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Bad Boys Next Exit
written by Shannon McKenna, Donna Kauffman, E.C. Sheedy
Studio : Kensington
by Kensington
Publisher : Kensington
Released : 2005-06-07
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780758205575
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 17 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $3.27
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Great Anthology |
This anthology was really good. Shannon McKenna writes a great short story and I love Michael "Mac" McNamara! I am looking forward to more from this family. Jane Duvall gets caught in a white lie trying to recruit Mac's General Manager out from under him. It was fun.
Donna Kauffman's story about Delilah and Austin was so good that I immediately bought all her books on the Morgan boys. I wish this one had been included in a Christmas anthology since it takes place on Christmas Eve. This is another Morgan brother who finds love on his way back home after his estranged father passes away.
E.C. Sheedy's story was good even though it was my least favorite of the group. I thought the story line was slightly less believable than the other two. |
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Meltdown A+ |
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I bought the book because I love Shannon Mckenna books. Her stories are never a let down! It has everything! The other stories are ok. |
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McKenna great, Kauffman ok, Sheedy no. |
I rated McKenna's story, Meltdown, as 5 - I loved it. I was laughing out loud several times. Great characters, good plot. It's one of the stories that I periodically think about when doing other things. I would recommend buying the book just for the McKenna story.
I rated Kauffman's story, Exposed, as 3 - for an ok read. Characters were ok. Didn't care much for the plot. There was too much analyzing of feelings.
I rated Sheedy's story, Pure Ginger, as 2 - did not like it. I did not respect Ginger's judgment by dressing so much like an old spinster, that it was inappropriate for her work. The author created conflict by having the guy leave on a business trip without telling her. Not worth reading.
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Mixed Bag - two very good, one horrible |
I've read every bad boys anthology out there and this one has two very good stories and one that is just horrible. McKenna has let me down once again and I don't think I'll ever read anything by her anymore. Her stuff is slightly disturbing and doesn't belong with any of the other authors I've read in the other anthologies.
McKenna's story is about a Jane Duvall, head hunter, who is out to land a big account by stealing/wooing away any employee of Mac MacNamara's. That is until she meets him and all bets are off. The sexual tension crackles and soon her job is the last thing on mind.
Kauffman steams it up with a couple of strangers stuck on a train in a blizzard. Soon the storms over and the strangers part, but will it be the end? Can they go back to their jobs and pretend this was just a train trist? Or do they dare want more?
Sheedy's heroine's on a mission, to 'beige-up' her wardrobe and stop wearing those sexy outfits that keep attracting the wrong kind of men. With her PR firm she meets the sexy ex-soap star hero who can see right through her librarian clothes. Just getting her out of them and into his arms maybe a tough battle.
Koudos to Sheedy and Kauffman for two very good and *HOT* stories as usual. I especially liked Kauffman's romantic ending -very touching.
Now to McKenna. Her stuff is just down-right disturbing. She takes male domineering a bit too far. As she did in a previous anothology I've read, the hero tends to prevent the female from leaving and makes her 'submit' to him. Yeah, she gets her *pleasure*, but bullying her *ALOT*?. YUCK! The demands the hero makes are too much and it leaves the reader feeling creeped-out instead of steemed-up and sighing. The love scenes are too soon too, barley any build-up compared to the other's I've read. That's not what I want from my romances. I'm not a prude, but I just can't see what other reviewers are calling steamy when it involves some disturbing behavior.
Get this one from the library and skip McKenna's story.
For an excellent Bad Boys Anthology try: Bad Boys in Black Tie |
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Write Faster Shannon! |
I love everything Shannon McKenna writes! Whoohoo, can she create a sexy character! (and write one helluva love scene-wow!) I just wish she'd write faster...
All three of these stories were great and I now have 2 more great authors to read too.
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