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Overboard is a prePlum romance by American author, Janet Evanovich, Having just bought a house that seems to be developing one structural problem after another, excop Stephanie Lowe takes a job as cook on a small cruise vessel in exchange for some plumbing work.
The captain, Ivan Rasmussen, descendant of the infamous pirate, Red Rasmussen, is a notorious womaniser, but something about the quirky and feisty Stephanie grabs onto his heart.
This is an entertaining read: the characters are not onedimensional, but theres no great depth there.
Theres a fair bit of slapstick, some intrigue, plenty of romance, a bit of sex, a disappearing corpse and a ghost to keep things lively.
Some issues also contain an excerpt from another prePlum novel, Back to the Bedroom,
This was a fun book to read and a really good ending, This was basically Stephanie Plum in prototype, The main character in this book even has the same first name, There is humour, action, mystery and sexy bits, just like a Plum novel just not as well done.
The mystery is pretty contrived and the romance aspect highly unbelievable but if you want a light read and are willing to really suspend your disbelief, you could do worse than this book.
I am sorry, Kaylie. I just can't do it,
I read the firstpages and skimmed the next, It is too horrid. The characters have, like, one conversation before making out and even during that one conversation all they can think about is physical attraction.
And then I got to the part where the girl admits she's ayear old virgin because she didn't realize her boyfriend ofyears was gay and.
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I realized I couldn't put myself through another word,
There is literally nothing funny about this romantic comedy, It is just cringe. So much cringe. Lustful cringe. This book is hilarious !!! You have to read it, So cute and sweet without being mushy or overboard with romance, One of my favorite authors always, Okay, so back in the days before Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich wrote a series of short romance stories.
These were republished in aboutwith minor changes made to modernise them, They weren't available in Australia, but a friend in the US knew that I was a huge fan of the Stephanie Plum series at the time, anyway and so she sent them all to me as birthday and Christmas presents.
They take up a huge amount of space, but I feel like because they were gifts, I need to reread them before I decide whether or not to get rid of them.
This one was, . . not great. The basic story is thatyear old Stephanie not to be confused with Plum recently quit the police force and bought a big house in Maine, with intentions of making it an inn.
But the house turns out to be run down, and she finds herself working on the boat of the house's former owner who just happens to be totally hot.
And named Ivan. Which is not even remotely hot. Stephanie just got out of a four year relationship with a gay man seriously and is saving herself for marriage.
Obviously, that lasts approximately two seconds once Ivan turns up, and they get engaged within a month of their first kiss.
In short, it's typical romance novel territory, which really isn't my thing at all.
And the writing echoed that, There was talk of the "awesome bulge" in Ivan's jeans, and Stephanie's vagina apparently hums when she's horny, which would probably go down a treat on Patpong Road.
But it also feels incredibly dated, Sure, Evanovich updated some stuff when it was republished, but it still feels like a book from the lates.
Ivan tells Stephanie how sexy her full length nightgown with long ruffly sleeves is, and Stephanie wears high tops and slouch socks a lot.
Hawt.
The point of view jumps constantly between Ivan and Stephanie, often within the same paragraph, and it was really grating to read.
Honestly, the only thing that saved it from one star territory was the supporting characters, who were oddly hilarious.
There were occasional funny moments, and it was a fast read, But that wasn't enough to save it from a trip to the great big bookshelf in the sky.
Sorry, book. You're on the discard pile, Before Stephanie Plum, there was this Stephanie, in the first of Janet Evanovitch's published books, which has recently been rereleased.
As always there is a lot of humor and the relationships are hot, but not explicit.
.Dear Reader:
In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels.
Redhot screwball comedies, each and every one of them, Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the yearsand, All went outofprint immediately and then could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales.
I'm excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being rereleased by HarperCollins.
Love Overboard is second in the lineup, and it's presented here in almost original form.
I've done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around, And I changed the title because I thought the original title Ivan Takes a Wife was boring!
Love Overboard is a romantic tale about a handsome ship's captain a wary wench from Jersey City a hundredyearold, twomasted schooner and an entire town of shoemakers.
There's some getting naked, some blueberry pie, more getting naked, and at the end, . . Okay, I won't tell you about the end, but it's really good and it'll make you feel happy.
