"Four lighthearted fun novellas"

Love Is Blind (Or at Least nearsighted) by Theresa Alan. Heather attends a wedding in Wisconsin when the bride Carmen asks her to chaperone John the swamp thing whose girlfriend dumped him on the morning of the nuptials. Hating blind dates, Heather shockingly likes John except he is California and she is Chicago though he insists he knows the best Italian in the Windy City.

Cleo Barnes: Worst Blind Date Ever by Holly Chamberlin. Nine months ago Cleo dumped Justin, her two- timing boyfriend and stereotyped all males as predators. She likes Max, who worships her, but once he canceled a date she assumes he is cheating on her as she sees him as a Justin clone.

Love Is Like a Box of Chocolates by Marcia Evanick. Judith the RN feels like an idiot when it comes to dating as somehow she always accepts losers. That is until a persistent friend insists she date Hugh, who she finds has that sweet buttercream taste in his kiss.

Just Jennifer by Lisa Plumley. In San Diego Jennifer, after a string of losers, vows to go on thirty blind dates in thirty days expecting none to lead to a second time. As she reaches the last one a hunk of a zillionaire, she reflects on her roommate's brother Gavin the surfer as the one for her yet he refuses to give up his freedom though the ties they share are love.

These are four lighthearted fun novellas that focus on the downside of blind dates (from the woman's perspective) as each of the lead females at some time wonder why I SHAVED MY LEGS FOR THIS?

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2006