Customer Reviews

Whole Lotta Trouble

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I've read better and I've read worse but, overall, I'd recommend this book for it's light reading, spots of humor, and smidge of romance. Basically, 3 friends in the publishing industry set out to humiliate a man who has been destroying their personal lives and careers. However, their stunt goes awry when the man ends up dead and the 3 women are suspects. The mystery of `who done it' kept me reading, but the conclusion to the mystery wasn't really satisfying. I also wish the author had explored the romances a bit more; there was a lot of chemistry between a few characters in the book but it wasn't a primary storyline. I would read a Stephanie Bond book again though and hope for a little more fun.

I really loved the two main characters for this book. I was sad to put it down. It really flew along and had a wonderful suspenseful storyline. I immediately began looking for more books by Stephanie Bond since this was the first one I read. I hope they are all as wonderful as this one.

I threw this book at the wall. After a promising beginning, the story went downhill fast. The ending was beyond ridiculous.

I'm usually a 5 to 10-pages a night reader, but on this book I read more than 100 pages each night and had to force myself to turn off the light. This was an extremely well crafted mystery. The dual heroines were likeable; there was a nice romance; and the intrigue never let up. You can bet I'll be reading more of Stephanie Bond's romantic suspense.

This is my first Stephanie Bond book and I'm sure won't be my last. It's a cute mystery with some romance thrown in. Three women, a cute cop, and a missing manuscript... all make a good fun read.

In Manhattan, Parkbench Publishing Editor Tallie Blankenship has spent nine years at the company that releases romance and mystery novels. When her boss Ron Springer tells her he has to leave town, he also assigns her with handling their top selling writer Gaylord Cooper. At the same time her nutty domestic engineer extraordinaire mom asks her to meet her best friend's son Keith Wages, who turns out to be a cop living in a house in Brooklyn.

Keith saves her life when a robber begins shooting at a restaurant where they meet for the first time. Keith likes Tallie and wants to see her, but she is reluctant because she is the polar opposite of her mother as undomesticated as they come. Still, as he investigates a murder of a cohort they fall in love, but will Tallie see he wants her just the way she is.

This is a delightful police procedural romance with two wonderful tales of love (Tallie's best friend and mentor, a closet domesticate and a biking messenger besides the obvious lead couple). The story line focuses more on relationships especially between Tallie and Keith rather than the investigation though the latter enhances the fine warm tale of an odd couple falling in love.

Just couldn't get into this one. I did like the opening with the accountant who sent in the 500 pg autobiography - seen a few of those myself. But the whole, secret agents and 'hidden in plain sight' thing was not where I wanted to be. Seems like I read something like it before except that the secret codes where hidden in a toy.

In summary, I didn't make it through the whole book. I made it about 10 pages in the front and read the last chapter, it was all I could do. The writing style is fine but the story idea was a redo.

Tallie Blankenship works for a publishing house. She has been picked to edit a manuscript by one of the top writers. His agent Jerry Key, a bottom-feeder has let her know he expects her to be VERY nice to him if she wants to edit the book.

Felicia Redmon an editor at a different publisher, and a friend of Tallie's had a red hot romance with Jerry and she is still in love with the cad. She has just received a nude picture of herself by messenger, she is sure Jerry sent it. As either a threat or a manouver to get her back in bed.

Jane Glass an editor for an e-book publisher has found out that Jerry plagurized one of the books she sent to him. He passed it along to his latest paramour.

The three girls interned togather when they were learning the business. Now as they get togather to have a cup of coffee they find out that Jerry has been a bad boy to all of them.

Jerry winds up dead, after the three ladies pull a rather nasty joke on him.

Keith Wages is a detective on the NYPD, his mom knows Tallie's mom, Being from a small town, they think it would be nice for their children to meet. While Tallie knows her mom is matchmaking she agrees to meet Keith at a coffee shop. It isn't the greatest joy in her life to find out he is a police officer after finding out Jerry was stabbed to death shortly after the prank the three pulled on him.

Not only is Jerry dead, but Tallie's boss has disappeared, and so has the manuscript.

If True Lies was doable as a movie(which I loved, by the way) and Mr. and Mrs. Smith was a doable movie, then this book could be a great movie too. I loved it. It was funny, smart, cute and yes a little too unbelievable but that is what makes it a good book. I read to get away from the believable. Tallie was my favorite, then Felicia. Most of the charactors were three D... There were a few in the back ground like in any book. I hated when I knew the ending was near because I didn't want it to end. If you want believable, get NON-fiction!!

After a decade of reading Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown and Susan Elizabeth Philips, I was looking for a new author. I picked up a Stephanie Bond novel at a hotel book exchange and was hooked. She's a great writer! I have read three of her books so far and they are all witty, fun and well-written.