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Match Me If You Can CD
written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Studio : HarperAudio
by HarperAudio
Release Date : 2005-08-09
Publisher : HarperAudio
Released : 2005-08-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 9
EAN : 9780060828257
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 120 reviews)
List Price : $39.95
Our Price : $13.75
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Product Description |
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In This Heart of Mine, you met Kevin Tucker. Now meet Kevin's shark of an agent ... and Annabelle Granger, the girl least likely to succeed. Annabelle is tired of being the lone failure in a family of overachievers. She's endured dead-end jobs and a broken engagement. But that's going to change now that she's taken over her late grandmother's matchmaking business. All Annabelle has to do is land the Windy City's hottest bachelor as her client, and she'll be the most sought-after matchmaker in town. With his money-green eyes and calculated charm, Heath Champion is the best sports agent in the country. He's wealthy, driven, and gorgeous, so why does he need a matchmaker, especially a red-haired screw-up like Annabelle Granger? True, she's entertaining, and she does have a certain quirky appeal. But Heath is searching for the ultimate symbol of his success—the perfect wife. And to make an extraordinary match, he needs an extraordinary matchmaker, right? If Annabelle isn't careful, she just might find herself going heart-to-heart with the toughest negotiator in town -- a man who's beginning to ask himself ... exactly how perfect does perfect have to be? Performed by Anna Fields |
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Match Made in Heaven |
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's also the second book by SEP I've read, the first one being This Heart of Mine which is a book from the same "series" oddly enough.
I loved the chemistry between Annabelle and Heath and the story of Bodie and Portia. I especially liked the relationship between Annabelle and Heath's clients. It was a great story, so much more than a typical romance.
All of the characters felt fully developed and like they had a point to the over all story. Sometimes, extra characters feel thrown in to make the story longer. This was totally not the case.
The dialogue was sharp, witty and realistic. Everyone had a happy ending and it was just great. I can't wait to read Natural Born Charmer. |
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SEP Makes Me Fall in Love All Over Again |
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a dangerous woman. I learned that way back in 1989 when I stumbled across her novel FANCY PANTS. In that richly textured, mainstream glitter and glitz women's fiction novel that still managed to be one of the most extraordinary romances I'd ever read, she first did the impossible. She made golf interesting. That's right. Her hero, Dallie Beaudine was the sexiest golfer to ever pull on (or off) a pair of...well...golf pants.
Since then, I've been forced to govern my SEP reading with a very strict set of rules. Because she's on a very short list of writers who can make me care more about what I'm reading than about what I'm writing, I'm only allowed to read her books on vacation, on long car or plane trips, or when I've just finished writing one of my own books.
Fortunately for me, a car trip to Florida coincided with the release of her brand spanking new Chicago Stars book, MATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Not since I first read ROOTS in the car when I was 13 have I enjoyed a road trip so much! From the very first page, SEP evokes empathy for her characters. We first meet modern day matchmaker Annabelle Granger trying to lure a drunk man out from under the wheels of her car because she's late for a very special appointment with high-profile sports agent Heath Champion, aka The Python. How can you not fall in love with a woman who smears lipstick on her lovely yellow shirt when she's trying to sniff her armpits for B.O. while driving? That's the beauty of SEP's female characters. They're not just the friends we'd long to have. They're already us!
She also excels in choosing the right details. The very fact that the heroine owns a Hello Kitty cookie jar tells you everything you need to know about her. As a writer, I found myself utterly seduced by sentences like, "Her sister-in-law used perfume like bug repellant." And Heath Champion has to be one of the most luscious, three-dimensional contemporary heroes I've ever read. SEP knows men! She knows how they think and how they talk and she loves them anyway, which only makes us love them more.
I also love the fact that the characters from the previous Chicago Stars novels weren't just marched onstage for a "Very Special Appearance" but were actually used to further the plot and facilitate the romance between Annabelle and Heath. I loved seeing Phoebe and Dan from IT HAD TO BE YOU with a few more wrinkles and a couple of teenagers of their own.
www.teresamedeiros.com
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It Worked for Me! |
I loved this book!!! A terrific love story. Along with being highly amusing, it explored and exposed so many different personality types in wise and witty ways, that it made me look at people I already know with a different perspective.
I can't say enough about the brilliant way SEP writes this story. It is at once moving,hilarious,spicey-sexy,while being deep and meaningful to the complexities of the human spirit. Go SEP GO!! |
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Gosh she never fails.... |
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I won't go over the whole story again, as has already been done - but I swear - Can SEP write a great romance book or what?! Totally enjoyable- funny, sexy, great writing - couldn't put it down. The audio version was wonderfully narrated. Another great book by SEP! She's one of the best! |
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Great tension and great romance! |
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SEP knows how to write romance! The main characters were great; she provided spot-on dialogue and expressed their inner thoughts so well. I really understood Heath and Annabell and rooted for each of them. The building tension was at the right tempo so the inevitable romance really delivered. The secondary romance of Portia and Bodie was interesting and might merit another book? |
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