"They were at a crossroads in their life"

Travis Campbell is tired of the swinging bachelor life; tired of forgetting the name of his dates, so Travis decides it is time to grow up and vows to give up sex, drinking and partying for 30 days. But when Merideth Shordon shows up, he can't help but be tempted to give up that vow.

Merideth is tired of small town life in Indiana, and when she is given the chance to go to Boston to help out at Gift Baskets to Die for, she jumps at the chance to head for Boston. One of the first things she wants to shed from her old life is her virginity and she knows that Travis is just the guy who she thinks can relieve her of her condition.

Travis and Merideth are both at a different point in their lives, he wants to settle down and she wants to discover her inner sexy siren. Will they find what they are looking for in each other?

THE ANGEL CRAVED LOBSTER was the first book I have read by Shirley Jump and will definitely not be the last. It had this non-seafood lover, thinking that maybe she is missing out on something by not eating seafood. The scene in the hair salon is worth the price of the book alone.

Ms. Jump creates characters that are funny, sexy and will have you go searching for her backlist. Not to mention the great recipes in the book will have you experimenting in the kitchen.

I really loved THE ANGEL CRAVED LOBSTER a lot and cannot wait for Ms. Jump's next book.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted September 27, 2005

Summary

Will There Be Anything Else?

Meredith Shordon has spent her entire life surrounded by corn and cows in Heavendale, Indiana. Now the Boston-bound girl is ready to ditch her homegrown roots for some big-city flash. Out with the apple fritters, in with the seafood linguine! But exotic food isn't the only new experience Meredith craves. She's ready for an education of the passionate kind, and for that, she needs a man who can show her all the flavors she's been missing—a worldly, no-strings attached hunk who can really cook up a storm...so to speak. A man like Travis Campbell.

Party animal Travis has just decided to grow up. No more bars, no more parties, no more slaps in the face from scorned "dates" whose first names were as forgettable as his nights. Travis Campbell is now a man who will not be tempted. No more women. Period. Unless the offer is too good to pass up.

Meredith finally has her challenge: Tempting Travis will force her to shed that Miss Holstein good-girl image and channel her inner sexy siren. But getting a taste of what she craves and Travis needs just might leave them both hungry for more...