What do You think about Love Overboard (2005)?
I am still so envious of all the talented authors like Janet Evanovich that can sit down and write fiction! How do they do it? As you are reading you are literally carried on wonderful exciting and mysterious journeys, be it in a kitchen, on a ship or having your vehicle destroyed on a regular basis. If the character is pastry chef you become a pastry chef. If the character is a bounty hunter you mysteriously become a bounty hunter. If the character is an ex-cop, you automatically become an ex-cop. Well I just have lived a very short time as an ex-cop thanks to Janet Evanovich and her book “Love Overboard”. Not only do I recommend this book but any book that she writes will keep you glued to the pages until the journey is complete. I have read 26 of her books so far and my goal is to read each and every one that she has published. If you haven’t already, read her books, you will not be disappointed.
—Violet
Stephanie... a recovering policewoman - who specialized in working with teens... and the shore.... she buys an old house, who has a ghost, and is falling apart, with plans to make it a bed and breakfast. Unexpectedly she spends a week on an old sailing ship that takes passengers cruising for a week... as the cook - and she doesn't cook.. The captain, Ivan, is good looking, seller of her home, with pirate blood. They are attracted to one another (of course). She makes it through the week, and by the end of the week can make some tasty meals. He becomes a tenant of her bed/breakfast over the off season/winter. They become lovers, he accepts the depth of his feelings faster than her... and problems continue at the house. We find out at the end, he only sold the house so he would have $ to invest in the family shoe company that employed many of the town... and to pay him back, they were trying to get Stephanie to sell it back to him dirt cheap...and of course, theyall live happily ever after.
—Kathy
This was a re-print of a book originally released in 1992 in the Loveswept series. I occasionally like to read these "snack" stories because they are quick and entertaining without being verbose. This one hit my shelf because I just fell in love with Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series.There's no doubt in reading it that it predates Plum. The humor is there in the strong, funny lead female character that shows she's human with some average insecurities. The male character, while charming, is fully a dream. He falls in love immediately, he knows it despite being a confirmed bachelor and womanizer, and he tells her he loves her first. (Yeah, right!)So it's one of those average quick reads by an author that displayed her talents in her first books. It's just what you expect: funny situations, fast-paced action and dialogue, likeable characters and, as the author says, "some getting naked".PS. I've read a lot of books where men and women's genitals are called any number of things. This is the first (and hopefully the ONLY) time I've heard of a woman's privates referred to as her "doodah".
—Kimberlie
