Sweet Talkin' Guy: The Spirits Are Willing (Harlequin Temptation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Colleen Collins (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; First Thus edition (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373691777
• ISBN-13: 978-0373691777
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,389,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Colleen Collins is an award-winning author who's written 20 novels and anthologies for Harlequin (including a romantic paranormal thriller for Dorchester, writing as Cassandra Collins). Her books have placed first in the Colorado Gold, Romancing the Rockies, and Top of the Peak contests, and placed in the finals for the Holt Medallion, Coeur de Bois Readers Choice, Award of Excellence, More than Magic, and Romance Writers of America RITA contests.

Colleen graduated with honors from University of California Santa Barbara and completed graduate work in telecommunications. She has worked as a film production assistant, improv comic, telecommunications manager, technical writer/editor, speech writer, and private investigator. All these experiences play into her writing.

She's a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Sisters in Crime and Novelists, Inc. (NINC).

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ...But the Flesh is Weak and the Love is Hot, June 1, 2004

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This review is from: Sweet Talkin' Guy: The Spirits Are Willing (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Socialite Daphne Remington was a free-spirited soul whose exploits had earned her the nickname of "Renegade Remington." Her family was not amused. Neither was her fiance, gubernatorial candidate G.D. McCormick. So in order to make her family proud, Daphne had abandoned her ways and become a demure woman who would make a great governor's wife. But in a move to have one last fling before saying "I Do," Daphne boarded a tour bus to Maiden Falls where one of her ancestors had struck it rich in the gold mines and started the Remington fortune. Only one problem: the Maiden Falls Inn where she wanted to stay was booked solid and with no car, she was stranded.

Maybe not. Newspaper reporter Andy Brannigan had a way with words and was known as a "sweet talkin' guy." He'd overheard Daphne's dilemna and recognized her. He was in Maiden Falls to write a fluff piece about the Maiden Falls Inn, a honeymoon hotel. It wasn't his favorite type of assignment, but he had hopes of one day writing a book on Colorado history and this was a means to the end. In the meantime, he decided to offer the stranded Ms. Remington a place to stay.

In the 19th century, the inn had been a bordello, and all of its "ladies" had been killed by a gas leak. Now, in order for them to earn their way to the "big picnic in the sky," they had to help couples at the hotel find true love. But the spirit whose room Daphne and Andy occupied faced a rougher than usual challenge: these two were total strangers. Belle Bullette was only one happy-ever-after away from earning her trip to the picnic and she decided to pull out all the stops to get this pair together.

Pick up a copy of "Sweet Talkin' Guy" and find out what happens when a gaggle of ghostly strumpets work their magic and help things along.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!, June 2, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Sweet Talkin' Guy: The Spirits Are Willing (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

The idea of an ex-bordello with strumpet spirits floating around the rafters is hysterical and Colleen Collins "Sweet Talking Guy" is funny and sexy. Her hero and heroine are sweet and romantic and best of all was Belle, the hooker assigned to be their matchmaker. I love this book and I love the series idea.