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A Woman's Work
Marla Foster had learned what every career woman learns in a man's world -- and so she knew better than to get involved with a client. But how could she ignore the sexy, irreverant sporting goods king who'd just given her his multimillion dollar account -- and an invitation into his strong arms?
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First published June 28, 1990
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March 11, 2019
This one had a heroine who was a bit hard to like and was one of those abrasive heroes hurt by their past. The hero on the other hand came across as more vulnerable and in touch with his emotions. The book also depicts the prejudice women face in the work-place and for the heroine having grown up in an insecure environment where her mom relied on men for security and later the heroine, her obsession with job security made sense. These two come in each other's orbit when the hero's company is looking for an advertising agency. The hero a widower of three years finally finds his emotions awakening around the heroine but she shoots him down. I just felt the hero deserved a bit better and the heroine needed to cut off her family (easier said than done IRL, I know).
September 3, 2012
From 1990 - I enjoyed this one a lot.
The hero Brent is a widower who hasn't been interested in any one since the death of his wife 3 years ago. He owns a sporting goods company and is an extreme sportsman - kayaking, mountaineering etc.
The heroine Marla is an accounts manager for an advertising company and they meet when her company has to make a pitch for his business.
The conflict - Marla's company gets the account (becos of her) but obviously she can't get involved with the client and then there are her own inner demons she's the daughter and sister of 2 women who depend completely on their men and can't seem to function once those relationships sink leaving Marla as the financial foundation for all 3 women.
With regards to the advertising agency / client problem which seems perfectly logical to me - Brent seems adorably but rather naively to not think this is a problem. Dude, you want to have a relationship with someone whose employer is depending on you as a client - of course it's not a good idea. This is somewhat explained by he's easygoing nature and the fact that he dislikes what he considers the cold business world in which he includes advertising agencies - including zoning out during those meetings so it is obviously a facet of owning a company that he doesn't enjoy. In addition his wife was a writer for an outdoors magazine and there seemed to be no conflict of jobs there.
Marla's issues are very real but she does have the lightbulb moment when she realises that her mother and sister have these problems with their men because they refuse to work at their relationships and that is not something she suffers from because she really wants Brent and is prepared to work at it.
The problems - Brent's attitude towards her job, as I've mentioned above, and the fact that at one point in the story he does actually cause her the exact problems that could come from having a relationship with a client, his only saving point is that he recognises it and apologises.
The advertising agency finds out that the 2 are having an affair and the obvious happens - Marla gets taken off the account (ethically the correct move) and then by the end she gets the perfect job and that just seemed a little too deus ex machina to resolve the problem although it did offer the reader a vicarious thrill in getting back at the "villain" in the story - Marla's stuffy superior.
Notwithstanding these problems I really liked and cared about the characters so this was a goodie.
The hero Brent is a widower who hasn't been interested in any one since the death of his wife 3 years ago. He owns a sporting goods company and is an extreme sportsman - kayaking, mountaineering etc.
The heroine Marla is an accounts manager for an advertising company and they meet when her company has to make a pitch for his business.
The conflict - Marla's company gets the account (becos of her) but obviously she can't get involved with the client and then there are her own inner demons she's the daughter and sister of 2 women who depend completely on their men and can't seem to function once those relationships sink leaving Marla as the financial foundation for all 3 women.
With regards to the advertising agency / client problem which seems perfectly logical to me - Brent seems adorably but rather naively to not think this is a problem. Dude, you want to have a relationship with someone whose employer is depending on you as a client - of course it's not a good idea. This is somewhat explained by he's easygoing nature and the fact that he dislikes what he considers the cold business world in which he includes advertising agencies - including zoning out during those meetings so it is obviously a facet of owning a company that he doesn't enjoy. In addition his wife was a writer for an outdoors magazine and there seemed to be no conflict of jobs there.
Marla's issues are very real but she does have the lightbulb moment when she realises that her mother and sister have these problems with their men because they refuse to work at their relationships and that is not something she suffers from because she really wants Brent and is prepared to work at it.
The problems - Brent's attitude towards her job, as I've mentioned above, and the fact that at one point in the story he does actually cause her the exact problems that could come from having a relationship with a client, his only saving point is that he recognises it and apologises.
The advertising agency finds out that the 2 are having an affair and the obvious happens - Marla gets taken off the account (ethically the correct move) and then by the end she gets the perfect job and that just seemed a little too deus ex machina to resolve the problem although it did offer the reader a vicarious thrill in getting back at the "villain" in the story - Marla's stuffy superior.
Notwithstanding these problems I really liked and cared about the characters so this was a goodie.
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