Monahan's Gamble (Silhouette Desire) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Bevarly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2000

THE LOVE BET?

The bettor: Sexy Sean Monahan. At stake: dating beautiful— if slightly flaky— Autumn Pulaski, the new girl in town, for more than her prescribed four weeks. If he could only get her to go out with him for eight weeks, then she’ d be in danger of breaking her rule. Or was he the one in danger?

While her no-man-for-more-than-four-weeks policy might sound a bit bizarre, twice-jilted Autumn was not about to risk her heart again. Not even for the bluest eyes this side of paradise. But when the four weeks were over, the sound of her rule had been replaced by… funny thing, they sounded like… wedding bells?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; Silhouette Romance #1337 edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373763379
• ISBN-13: 978-0373763375
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,214,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elizabeth Bevarly is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty works of contemporary romance. Her books have been published in two dozen languages and three dozen countries, totaling more than ten million copies in print worldwide. Although she can't remember wanting to be anything other than a writer, her career side trips before publication included stints as a salesclerk, waitress, bartender and editorial assistant. She has called home places as diverse as New Jersey and Puerto Rico, but now lives in her native Kentucky with her husband and son.

She is delighted to be offering some of her out-of-print works on Kindle and is looking forward to the publication of her first women's fiction title in trade paperback. THE HOUSE ON BUTTERFLY WAY will be published by Berkley Trade in February 2012. Visit her website at www.elizabethbevarly.com or, even better, "like" her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ElizabethBevarlyReaderPage.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Autumn Burns and Sean Sizzles!, December 28, 2000

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Candie Moonshower "Candie Moonshower" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monahan's Gamble (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

In FIRST COMES LOVE, we are introduced to Tess Monahan, a lovely girl with a plethora of sexy brothers. Brother Sean roars into our consciousness in MONAHAN'S GAMBLE! (And boy, are we looking forward to meeting Finn, Rory and Cullen!) Autumn Pulaski, a relatively new resident of Marigold, Indiana, and already considered a bit of a free spirit (make that oddball), is a woman with a mysterious dating ritual: she will only date a man for four weeks. Sean Monahan, after bragging to his brothers and cronies that he is just the man to break Autumn's hard and fast dating rule, is challenged to prove himself by dating Autumn for two months. Sean doesn't want to marry the woman, for God's sake; even if she is quite lovely, she's an eccentric piece of work after all. He only wants to date Autumn long enough to win the dare. And if he enjoys her womanly company in the meantime, all the better! But Sean doesn't bank on the immediate and all-consuming chemistry that sparks and then roars into life the moment he comes within speaking distance of Autumn.

This is the key to the success of Elizabeth Bevarly's romance novels: instantaneous and consistent sexual tension between the heroes and heroines in her books, from their first encounters to the happily-ever-afters. Bevarly's books offer a wonderful balance of viewpoint. Not only is the reader treated to fully-developed female perspectives, the perspectives of the heroes are also finely-drawn and entertaining in the extreme. While reading MONAHAN'S GAMBLE, I found myself looking forward to the next scene even as I enjoyed the one I was reading. I knew that after having my blood pressure raised by Autumn's point-of-view regarding her inexplicable passion for Sean, I would be further engaged by descriptions of what Sean thinks and feels for the entrancing Autumn!

Bevarly's skill with alternating viewpoints works to keep the tension high and the narrative intriguing. There are no flat moments in MONAHAN'S GAMBLE. It delivers what readers want most when they purchase a category romance: page-turning romance and sensuality from cover to cover.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a Gamble, December 13, 2002

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Candi (Torrance, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monahan's Gamble (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

This book was a good short read if you just need something to pass time while waiting for something.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Gamble, December 13, 2002

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Candi (Torrance, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monahan's Gamble (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

This was a very good read, I would try more by this author!