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See Jane Score

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This is my first Rachel Gibson book and I just loved it! Fast, funny, realistic and full of chemistry.

Aspiring journalist Jane Alcott is game to take on just about any job to gain experience and fill out her resume. She writes a "Single Girl in the City" column and she also secretly writes a steamy serial for a men's magazine. Now, she's been given the opportunity to add sports reporter to her repertoire when she's assigned to cover the Seattle Chinooks hockey team. The guys are less than enthusiastic about having her travel with the team and, boys being boys, you can imagine the hazing she has to endure! I must have laughed "Poor Jane" out loud hundreds of times! But winning over the guys is just one problem when you're a sports reporter carrying "Hockey for Dummies"!

Hunky goalie Luc Martineau initally ignores her, since he famously doesn't do interviews anyway, but he finds that he enjoys annoying and sparring with her. She may be short, but she's spunky, tough and can talk trash with the best of them! Luc's had a checkered past that he'd like to forget and he is trying very hard to put his "bad boy" image behind him. And now he has become responsible for a 16 year old sister he barely knows. The last thing he needs is some reporter snooping around.

The verbal sparks soon turn to a sexual attraction that neither really wants. His life is so crazy with career pressure, his awkward, difficult relationship with his sister, not to mention that Jane is hardly his type - short, small chested and smart are not usually qualities he looks for, and yes, he knows what that says "aboot" him! And Jane's bad boy radar is working over time. The last thing she wants is to be seduced then dumped or worse have her heart broken by a jock who normally dates empty-headed Barbie Dolls. Hormones being what they are, though these two wind up together.

I won't go into more, but suffice it to say that complications arise and Luc's trust in Jane is threatened. Personally, I think Luc let her off a little too easily, but that's how love is, I suppose.

A terrific read, highly recommended! Rachel Gibson along with Julie Ortolon are contemporary authors converting this formerly historicals-only reader!

I really loved this book, couldn't put it down until it was finished.

Jane is a reporter who also writes a continuing story for a men's magazine, Luc is a hockey player with a dislike of reporters who has recently become the guardian of his teenage sister. Jane is assigned to travel with the team and cover all of the games. The guys are not thrilled (they do a little bit of harassing). Romance blossoms in the least expected place for Jane and Luc.

It's a very well-written, entertaining story. The situations are very believable, which I always like. It makes me laugh, makes me a cry, makes me shiver, and go how will she/he fix this?! I love a book that lets me run the gamut of emotions.

I always enjoy Rachel Gibson books, and John and Hal (retired from the Chinooks, they were in a previous book) make a small appearance with Georgie and Mae in this one.

with every book she writes. I think Gibson's talent lies in her ability to write sweet, light hearted romatic stories where the humor comes across as effortless and does not feel forced at any time.This book is an excellent example of her incredible talent. Jane Alcott's average looks and unasumming personality make her the least likely candidate to catch the eye of professional hockey player Luc Martineau. Luc is a hunky millionare playboy and the star goalie of the Seattle Chinooks, Jane is the short, plain reporter assigned to them.Lead by Luc the players do their best to make Jane's life miserable. They're driven by an irrational fear that a woman's presence might jinx their season (it seems hockey players are an extremely superstitious lot) and just plain ol' machismo. However, they have underestimated pint sized Jane, who gives just as good as she gets, especially to that annoying, sexist, conceited but oh-so delicious Luc. Can Luc get over his predilection for empty headed blonde Amazons and discover the beautiful woman that lies beneath Jane's fuddy duddy exterior? Maybe so but you'll have to read to find out!

This is definetely a keeper for me. Gibson knows how to write the ultimate alpha heroes and Jane is no slouch in the character department either. She represents the average modern working woman. She is you and me and boy is it satisfying to watch the average girl finally get her man!
Highly recommended!

See Jane Score was a great ride, I mean read. I think that Rachel Gibson gets me inside the character's heads, thoughts and hearts more than many of my favorite authors. Yeah, Luc is a jock goalie, Jane is plain (not), but there the cliches end. Luc has a Canadian background which is intriguing, while Jane is a secret nympho (in print, anyway). As a journalist, she writes a kind of 'Sex in the City' column, the nympho series for a men's magazine no less, and to my bafflement, was offered the hockey sports column in a major newspaper. It was only interim while the columnist was out sick, but what a gas! Locker rooms (hoo-yah) and jocks!

The humour and the 'I'm gonna die of love' that is really true to life were wonderfully written. And just imagine being the only female with a group of professional sportsmen. The heat can get pretty intense - and so did the envy ;-)

I LOVED this book. I'm not a big hockey fan, but there was just enough info about the sport to keep the story going. Luc was HOT. I'm not a big tattoo person but... yowzer. Jane was REAL. I could not put this book down, and finished it in one day.

Fanatics of Rachel Gibson will realize that See Jane Score is a continuation of her deviant style of putting polarized opposites together. Wasn't her last effort, Lola Carlyle Reveals All - an unbelievable escapism of love between a swimsuit model and military spy?

In See Jane Score, Rachel Gibson dumps the stereotypical fantasy and points out - get real. Her female protagonist, Seattle Times Reporter Jane Alcott is assigned to the native Chinooks Hockey Team on a Sports Tournament coverage. She is immediately repudiated by the team because of their supersitition: women are jinx. Her drab black apparel and small breasts doesn't score well for the notoriously aloof but hunky golden player Luc Martineau either. It is before long they got her boot out - only to change their fickle minds when her departure well-wishing blessed them with a triumph.

