Pros and Cons

by Bethany Campbell

Massachusetts Con Man
Eli Holder's first case of the day was nothing but trouble: a woman with a major problem involving a group of swindling bachelors. For Eli, once known as the king of con men, the job held a certain appeal—while the prim-and-proper Miss P. J. Fitzjames Jr. definitely did not.

But by the time the caper was over, Eli had a problem of his own—because after one night in the arms of a woman like "Junior," he was thinking about giving up his con games for good!

Genres: Romance

251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1987

About the author

Sally McCluskey (aka Bethany Campbell) was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, as an only child. She attended college beginning as a chemistry major, after quickly switching her major to English. She obtainded a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, and an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas. She met her husband, Dan Borengasser, while both were graduate students at Northern Illinois University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in English.

Sally taught and in her spare time wrote, but after marriage, the couple moved to an area where teaching jobs were scarce, and she turned to writing full time. She wrote poetry, articles, short stories, and contributed to textbooks, but finally decided to try a romance novel at the urging of her mom and aunt, both avid romance fans. To Sally’s amazement, Harlequin bought her story After the Stars Fall and published it in 1985 under the pseudonym Bethany Campbell. She has also written as Lisa Harris. She has won three Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Awards, three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence.

She lived with her husband in northwest Arkansas. Her husband, who serves as Vice President of Ozark Film & Video Productions, also writes, and has had several short films and plays produced.

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

4+ stars

Harlequin Intrigue - 65
Men Made In America (reissues) - 21
Men Made in America 2 (reissues) - 21

[Patricia Solla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of an older Harlequin romance series called Men Made in America. Set in Massachusetts the story is quite interesting. The story begins with a woman being directed to a man who might help her with something that has affected her through her father's death. Turnabout is fair play and the man she finds to help her decices that this philosophy is want will get her satisfaction. Of course, the woman is to help out and romance get involved as well.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it.