Autumn Adams never planned to follow in her mother's footsteps as Chicago's answer to Martha Stewart - she can't cook, doesn't clean and would rather play football than discuss the joys of white bathtub grout. Then some lunatic starts sending her threats in the mail and Audie finds herself under the protection of simmering, sexy Detective Stacey Quinn, a man determined to examine her ever nook, cranny and ex-boyfriend in his effort to find the stalker. Quinn soon discovers that the real Audie is an alluring blend of fantasy babe and tender-hearted female all wrapped up in what he can only hope is leopard-print underwear. Digging through Audie's many layers could turn out to be the hottest, craziest, sexiest bit of detective work Quinn has ever attempted...if it doesn't kill him first.
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"Fun, fast and sexy. My favorite kind of book!"--Lori Foster, "USA Today" bestselling author
"Hilarious..full of sass and sizzle."--Julie Ortolon, "USA Today" bestselling author
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"Hilarious..full of sass and sizzle."--Julie Ortolon, "USA Today" bestselling author
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Susan Donovan's novels are witty, sexy, and entertaining--"brain candy for smart women," as she puts it. Her books include "Not That Kind of Girl," "The Night She Got Lucky" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." Susan is a former newspaper journalist with degrees from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and has worked as a reporter in Chicago, Albuquerque, and Indianapolis. Her other jobs have included fine arts fundraiser, freelance journalist, painted furniture artist, horse stall mucker, proposal writer, and aide to a U.S. Senator. Susan lives in rural Maryland with her family and dogs.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By G. M. Cross
Format:Mass Market Paperback
My friend lent me this book after picking up a copy from a charity shop. At first I thought it started off a little weak but by the end I was so hooked I couldn't put it down. It has taken me about 2 days in all to read this book. I read it at every available opportunity on breaks at work, first thing in the morning whilst having my breakfast. The best part about it all was the sudden twist at the end. A great read for everyone I think. I will be purchasing more by this author.
9 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By "bhoolyria"
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The story expressed how family is important for a human being. Being alone is just making you rude, uncompromise, selfish and afraid of what you can't learn from anybody else. Having a relationship is not something you should freak of and run from the reality.
This book also telling you about how love can conquer your anger and frustration. The love that you earn from the family and patient understanding. It is very entertaining for a romance book lover. If you want to know a bit about Irish (not Scottish!!) bagpipe, here you can go...
"Knock Me Off My Feet" is also not just a love story between Autumn/Audie and Stacey but also the rest of Quinns family with Audie, and vice versa. I can't drop the book till I finished it, every chapter always leads you to the ending of the book.
This book also telling you about how love can conquer your anger and frustration. The love that you earn from the family and patient understanding. It is very entertaining for a romance book lover. If you want to know a bit about Irish (not Scottish!!) bagpipe, here you can go...
"Knock Me Off My Feet" is also not just a love story between Autumn/Audie and Stacey but also the rest of Quinns family with Audie, and vice versa. I can't drop the book till I finished it, every chapter always leads you to the ending of the book.
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An Excellent Surprise
26 Dec 2002
By mayfayre
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This was a book that I picked up on a whim while in the bookstore because I had a few extra dollars and I thought that it might be mildly entertaining. It has one of those pink cartoony covers that seems to denote a certain style of romance that is usually rather light. As a result of that impulse, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself reading a very entertaining book and discovered a new favorite author.
Autumn Adams is an unloved daughter who makes a death-bed promise to her journalist mother to carry on her helpful hints column. Audie, as she's known to her friends, has no homemaking skills whatsoever, but she is photogenic and becomes a star in her own right. Unfortunately for her, someone is planning to kill her. Into the story enters Detective Stacey Quinn, and the story traces their mutual attraction, his family, the threats on her, and the family history that has stunted her emotions.
The main characters are engaging, the dialogue is fast-paced and realistic, the secondary characters are sufficiently developed to make them interesting, and the mystery works well to drive the plot (even though I guessed early on who the bad guy was). I wound up liking the characters in the book, liking the way the relationship developed, liking their quirks and foibles. It's one of those books that once you start it, you have to finish it. And, based on the included teaser for Ms. Donovan's next book, I'll be buying that one also.
35 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very highly recommended!
2 Jan 2003
By Huntress Reviews
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Autumn "Audie" Adams was known as "Homey Helen" of Chicago. She ran a household hints column. Her mother, the original Helen, was mugged and murdered a little over a year before. With her dying breath, Helena made Audie promise to take over the column. It was NOT a job Audie enjoyed, but she was very good at it. Shortly after Helen's death, Audie began to receive threatening letters. They were easily ignored, until they became violent.
Detective Stacey Quinn was of the Chicago Police's Violent Crimes Division. He and his partner, Stanley Oleskiewicz, were given the job of catching Audie's stalker. They decided to begin with her ex-boyfriends. The number of them surprised the detectives. (Audie never could hold a relationship together.) The names on the list were famous too. However, one name in particular jumped off the list to smack Stacey.
To Stacey, Audie was the perfect woman for him. Convincing HER of that fact would NOT be easy though.
***** I could not stop reading this one. I found it to be full of wit, terrific secondary characters, and some very hot love scenes. I cannot think of a better way to begin my reading of the new year! I have hopes that Stanley will get his own novel. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A rip roaring good time.
19 May 2003
By Judy
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Autumn "Audie" Adams was following in her mother's footsteps as "Homey Helen" Chicago's answer to Martha Steward. But this wasn't who Audie really wanted to be in life. Audie had made a promise to her mother that she would carry on with Homey Helen after her mother was gone. Things were going fairly smoothly until her life was threatened. Enter ... Detective Stacey Quinn. Quinn is determined to get to the bottom of who is stalking this fantastic woman. Quinn draws Audie into his boisterous Irish family, the likes she has never seen before but always wanted.
The suspense over who is after Audie will keep you glued to trying to figure out the who done it. What you really will remember about this book is the hot, sizzle between Audie and Quinn. This is a fantastic first book, looking forward to more from this author.
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