Five O'clock Shadow (Zebra Contemporary Romance) [Paperback]

Genie Davis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Contemporary Romance | Publication Date: February 1, 2007

When a spirited DJ decides to run for city council to save her friend's Waikiki music club, she never expects the campaign to turn dangerous, or for a handsome detective to steal her heart. Original.

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Jessie Adams is a DJ in the small community of Playa Vista, near Los Angeles. She's got her job, her apartment, her cats, and not much else. When redevelopment threatens her best friend's club, Jessie succumbs to her pleas and runs for city council. Shortly after, she is literally knocked off her feet by a large, handsome man. Chuck turns out to be a policeman, and suddenly Jessie's life is full of excitement, kookiness, and danger. Davis' romance is fun and entertaining with a real man's man as the romantic lead. Maria Hatton
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From the Back Cover

When Jessie Adams, indie-rock DJ, part-time musician and full time fool for self absorbed long haired rockers decides to do a favor for a friend, she never imagines how her life will change. With her friend's beach side music club The Sea Shack threatened by the gentrification of their neighborhood, Jessie figures throwing her hat in the City Council race might be a way to save the place. What she doesn't count on is somebody who wants the candidates out of the way or literally running into Chuck Jackson, one tall, cool, and infuriating detective. After all, Jessie just met the guy and he's already staking his claim by vowing to protect her at all costs, not that she minds him guarding her body. It fact she just might like that part of having him around a little too much. But when danger strikes, Jessie will have to figure out fast whether her undercover lover is playing around or playing for keeps.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zebra; Regular Print/Single Titl edition (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821779788
• ISBN-13: 978-0821779781
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,795,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Genie Davis is a produced screen and television writer. Her work spans a variety of genres from supernatural thriller to romantic drama, family, teen, and comedy. She's worked on projects with companies as diverse as Smith-Hemion Productions, Wild at Heart Films, Craven/Maddalena Films, and Craig Anderson Productions. She's written on staff for ABC-TV's Port Charles; written, produced, and directed reality programming and documentaries for The Learning Channel, PBS, and HGTV, as well as numerous television commercials and corporate videos. She's directed such notable corporate films as "Santa Goes Shopping at Frederick's of Hollywood" and "Let's Watch the Big Metal Machine Parts go Up and Down For Twenty Minutes While the Boring Guy Says Stuff." Her novels include the noir flavored rom/suspense mass market titles, The Model Man, and Five O'Clock Shadow both from Kensington Zebra; the erotic novella Rodeo Man in Kensington Aphrodesia's The Cowboy collection released under the name Nikki Alton, and the literary fiction Dreamtown from small press Fiction Works. Also check out her Amazon Short "The Girl and the Gun."

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cutesy Characters Plus Too-Fast Romance Equal Forgettable Book, May 31, 2009

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YankeeChick "Yankee" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five O'clock Shadow (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

I wanted to like this book--it came highly recommended as a humorous romance. Unfortunately, the heroine of the book is having head-banging sex with a guy she's known for about five minutes and two days later she's got him moving in with her because .......she's a modern, independent woman who knows how to move when the time is ready? More like she's a brainless twit who hasn't heard of STD's, unplanned pregnancies, rapists, serial killers, abusers, or anything else that could possible deal with reality. There's a back story in which this same woman decides to run for city council so she can oppose the zoning laws which might close down a coffee bar she likes which is run by a friend. The other characters running for office made me laugh, but I mostly wondered when this woman actually worked to earn enough money to run for office, the romance was rushed and too forced, the mystery line was pretty weak & ended with a very convenient criminal and windup. Pretty dopey, overall. Can't recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful book, February 9, 2007

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Margaret - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five O'clock Shadow (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

Okay, there is already a lot of background info provided for this book, so I'll just add my opinion. I just finished reading Five O'Clock Shadow with a huge smile on my face, it was just such a feel-good, delightful romance. Funny, twisted, dry humour that had me smiling throughout. Fast paced dialogue, great relationship between the two lead characters (that moves along quickly!), and an engaging mystery. I picked this one up on a whim and boy am I glad I did. And with a hero named Chuck who can resist? Great book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life in the shadows, April 8, 2007

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JoAnne Goldberg (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five O'clock Shadow (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)

Genie Davis works her magic again with characters that pop right off the page and into your head, a mystery that keeps the pace brisk and the action compelling, and a healthy infusion of wry reality that makes the fiction feel all too real. If you have ever dabbled in local politics (or wished you had, or been glad that you hadn't), fallen in love with someone even though your rational mind was telling you to run in the opposite direction, dealt with a challenging boss, or invested way too much effort trying to be nice to people you can't stand--in other words, if you're a unique but otherwise typical human being--this book will resonate with you.

From jacarandas to the Pacific Coast Highway, the story exudes Southern California charm and sensibility. But what makes the book sizzle is Jessie, a quirky, spontaneous, fiercely loyal and passionate person who feels like a close friend almost as soon as you meet her.

Genie truly has the gift of transforming the mundane into the memorable, and I eagerly await her next book.