"Both stories are hilarious!"

Naughty or Nerdy by Elise Title is the first story in this book. I just chuckled at what poor Judd Turner had to go through. He?s finally gotten past the nerdy look that he had in college with the braces on his teeth and the thick glasses and the bad hair that stuck out every which way. Now his boss Roz Morrisey is telling him that he?s got to go back into that persona in order to investigate one of his old college classmates, Kyle Warner, for money laundering and embezzling. The bad thing about that is that Judd?s first and only love, Lucy Weston is engaged to the weasel that he?s got to investigate. How will this all turn out?

What a fun read this was. I couldn?t wait to find out how Judd was going to not only figure out how he was going to investigate Kyle but what he was going to do around Lucy. This is the first story I?ve read by Elise Title but as enjoyable as it was, I will be searching for more of her books.

The Husband Hotel by Darlene Gardner had me in stitches from beginning to end. All I can say is it was a good thing that I was not drinking anything while reading this story because my book would have been all wet. I laughed out loud throughout this hilarious story.

Cliff Patterson convinces Jay Overton that he must convince Cliff?s daughter Tara that she must not get married until she is at least 30 years old. Tara is 24 now and is the manager of a hotel. Tara has told Cliff that she?s taken the job in order to find a husband. Cliff reminds Jay of what he did for Jay?s father and his company. Now Jay has to pay Cliff back by taking a job as a handyman in Tara?s hotel so he can keep an eye on her. You can well imagine all of the trouble Jay and Tara get into. Then there?s Sadie Mae, Tara?s best friend from high school. Tara gives her a job because she?s a single mother but Sadie Mae is such a klutz that things seem to go wrong or get messed up around her. Then there?s the Impeccabra that Jay has invented for his sister?s lingerie company. That?s another story entirely!

I thoroughly enjoyed this whole book. Both stories take ordinary people and put them in extraordinary circumstances with very funny and sometimes strange consequences happening!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 27, 2001

Summary

THE HUSBAND HOTEL
The fix is in! Jay Overman, inventor of the Impeccabra, has a job to do: keep eligible fellas away from hotel manager Tara Patterson. No way was she to get distracted from climbing the corporate ladder. Sounds easy enough, but not for Jay! It turns out that undercover work is not his thing, 'cause the only thing this would-be maintenance man can maintain is a healthy male interest in his sweet 'n sexy boss. And little does Jay know that he'll become Tara's biggest distraction...ever!