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To help out her irresponsible but irresistible cousin Molly, who's in danger of losing her newspaper job unless she gets a spectacular scoop, good girl child care worker Jane Preston agrees to take the bad girl's place as a hired escort/undercover reporter. Janie's mission: to attend a prestigious week-long Cape May retreat for rich intellectuals and politicos (many of whom may remember Molly from her disastrous interlude as a D.C. intern) and find out whether charismatic senator Aubrey Harrison is planning to run for president. What Janie doesn't know is that her employer, nerdy professor John Romanowski, is actually bestselling mystery writer J.P. Roman, and he's determined to get the goods on the mysterious, and possibly murderous, senator. In this first of a two-book series, Michaels (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, etc.) demonstrates her flair for creating likable protagonists who possess chemistry, charm and a penchant for getting into trouble. In addition, her dialogue and descriptions are full of humor ("John lifted one hand, undoubtedly to push his fingers through his hair, but stopped as his fingertips initially contacted his slicked-down patent leather head...."). Although it's hard at times to know whether this sexy, sinister and playful story is targeting readers' hearts, fear receptors or funny bones, it hits the bull's eye on all accounts. (Feb.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
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June 26, 2003: I enjoy all of Kasey Michaels books but this one was in a class of it's own! I actually laughed out loud. I would recommend buying this book but only if you have the time because once you start reading you won't be able to put it down! Enjoy!
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April 04, 2003: Courtesy of A Romance Review - Good girl Jane Preston is a pre-school nursery owner. Before she closes up for a two-week vacation to celebrate the 4th of July, her cousin, Molly Applegate begs her to save her job by replacing her as an escort to a college professor, John Romanowski, in an exclusive intellectual retreat in Cape May, New Jersey. What Molly wants Jane to do is to dig up some secrets and scandals of Senator Aubrey Harrison, who is going to announce his run for presidency. Professor John Patrick Romanowski, aka J. P. Roman, New York Times No. 1 bestsellers of political thrillers, is also invited to the retreat but his main purpose is to bring the Senator down by catching him in the act of something scandalous. The meeting of Jane and John is quite comical as they both dressed up and pretended to be someone that they were not - plain Jane as a sex babe and John as a... OMG! THIS MUST BE LOVE is a romantic comedy that is filled with humorous and funny situations. Ms Michaels has once again penned an unbelievable story that makes you laugh out loud. Like most of her books of the same genre, this one is another refreshing read that surely will uplift your spirit after a long day's work.