Dr. Molly Shaw is a professor on the tenure track at the exclusive Belden College, but in her heart, she's much more attracted to passion than dry analysis. So when her journalist friend Carter McKee asks her to help him get the scoop of his career, she agrees to his outrageous plan: Carter has scientifically calculated a profile of billionaire playboy Jake Berenger's ideal woman - and Molly is to play the part. The daring duo arrive on the private Caribbean island where the interview is to take place, and Jake falls for the bait immediately - and almost too easily. As Molly goes along with things, she finds herself really falling for Jake. Then he confesses his secret: He's in desperate financial straits, and was only looking for someone to pose as his fiancee in order to convince everyone that he's finally settling down. He'd make it worth her while, but is she up to such a charade? If he only knew!
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By Lindymck
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slightly disappointing but a good story to engross yourself in for a couple of hours. bit predictable in some places, i had figured out what was gonna happen b4 it actually did.
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Man Trouble is all about fun!
20 Jun 2004
By Sarah W
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Man Trouble is the story of Professor Molly Shaw and her double life as writer Sandra St. Claire. She's the author of the New York Times bestseller Pirate Gold, but nobody knows that but her close friend and colleague Carter McKee. Now he has a favor to ask her: seduce resort millionaire and playboy extraordinaire Jake Berenger. Carter wants the scoop on the ever so handsome and seductive Jake, a man notorious for his privacy. So begins Molly's crazy quest to help her friend. Though she is very reluctant to go along with Carter's plan, she finally concedes because he has always been there for her when she has needed him. Molly also thinks she deserves to spend some time on a Caribbean island at Jake's resort, Gold Bay. She also hopes it will help her research for her next book. She never dreams about the amazing discovery she will make.
Jake finds the odd Sandra St. Claire charming, if a touch odd. But it is the intriguing Professor Molly Shaw who really interests him, especially when she tries to get a part of his resort classified as a historical site. Then he just finds her annoying... and oh so attractive. She seems to be the perfect candidate to help him clean up his playboy image, to make him seem more like a family man. Until he discovers her deception as Sandra St. Claire and her plan with Carter, and a messy situation just gets messier. Will Jake and Molly manage to come clean with each other so that their newly budding relationship can blossom fully into love?
Melanie Craft's story is a great read, very emotional, and full of lots of interesting historical details about pirate life. Jake and Molly were both very real characters, very three dimensional and full of love, warmth, creativity, and a zest for each other and the causes they are trying to help. Man Trouble has lots of great secondary characters too who the reader will either love or hate. Jake and Molly both have some troubles they have to work through but in the end it is their love and happiness that they find to be most important, creating a very satisfying ending to a very good book.
Sarah W--http://www.fallenangelreviews.com
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
sweet and playful!
14 May 2004
By Joan F Hocking
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What a sweet and playful book this is. I read this author's other book (TRUST ME) last fall and found it charming (I am an animal lover and TRUST ME featured a lot of animals, which was fun for me). MAN TROUBLE has a different tone, but is very entertaining. The heroine starts out mousy, tries to force glamor, and finds herself somewhere in between. And I always like when a man isn't so much as "tamed" by a good woman, but becomes comfortable enough with himself because of her that he finds himself all on his own. Much more believable that way. My only complaint with MAN TROUBLE was that it didn't last the whole weekend for me -- I read it straight through.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read!
3 May 2004
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Ok, I am an oddball reviewer, a man who reads romance novels. Well, not all romance novels, mostly just the ones my wife leaves lying around the house...Jane Krenz, stuff like that. She handed me this one over the weekend, and said "read this...it'll make you laugh". Four hours later (yeah, I'm fast), and after lots of loud guffaws, I am pleased to say that this is a great read, and hard to put down. If you like loopy modern stories with a sort-of Shakespearean comedic-edge, try it out. If you want heaving bosoms and gallant men in tights, this may not be your thing...the author seems to be writing romance novels for the rest of us! Highly recommended.
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