Nobody's Hero [Kindle Edition]

Melanie Harvey (Author)

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Product Description

When Rick Ranière, an underground white rapper with misogynistic tendencies—and the songs to prove it—runs into Carolyn Coffman, the best-selling biracial author of Fighting the Pheromone Factor, he knows she’s like no woman he’s ever met. Carolyn knows she really needs to stay upwind.

But the canyons of Manhattan keep shifting the breeze—and Rick’s policy of never trusting a woman. In the end, Rick’s only female fan who refuses to sleep with him might just have the answer to his writer’s block, and the man who sounds all wrong might just be everything Carolyn ever wanted.

When an unexpected burst of publicity lands Rick on the iTunes’ charts and brands Carolyn a hypocrite to her readers, she can either save her career or this relationship. When you got a choice, Rick had told her, you really ought to make the right goddamn one.

Or you could lose everything you ever wanted.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 694 KB
• Publisher: Carnage Entertainment (January 5, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00332F4YE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,026 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

I've been writing ever since I can remember-- but not until 2004 did I complete a novel (not good, but completed!). I went on to write Nobody's Hero and I'm thrilled by the amazing feedback. Although the characters are about as different from me as they could be, I hoped that the themes of acceptance and honesty--and not judging people too quickly!--would resonate with a wide variety of people.

I'll be releasing a Kindle comic caper called Iced Out as soon as I can. This story will start in Ohio--which is where I live with two remaining teenagers (the oldest is serving in the US Navy), four cats, and two large dogs, who believe that their half of the bed is in the middle-- and then my characters will be off to Baja California. It's a fun story, a little more light-hearted than Hero.

And I've started on the novel I'm finally ready to write, one about suffering and loss-- and hope. And possibly healing. We'll see how that works.

Finally, please contact me at [e-mail]. I'd love to hear from you.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected Treasure!, July 19, 2010

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L. Hart "- An Avid Reader!" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nobody's Hero (Kindle Edition)

I did NOT see this book coming! I am a lover of interracial stories/books, but have to say the conflict can (at times) become a bit cliche. This story is so well organized and written that the "race thing" is not what's center stage. THIS story pulls you in..quickly...and compels you to keep reading. The main male character Ricky is so believably raw that, I must confess, I had a few Eminem fantasies while reading it. :)

For the record, if a person isn't use to slang, and more than a few "F-bombs" being dropped, then they may not be as fascinated as others who've read and reviewed "Nobody's Hero". William Shakespear this is NOT! But what you'll find is that there's actually a chase going on; the guy works HARD for the girl, and the girl demands her respect in this book and makes him wait until SHE'S ready. It broke the stereotypical image of rappers being unlovable because they're so hard, and gave a very realistic look into a person (albeit fictional) who is hard for a reason, but loves just like the rest of us. I loved that about this story. It's not about the sex scenes! Truth be told, I didn't miss them. They do DO THE DO, if you know what I mean, but they're not getting down and dirty by Chapter 2. And when they finally connect (pardon the pun) it wasn't vulgar.

People....it's 99 cents! GET THE BOOK!!!

And Melanie Harvey, you have a new fan! I love this story so much that I'm allowing a friend to borrow my Kindle so that she can read it, too.

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, January 10, 2010

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chrislof - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nobody's Hero (Kindle Edition)

As a librarian, I read lots...and lots...of books. "Nobody's Hero" grabbed me from the first dynamite chapter right through the epilogue. Carolyn Coffman and Rick Raniere are developed as real people with real-life strengths and weaknesses. Even more, Ms Harvey provides believable character development throughout the novel. Incorporating the rap music scene, urban settings, and conflicted characters, the story tumbles quickly toward its conclusion. Recommended.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Choppy but very good, July 20, 2010

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EnvyNone (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nobody's Hero (Kindle Edition)

No Bodies Hero was, at heart, a good story. It keeps the readers interest. Based on concept and content alone I would have given this story 5 stars but the one thing that made this a 4 star was the execution.

Carolyn was a huge Ricky Rain fan who ends up not only meeting him but falling for him and vice versa. Although they meet and fall in love in a short span of time(one week), it does seem longer because the author really went into detail about their time together that whole week. So by the end of the week, you are so into Rick and Carolyn's relationship, you don't even notice how short the time has truly been.

The dialogue was a mixture of true wit, insightful analogies and funny one liners. However, and this is where the 4 stars comes into play, the dialogue was often choppy. At points you don't know who is speaking because often times Carolyn and Rick say things which pertain to his song lyrics (which the reader has never heard) or other events from Rick's past(which we didn't know about). It was like walking into a room in the middle of a conversation where you are expected to know what's already been said or in some cases, being the outsider listening to an inside joke. It was confusing but it did not turn me off to the point where I wanted to stop reading. That was the magic of this book, it gets you get so engrossed with Rick and Carolyn's story, you willingly gloss over it's imperfections.

I think more could have been done regarding the plot with Ricky's ex and I really wish the ending would have been more story book, not that it was bad, I just don't think it gave Rick the brilliant finish he deserved after working so hard but, perhaps that's just life. Also, I really could not comprehend how all of the loose ends were tied up in the end. Yes, I read it and re-read it and I still don't understand it, which was my major and only complaint with this story, at times it was difficult to understand to me. You can understand it enough to get the gist of what's happening in a particular scene but it's not articulated in a straight forward manner.

At heart, this is a good story, and it's long so you will get your moneys worth in terms of length. Perhaps it would make a better screen play. A movie would really do this book more justice. It was still enjoyable so I would have to say, it's worth buying. I think it was a good first effort by this author and I would love to see her do more stories.