Mission: Irresistible (Warner Books Contemporary Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lori Wilde (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warner Books Contemporary Romance | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

This is Your Mission and You Must Accept It... PR specialist Cassie Cooper loves the adrenaline rush of a well-planned party. And the masquerade ball at the museum is her best yet. But one minute she's chatting with a mummy, and the next a legendary amulet is stolen practically from under her nose. There are times when a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do. To find the artifact and save her job, Cassie turns to her nemesis: Dr. Harrison Standish. Standoffish, as she likes to call him. Or Your Chance for Love Will Self-Destruct In Seventy-Two Hours! Archaeologist Harrison has all the intensity of Indiana Jones, but his no-need-for-romance attitude could use some adjustment. Who knew it would happen while he and Cassie are chasing leads, dodging bad guys, and racing against the clock? Just when he needs his full attention on their mission, he's having the damnedest time keeping his mind-and his hands-off her. They still have a shot at recovering the amulet, but when it comes to Cassie, Harrison's already a goner.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

PR specialist Cassie Cooper, who made trouble for her twin sister, Maddie, in Wilde's previous romantic adventure, Charmed and Dangerous (2004), has planned an Egyptian costume benefit at Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum to celebrate the reunion of the separated amulet that once belonged to Kiya and Solen, Egyptian lovers from 3,000 years ago. The benefit gets off to a bad start with the stabbing and disappearance of a man in a mummy costume and the theft of Kiya's part of the amulet. When Dr. Adam Grayfield fails to appear at the party with Solen's section of the amulet, Cassie's boss threatens to fire her. In a comical, if less than credible scene, Adam's nerdy archeologist brother, Harrison, saves Cassie's job by asserting that the theft of Kiya's amulet was staged and party-goers must try to solve the mystery. Cassie and Harrison's search for Adam and the pilfered amulet is coupled with overblown romantic tension and outlandish encounters with their pursuers. The imperfections of the protagonists (Cassie is not model thin, and Harrison isn't a fierce tough guy) add realism to the read, which, if nothing else, is adequate escapist fare.
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From Booklist

More than anything, Cassie wants the masquerade event celebrating a new exhibit at the museum to go well. Its success might mean her ticket to a better job at the Smithsonian. But after the mummy is stabbed in the back, things begin to go downhill. Harrison has grown up on archaeological digs, working side by side with his mother. He knows the meaning of the amulet that's on display. Apparently, someone else does, too, because in all the chaos, the amulet disappears. Harrison, a self-proclaimed geek, and Cassie, who lives on the edge, join forces to find it. Sharp and sassy, Cassie drives Harrison to the brink, until he doesn't know whether to strangle her or seduce her. An ancient curse, a centuries-old order of bad guys, a mummy, a wealthy meglomaniac and his minions, and true love are shaken but not stirred in this action-packed, fast-paced adventure, the sexy sequel to Wilde's Charmed and Dangerous (2004), which features Cassie's twin, Maddie. Both romances belong on library shelves. Shelley Mosley
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Forever (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446615153
• ISBN-13: 978-0446615150
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.1 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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BIO

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Lori Wilde has sold sixty novels to four major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelors degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensics. She volunteers as a sexual assault first responder for Freedom House, a shelter for battered women. She has also served as the RWA National conference workshop chair and PAN retreat chair. In 2007 she was honored by her local college as alumna of the year.

Lori is a past RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. She's won the Colorado Award of Excellence, the Wisconsin Write Touch Award, The Lories, The More Than Maggie, the Golden Quill, The Laurel Wreath and The BestBooks of 2006 Book Award.

Her books have been translated into 25 languages and featured in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Complete Woman, All You, Time and Quick and Simple magazines. She lives in Texas with her husband, Bill.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save your time and do laundry instead, September 6, 2005

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This review is from: Mission: Irresistible (Warner Books Contemporary Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Cassie is in charge of putting on a museum exhibit that will reunite doomed lovers from three centuries ago when the respective amulets are joined. When the lights go out, one of the amulets is missing, and it is up to Cassie to find them to save her hide and her job, along with the help of nerdy Dr. Harrison Standish. Harrison has always been unlucky in love, losing his first love to his brother Adam, and doesn't believe in "happily ever after" or curses.

The two are like oil and water, but opposites attract. When her apartment is ransacked, he takes her back to his place, where she makes a pass (that is rebuffed), forcing her to take matters in her own hands (so to speak).

They are on the hunt for missing Adam, who is supposed to have the other amulet in his possession, not realizing that he put it in Cassie's purse when he tried to warn her of impending danger. Meanwhile, the runaway mummy that Cassie bumped into has regained consciousness, and thinks that he a 3,000 year old mummy.

Will they be able to find the amulet in time to save her job? Will they be able to figure out what happened to Adam? Why won't mom tell him who his mysterious father is? Do I really care?

The story lacks chemistry with the leads and the secondary characters are not really developed. The story also lacks the humor of Wilde's previous efforts - this one tries too hard and comes up short. It was a chore to finish, and utterly forgettable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spine Shivering Romance, May 11, 2005

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Lisa Wells - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mission: Irresistible (Warner Books Contemporary Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Wilde does a superb job of writing this wonderful romantic and contemporary novel. Filled with a little lust, a little mystery and a bit of fun, you won't want to miss this one.
Also recommended: Full Bloom by Janet Evanavich and Fire In the Ice by Katlyn Stewart

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous fun, May 4, 2005

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This review is from: Mission: Irresistible (Warner Books Contemporary Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Danger, romance, and sex are intertwined in Lori Wilde's new romantic tale of opposites attracting. In one corner: Cassie Cooper, a cute PR whiz with an active love life but spooked by the notion of "one man for the rest of her life." In the opposite corner: Dr. Harrison Standish, an Egyptologist with a nerdy, color-blind professor's wardrobe; he learned early on that love was for suckers. Naturally, these two are destined to clash early at a museum's masquerade ball organized by Cassie's firm. When the main attraction of the evening -- a legendary amulet -- is stolen, the two are forced to team up to find the jewel and defeat the bad guys. In between (you guessed it!), they fall head-over-heels. Like Janet Evanovich, Wilde knows how to give fast-talking, spunky heroines the sweet romance they deserve, but Wilde's love scenes are, well, a lot wilder.