Card Sharks by Liz Maverick
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- Pub. Date: December 2005
- 272pp
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- Pub. Date: December 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 272pp
- ISBN-13: 9780451216755
- ISBN: 045121675X
Synopsis
Where are all the good men? Marianne and her best friend, Bijoux, are dying to know. Turns out they've been holed up around card tables, playing Texas Hold 'em. So Marianne and Bijoux decide it's time to up the ante and get in on the action. But they never imagined that Marianne would have a seriously talented poker player lurking inside her. And everyone knows what they say about lucky in cards...
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Two L.A. hotties find love in the cards in Maverick's lighthearted but flatly written romantic comedy. Tax accountant Marianne Hollingsworth is on track for a partnership in her staid firm, but somehow the combination of corporate affluence and her on-again, off-again relationship with handsome but commitment-phobic Donny Fazzuli is about as compelling as an IRS audit. So, Marianne and her gold-digging best friend, Bijou Sterling, decide they ought to learn how to play poker: not only will they meet available men, they'll "slay [them] and take their money." The would-be gamblers stumble out of the gates, getting tricked into strip poker with Donny's pals and mistakenly signing up for a game with teenage boys, but Marianne is no slouch, and pretty soon she's earned herself an invitation to a big-money poker tournament in Vegas. Maverick sets up a romantic quartet (the ladies, Donny and Peter Graham, the journalist writing about Marianne's poker escapades) but falls victim to some lazy writing in the couples scenes. The card-playing scenes fare better, bolstered by cameos by real-life poker celebs. (Dec.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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October 11, 2005: In California, Marianne has a good job and a nice fellow sort of at least she has an ?F?- buddy, but Donny has no thoughts about the future and lives only for today. However, though she knows all this she feels something is missing as there is no excitement in her life. Her best friend Bijoux echoes her sentiment of where the good men are while stuck escorting the nephew of the neighbors around town............... When Donny comes by for a quickie before running off to play poker), Marianne realizes where the males hide. She and Bijoux invade the Texas Hold?em poker bastion. Marianne proves to be one of the best players with men suddenly salivating for her. This includes Donny who sees a different side to his former girlfriend and ex ?F?-buddy as he now wants to raise their relationship while she apparently will fold unless he hopes she is bluffing................... CARD SHARKS is an intriguing chick lit tale that focuses on the hold that poker has on many people with TV events and players like actress Tilly wining tournaments, but is much more than just the card games. Marianne is a terrific individual and though doing well feels somewhat disenchanted as she wonders who will enable her to want to get up early in the future. Bijoux supplements her as her best friend sharing some of the same concerns. The poker environment provides an environs for Marianne to capture some of the ?va-voom? she feels missing in her life. Though the ending is chick lit 101, fans will appreciate the Marianne?s lesson that life requires a balance between responsibility and pleasure that no bluff can attain............... Harriet Klausner
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