Power Play (Harlequin Blaze) [Mass Market Paperback]

Nancy Warren (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Blaze | Publication Date: November 1, 2009

Keep her hands to herself?

Not easy for Emily Saunders, who's in Elk Crossing, Idaho, for a family wedding. She's double booked in the same hotel room with a sexy cop attending--of all things!--a hockey tournament. As a massage therapist, Emily's soon itching to soothe Jonah Betts's gorgeous muscles--both on and off the ice.

Jonah can't believe his luck--a sexy single woman sharing his cozy room, albeit temporarily. Okay, her orange bridesmaid dress is a disaster and her family is convinced he's actually her boyfriend. He's ready to go along with it even as he makes his play....

Until Emily is suddenly calling for a TIME-OUT! Will Jonah's fantasies be permanently iced?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (November 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373795068
• ISBN-13: 978-0373795062
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,172,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from bed bugs to murder and beyond, October 27, 2009

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bobbyhutchinson.ca "writer" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Play (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Power Play, Nancy Warren has taken bedbugs, a delicious hockey player, added a wedding, a murder and the worst bride's maid dress in the history of bad dresses, tied it together with humor and served it up with aplomb. I was only going to read a little of this book before I went to sleep, but as 2 AM clicked past, I was still reading-and giggling. The writing is topnotch, fast paced, hot as Hades, with a delicious cooling off sequence in a lake. Buy this. Read it. You'll love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars super contemporary romance, November 2, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Play (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Regretting saying yes to being a bridesmaid at Cousin Leanne's wedding, massage therapist Emily Saunders returns home to Elk Crossing, Idaho. She is staying at the Elk Crossing Lodge along with the ugliest dress in creation, pumpkin colored and shaped like it was grown in the field. Bed bugs attack her.

Cop Jonah Betts is in Elk Crossing for the over thirties Old Timers Hockey League tournament. He and his horde of players have left no rooms available for Emily and others forced out of theirs. Due to further incompetence, Emily and Jonah share a room. They are attracted to one another, but he promised her he would not make the first pass while they share a room; however if she makes that first pass, he will shoot for the hat trick with her. Instead she places him in the penalty box. Neither expected a Power Play by an unknown killer.

This is a super contemporary romance with hockey and homicide to round out the amusing comedy of errors. The story line is a fast-paced lighthearted frolic that readers will enjoy unless they recently purchased a bridesmaid dress. Readers will enjoy this fine Idaho caper especially the final resolution of what to do with Big Orange (except for fans in Syracuse or Denver) in a state rooting for blue as in the Boise State field.

Harriet Klausner

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, June 21, 2011

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Carolyn Gwaltney (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Play (Harlequin Blaze) (Kindle Edition)

Entertaining and humorous story with very likeable characters. The opening scene made me laugh, and set the tone for the entire book. The characters were great, but not perfect. The attraction was there, but we didn't have to read about tingling body parts every paragraph. There were several sub-plots and numerous characters that the author wove into the story quite smoothly.

The book was sexy, but not as graphic as some Blaze titles. The love scenes felt about right for the overall light-hearted story.