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Publisher:
Samhain Publishing
Release Date:
October 30, 2007
Genres:
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
ISBN:
eBook
9781599980317
Kindle
No
ISBN
Bookmark Rating:
Reviewed by
Jennifer Ray
Review Posted:
May 2008
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Cassandra Adams is in a bind. In order to claim her rightful inheritance, she
must marry before she reaches her twenty-eighth birthday. If she doesn’t, her
inheritance is forfeit, and her greedy relatives receive it. She’d thought she
could marry for love before the deadline, but with two failed engagements under
her belt, and her twenty-eighth fast approaching, she determines that perhaps a
marriage arrangement would work best. Certainly, it couldn’t be worse than the
men who were supposedly ‘in love’ with her until they broke her heart.
Where does a girl look for a husband in this decade? Online, of course.
Cassandra soon nets her very own lonely Alaskan bachelor, and hops a plane to
meet the lucky groom.
But Jason Alexander had an ulterior motive for placing his personal ad online,
and he is determined to bring down the nefarious ‘Miss Lonely Hearts’ who has
plagued his friends so recently. Oh, and he believes Cassandra IS Miss Lonely
Hearts!
When these two meet, however, sparks do more than fly – they catch fire and heat
up their chilly Alaskan nights… And afternoons… And mornings…
What can
I say? I have yet to read a story by Charlene Teglia that I do not love, and
this author has done it again. With her own special blend of humor and sex
appeal, she has delivered a delightful little romance guaranteed to warm even
the coldest of nights – whether you live in Alaska or not! LOL
Cassandra, like so many of us, has become disillusioned with love, making her
very easy to identify with. Unlike the rest of us, however, she must suck it up
and marry very soon or lose her trust fund. With millions hanging in the
balance and very little money in the bank currently, who wouldn’t do exactly as
Cassandra, giving up the search for love and resigning oneself to a marriage of
convenience instead? Of course, I sincerely doubt most of us would be quite as
lucky as our heroine, who finds the love we all dream of in the least likely of
places – and when she least expected it.
Our intrepid hero, Jason, is the kind of man who will do anything for his
friends, but never understands that they feel the same way about him. Soon
after he meets Cassandra in person, he realizes he has been the victim of the
most wonderful kind of setup. Although he wasn’t looking for love, he is quick
to adapt when he finds it standing before him in the shape of the delectable
Miss Adams. Watching him bamboozle her into a quickie wedding before she
discovers his lies and backs out is all at once funny and romantic! Watching
him try to make up for his lies is even more entertaining…
As with many of her other books, Teglia finds a way to subtly connect MISS
LONELY HEARTS to The
Gripping Beast along with some of her other stories,
simultaneously making this world seem more familiar to her fans and hinting at a
future sequel starring supporting characters from this tale. Of course, since
these stories are merely connected instead of being a series, you can read them
in no special order and have no trouble completely immersing yourself in this
fascinating story.
If you are already a fan of Charlene Teglia’s work, then MISS LONELY
HEARTS is definitely a must-read! If you are new to this talented
author, then this book is a wonderful place to start. But be warned, you’ll
want to purchase the rest of her backlist as soon as you finish!
Note: This review was originally
written by Jennifer Ray for another review site. It is being reposted at
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