Too Close For Comfort (Harlequin Temptation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Colleen Collins (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Colleen Collins has put her winning wit to good use in this sensually charged and slyly spirited Alaskan adventure!" -- Heartstrings, July 2003

"Colleen Collins writes a hot story and an appealing read in TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT." -- The Best Reviews, July 2003

"With a flair for combining wit and eroticism, each new release proves Collins's rising star dazzles ever brighter!" -- WordWeaving.com, July 2003

From the Author

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT is the first in a 2-book series with my good friend and talented author Barbara Dunlop (whose sequel is TOO CLOSE TO CALL). As I'm a die-hard city girl, and Barb lives in a log cabin in the Yukon, we thought how much fun it would be to write stories that reflect our very different backgrounds. Then we snagged on the idea of a "Parent Trap" for adults story where two men, one a sophisticated big-city executive, the other a rugged Alaskan, discover they're twins and swap places.

And so our books were born.

I wrote the big-city executive stuck in a remote town in the Alaskan interior. Think James Bond forced to "rough it." Martinis? Filet mignon, rare? Forget it. It's whisky shots and slabs of moose. And when Jeffrey (the hero) hooks up with a wild-hearted Alaskan bush pilot--a rough and ready woman named Cyd who's more than his match, Jeffrey learns first-hand that one can never get too close for comfort...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373691394
• ISBN-13: 978-0373691395
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,357,992 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).

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Light and breezy reading for a hot summer day!, August 27, 2003

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Close For Comfort (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Over the weekend, Jeffery Bradshaw intends to fly to Arctic Luck, Alaska to scout the location he intends for a romantic comedy called Sixty Below. An Argonaut Studios board meeting is scheduled for early Monday morning, and he has only a matter of hours to check out the proposed location. Success with this series is critical for Jeff's career, meaning promotion from Acquisitions Director to Vice President of Development. But Jeffrey does not count on the obstinacy of one pilot named Cyd Thompson.

When she learns of Jeff's plans, Cyd takes an unscheduled detour, using weather as the excuse to strand him in Katimuk instead of Artic Luck. Cyd's attitude bewilders Jeff because he does not know of her determination to preserve Artic Luck just as it is. They share quarters at her aunt's cabin in Katimuk while waiting for weather to clear, and soon Cyd uses every means at her disposal to prevent Jeff from not only reaching Artic Luck but also making his Monday meeting.

Be ready to suspend disbelief and allow some rather impossible situations to provide a rollicking ride in TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. While coincidence and fate play heavy hands in this wildly improbable plot, the strength of these characters and the savvy secondary cast make the read absolutely worthwhile. Surprisingly character motivation lends Cyd an intriguing and sympathetic background that only slowly becomes clear to the reader as Jeff gets to know her. As Cyd and Jeff grow into there adversarial and yet passionate relationship, surprisingly hot sex in this frigid climate makes for sizzling delight. Perfect for a late summer read, TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT comes highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lighthearted romp, August 4, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Close For Comfort (Harlequin Temptation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Jeffrey Bradshaw never knew he had a twin brother until he arrived in Alaska on a business trip where he met his sibling airline owner Jordan Adamson for first time. His pilot Cyd Thompson flies Jeffrey to Arctic Luck where he wants to host a TV series on the last frontier. He plans to make a fast visit and scurry back to his LA home to protect his chances of advancement.

A storm forces Jeffrey and Cyd to stay put. Though unhappy, the city slicker adapts nicely to the wilderness. On the other hand Cyd does not want a TV series destroying the beauty of her state so she tries to delay his leaving for LA even when the weather abates, not realizing that Jordan has taken Jeffrey's place in LA. As Cyd and Jeffrey enjoy the great outdoors they fall in love, but can a frontier woman and an urban player find common ground somewhere on the North American continent?

Twins seemingly are multiplying at an incredible rate in the fiction realm with Temptation joining in the mathematics with a pair serving as the lead in two of the August sweepstakes. Still Colleen Collins provides the audience with an amusing contemporary romance in which the Alaskan backdrop serves as a mighty scene for two individuals who are a 180 degrees apart on everything but love. The story line focuses on Cyd's efforts to keep Jordan occupied with help from her feisty Aunt. Colleen Collins provides a lighthearted romp that shows you can take the stud out of California, but you can't take the sunshine out of the Alaskan bedroom.

Harriet Klausner