Ring on Her Finger by Elizabeth Bevarly
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(Mass Market Paperback)
- Pub. Date: December 2002
- 384pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 2002
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 384pp
- Series: Avon Romance Ser.
- ISBN-13: 9780380819614
- ISBN: 0380819619
Synopsis
Heiress Lucinda Hollander decides to get engaged — to a man who thrusts a rock on her finger and promptly disappears — leaving Lucinda to take the rap for a crime she didn't commit.
Lucinda goes on the lam, and even though she's never held — or used — a dust mop she goes "underground" as a housekeeper on a large estate. After all, she knows her way around big houses, and making floors sparkle is a whole lot better than making license plates.
She quickly figures there's something suspicious going on in the servants' quarters — especially with Max Hogan, "the car guy." He's strong, sexy — and sure knows how to work with his hands. But he's more than a little silent about his past, which makes Lucinda wonder what he's up to ... and what will happen when her secret comes out. Still, she hopes they can have a future together ...
If only she could get that darn ring off her finger.
Publishers Weekly
Flaky heiress Lucinda Hollander, the heroine of Elizabeth Bevarly's rambling contemporary romance, The Ring on Her Finger, is forced to take charge of her life when she foolishly flees town to escape being arrested for a crime she didn't commit. With the help of her best friend, who conveniently runs a nationwide network of housekeepers, Lucy lands a job in Kentucky housekeeping for a wealthy family. There she meets sexy car maintenance man Max Hogan, a bad boy who's determined to live a boring life to punish himself for a past mistake. It doesn't take a fortune-teller to predict that Max and Lucy will change each other's lives, but it will take a determined reader to get past the first chapter. Bevarly's repetitious writing style bogs down the narrative, but those dogged enough to reach the end will be rewarded by Lucy's convincing transformation from ditzy daughter into capable wife. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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Ring on Her Fingerby Anonymous
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February 25, 2003: The Ring on Her Finger, Elizabeth Bevarly's Valentine to the romantic comedy films of the 1930's and 1940's, is a winner! She blends humor and sexual tension with deceptive ease and treats the reader to two sets of appealing heroes and heroines in this entertaining romance set in the Kentucky horse country. The list of characters: Lucy Hollander, a dyslexic heiress on the run from a bum rap, and Max Hogan, a retired race car driver with a misguided commitment to self-denial, go from smoldering looks to burning up the sheets. But their respective secrets can't stay hidden forever. Rosemary Shaughnessy, a sweet Irish nanny, and Nathaniel Finn, the "Bad Boy of the Thoroughbred Racing Set," come together through a gambling bet reminiscent of the classic romantic musical, "Guys and Dolls." Rosemary is the perfect woman to reform the "Bad Boy," but will she abandon the task once she learns about the bet? Elizabeth Bevarly's clever wordplay makes the book a fun read, and her characters make it a keeper. If I could change anything about the book, I would have a different cover, possibly a cartoon cover -- one that highlighted the fact that this is another of Bevarly's wonderful romantic comedies. If you can't get enough of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers musicals or Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy comedies, this book has the happy ending for you!
Ring on Her Fingerby Anonymous
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December 10, 2002: Bored at the Wemberly Masque even with four police cars entering the driveway, Lucinda Hollander searches for her beau Archie Conlon. To her surprise, Archie, in his Bozo the Clown wardrobe places a ring on Lucinda?s finger. Before she can regain her equilibrium and remove the too small ring, Archie jumps through a window. The police arrest Lucinda for the murder of George Jacobs, though she insists she has never heard of the man. Rather than do the rationale thing and go with the cops, Lucinda jumps through the same window that her fianc? used as his exit. Lucinda who has never worked in her life disguises herself as Lucy French, obtaining employment as a housekeeper to a wealthy Kentucky family. However, if her poor work habits don?t unmask her, her growing feelings for Max ?car guy? Hogan will for she is falling in love with the racing car driver. Readers who enjoy a wild contemporary romantic suspense with the emphasis on laughter will clearly want to read THE RING ON HER FINGER. The story line never takes itself serious even when Lucy finds herself in trouble and on the lam. The secondary characters provide the fullness that enable fans to appreciate the antics of the lead female character and the bewilderment of the prime male hunk who feels as if he was hit by a vehicle at a 100 MPH upon meeting Lucy. Though their relationship takes a secondary seat to humor and the murder subplot, Elizabeth Bevarly provides a fun frolic for fans of the sub-genre. Harriet Klausner
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