Customer Reviews

Power Play (Berkley Sensation)

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Monica Geary is a leading soap opera actress. When her show, The Wild and the Free, gets a new addition who shows signs of wanting to take over the main spot light, Monica quickly gets her personal publicist on the phone. Soon Monica is in the role of her life. Monica will pretend to be falling for the NHL star and notorious playboy Eric Mitchell. This is hard to do when she has seen how big his ego is.

Eric Mitchell is one of People magazine's hottest bachelors and has just been traded to save the New York Blades. What few know is that the entire team watches The Wild and the Free and Eric has had his sights set on Monica for years.

***** On a side note from the actual story plot, let me say that hearing the past and upcoming story lines of Monica's soap opera were terrifically farfetched. (Just like the real soap operas on television each day.) I found myself laughing at such unexpected times. It was a blast!

As for the story, off set, I was amazed at how easily the author made the characters seem to blend together. Many people do not make a good first impression, or second, and having Eric come across all wrong was a good idea. The two main characters seemed much more believable to me this way. These two stars will give readers a fabulous run through day time television dramas, on and off the set. BRAVA! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

This is my third Deirdre Martin book. I read this immediately after reading Chasing Stanley, the story of Eric's twin Jason. I'm thinking I shouldn't have done that. In Chasing Stanley, I enjoyed Eric. He was fun, mischevious and cool. I actually enjoyed him more than Jason and was looking forward to reading his story.

I was disappointed. I liked Eric alright but a lot of the time he came across as a jerk. I was also not a big Monica fan, I thought she was slightly shallow, but I did enjoy the verbal sparring between Monica and Eric and thought they had chemistry together.

There wasn't much romance. It was more about Monica and her Soap career and Jason and his hockey career and how they happened to date and end up together in the end.

I liked Gloria and that her relationship with Monty was resolved. I also liked how Gloria kept talking about her glamour life as an actress and all the old stars she was associated with. I didn't like that Chessy was one dimensional. She had no redeeming qualties. None. She was like a charicature and didn't come across as a real person at all. At least Brandi in Chasing Stanley, while cast as the Bimbo, was shown to have a personality.

Overall, I didn't enjoy this book as much as I had hoped I would. The writing, as always, was excellent, but the story was lacking.

Power Play could have been taken straight from the headlines of Hollywood where celeb and sports hero relationships come and go - all under the watchful eyes of the paparazzi and telescope lenses. The key players in this romance by seasoned author Deirdre Martin are soap opera actress Monica Geary and professional hockey player Eric Mitchell.

Under the close scrutiny of their publicist, they find that a whirlwind and highly publicized courtship might be just what their respective waning careers need to get a boost. Imagine the surprise when they realize that their make believe world is becoming reality. Following a number of twists and turns that come from either unwillingness or inability to fess up to their feelings, Power Play comes to the conclusion the readership demands.

The relationship is Hollywood all the way, and this is a fun read for the romance aficionado and also a quick one that contains many fun ups and downs which are sure to delight readers. Since a couple of the scenes are quite adult in nature, this book is for mature readers only, and I would think twice before giving it to granny for her birthday.

I couldn't stop reading, it was really great.
And, if you had the occasion of reading the other books of Deidre Martin, it's always inspiring having the chance to recall the others histories through the characters.
I enjoyed it a lot and truly recommend it.

I really liked this book. I loved the minor characters. Martin continues to weave past characters in her books and its great to see what they are up to.

I still haven't finished this book. I just can't get into it... I usually LOVE this author, but this one just isn't grabbing me. I was surprised too because the reviews are so good...

Deirdre Martin outdoes herself again in another GREAT Sports Romance book. If you are into sports, this is a must read!!! I love Deirdre's books and cannot wait until With a Twist is out in May!!!

I have read everything that this author writes and I think this one is in the top 3 of her books!

Eric Mitchell (twin of Jason 'Chasing Stanley' book) lands a walk-on role on a leading Soap. He makes the moves on the lead actress Monica Geary. They both share the same PR person (Theresa Falconetti from Fair Play) throw the 2 of them together and make some PR news. I like how the characters evolved and were not perfect. I have made North Dakota home, so the references to Eric & Jason home in ND was great. Enjoy another amazing book by Deirdre Martin!

If you enjoy this genre I would suggest checking out all her books;Body Check, Fair Play,Total Rush (New York Blades), The Penalty Box (New York Blades), Hot Ticket (Berkley Sensation),Chasing Stanley (New York Blades),Double the Pleasure (coming out 12/2008) and looking forward to her next next novel, WITH A TWIST, that will be out in May, 2009!.

I've loved Deidre Martins books about the New York Blades. I think this one was my least favorite though. I liked the set up with the heroine being a soap actress but I found her to be a bit obnoxious and I didn't understand why our hero would fall in love with her except she's "hot". I never bought them as a couple and didn't feel they were madly in love. Just a so-so book.

Deirdre Martin's writes another funny and sexy story in Power Play.

Soap Opera actress Monica Geary has always been at the top of her field. But a new face on the show is making her nervous. Add to that a hockey star is doing a cameo appearance and tried to put his well oiled moves on her. Yikes.

Eric Mitchell new defenseman for the New York Blades gets off on the wrong foot with his team mates. When he gets a chance to guest star on the teams favorite soap he jumps at the chance to score some points with his teammates. His first meeting with Monica didn't go at all like he thought it would.

When Monica agrees with her PR agent to up her profile with the media. She isn't sure being seen with Eric is the way to go. Monica being the great actress that she is, is sure she can act her heart out in this fake romance.

Being seen as a couple first starts out as a lark but the reality of spending so much time together opens up both their eyes to the real person beneath.

Deirdre Martin's Power Play is everything one would want in a romance. Its sexy, funny and heartfelt. Her characters become friends that you don't want to let go of. Monica and Eric have joined the ranks of favorite Martin couples for me. This book is a keeper.