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Starlight Trilogy #2
Wanted: One Special Kiss
A dazzling love story as only Judi McCoy can tell it. Lilah has travelled far from home with only a vague plan to make her dreams come true. But when she finds herself in a small coastal Virginia town, answering an ad for a housekeeper, and taking care of two adorable twin boys for an overworked physician father, Lilah knows her plan has gone astray. Falling in love should be the furthest thing from her mind, but there's no stopping her heart when it decides to take the ultimate plunge.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 30, 2004
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April 30, 2021
Cute. Very similar to the first Starlight Trilogy. The twin boys were cute.
August 8, 2023
An OKish romance but while the romance ended happily the science fiction plot wasn’t resolved. There was nothing on the book to indicate it was part of a trilogy or that there was an SF element.
August 13, 2015
I pull from what one review said about book 1 in the series:
The weakness here was in the author's writing style and dialogue. The story just plodded along. I was not surprised or delighted by anything.
Says another about book 1 (now I repeat for 2):
it just seemed to plod along without any real heart. It was written in a light way but wasn't light hearted.
I add:
Everything in this book was stilted and flat. Maybe Judi McCoy IS an alien--had that Spock Vulcan unemotional feel to it. Some good scenes, but flat, flat, flat.
Also interesting, b/c with a different sceniaro, this is TOTALLY true with book 2 as well as, apparently, book 1. Previous reviewer said about book 1:
The epilogue was like the start of another story. It had almost no connection to the Zara story. There were too many unanswered questions. . . . It was an unsatisfying epilogue.
I add:
WTF? Text abrev seems appropriate here, sorry. Lucas (who in the heck is Lucas?) shows up out of the blue and in a whole other storyline in book 2 as well. At the REAL end of this book 2 (before epilogue), we are totally dumped with no end to the story--just left hanging (about 1 inch from the ground so I easily jumped down and walked off w/o another thought...if you get my drift). What is it with these epilogues??? Might I clarify: Epilogue: a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.
A conclusion to what has happened. Uh huh. Told you McCoy is an alien. No sense of a word we all learned in third grade.
The weakness here was in the author's writing style and dialogue. The story just plodded along. I was not surprised or delighted by anything.
Says another about book 1 (now I repeat for 2):
it just seemed to plod along without any real heart. It was written in a light way but wasn't light hearted.
I add:
Everything in this book was stilted and flat. Maybe Judi McCoy IS an alien--had that Spock Vulcan unemotional feel to it. Some good scenes, but flat, flat, flat.
Also interesting, b/c with a different sceniaro, this is TOTALLY true with book 2 as well as, apparently, book 1. Previous reviewer said about book 1:
The epilogue was like the start of another story. It had almost no connection to the Zara story. There were too many unanswered questions. . . . It was an unsatisfying epilogue.
I add:
WTF? Text abrev seems appropriate here, sorry. Lucas (who in the heck is Lucas?) shows up out of the blue and in a whole other storyline in book 2 as well. At the REAL end of this book 2 (before epilogue), we are totally dumped with no end to the story--just left hanging (about 1 inch from the ground so I easily jumped down and walked off w/o another thought...if you get my drift). What is it with these epilogues??? Might I clarify: Epilogue: a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.
A conclusion to what has happened. Uh huh. Told you McCoy is an alien. No sense of a word we all learned in third grade.
October 26, 2010
The book started off slowly, but when Lila bought the tinfoil hat from Bill I was sold. This is a funny, sweet, interesting story and if I came across one of the other books in the trilogy, I would read it, but I won't be looking for them particularly.
That the book is part of a trilogy is one of the problems I had with it. It doesn't say on the cover that it is the second book in a trilogy and this is the sort of trilogy where you have to read the next book to have one of the very important issues resolved.
The other issue I had with the book is that Paul to be Lila's target for mating because he had "an unusually high ratio of the XY chromosome." Given that Lila's people were hoping to have the women they sent to Earth come back carrying male children, it seems likely that the author meant Paul's sperm had and unusually high ratio of Y to X chromosomes.
That the book is part of a trilogy is one of the problems I had with it. It doesn't say on the cover that it is the second book in a trilogy and this is the sort of trilogy where you have to read the next book to have one of the very important issues resolved.
The other issue I had with the book is that Paul to be Lila's target for mating because he had "an unusually high ratio of the XY chromosome." Given that Lila's people were hoping to have the women they sent to Earth come back carrying male children, it seems likely that the author meant Paul's sperm had and unusually high ratio of Y to X chromosomes.
August 25, 2007
I can’t be bothered to find the quote, but at one point the author took the time to describe macaroni and cheese as creamy and cheddary. The whole story was about an alien, only she wasn’t describing it from the alien's point of view, who’d probably never had it. But from the male character's point of view. The HUMAN who likely ate it all the time.
The author chose to describe the most ridiculous aspects of the story. An erection like a steel spike. But, you know, romance novel and all.
It was bad.
The author chose to describe the most ridiculous aspects of the story. An erection like a steel spike. But, you know, romance novel and all.
It was bad.
March 30, 2011
Reviewed at : Mama Kucing Books : Wanted : One Special Kiss by Judi McCoy
A wonderfully refreshing book to read. Not your normal romance story
A wonderfully refreshing book to read. Not your normal romance story
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June 24, 2008Too cute. a short 2 - 3 hour read.
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October 5, 2010I'm not much into extra-terrestrial or sci-fi stuff, but this was cute. I liked the characters.
April 9, 2012
3.325 stars?
September 12, 2012
The book was OK.
The plot was interesting and original.
I found the twin boys really adorable yet a handful.
Both the main characters did have good chemistry with each other.
Was an enjoyable read.
The plot was interesting and original.
I found the twin boys really adorable yet a handful.
Both the main characters did have good chemistry with each other.
Was an enjoyable read.
July 31, 2013
My first book by Judi McCoy and I enjoyed it. I will look for the others in this series. Made me laugh a lot.
March 30, 2014
Pure fantasy, but sweet
June 23, 2008
Cute book.
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