Blind Date

by Emma Darcy

"Men should be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen." There, Peggy grinned mischievously, no man would "warm up" to an answer like that. Especially not Adam Gale, the sexiest celebrity in the country - bound to be a chauvinist. Sure Adam looked like any woman's dream come true, but it was Peggy's interest in communications that had prompted her to enter Australia's nationally televised Blind Date contest. She didn't intend to win it. But she did! So obviously the real Adam Gale loved a challenge. Well, Peggy mused, he'd just met her!

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin Romance, Harlequin Presents, Harlequin, Humor, Hqn

187 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 1988

About the author

Emma Darcy is the pseudonym created by the married writing team of Wendy (1940-2020) and Frank Brennan (1936-1995). Their life journey has taken as many twists and turns as the characters in their stories, whose international popularity has resulted in over sixty-million book sales. With more than a hundred titles, Emma Darcy appeared regularly on the Waldenbooks bestseller lists in the U.S.A. and in the Nielson BookScan Top 100 chart in the U.K.

Wendy was born 28 November 1940 in Australia. Her sister was the novelist Maureen Mary (Miranda Lee). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. She obtained an Honours degree in Latin and initially worked as a high school English/French teacher. She married Frank Brennan, an Australian businessman born in 1936. She changed careers to computer programming before marriage and motherhood settled her into a community life. She was reputedly the first woman computer programmer in the southern hemisphere.

As voracious readers, the step to writing their own books seemed a natural progression and the challenge of creating exciting stories was soon highly addictive. They were published since 1983. In 1993, for the Emma Darcy pseudonym's 10th anniversary, they created the "Emma Darcy Award Contest" to encourage authors to finish their manuscripts. After the death of Frank Brennan in 1995, Wendy wrotes books on her own. She lived in a beachside property on the central coast of New South Wales, and liked to travel extensively to research settings and increase her experience of places and people.

Wendy Brennan passed away on December 21, 2020. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and sister, writer Miranda Lee.

Reviews

[*CJ* · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Blind Date" is the story of Peggy and Adam.

Have you ever heard of the single "Hot and Cold" by Katy Perry? If yes, that's the perfect song to describe this book.

The book is about a hard-on-luck A/V communication college student, who participates in a blind date reality show to win a stereo. She deliberately sabotages her answers, yet gets chosen as the winner by the playboy heartthrob singer, Adam!
They begin a rocky courtship, which starts with a slap, travels to multiple blowout scenes and culminates in a dramatic run-and-chase sequence.

Honestly, the first 1/4th of the story was so strong. The humor was on point, the characters were witty and chemistry was sizzling. Then midway through, we saw their emotional potential. However, it's their volatile nature and over dramatic reactions that made me deduct the stars.

Average read.
Safe
2.5/5

[Saly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book, what I liked was that the heroine had principles and even when she fell for the hero she was not willing to let her education slid for him. The hero is famous and used to getting his way and the heroine is a breath of fresh air, she didn't want to win the date with him and he knows that, she also doesn't worship him or fall at his feet. I liked how he was willing to apologize for his mistakes. I am now curious to read Songs of a Wren in which we meet the Knights, who are mentioned here.

[Leona · Rating 1 out of 5]

meh...is too generous

[Srisurang · Rating 4 out of 5]

หนังสือเก่าแล้วค่ะ เรื่องนี้รู้สึกจะเขียนปี 1986 (ยี่สิบห้าปีก่อน) ให้ 4.5 ดาว
เวลาอ่านต้องคอยปรับความคิดนิดหน่อยเพราะหลายอย่างที่คนสมัยก่อนคิดไม่เหมือนสมัยนี้ทีเดียวนัก แต่โดยรวมแล้วสนุกค่ะ คิดว่าถ้าได้อ่านเมื่อสิบปีที่แล้วต้องกรี๊ดชัวร์ แต่มาอ่านตอนนี้ความสนุกลดลงไปนิดนึงเพราะมันไม่ค่อยเข้าใจนิดๆ หน่อยๆ บางอย่างก็ไม่ตรงกับสมัยนี้แล้ว
จะว่าล้าสมัยก็ไม่เชิงนะคะ เพราะเราพอจะจิตนาการย้อนไปได้ค่ะ แต่โครงเรื่องโดยรวมยังทันสมัยอยู่ และรู้สึกว่าเข้าใจตัวละครได้ ชอบทั้งพระเอกและนางเอกเลยค่ะ ตอนออกรายการเลือกคู่เมื่อต้นเรื่องสนุกดีกับคำถามและคำตอบของพระเอกนางเอก
นางเอกกะว่าพระเอกซึ่งเป็นนักร้องดัง คงไม่เลือกเธอแน่ เพราะเธอไม่น่าใช่สเป๊กเขา เลยตอบคำถามแบบตามใจตัวเองเต็มที่ กะแพ้จะได้ของปลอบใจเป็นเครื่องสเตอริโอ ผลปรากฏว่าผิดคาด
ชอบความฉลาดของตัวละครที่คล้ายคนจริงๆ คือสังเกตปฏิกิริยากันก็พอเดาเรื่องได้ อย่างเพื่อนนางเอก ไม่ต้องมีใครบอกก็รู้สึกได้ว่าสองคนนี้เป็นแฟนกัน
หรืออย่างพระเอก สิ่งที่เขาทำผิด พอเวลาผ่านไปนิด เขาก็คิดได้ด้วยตัวเอง หรือมีใครพูดสะกิดใจนิดก็คิดได้แล้ว ไม่กินหญ้าร้องมูๆ รีบแก้ไขสถานการณ์
นางเอกก็เช่นกัน พอพระเอกทำอะไร เธอก็รู้จักมองเหตุผลจากฝั่งเขา ว่าทำไมเขาทำอย่างนั้น ไม่หลับหูหลับตาว่าฉันจะโกรธ ฉันจะงอนท่าเดียว แม้จะน้อยใจแต่ก็มีความเข้าใจแฝงอยู่ด้วย
ให้คะแนนอีกข้อนึงตรงข้อคิดดีๆ เล็กๆ น้อยๆ เกี่ยวกับความสัมพันธ์ที่แทรกเอาไว้ในเรื่อง
นิยายสมัยก่อนมันมีเสน่ห์และความหวานในบรรยากาศแบบที่ไม่เหมือนปัจจุบัน หาเล่มดีๆ มาอ่านแล้วก็ชื่นใจดีค่ะ

