Suddenly Single (Harlequin Flipside) [Mass Market Paperback]

Millie Criswell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Flipside | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Unable to cope with her dangerously seductive new husband's uptight family (how did he get to be so hot coming from that bunch?), Lisa Morelli is back home. Too bad there's no peace there, either!

Lisa vows to stick to her newly single life, despite every female relative's despair at letting a catch slip away(after all, she's hitting spinsterhood--at 27!). But there's one small detail she hasn't counted on. Alex Mackenzie likes being married to Lisa. And he's wooing his runaway bride with everything from tight T-shirts and torn jeans, to motorcycle rides and tattoos!

With this kind of temptation, how will Lisa resist returning to wedded bliss?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Millie Criswell's hallmark wit and a colorful cast of supporting characters make Suddenly Single a pleasurable read..." -- Romantic Times Book Club

"Millie Criswell's irrestible characters are warm, witty, and downright fun." USA Today bestselling author, Patty Berg. -- Author Quote

From the Author

The wacky, wonderful Morelli family, whom you met and grew to love in STAYING SINGLE, the book that launched the Flipside line, is back and more engaging than ever. This time it's Lisa Morelli's heart that's in jeapordy. Of course, Lisa's mom, the ever formidable and interferring Josephine is on hand to guide her daughter down the primrose path to happiness. It's what mother's do, after all!

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373441959
• ISBN-13: 978-0373441952
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,448,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly a romance Book!, August 4, 2005

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This review is from: Suddenly Single (Harlequin Flipside) (Mass Market Paperback)

Inspite of it being a flipside, this was supposed to be a romance story and yet, there was hardly any interaction between the central characters Alex and Lisa for the first 100 pages! For a book which is only 220 pages in length, I thought that was a big let down. Instead, it was all about Lisa and her antics and how she tries to get by without her husband. Very BORING! I liked Alex's character when he finally shows up but I never liked Lisa which doesn't say a lot about the book. Skip this one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!, September 1, 2004

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This review is from: Suddenly Single (Harlequin Flipside) (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book. The heroine showed a depth of emotional growth, and along the way, she fell in love. The hero is well drawn and I thought the plot was engaging. The humor is classic Criswell. I don't think fans will be disappointed. I sure wasn't!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the effort to find, December 10, 2007

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This review is from: Suddenly Single (Harlequin Flipside) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ne'er do well middle child Lisa shocked her parents and flew to Vegas with a man she barely knew and got married. After three months of living with his stuffy wealthy parents, she flees back to Philly and struggles to find work (despite no marketable skills) and a new life without Alex. After several weeks, Alex decides to woo his woman back and became the type of bad boy she goes for. Off with the Brooks Brothers suits and on with the Levi's. Adding intrigue is her controlling Italian mother.

I love Millie Criswell, but this book just didn't cut it for me. There is no real chemistry between the leads, in fact, Alex is doesn't make an appearance in the book until half way through. And the controlling mother is a little too similar to the smothering Italian mother in her Baltimore series of books ("The Trouble with Mary"). With a stale plot and no real chemistry, this one is for real fans only.