those that feel Sylvie is messing with Voodoo, Luc's 78 year old aunt with purple hair who rides a Harley and knits things for Luc's hopechest, two horney rats in a Happy Meal box, and you have the makings of a great weekend read!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read....., December 18, 1999

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Elizabeth Benway (Westville, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Love Potion (Time of Your Life) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book I have read of Ms Hill's and if this story is any indication of what she is capable of, then I have to say I have been missing out on some fantastic books. I am truly hooked on this author now and I am going to dig her other books out and read them as soon as possible. Lucien LeDeux has been labeled 'bad boy of the bayou' since childhood and for good reason, as he has made the label a self-fulfilling prophecy with his audacious teasing of the Creole-born Sylvie Fontaine. He issues a threat to her at a school dance when they were both thirteen, that they would one day slow dance in the nude. Now twenty years later, he still feels a strong urge to shock and dismay her. Luc is a lawyer and his brother's dilemma demands that he seek Sylvie's expertise as a chemist to test contaminated bayou water for oil spillage from his father's company. Upon his arrival in her lab, he encounters her in the midst of a secret experiment and as always he 'rattles her cage' and in the chaos he unintentionally eats her jelly beans that is loaded with a love potion that she has invented. She was on the verge of testing it on a human subject and is freaked out when her childhood nemesis gulps down the potion that she knows will make him sexually hungry for her. At this point is when the fun begins! I absolutely loved this story! It is outrageously funny and the romance is wonderful. Not only was the story of the hero and heroine great but the secondary characters were enjoyable as well, from Luc's lovable little aunt Tante Lulu to Samson and Delilah, Sylvie's 'in love lab rats', this story held my interest from the first to the last page. This book is a romance reader's dream!