เล่มนี้ได้มาอ่านอย่างไม่คาดฝันจาก ebay ค่ะ (มือสอง)สั่งจากออสเตรเลียค่าส่งถูกมากด้วย รวมแล้วราคาเท่าๆ กับซื้อเล่มใหม่ของ HQ ที่คิโนะเลยล่ะ

[EeeJay · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very nice book (and darn witty too). As some other reviewer described - its about a woman who goes to tv show in hopes of winning a tape player and with her antagonistic answers to simple love questions, intrigues the musician/singer into going out with her - what follows is that he expects her to be like all the groupies and ends up being slapped down ( quite literally) by the heroine - There are some good moralistic lessons in the book about what keeps love alive and how to be equal with your partner - I highly recommend it because the heroine didn't buckle under hero's pressure and gave as good as she got!

=)

[Megzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was just OK, nothing special. No chemistry, mediocre plot, one dimensional characters.

[Rhapsody · Rating 3 out of 5]

The reviews about this book are a little confusing. Maybe it contained more stories than just the one I read. The I read was about an intelligent young women who's in college studying media communications. She entered a game show hoping to win the second prize--a stereo. She won first prize by accident, a date with a gorgeous musician. He's arrogant and has a bad temper but they eventually fall for each other. I thought the guy was seriously a jerk, the story was really, really, really standard for a shoujo one-shot, and I found the art to be old-fashioned. But it wasn't bad, just unoriginal and unmemorable.

[Lsy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book. I first heard about this story from my high school seatmate who is into romance pocketbooks and eventually I got hooked too! But I never found the copy of this book up until last year. The story started as interesting, the heroine was smart and sassy. I didn't like the Hero though. He was a jerk and although he did come after the heroine in the end, it seemed like a (late) afterthought.

[Tonya Warner]

Peggy's aim to fail at winning a blind date with pop-star Adam backfires. Adam finds the answers to his question intrigue him and wants to know more about the spirited woman.



Just OK. Seems to just jump suddenly from first meeting to sex.

[Anuradha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quirky, fun read. A fantastic love story built around a celebrity pop star and a smart, sassy student. Improbable in real, but dreamy and sweet on paper.

The girl is a mass communications student, topper, keen on a TV career. She is not a groupie, not star crazy. Yes, she is a fan of super star pop singer Adam, but not bonkers about him.

She enrolls into a celebrity reality show called 'Blind Date' where Adam is the judge. Does she want to win the grand prize, a blind date with him? Oh, no !! All that she wants is a stereo set that's the consolation prize ;)))

So she goes about giving quirky, outrageous, feminist sounding answers in the contest. But that is precisely why he notices her, chooses her !!!!

There begins their whirlwind romance. Fun moments, personality clashes, wild fights, passionate sexual encounters, gradual mutual understanding. And then finally a calm, complete acceptance of each other's differences and the love that overcomes these differences.

Nice pace set by the story, inheriting it from the high octane world of pop music and celebrity chat shows.

Read it for a glam star hero and a pocket dynamo heroine. Sparks flying all over. Great fun !

And yes, be sure to put aside your logical brain which questions the credibility of such whirlwind romances spanning mere 2-3 weeks. Just get on the joy ride and enjoy.

[PAINTED BOX]

"Men should be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen."

There, Peggy grinned mischievously, no man would "warm up" to an answer like that. Especially not Adam Gale, the sexiest celebrity in the country - bound to be a chauvinist.

Sure Adam looked like any woman's dream come true, but it was Peggy's interest in communications that had prompted her to enter Australia's nationally televised Blind Date contest. She didn't intend to win it.

But she did! So obviously the real Adam Gale loved a challenge. Well, Peggy mused, he'd just met her!

[RomLibrary]

Men should be kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen." There, Peggy grinned mischievously, no man would "warm up" to an answer like that. Especially not Adam Gale, the sexiest celebrity in the country - bound to be a chauvinist. Sure Adam looked like any woman's dream come true, but it was Peggy's interest in communications that had prompted her to enter Australia's nationally televised Blind Date contest. She didn't intend to win it. But she did! So obviously the real Adam Gale loved a challenge. Well, Peggy mused, he'd just met her!

[Erotic Horizon]

Blind Date (Harlequin Presents No. 2900) by Emma Darcy (1988)

[Miss · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book, the storyline was interesting and the heroine was witty and always stood up for herself.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the story 3.5 but I went up because I liked the heroine. She did not become steam rolled into forgetting who or what she wanted

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mehh. No real drama. The h felt childish, and argumentative for no reason. I kept waiting for something to happen. The only drama came the last 10 pages and was resolved at once.

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

Such a chore to finish and I don’t buy the HEA.