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No. The answer is No.

Ain't She Sweet by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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I recently moved to the South and since I was in need of some light reading I decided a romance with some southern flair would help with the transition. I found a discussion group that mentioned Ain’t She Sweet by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and it had a lot of really good reviews so I hopped onto Amazon to purchase the whole book. I have regrets… Overall the book is…okay? I just didn’t much like the main characters. Sugar Beth Carey was the princess of the town of Parrish when she was young – beautiful, rich, and spoiled by her doting […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:11 |

Stealing sperm is not ok!

Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Apologies in advance if I am insulting someone’s favourite SEP! Susan Elizabeth Phillips had been recommended to me as someone to read if you loved Jennifer Crusie, and I really love Crusie. (I keep rereading Bet Me, which I should go back and upgrade to a five on my previous reviews. And Manhunting. All the Crusies get reread about every six months. Anyway!) The problem is, I should have read the recommendations more carefully to see that the latter ones are amazing, but the earlier ones can be problematic. Natural Born Charmer and Match me if you can were the […]

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1/28/2017 's CBR9 Review No:2 |

Natural Born Rage Inducer

Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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So it appears I’m about to put forth some unpopular opinions, but it was bound to happen eventually. Mrs. J, feel free to break up from our Romance Twin pact if you need, because I’m about to rant. I tried a Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I tried the one that here and elsewhere on the internet is regularly called her best. And OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS CRAP?! Natural Born Charmer is the story of Blue, a down on her luck (due to circumstances she couldn’t control) free spirited artist, and Dean, quarterback for the fictional Chicago Stars. Dean picks […]

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1/24/2017 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

I was warned

First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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I was warned that this was a middling romance. Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ does some pretty great character’s and character relationships, but sometimes the situations she puts them in are ridiculous and cringe worthy. From Amazon: Piper Dove is a woman with a dream—to become the best detective in the city of Chicago. First job? Trail former Chicago Stars quarterback, Cooper Graham. Problem? Graham’s spotted her, and he’s not happy. As with most SEP romances, the future couple starts off on the wrong foot. The man is hostile, but then begins to manufacture reasons why the woman has to be around him, […]

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1/11/2017 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

Entertaining if you don’t think about it too much

First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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I just can’t quite let Susan Elizabeth Phillips go. I’ve been at least a little disappointed in most of her recent books, and I think I’ve outgrown her. But every time she puts out a new book, there I am on the waitlist. First Star I See Tonight (2016) just came out in August, and I read it as soon as I could put my hands on it. I enjoyed parts of this one, and I generally liked the characters. However, I think the magic of Phillips is lost for me. I don’t quite trust her anymore to provide heroes and […]

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10/18/2016 's CBR8 Review No:46 |

The football player and the detective

First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Piper Dove wants to become the best private detective in Chicago. First, though, she desperately needs to make enough to keep her agency afloat. Her over-protective dad, who didn’t think it was appropriate for Piper to follow in his footsteps, left the agency to her greedy step-mum and Piper has spent every penny she had to buy it back, so she can run it herself. She’s giving everything on her first job, trailing former quarterback for the Chicago Stars football team, now nightclub owner, Cooper Graham, but no matter what disguises she dons, he seems to be able to spot […]

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9/17/2016 's CBR8 Review No:100 |

This is the review where I use the A word a lot. And d-bag. I use that a lot, too.

Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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This. Freaking. Book. So I discovered Susan Elizabeth Phillips quite by accident, and Glitter Baby is now the go to reference between Boss and me whenever he feels the need to make fun of what I’m reading, and even though I point out again and again that my trashy romance novels are high literature compared to some of his trashy celebrity biographies, he still continues to make fun of me and I let him because he pays me. And sometimes he buys me diet Coke. So I figured – even though I’ve read other Phillips books that haven’t been as […]

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8/8/2016 's CBR8 Review No:33 |

Pretty sure Abigail Bartlet wouldn’t have put up with Mat with one T

First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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I downloaded First Lady from the library and it wasn’t quite what I expected, but I suppose it was okay. Very middle-of-the-road, fairly predictable, but relatively serviceable. Cornelia “Nealy” Case is the defacto First Lady to the first bachelor president the United States has had in years. After taking a month to grieve after her husband – the president – was killed (and I can’t remember if he was assassinated or just died of…something), Nealy’s father (the party chairman) volunteered her to stay on as First Lady, and she reluctantly agreed. Except she’s terribly unhappy, so she conspires to escape, […]

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8/8/2016 's CBR8 Review No:32 |


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