Make Me Over: Getting Real (Harlequin Temptation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Leslie Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Temptation | Publication Date: December 1, 2004

From the back cover:

He never guessed he'd uncover the perfect woman...for him!

Professor Drew Bennett is thrilled when he learns he'll get the chance to promote his latest book, Beyond Eliza Doolittle, on national television...even if it means getting involved in reality TV. But still, how hard can it be? All he has to do is turn five country bumpkins into ladies. Too bad Drew doesn't know that he's the prize...

Tori Lyons only agreed to embarrass herself in front of a nationwide audience in order to fulfill a not-quite-deathbed promise. But she's going to be the first to leave--she'll make sure of it. But that's before she falls head over heels in love with the sexy professor. And realizes that if she plays the game right, Drew's heart is the one thing she can't possibly win...

Editorial Reviews

Review

A fresh, surprising story about real people falling in love, not just pretty bodies tumbling into bed. 4 Stars -- RT Bookclub

Another keeper that is full of sass, fun and heat. Recommended Read -- Fallen Angel Reviews

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373692048
• ISBN-13: 978-0373692040
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,397,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When I'm not chained to my keyboard writing, I'm enjoying my life with my husband of 25 years and our three daughters. Let me tell you, raising three girls has been way more challenging than publishing romance fiction!

I write sexy novels for Harlequin, and also write dark romantic thrillers under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish. Check out my websites, www.lesliekelly.com and www.authorleslieparrish.com

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Humor and romance...hard to beat, February 20, 2005

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Susie Rigsby "([e-mail])" (Eldorado, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Make Me Over: Getting Real (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed Leslie Kelly's humor and originality of Tori Lyons as a country bumpkin/hillbilly that shows them all she can change if she wants to, especially when she's a contestant in tv reality show that has the handsome professor, Drew Bennett, as the winning prize. Of course, Bennett doesn't ralize he's the prize, he's just trying to promote his latest book and create a nice donation for his favorite charity.
Bennett is immediately taken by Tori's beauty, but quite taken aback by her country-bumpkin and uneducated ways. She's definitely a hillbilly.
This quick read romance is cute and light-hearted.

5.0 out of 5 stars Make Me Over is Fabulous, November 19, 2004

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L. Freeman (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Make Me Over: Getting Real (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Make Me Over is a fabulous new book by Leslie Kelly. She takes a favorite classic story and adds an intriguing new twist. Can you imagine Eliza Doolittle on a reality television show? Now I can. :) I love Leslie Kelly's work and she's outdone herself with her latest story. I loved the characters especially the heroine. Tori Lyons is an honest and courageous woman with educational aspirations and a not-quite-deathbed promise to keep. Leslie Kelly writes exceptionally good bad boys (for a great example see Mick Winchester in Killing Time), but for Make Me Over in Professor Drew Bennett, she creates a brainy sexy honorable man worthy of Tori's affections.
Tori agrees to stay and accept the challenge of the original premise of the television show, learning useful skills and refined social graces throughout out the process. She also discovers love during her transformation and makes a big sacrifice to keep it.
I recommend this book highly. Once I started reading, I just couldn't put it down. I want to read it all over again...especially the scenes in the greenhouse. :)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars irical look at relationships forging in front of millions, November 17, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Make Me Over: Getting Real (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

George Washington University Professor Drew Bennett agrees to a reality show based on his book, "Beyond Eliza Doolittle: Education vs. Genetics in Today's Society" because the sponsors offer a contribution to his favorite charity, Book and a Dream. Drew will make over five women on national TV with the producers hoping he turns into the final catch of one them.

In the library, Drew meets one of the contestants, hillbilly Tori Lyons from Sheets Creek, Tennessee. They are attracted to one another from the start and he also likes her refreshing honesty when she admits she likes his stare as if he wants to devour her. She admits that she joined the show as a deathbed promise to her father, who recovered and now holds her to her vow. As Tori and Drew fall in love, both realizes their backgrounds make anything permanent remote even as the show must go on.

This is a fun contemporary romance starring two delightful individuals that reflect the professor's book in terms of genetics vs. education. Readers would never expect to find a common ground between these two yet love serves as that vehicle. A final twist on the contest will leave many fans waiting for Leslie Kelly's next reality book as MAKE ME OVER is an entertaining satirical look at relationships forging in front of millions.

Harriet Klausner