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Take Me, I'm Yours

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Just when I expect Ms. Bevarly's sense of humour to be witty and droll - her latest novel Take Me, I'm yours only shows the ineptitude of the plotting in the novel that renders it a colossal disappointment. Ms. Bevarly's narration is full of hyphenated repetitions and long (and I do mean - long) names that spells tiresome and banal. Her story which involves Ruby Runyon, a waitress aspiring to be an actress meets a mob-related boyfriend Jimmy and when she knows he is married, she is eager to escape and lands herself on a ship Mad Tryst commandeered by Prince Reynaldo of Pelagia. She meets the deliciously handsome Keaton Danning who is the advisor to Reynaldo and Countess Arabella of Toulaine and heads for an adventure...

It is slow-paced and flat-out predictible. Even Ms. Bevarly writes in her novel that readers will call her plot insubstantial. While the saving grace is the chemistry between Keaton and Ruby and a much more interesting secondary romance between Arabella and the bartender Gus, the tale of choosing freedom over obligations is too far-fetched to become palatable. The humour is just too over-the-top-and-too-trying and it really takes a lot of patience to get through the first part of the book which most reader regrettably don't have.

The main characters are ok. What you will really love is the story between Gus the bartender and Arabella. I found myself more involved in their story which I loved and that is why I gave this book 5 stars. It is worth the read.

Keaton Hamilton Danning III is getting fed up with his `wonderful' job. Working for an overthrown-uh, abdicated-Prince Reynaldo, Keaton has spent the last year being basically a cruise director to bunches of Reynaldo's spoiled, rich friends. He'd always seen himself becoming Prime Minister in the small country he'd served as chief advisor in for years. But when the Prince gave the county their independence, he'd chosen to go with Reynaldo-and now he spent all his time fighting with the kitchen help, catering to snobs...he was bored, and ready to move on. Then he meets `Babs', a woman who claims she is a guest at one of Reynaldo's bashes. Keaton can't help but find her sexy...

When Ruby Runyon has to make a run for her life from a disastrous date turned worse, she finds herself crashing a party on the Mad Tryst, a boat that just happens to be conveniently close. When she finds herself face to face with the hunky Keaton for the SECOND time, she's so startled she spills her drink all over him. She can't believe she's found a boat with such a hunky guy-her luck must be turning. It's not long before she finds herself heading out to sea on the Mad Tryst, and the fireworks exploding between her and Keaton. Keaton is on a mission to find out Ruby aka Bab's real name, and why she lied about it-twice, so far-when another guest verifies her! This leads to a hilarious ride on the Mad Tryst.

Ruby is a wonderful heroine, spunky and courageous. She's never reached her dream of becoming a movie star in California, but she's pulled herself up from her trailer park beginnings that she can't get over being
Embarrassed over, and works hard at succeeding. Keaton is such an aristocrat, it's hard for him to even imagine how Ruby has gotten to the point she's at, and they're from two so totally different worlds.

Elizabeth Bevarly did a fabulous job of creating a fairy tale romance-the Cinderella meets her fair-haired Prince. And although Keaton isn't a Prince, compared to where Ruby comes from, he might as well be. A wonderful story, with hilarious lines starting on the first page, this book flies by in a fun romp. This is a not to be missed Contemporary Romantic comedy!

Miami waitress Ruby Runyon feels as if a miracle has occurred when Jimmy Golden takes her out on a second date. Ruby gets a lot of first dates, but never seconds because her companions expect her to jump into their bed based on her background, but when she refuses they never return. Dreaming of becoming Mrs. Golden and escaping the trailer park, Ruby learns that Jimmy is married and has mob connections. Needing to flee her date, Ruby crashes a yacht party that leaves for the Bahamas.

On the yacht is Keaton Danning, a former advisor to a King and now garbage control expert to the egotistical hedonistic exiled Prince of Pelagia. Keaton finds the stowaway charming and humorous as she spouts nonsense. As they become acquainted on the sea voyage, Ruby and Keaton fall in love. However, he is a blueblood who can trace ancestors forever while her blood contains trailer fumes making genealogists fear what is in her tree. This makes anything permanent seem impossible.

TAKE ME, I'M YOURS is an amusing contemporary romance that fans of jocular tales will enjoy because of the warmth and humor of the charcaters. The key cast members sailing on the yacht feel genuine particularly the bantering between the lead duo mindful of a modern day Gable-Lombard. The support cast, notably the Prince's fiancee, provide a unique look at them. Elizabeth Bevarly provides her readers with a wonderful tale that never takes itself seriously even the romance.

Harriet Klausner

Elizabeth Bevarly has a different kind of sense of humor. For the most part, I happen to like it. I thought most of her comedic attempts were pretty funny. What was not funny was the absolutely boring way she went on and on about things that didn't need any elaboration.

This book has 2 love stories. The main being about "trailer-trash" Ruby stumbling upon a stuck-up, well-to-do man, Keaton, who works for a prince. Can they get over their different pasts and paths to end up together? The second story is similar but reversed roles. A hoity-toity young girl, Arabella, who is soon to be a princess, tries to fight her feelings for an ordinary run of the mill bartender, Gus, who is head over heels for her.

Over all the point to the end of the story was a great one- it doesn't matter what your past is or what you think you're made of, we're all the same. Status in the world's eye doesn't actual give or take away value from your life. We're all equal. But even with a good point to be made, I couldn't get into this book.

I had to force myself to read this book. I so wanted to get to the end in hopes that it would make it worth it all. It didn't. Although there was one surprise that spiced it up just enough for me not to give this only one star.

The phrase "beating a dead horse" is not even close enough to describe the moments Bevarly would go on and on about people's backgrounds or feelings. I would skip paragraphs because i couldn't stand the redundancy. But even with writing so much... there didn't seem to be much depth to her characters.
It's no the worst book I've ever read, however I will not read anything else from this author.

I really enjoyed this book. It made me laugh out loud in several places. The yacht setting was kind of different, and I liked it that the heroine was just your everyday sort of person. And where else are you going to find mobsters, Marcel Proust and nasty little weiner dogs in one story? Highly recommended.

Although this book did not manage to make it to my "keeper" shelf it was still somewhat amusing read. The characters were likeable and Elizabeth Bevarly has a great sense of humor that she is able to transfer to the written page. At times the plot was slow placed but still managed to entertain me just the same.

For the first time in my life, I actually closed a book less than halfway through and stopped reading it before I got to the end. This is the last book I'll buy by this author, whose attempts to be humorous fall extremely flat and leave this reader irritated beyond belief.

Too bad there's not a 0 star rating.

Well, I guess HOW TO TRAP A TYCOON was a fluke. Either that or it was written by someone else. Once again, in my opinion, Ms. Bevarly has failed to write a good contemporary romance. With so many really great and humorous authors out there, why waste your time on this book? As in HE COULD BE THE ONE, EB's use of "um. . .", "hmmm. . .", "ah. . .", "and. . .and. . .and", "of. . .of. . .of", etc. is just so irritating I wanted to scream. Is this supposed to be cute or endearing? If so, if fails miserably. I did actually manage to finish this book (unlike HE COULD BE THE ONE) but the only way I accomplished that was by skipping over the insipid language - which was half of the book. I give up. No more wasting my money on EB books.

I can't think of a better way to spend an afternoon than immersed in the wacky and wonderful world of Ms. Beverly. I thought Ruby's character was especially touching because we've all been on the outside looking in just like she is. I giggled, I chortled, I howled (just like Kurt the dog) and I didn't want the book to end. Gus and Arabella were fabulous, too. Bravo to this fantastic author and thanks for bringing a few hours of sunshine into my life!