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Hostile Makeover [Mass Market Paperback]

Wendy A. Wax

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25 Oct 2005
It was the first orgasm Shelley Schwartz ever faked. She swore she’d never do it, but she was late for a career-saving meeting at Schwartz and Associates and her options were limited. If she’d faked it five minutes sooner, she might have earned her father’s approval, won the account, and bested her rival and the company golden boy, Ross Morgan.

Calm, cool, and always collected, Ross is the perfect person to take over the ad agency her father founded–and the perfect opposite of Shelley, who’s distracted by her mother’s relentless matchmaking and her big sister’s marital meltdown. Is it any wonder her father has entrusted the agency to the blond, Porsche-driving Ross rather than his own flesh and blood? To add insult to injury, Ross–her new boss–has stuck Shelley with the client list from hell (Falafel Hut, anyone?). But if he thinks he’s going to chase Shelley Schwartz out of her family legacy, he’s got another thing coming. And if Shelley thinks she can resist Ross’s charms, she’s got some surprises in store as well.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 358 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (25 Oct 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553587951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553587951
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 2.7 x 10.6 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,205,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars fun chick lit tale 25 Oct 2005
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
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When sixty something Harvey Schwartz undergoes emergency by-pass surgery and is forced to take an earlier than planned retirement, his thirty-three years old daughter Shelley expects to be placed in charge of the family business Schwartz & Associates. Instead her dad selects hot shot Ross Morgan to run the advertising firm especially after she comes very late to a critical client meeting looking as if she had sex, which she did with her boyfriend Trey Davenport.

Shelley takes out her disappointment on Ross, who pulls no punches that she has not earned the position as he did and if she was not related to the owner she would have been fired years ago. He challenges her to prove her worth by handing her several dormant cases to drum up needed business. Shelley plans to prove him wrong even as their boardroom squabble lead to love.

This fun chick lit tale stars a Jewish American princess who cannot understand why daddy did not entrust her with the company (readers will know why) and a hardworking intelligent hunk who refuses to take any guff from her. The story line is lighthearted especially as her matchmaking mother keeps parading potential Jewish spouses that Shelley rejects because they come from her mom and she refuses to date anyone Jewish. A final twist makes for a fine boardroom to bedroom romance.

Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars The premise had me hooked... 24 July 2006
By Tracy Vest - Published on Amazon.com
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Shelley Schwartz is the quintessential Jewish American Princess. She is a spoiled daddy's girl who has a job at his ad agency in name only, and comes in when she feels like it - preferring to spend her days shopping, lunching, and getting spa treatments. And ditching the many eligible Jewish Atlanta bachelors her mother tosses her way while her shiksa best friend decides to convert to Judaism to find a suitable husband (a little too "Sex in the City" if you ask me).

Shelley feels that she is ready for more responsibility in the form of a new account, but when she is too busy catering to a boyfriend's sexual needs, the account is given to her nemesis, Ross Morgan, who is second in command at the agency. In the past, the two shared an erotic interlude in a supply closet that neither acknowledges. When her dad has a debilitating heart attack and has to step down, rather than pas the baton on to his daughter, he passes it to Ross, much to Shelley's angst, the only stipulation is that Shelley is to remain gainfully employed..

Then Ross lays down the gauntlet - he may have to keep her on the payroll, but she sure as heck better spend eight hours in the office. He adds insult to injury by demoting her and giving her a series of dead accounts, hoping she will fail. But to everyone's surprise, including Shelley's, she rises to the occasion and comes up with some really great (and costly) ideas for her clients, and soon has Ross impressed. Before long, a supply closet is not enough for them, and while shooting a commercial in LA, the two get pretty cozy. By the next morning, Ross apologizes for it happening, and she is crushed. Will Shelley ever learn from her sins of the past?

Wax's third novel was a little difficult for me to like, since the main character is unabashedly spoiled and her own worst enemy. I also found the ending to be a little to pat and trite. The premise had me hooked, but the execution was a little lacking and full of cliches. But no one can write humorous antics like Wax - even better is her first novel, "Leave it to Cleavage."
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed 14 Dec 2005
By Avid book reader - Published on Amazon.com
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I was really looking forward to reading the newest book, I even read the excerpt from Wendy Wax's website. It sounded cute and had some great possibility. I should have just read the excerpt and saved myself some money and time.

Shelley is your typical spoiled princess, daddy gave her a job and apparently one with very good money attached to it. She doesn't take anything serious until her father decides to hand over running the agency to her nemisis Ross. They have history, we don't really know why, there is no explanation about the "supply closet sex." They really don't interact,I would think in order to have some type of romance the couple should actually be in the same room together. There are so many characters in this book I would think you would need a program to keep them straight. There were just too many stories going on to really make this a good book. I will have to see if her next book is better. The other two reviews must be talking about a different book.
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