I took my family on the road trip from heck to research this book, When we finally got to Maine it was all worthwhile because we fell in love with the boats and the people who sailed them.
Enjoy! I love a great mystery or a RomanticSuspense, but sometimes I just want to laugh, and it is at those times that I turn to Janet Evanovich who is my goto when I just want the world to fade away.
In the late Eighties and early Nineties Janet wrote a series of what she calls RedHot Screwball Comedies.
I agree wholeheartedly. These books are the tonic you need to drag yourself out of a bad mood or if you just want a chuckle.
I love them and recommend to anyone who needs a mood adjustment, "Love Overboard" is sexy, humorous and has a touch of mystery with a chaser of ghost.
It's fun!
Stephanie Lowe is a former cop from Jersey City who has bought a large home in Camden, Maine to turn it into a Bed and Breakfast.
What she got is a money pit, In order to make the plumbing repairs she agrees to act as the cook for a oneweek cruise on board a hundredyearold, twomasted schooner.
Just one problem Stephanie can't cook, That little detail is not about to stop our girl, she is the can do, not the can't do kind of gal.
When she gets up close and personal with the captain, all rules are thrown overboard, especially the no fraternization one.
Ivan Rasmussen comes from a long line of pirates who plundered the east coast for hundreds of years.
He has no ambition to live up to the reputation of "Red" Rasmussen, his famous pirate ancestor, but he would sure like to take a shot at ravishing the sweet and delectable Stephanie Lowe, who is his cook for the week.
He soon discovers there is a wonderful, enchanting woman under his slightly ditzy cook, and he soon finds himself hopelessly overboard in love.
Save your time. It was just okay. Evanovich didn't blossom till the plum series, This was a waste of time, I read it after the plum,
Weird plot line, very disconnected. The part on the boat, then the dead bodies in the bnb, Just not very cohesiveStars for Love Overboard audiobook by Janet Evanovich read by C, J. Critt.
This was a fun audiobook, Its interesting to go back and listen to an early book from Janet Evanovich, I think the story holds up well but you can definitely see the the author has refined her craft.
And C. J. Critt did a great job with the narration, Early Evanovich romantic nonsense with over the top scenarios and broad humour, the characters are pretty two dimensional and it is one of those books where they are either seemingly enemies or seemingly lovers with no middle ground, Pretty dire really.
I listened to this book just to check out the author after being referred by a friend.
I thought it was extremely juvenille with lack of any conflict what so ever, Most romance novels have an ounce of maybe he or she doesn't feel the same about me as I do them, but not this one.
The author chose to, instead have the couple enamoured at first sight and bore me half to death with the
rest.
Even when you thouht it might be going somewhere it fizzled out, I like my romance steamier, I like my suspence more suspencful, If I were to allow my preteen to read a romance novel this would be it but she would probably put it down too.
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Janet Evanovich never fails, When you are looking for a book that is lighthearted, funny and sweet, hers are a sure thing! Cute book! Evanovich is obviously fond of the name Stephanie!
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amp I'll tell you why,
This is a reissue of an old Loveswept, Originally written in, Evanovich writes in the introduction that she only changed the title amp edited to fix some minor bloopers, but the time period was changed to thest century.
This doesn't work as there are for example, are no cell phones amp a secondary character who dresses like ans punk.
Above all a twenty nine year old virgin heroine who isn't Amish or an ex nun! This would already have been a hard sell in thes, let alone! date of reissue
It took me two days to finish this book and normally I can read light romances in an afternoon.
I simply couldn't find any enthusiasm to pick it back up, When I did, I fell asleep!
The pacing is a bit off at the start amp the transition from aboard boat to land is clumsy.
The second half of the book amp the resolution made me want to slap every single character in the book, other than the hero amp heroine.
Positives. The book is an early example of Evanovich's ability to describe attractive main characters amp sexual attraction.
There are a few flashes of Evanovich's wit amp sense of fun,
I'm sure there was heaps of readers curious about Evanovich's early work, amp I can remember reading amp enjoying another of her Loveswept titles many moons ago, but this particular title should have been left to the normal fate of light romances pulping or charity shops.
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