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Kiss Me If You Can (2010)

by Carly Phillips(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0373774540 (ISBN13: 9780373774548)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

HQN

series

Bachelor Blogs

review 1: Setting: New York – jewelry store; Coop’s apartment, Charlotte’s apartment; Coop’s newsroom; a few restaurants; Empire State Building;Theme: past shapes our choices; understanding our past allows us to make better choices; falling in love in spite of our pasts;Characters:Sam ‘Coop’ Cooper: successful crime news reporter; part time thriller author (one published book, not too popular); son/brother of policemen; hurt shoulder when in police academy and felt failed/disappointed his father; failed marriage (to a stewardess) who traveled and found other men, hurting him and making him commitment shy – another disappointment to his father; foils a jewelry heist when notices it going down while buying a hot dog; made the news and shop owner daughter offered him cho... moreice of reward from a box – choose an ugly ring; made it as bachelor / hero of the news blog; when finds out from a fellow newsperson that the ring is high quality, and stolen, he is inspired to track the story and to make a story out of it; Lexie Davis: free spirit living with conformist parents, always felt their disapproval; gravitated to free spirited grandmother; as child showed a talent as ice skater, and parents set her into schedule to train for the Olympics – difficult for her – until grandma helped her play hooky (sometimes to the Empire state Building) and got her parents to back off; travels as much as possible, had a boyfriend who professed to be the same, but he bailed on her for a stay at home woman, hurting her and making her commitment shy; recognizes ring on news report to be a match for her grandmother’s necklace, and determines to buy it; Charlotte and Sylvia (aka Lucy and Ethel): Charlotte’s Lexie’s grandmother; 50 years ago she and Sylvia didn’t want the settled married life their parents wanted, and they lived independently in new York – and when Sylvia hooked up with a thief, they participated when needed money, signing up as wait staff for high class parties, and stealing – each getting one item; Charlotte fell in love, and agreed to that settled life, but her husband sent overseas to WWII; so enticed into last heist of the Lancaster jewelry, but though Charlotte got the necklace, the other guy left them, taking the ring and the bracelet, along with Charlotte’s wedding ring (which would stand out at the party, so she gave it to him to hold); Ricky Burnett: the thief they worked with; he ended up in a respectable life, and has a wife and daughter he loves, but he keeps a box of mementos of some of the items he stole;Sara Rios: police detective; sexy; Coop’s neighbor and friend; she warns her not to hurt Coop then befriends Lexie – helping her shop for sexy lingerie - then warns her to get smart about her feelings for Coop; she gets hurt at the end – subject of next bachelor blog and next book;Rafe Mancuso : police detective; sexy; Sara’s ex partner; rescues her when taken hostage when chasing a jewelry thief; wrote up in bachelor blogSummary:Lexie approaches Coop with an offer to buy the ring – and they both get caught up in the mystery of the ring’s history, and with each other; they dance with each trying to protect their hearts as their lifestyles are different and both see a short term time – but they find themselves falling as each comes to understand the other, and the glimpses into their lives;They get to the truth – Coop agrees to return the jewelry without saying who had it to the Lancaster’s foundation – who decide to auction them; and though both have said I love you, they aren’t compromising over lifestyles, and separate – then Lexie is taken hostage when she sees someone slip the ring into their pocket – and they both realize they can’t live without the other, no matter what it means… and Lexie (at Sara’s prompting) thinks where she wants to be in 10 years, and she realizes though she wants travel, she also wants a home base… ahhh
review 2: I just couldn't get into this one. The characters' motivations weren't terribly convincing, so by the time they finally solved their so-called issues I was just grateful that it would be over soon. I had slightly more sympathy for Coop than for Lexi, but that's really not saying much. The narrator was supremely annoying--most of her male voices were just horrendous, (as were the ones she used for Grandma Charlotte and her best friend Sylvia) and she often had the tone all wrong for the emotion she was supposed to be portraying. It was very off-putting. less

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