See Jane Score is immediately a hysterically hilarious romp with Jane's sardonic wits and encounters especially in the locker room. Ms. Gibson 's scrupulous research on hockey sculpts the pulsating games and camaderie between the players through witty jargons, inside jokes as well as the pressure and sweat.

In all its slapstick laughter and wicked digs, See Jane Score is also a romance with dimensions. Jane considers herself a fraud being an anonymous sex columinst for a porn mag and a vulnerable girl at heart; Luc fears love as much as he is clueless to taking care of his adolescent sister Marie. Ms. Gibson injects a dose of searing intimacy and honesty towards her characters to make the Opposite + Tension and fairy-tale formula work to her favour. They are refreshingly matured and open about their feelings. Let's not forget the sex either. Ms. Gibson scores a hat-trick on that one too.

This is the first Rachel Gibson book that I've read and it won't be the last.

Jane Alcott writes articles a la "Sex and the City" for the Seattle Times. But, unbeknown to anyone except her best friend, she also writes soft-core porn for a men's magazine. Out of the blue, Jane gets a chance to become the sports-beat reporter for the Seattle Chinooks hockey team. She jumps at the chance as this will boost her flagging career. She soon meets and butts heads with bad boy goalie, Luc Martineau. Luc is gorgeous, aloof, trying to live down his bad boy reputation, take care of his 16 year old sister who was suddenly plunked down into the middle of his life and he hates reporters. Jane is attracted to Luc, but believes she has zero chance with him, because his usual type of woman is basically life sized Barbies and she is short, small chested, and a reporter. But, as they say, opposites attract and these two eventually collide.

I have to agree with Elizabeth Lowell's quote on the cover of the book, "Gibson is funny, touching, steamy..." I loved both Luc and Jane. Gibson does a great job conveying the chemistry between these two. The dialogue was smart and provocative. The secondary characters were also interesting and were not overblown. That's a pet peeve of mine; when secondary characters are so large that the main characters lose their "oomph." Yes, there were some silly cliches (Jane's "red dress transformation" and the dart game scene), but these were minor and did not interfere or lessen my reading enjoyment. For those of you interested in the sexual content, I'd rate this book a seven where Julia Quinn rates a five and Linda Howard rates a nine.

Now that I've found this author, I can't wait to start on her other books.

STORY BRIEF:
Jane is a feature writer for the Seattle Times and is known for her monthly "Single Girl in the City" column. She also secretly writes pornographic short stories for "Him" magazine called "The Life of Honey Pie." When a sports reporter takes medical leave, Jane is assigned to cover the Seattle Chinooks hockey team for a few months, which means traveling with the team and attending all of their games. The team doesn't want her there and won't talk to her other than minimal comments so they won't be accused of sexual discrimination. They drop their drawers whenever she's around because they know it unsettles her. Luc is the goalie who hates reporters and never gives interviews. A smaller part of the story is about his teenage half-sister living with him. Her parents died, and Luc is confused about how to handle her.

REVIEWER'S OPINION:
Because of other reviews I was expecting too much and was a little let down. It's not Susan E. Phillips witty, creative and fulfilling, but it is a solid story, and it's good. The characters and interactions are interesting. It's about two people who don't want to fall in love with each other, but they do. Luc fears commitment, and Jane fears abandonment. I had trouble deciding between 3 and 4 stars. I liked it but I can't say I really liked it which is my definition for 4 stars. Nothing was wrong with it; I just wanted to be a little more surprised, delighted, or feeling stronger emotions than I did.

DATA:
Story length: 363 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 12. Setting: current day Seattle and a variety of other cities in the U.S. Copyright: 2003. Genre: contemporary sports romance.

OTHER BOOKS:
To date, I've read the following Rachel Gibson books.
3 stars. Truly Madly Yours. Copyrt 1999. Review Date 5-29-08.
3.5 stars. See Jane Score. Copyrt 2003. Review Date 10-05-09.
3 stars. Tangled Up In You. Copyrt 2007. Review Date 5-29-08.

I have NEVER laughed so hard when reading romantic. Rachel Gibson is a great writer and I lost myself in this book. She is so descriptive in her settings and so down-to-earth in her dialogue that I actually felt I was there in every scene.
I would highly recommend this book.

Rachel Gibson writes the cutest stories and See Jane Score has just been added to the list. Luc, professional hockey goaley is her typical "jerk" at the beginning of the book, but by meeting the heroine Jane, he quickly changes into a more sensitive loving guy. Jane is a true original who wears total black because she has no fashion sense, has no chest (think AA) to speak of and writes a secret column called Honey Pie who puts men into comas through her sexual antics. Jane would love to be Honey Pie but she is living real life as a simple reporter.
When Luc and Jane meet, the fun begins and the humor and chemistry between these two are great. The reader learns Hockey lingo and what really goes on in the locker room after the games.
We also get to see a transformation of Jane into a more secure woman, sexually and physically as well as Luc who changes emotionally and mentally.
Some would consider See Jane Score as fluff, but overall it is a great book that makes you laugh along with some great love scenes to boot.
To chase away the blues, pick up this latest Gibson or any of her other ones.

Katiebabs